Unit # 5: Islam and Al-Andalus

In order to prepare this unit, here you are these two presentations that clear and amplify the contents in our book:

- Presentation nº 1: Mainly focused in the rise of the Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and te historical evolution of this faith in the Near East

-Presentation nº2: It is more similar to our book, relating the origins of the Islam with some notes about the History of Al-Andalus, the Muslim Iberia.

Unit 4: Byzantine and Carolingian Empires

You can see here the presentation in Power Point related with this unit. 

With this unit we shall enter in the contents of History (after the three previous units about Geography). More accurately, we will study a new stage in the History of mankind: the Middle Ages, the 1,000 years of History that happened from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 A.D.) to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire) in 1,456.

Unit 3: Video "Evolution of Madrid"

              

Here you can see a short video about the diachronic sequence (so, the Historical evolution) about the process of urban  development and expansion of Madrid

                      

Video: "Cultural Differences National Geographic"

This video is a segment of a documentary from The National Geographic Society about a group of young Sudanese men who travel to Pittsburgh (U.S.A.). We can see the heavy cultural difference for them, used to the African culture.

Funny demographic video: "If the World Were a Village of 100 People: A Story About the World's People"

Watch this funny video about what if the current world´s population would be a village of 100 people.... very good to have a quick general overview of Mankind today from a demographic point of view.

Video: "La población española"

A new video about the evolution of population is Spain. Its interest lays on to include the demographic transition model, and a longer historical perspective (since Ancient and Medieval times, not just from 1,970). 

Presentation: "Pirámides de población de España: 1900 a 2007"

In this presentation you can notice the evolution of the population pyramid in Spain along the last four decades (since 1,970, aproximately). As we have explained in the class, in this period Spain has experienced major changes on its population structure.