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Conquering the World What does that look like? Why do I teach this lecture? “My dad doesn’t want me to join the military because I’m his only son. But I’ve watched a lot of movies and cartoons and stuff about the military. It seems cool and I want to be a part of that.” -Humans of New York For Thousands of Years… Prehistory Otzi (Iceman) The Kennewick Man Epics, ballads, legends, and histories of glory. Beowulf The Bible Modern History Military Class Romanticize World Wars Today Medals and Heroes IN Reality… Epics and ancient history Homer The Bible Neo-Assyrians (c. 900-600 BC) Alexander the Great Disease In Reality… Modern History World War One Rape of Nanking World War Two Rwandan Genocide Bosnia-Herzogovina Conquering Today Islamic State (IS) RefugeesYork fleeingin IS, many of them HumansYazidi of New walked more than 12 km without food or partnership water. with the UN. Day they decided to leave Antenna repairman Going to Grandma’s Nicest man in town Zaatari Refugee Camp Can there be glory in war? Glory is: public praise, honor, and fame; something that brings praise or honor to someone or something; the height of prosperity or achievement. -Merriam-Webster Stopping Genocide Nanking Safety Zone Real Heroes? U.S. Army soldiers show German citizens the corpses found in Buchenwald concentration camp. Questions to Grapple With: Is war good or bad? Can there be heroes? How do you decide when to go to war, or conquer another people? What makes humans do war? Is war an inherent part of humanity, something that we are taught, and/or something we can overcome? What factors make war more/less likely? Does conquering another people always have to be accompanied by brutality, rape, plunder, and innocent murder?