The Enlightenment is the most important part of World History 2. The Enlightenment spread from Europe to the American colonies in the 1700s through newspaper articles reprinted from Great Britain. Many of the ideas for the making of the Enlightenment itself was from the Americans‚ Enlightenment thinkers and philosophies. Americans applied Enlightenment ideas of natural and political science to the problems that interested them. These ideas was marked by highly creative and thought-provoking
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and good health determine social status as never before. Negritude Statement of the virtues of the black identity and the validation of African culture and the African past‚ even in the westernizing world. This idea was shaped in the 1930s by African and African American intellectuals like Senegal’s first president‚ Leopold Sedar Senghor. Steeped in communal solidarities and able to embrace social justice and equality‚ while rejecting the naked individualism that Africans felt lay at the core
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both had provinces‚ or khanates in the case of the Mongols. They also had very powerful leaders: Emperor Justinian for Byzantium and Genghis Khan for the Mongols. Additionally‚ they both glorified their leaders. For example‚ Genghis Khan was sort of like a god for the Mongols‚ and Byzantium‚ having practicing Caesaropopism‚ had a pope that was also an emperor. These aspects of the two empires are similar because both empires were vast (though the Mongol Empire was the largest) and therefore had to
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Zedong. It was a historical meeting as the US was always perceived by Chinese people as enemies‚ but at that time the first step was taken to formally normalize the relations between the countries. As Nixon said‚ "This was the week that changed the world‚ as what we have said in that Communique is not nearly as important as what we will do in the years ahead to build a bridge across 16‚000 miles and 22 years of hostilities which have divided us in the past. And what we have said today is that we shall
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Language techniques in Peeling the ONION • Linear narrative – Accident to recovery • First person narrative – gives reader insight into depth & severity of Anna’s experiences: a subjective view of Anna’s perspective • Writing style for young audience who identifies with the age of the narrator and the world she values. • Tone revels how Anna feels and her mood changes as she recovers • Narrative structure: Disjointed - Short sentences‚ breaks‚ ellipses
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History of World Literature World Literature started as early as years before Christ’s death. The earliest forms of world literature were oral and passed on by word of mouth. As time passed‚ forms of writing were developed and were pictographic. Writing was not invented for writing down literature but it was invented for more administrative and political purposes. The first literary work was a heroic narrative named Gilgamesh. This work nearly vanished from history when it was not translated
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in which the United States expressed a feeling of “cultural superiority” and does this mentality still exist today? Other examples that we learned about since September in which the United States expressed a feeling of "cultural superiority" were like discrimination and racism towards African Americans. They were not given any rights and were constantly being looked down upon. Immigrants and people who were new to this country with a different culture‚ were also heavily discriminated against and
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hostoyuIntroduction The World Bank was established in 1944 with the charter drive two post-war reconstruction. It evolved from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development‚ but its present day mission is broader global poverty‚ together with its affiliates‚ the International Development Association.. The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to emerging market countries. The World Bank is not really a common sense of the bank. Instead‚ it is made up of two development
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World History Mid-Term Exam (Ch. 3 -22) Mr. Halliday Choose the letter of the best answer. (1 point each) ____ 1. Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of A. trade. B. conquest. C. missionary efforts. D. pilgrimages by the faithful. ____ 2. A Phoenician contribution that people still benefit from today was A. the introduction of Indo-Aryan languages to C. the invention of the phonetic alphabet. Europe. B. the invention of the sail. D. the invention of the labyrinth. ____ 3. Monotheism
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Throughout history‚ numerous belief systems have come about and have greatly affected the region where they are practiced. Many have sacred texts they must follow along with the basic teachings. Two of the belief systems include Christianity and Hinduism. Christianity developed out of Judaism in the 1st century A.D. and Palestine was its origin. It is founded on the life‚ teachings‚ death‚ and resurrection of Jesus Christ‚ and those who follow him are called "Christians." Until the later part
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