Option A: I know some of you are interested in linguistics and the expansion of people outwards. In the chapter on India, we learn about the Aryo (Aryan) people, an Indo-European group whose periodic migrations brought the exchange of the Indo-European root language, horses, patriarchal systems, and iron technology to many regions, including India. If you pick this option, read a bit more about the Indo-Europeans using my links, then discuss the importance of these people and the consequences of their expansion. Please also respond to one other person as normal. This is a relatively new option I debuted last semester.http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/Asi...http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320hist&civ/chapters...http://www.humanjourney.us/indoEurope.htmlOption B: SLO Assignment on the religious culture of India. After reading and listening, visit the following web sites:http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm (Links to an external site.) and http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/ (Links to an external site.)Read about the Rig Veda and browse through some (not all - just a small sample will do) of the hymns presented in this translation. What exactly is the Rig Veda? What can it tell us about the culture that eventually replaced the Harappan society? How would you describe the Aryans based on our cd text andthe Vedas? How does the religious imagery in these hymns compare to what we read about in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and/or prehistoric religions (cave art/Venus period)? Remember to include any relevant information from our text book, podcasts, and websites. Respond to one of your fellow students. The following cc video may be of interest:

REFLECT: As we have determined in previous lessons, the different IR perspectives offer unique insights into the phenomenon of globalization. For example, from a realist perspective, the source of globalization lies with the influential states that shape the international system. For the liberal perspective, certain types of technological and economic developments have driven the phenomenon of globalization. The identity perspective emphasizes the impact, as well as the battle between crucial, critical ideas that emerged in the latter half of the 21st century. While these three mainstream IR perspectives provide valid views of globalization, alternative perspectives, also known as critical theory perspectives, can also provide unique and contrasting viewpoints on the causes and impacts of globalization. These differences between factors provide excellent visions into how these perspectives describe, explain, and predict the impacts of globalization.Initial post of at least 200 words, address the primary differences between how mainstream perspectives (realist, liberal, and identity) and the critical theory perspectives explain globalization?