The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History‚ 4th Edition I. The Emergence of Human Communities‚ to 500 B.C.E. 1. Nature‚ Humanity‚ and History‚ to 3500 B.C.E. * African Genesis * History and Culture in the Ice Age * The Agricultural Revolutions * Life in Neolithic Communities * Diversity and Dominance: Cave Art * Environment and Technology: The Iceman 2. The First River-Valley Civilizations‚ 3500-1500 B.C.E. * Mesopotamia * Egypt * The Indus Valley Civilization
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The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movementsis a 1951 social psychology book by American writer Eric Hoffer that discusses the psychological causes of fanaticism. The book analyzes and attempts to explain the motives of the various types of personalities that give rise to mass movements; why and how mass movements start‚ progress and end; and the similarities between them‚ whether religious‚ political‚ radical or reactionary. Hoffer argues that even when their stated goals or values
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captured several important strongholds‚ and forced the retreat of British naval fleets. He became Brigadier General while campaigning in Italy‚ but was arrested and jailed there for being an associate of the brother of the executed Maxamillion Robespierre. He managed to get out of this tight spot‚ and continued on to achieve even more military greatness. As the dictator‚ Napoleon made many reforms to French life. He allowed emigrates to
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From Poverty to Prosperity: The Fight for Freedom “I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss‚ and‚ in their struggles to be truly free‚ in their triumphs and defeats‚ through long years to come‚ I see the evil of this time… gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out” (Dickens 343). These words from A Tale of Two Cities were spoken by Sydney Carton in the midst of the French Revolution. He prophesies that the revolution will end‚ France will become beautiful
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HISTORY ESSAY _GEORGE TAYLOR_ HAS ARGUED THAT THE REVOLUTION HAPPENED SIMPLY BY CHANCE AND THAT THERE WERE NO LONG-TERM CAUSES THAT MADE IT INEVITABLE. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE? The French Revolution beginning in 1789 redesigned the country ’s political landscape and uprooted century old institutions. The movement was a result of a combination of various factors and played a critical role in shaping and showing modern nations the power inherent in the will of people. The Monarchy ’s absolute
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philosophy of the Enlightenment‚ however‚ unbelief began to be seen as a viable alternative option that stood in opposition to faith. In addition to the popular deism of the Enlightenment‚ espoused by such important figures as Voltaire and Maximilien Robespierre‚ atheism also found its first explicit adherents among such figures of the French Enlightenment as Baron d’Holbach and Jacques André Naigeon. This new view of disbelief would have a major influence on subsequent generations of thinkers in the West
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9. Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Stages Copyright © 2004‚ James S. Fleming‚ Ph.D. ________ I came to psychology from art‚ which may explain‚ if not justify‚ the fact that at times the reader will find me painting contexts and backgrounds where he would rather have me point to facts and concepts. I have had to make a virtue out of a constitutional necessity by basing what I have to say on representative description rather than on theoretical argument. –Erik Erikson1 I have nothing to offer
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American Indian Conjuring Brett Gibbons Northland Pioneer College Conjuring is said to be the second-oldest profession in the world‚ and may well be the oldest of the theatrical arts. It was the carefully guarded weapon of the priesthood used to establish a belief in supernatural powers among an uninformed public (Randi‚ 1992‚ p.XI). The dictionary defines a conjuror as “a person who practices legerdemain [sleight of hand]; juggler“. (Webster’s College Dictionary‚ 1992‚ p. 281). Another
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Man and Society Somebody said “The problem of man cannot be solved scientifically without a clear statement of the relationship between man and society”. In the family the individual abandons some of his specific features to become a member of the whole. The life of the family is related to the division of labour according to sex and age‚ the upbringing of the children and also various moral‚ legal and psychological relationships. The family is a crucial instrument for the development
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NAPOLEON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION "We have finished the romance of the Revolution‚ we must now begin its history‚ only seeking for what is real and practicable in the application of its principles‚ and not what is speculative and hypothetical." After Brumaire (9-10 Nov. 1799) --the coup d’etat which first set Napoleon on the path to becoming the supreme executive of a French empire-- Napoleon declared‚ "The Revolution is made fast on the principles on which it began; the Revolution is
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