Tale of Three Cities: September 17 Internet Readings

The National Geographic website depicting the painting “Tale of Three Cities” is really interesting. The painting is of three cities and how they compare over the 2000 years. The beginning is from Alexandria, Egypt in 1 AD, and then follows Cordoba, Spain in 1000 AD, the final time period is from New York City in the year 2000. The painting shows what was happening during that time period in the cities and how through the years way of life has changed but signs of influence from the past are still being using in the future. The painting depicts how communication has changed over time. In Alexandria we began with the creation of paper, which during that time was their key export. In Spain a 1000 years later people were using books used for educational purposes also. In the modern age we have all the technological advances; computers, telephones, and the internet. But in all we still use past inventions that were use thousands of years ago. It is also interesting to see how the people in the world have changed. In the year 1 AD, a woman would not have any of the opportunities we have in today’s day and age. Slavery completely has been vanished from our society. The way our past times have changed also. People used to be able to enjoy each others company while enjoying their free time. Today we play our video games are able to watch television and these types of past times are very impersonal. The food we consume is completely changed, we have so many convinces such as take out and drive-thru’s. If it wasn’t for earlier medicine I don’t think we would be where we are now with the medical advances. Even though time has past from the year 1 AD to the year 2000 we have been influenced by our past.