HIST 100: Engineering The Past

Concept Map

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This Concept Map maybe slightly hard to comprehend due to drawing abilities, but overall this did help me understand the details more greatly by looking at them at a different standpoint. In my concept map I wanted to look more in depth into the early creation of the Aztec Empire. The first true leader of the Aztec empire was actually a new comer to land. The Mexica people were in a time of distress and leaders looked to him. The map showed that during his time. His people fell in the rapid orbit of the different states battling the Azcapotzalco people. The bottom half I wanted to look a little more in depth into their ideas of death. There are three types of deaths that are valued by these people. There was human sacrifice in order to please the gods to keep the sun shining and the rain to prosper the land. The death that was strictly frowned upon was the death of natural cause because it wasn’t viewed as heroic. So bodies would be wrapped and presented to Hades the “dark underworld”. The heroic viewed death was the most praised and the body would be taken to the “glowing paradise”.

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Define Engineering

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Defining engineering is kind of difficult because it can have multiple definitions based on it’s usage. If I were to define based on what we have learned from this class I would define it as developing and designing of structures using math and sciences. Even on of the first modules we started working on was the first thanksgiving. When settlers came to the land they had to engineer it for them to be able to survive. Even it wasn’t engineering structures they still had to be design the land to be sufficient. Before this class if I was to think of engineering I would describe it as building skyscrapers and bridges. There’s is tons of land structures that it takes engineering to design. Some of these things can be crops and how they are planted along the land. Also, how water can be used efficiently on the land to be resourceful. To be able to design such features it takes lots of collaboration of ideas and not just one person can do this by them-self it really is a team effort between people.

Native Water

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Throughout my research on this subject, I infer that the Tohono O’odham tribe has been well taken care of since their losses since being annexed by the United States.  Prior to 1853, the Tohono O’odham tribe members lived in Southern Arizona and many in northern parts of Mexico.  This tribe, as well as many others, were quiet and kept to themselves. They were a peaceful group in comparison to their neighbors.  Then, in 1853, the United States annexed their lands away, in a trade known as the Gadsen Purchase.

Since the devastation this event caused, the Tohono O’odham tribe have been trying to build themselves back up from tragedy– including trying to regain ownership of some of their land.  A few of the articles explained how the tribe wanted to be isolated from all other federal/state authority within the state of Arizona.  This type of fight against the state is allowing the tribe to maintain parts of their tribal traditions.  However, the Tohono O’odham tribe fought to regain their way of life, and the United States government compensated them with a few freedoms that were taken from them back in 1853.  The government allotted a fund for the tribe to develop improved water storage and delivery systems, and agreed to supply them with a certain ration of water per year.  Also, they have agreed to give the tribe additional lands to promote a better-built environment for the members of the tribe.  I would agree that the government has compensated the tribe adequately for present times by granting them land, water, and resources similar to what they lost; given that the Gadsen Purchase was done over 100 years ago.