Sources Paper The History of Modern Art textbook is very helpful in many ways. Not only is the information in the body of the textbook good information to have‚ but the captions under the pictures are very useful as well. Also in the back of the book there is a ‘bibliography’ section‚ which gives sources to further investigate certain areas of modern art history. There seems to be many different types of modern art‚ these types divide this textbook. For example‚ there is a section on ‘post-impressionism’
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marriage was less about love‚ and more about the union of the two individuals’ families. It was a social and economic necessity‚ the details of which are agreed by the families of the bride and groom rather than baked on love. On the other hand Western Civilization has made love in marriage the main factor. Because of the benefits that it has on the family‚ the future of the married couple‚ and the stability and advantages of them‚ I think that arranged marriage is a better choice over dating. Arranged
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ROME 1. Macedonian professional army-advantages included a wide range of specialists‚ strict discipline and elimination of large numbers of noncombatant servants 2. Battle of Chaeronea- ended Greek city state freedom once and for all. 3. Philip of Macedon-by his death he had installed his despotic rule throughout Greece 4. Alexander-was motivated by the desire for personal power and glory 5. Despotism-absolute power- of authority of rulers who represented themselves as at least semi-divine
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Christianity was an important influence on the development of early western civilization. Around 4 B.C.E. Jesus was born. The events of his life and death lead to the development of Christianity which first spread among slaves‚ the poor‚ and women who were dissatisfied with their place in the Roman patriarchal society. Christianity then spread to the upper classes and the educated. Around the 4th century C.E. the Emperor Constantine acknowledged the Christian religion‚ and by the 5th century
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Holocaust‚ the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis from 1941-1945‚ challenged the very value of Western Civilization. But how‚ exactly? I will define key features of the Holocaust‚ by using the primary source‚ Sam Bankhalter‚ from Memories of the Holocaust. The holocaust challenged the ideas: of the equality of men and women‚ freedom of religion‚ and freedom of speech‚ that Western Civilization had. Western civilization is worth fighting for today. The Bankhalter account of Auschwitz demonstrates the pain
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My understanding of history changed as a result of what I learned this unit. Prior to reading Howard Zinn’s Columbus and Western Civilization‚ I believed that history was infallible. I saw Columbus as a hero who paved the way for colonization in the Americas. What I didn’t know‚ were the covered up facts hidden from us by the improper reconstruction of history. I knew that Native Americans were abused by Europeans‚ but I never pondered the fact that Columbus abused them as well. “He ordered the natives
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History 111 1/31/13 The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and Egypt Civilization is defined as "a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements". But what are these common elements? Many of the worlds first civilizations all shared a number of key characteristics that set them apart from early hominids. The development of citites and architechual monuments‚ which became the central point of matters such as economics ‚ polictics‚ and new artistic
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Primary Source Analysis Japanese Fourteen- Part Message to the United States December 7‚ 1941 Introduction Japan in 1942 was at the height of its expansion . Japanese political culture and ideology was driven by nationalistic pride and its aim to dominate the Asian political scenario. During this expansionistic period of Japan‚ idealism dominated realism. Japan wanted to be the hegemonic power in Asia. Its limited resources‚ mainly due to the lack of land‚ created a dependency
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| | Primary Source Analysis- The Art of War | Dr. Chiasson‚ HI224 | Kavinaath Sriskandarajah | | | The Art of War was published by a Chinese military general named Sun Tzu during the Warring States period between 403-221 BCE. Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been translated and published in English multiple times in the 20th century; the most notable translations were published in 1910 by Lionel Giles and in 1971 by Samuel B. Griffith. Giles’ original translation of The Art of War
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Judaism and Western Civilization The basic contribution of Judaism to Western civilization is monotheism. Understood from the standpoint of Jewish tradition‚ Abraham was the first monotheist. He left polytheism behind to follow the directions of the one God. The Tanakh itself gives evidence that significant numbers of ancient Israelites worshipped multiple deities.(Rabbi Shofet) Jewish leadership called upon Israel to worship the one God with whom they had a covenant relationship. But as Tanakh
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