Second wave civilization

This week’s section on the second era civilization movement was somewhat dragging because nothing new really developed.  Instead reinvention and upgrades were key factors in societies and civilizations.  Much of what stands out to me was the women role versus the men role.  Slavery played a large role in Roman Empire times and in other empires such as Africa but not as much compared to the Roman Empire.  The phrase that “history repeats itself” is a very common phrase that kept playing in my mind as I read through the chapters.  Presently in Nigeria, the “Bring Back Our Girls” task is what I would compare happened to slave children years ago.  In that civilization, women were known to weave, for pottery, jewelry design and home bearing but not for education or voting.  Now decades later, these young girls are stolen from a school ground in protest of a Muslim group claiming “Western education is a sin.”  Auctioned for $12 as “wives” of militants these young educating seeking girls are the biggest threat in Nigeria.  What was their threat in second era civilization?  At least in Egypt, women were viewed differently and given the right to rule or become property landowners.  Now a days, the military fears not only drones but also girls with school bags.  The Nigeria community is bothered frustrated and outraged by the lack of community yet alone Nigerian government support.  They seek for allied help such as the United States to push things and come to the rescue. 

Which brings another question to mind…How did Alexander the Great conquer and battle so many in a ten year expedition? Was gender a contributing factor to get what he set to do? For the girls’ of Nigeria sake, I really hope that the extremists have a change of heart and release those girls out of generosity, humanity, and age.  Or else, what can be said from the past, from history?  Not much has changed in regards to gender roles and rights especially in other parts of the world.