World Civilizations From 1500

With Chris Lee, Ph.D.

IS THE WORLD UNRAVELING?

14 Oct 2012: “Separatist fervor surges in Spain’s

Catalonia”“It was a soccer game of Super Bowl

proportions: Madrid vs. Barcelona, Spain’s two main cities clashing in a legendary rivalry. But when the crowd of nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans erupted in cheers, what they were shouting was, “Independence! Independence!”

(Washington Post, Sunday ed.)

IS THE WORLD UNRAVELING?

15 Oct 2012:“Separatists surge In Belgium vote”“BRUSSELS — Early results from Belgian

municipal elections Sunday showed widespread gains for a separatist party that is seeking autonomy for the wealthy Dutch-speaking northern Flanders region.”

(Associated Press in “The Boston Globe”)

IS THE WORLD UNRAVELING?

15 Oct 2012:“Britain, Scotland sign deal to allow

independence vote”“LONDON — Britain and Scotland signed an

accord Monday clearing the way for a historic vote on independence that could see this island’s northern lands stand alone for the first time in three centuries as Europe’s newest sovereign state.”

(Washington Post)

IS THE WORLD UNRAVELING?

“Europe's independence seekers: Scotland, Catalonia, and now ... Venice”

13 Oct 2012: “Activists in Venice and northeastern Italy

want to restore independence to the region, which had been a republic for more than 1,000 years before falling to Napoleon in 1797.”

(Christian Science Monitor)

HAS THE FINAL WORD BEEN WRITTEN?

Once history has been written, aren’t we done?

In a word, NO!

Historians generally agree that man originated in eastern Africa and spanned outward to the other continents … 175,000 years ago.

BUT?

WHO IS MILFORD WOLL POFF?

Professor Wolpoff, a noted Professor of Anthropology advancesthe multiregional evolution hypothesis

Keep an open mind;history demands it.

The last word remains unwritten.

KEYS TO HISTORY

What does John Paul IISay about Darwin’s theory?

You may be surprised?

Why is the Belgian Priest Georges Lemaitre posing withAlbert Einstein and what the heck is the “hypothesisof the primeval atom?”

The BIG BANG THEORY WAS DEVELOPED BY A PRIEST?Wait, I thought Science precluded religion?

SCIENCE COEXISTS WITH RELIGION?

Well, yes! Technically, science coexists with theology.

St. Augustine of Hippo, the 4th and early 5th centurytheologian insisted on it. For Augustine, religion losesIts credibility if one cannot account for science.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

People say I look like Benjamin Franklin

2001, Ph.D. in History2005 to present: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency23 years of military service10 years with Peru State College