Speech On The Human Race

Have you ever sat back and wondered what it would be like if the human race, from every part of the globe, would have never started migrating? Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t. By definition, immigration is the movement of people into a destination country to which they are not native or do not possess its citizenship in order to settle or reside there. I’m here today to inform you why immigration has been essentially to the human race. The human race, as a whole, has always been mobile. Whether it be climbing the tallest mountain or searching the darkest caves, humans strive to explore, learn, and expand. If we take a look at nearly any society that has ever existed, it has always found a way to grow, populate, and expand. For example, Karl Marx once stated, “Things humans do cause history to happen.” I think this is a very true statement. For example, if people, for some

We can see this dating all the way back to foraging societies to even the Viking invasions of the ninth and tenth centuries. Because of this, from land to sea, interconnected roads can be found all throughout Afro-Eurasia. Roads, especially the Silk Road, helped Mongols, Vikings, and Europeans participate in regular trade and transportation. When people began to expand out across continents, sickness and disease came with them, one crisis in particular was the Black Death. Many may argue that it was disastrous to humans, indeed it was, but it was essential to the human population. As bad as it sounds, it was a quick way the gene pool of the human population became stronger, which helps out tremendously today. The Black Death took a toll on Afro-Eurasia, especially Europe. It’s estimated that Europe experienced a decline in population from nearly 30% to 60%. When people began to travel, rodents, especially rats, came with them. Rats carried disease, almost as if they were a postal