over the world. To properly understand the Great War from a cultural perspective‚ one must understand both the causes and ramifications of the Great War. Properly understanding both the causes and the ramifications helps one to understand the significant impact the war had on Western Civilization. Several causes helped spark this Great War which would affect the entirety of Western Civilization. First‚ Germany’s Weltpolitik had a great influence on the continent of Europe. With the unification of
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The Five Most Significant Historical Events During this course‚ I have definitely learned more than I ever would have thought was a part of Western Civilization. This course has taught me so much‚ and learning about a lot of things that have occurred in the past‚ has given me so much insight on how things have been shaped for not only the present but the future. To me‚ I think five of the most significant historical events or eras was; the Industrial Revolution‚ the American Revolution
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During the 1600s‚ as waves of Puritan immigrants arrived in the region of New England‚ settling the area and establishing population centers in areas like Massachusetts Bay‚ where the part of Boston was established. In contrast to the Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come primarily for economic interests and for monetary gains‚ but actually out of a desire to create a more pure‚ moral society based on their street code of moral living and emphasis on the family and community
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Assignment #1 the World to 1600 The Spaniards had felt superior when it came to land of the “New World” because they thought the new world was undiscovered and because it was undiscovered they felt as if they had the rights to everything. The Spanish didn’t much care about the natives of the new world. They took land away from them and claimed it for themselves‚ killed‚ and believed that they were better than others. In “Of the Island of Hispaniola” the docment describes the horrendous treatment
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Geography has inevitably shaped many civilizations. From the deserts isolating the Muslim civilizations to the mountains separating Tibet and India‚ Asia’s geography proved to be more than capable of shaping these civilizations. Geography shaped the Chinese Civilization by providing a stable food source and by isolating it from the West. Stable Food Source China’s geography has provided a stable food source‚ which has given positive and negative effects to the population. Since food was available
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Chapter 1 Notes From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. __________________Human Origin_______ – 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutes Major Human Evolution slowed ___140‚000________ years ago with modern ___Homo Sapiens_____________________ Erectus 1st “______Out of Africa____________________” migration 1.7 million years ago years ago B. Human negatives and positives 1. ____________Aggressiveness____________‚ long
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Opinions derive from the shifting world of sensation -- knowledge derives from the world of timeless Forms‚ or essences. The Analogy of the Cave: In his best-known dialogue‚ "The Republic"‚ Plato drew an analogy between human sensation and the shadows that pass along the wall of a ca ve. He tells his audience to imagine a group of people tied up‚ facing the wall of a cave. They are unable to move‚ and see only the shadows of the real objects. Supposing a prisoner was taken from the cave and shown
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In the 1600s women had no say about who they married. Men were the ones to choose. Young girls sometimes at the age of 13 were married off to 60 year old men‚ but the girls had no voice. The men were in charge. Over time we have attempted to rid ourselves of the idea of male dominance and many are fooled by the utopia idea that we have completely defeated gender bias. The truth is that we are still in a patriarchy‚ and it is quite problematic. The heads of our communities are men‚ and many of the
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China and Japan’s Responses to Western Influence During the 19th and 20th centuries‚ much of the western world had at the very least‚ begun to modernize. Countries on this side of the globe were becoming booming metropolises. Trade with many other nations brought lots of new things to these western countries and also resulted in the Europeans observing a good deal of places that were not yet modernized. These observations later lead to the western nations wanting to make changes. They
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6. Discuss the historical importance of the Renaissance. How does it depart from the Middle Ages and begin the modern period of Western Civilization? Discuss the arts‚ architecture‚ science‚ politics‚ and economics. Renaissance the rebirth. The Italian artists and intellectuals believing that they broke significantly from the Middle Ages began to speak of a Renaissance or rebirth of a civilization. Historians such as Jacob Burckhardt proclaimed the 15th century saw a rebirth of ideas
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