The Columbian Exposition was meant to celebrate the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Not only did the festival commemorate the arrival‚ but it was symbolic with the realization and development made of the Americas from 1492. The festival was held years after the Chicago fire and the American civil war‚ which was an indication that then festival served to remind the natives of the progress achieved from 1492‚ which were similar to those of the reconstruction era (Galvin). The Columbian Exposition
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World’s Columbian Exposition In 1893 the World’s Columbian Exposition‚ also known as the Chicago World’s Fair‚ took place in Chicago‚ Illinois. The fair was in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492. The Columbian Exposition was four times larger than the previous world’s fair‚ and over the six months that it was open‚ 27 million people visited the fair. That was almost half of the US population at that time. The White City‚ named because
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The pre-Columbian Maya kept whole libraries of books that contained information about their history‚ beliefs‚ astronomy and calendars. Most of these books were destroyed during the Spanish Conquest. They were burned because the Christian conquistadors believed they containing writings about the devil. Three of these books‚ called Codices‚ managed to survive today. They are the only three codices whose authenticity is beyond a doubt in authenticity. They are: The Madrid Codex‚ or the "Tro-Cortesianus
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those of the Pre-Columbian Era seem to have successfully applied mathematical concepts‚ mainly geometry and algebra‚ in a somewhat uncanny manner. One cannot all but question how engineers of today’s time‚ men and women with almost limitless resources‚ suffer periodic setbacks‚ while structures of the primitive Pre-Columbians have remained largely intact up until the present day. Clearly no one can compare the Golden Gate Bridge‚ Lincoln Tunnel‚ and Empire State building to Pre-Columbian structures‚ yet
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Post-colonialism "Post-colonialism" designates a set of theoretical approaches which focus on the direct effects and aftermaths of colonization. It also represents an attempt at transcending the historical definition of its primary object of study toward an extension of the historic and political notion of "colonizing" to other forms of human exploitation‚ normalization‚ repression and dependency. Post-colonialism forms a composite but powerful intellectual and critical movement which renews the
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In the pre-Columbian period‚ Indigenous women held diverse roles‚ which included occupations such as artisans‚ doctors‚ midwives‚ and marketers. Indigenous women collaborated in harvesting crops‚ preparing food‚ herded animals‚ and oversaw school dances and songs. Pre-Columbian Indigenous societies believed that women and men should obey each other because they were equal. Although the organization of work was based on gender suitable tasks‚ not one person was restricted from doing each other’s work
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The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast post-colonialism and post-structuralism as theories of international politics‚ by providing an explanation of the basic principles of each theory and an analysis of the similarities and differences. The first part of this essay will explain the basic principles of post-colonialism and post-structuralism as theories of international politics in order to examine the differences and similarities between these two approaches. In the second part of
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Colonial Era Let’s start begin with‚ What is Colonialism? Colonialism is the establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory‚ and the subsequent maintenance‚ expansion‚ and exploitation of that colony. The term is also used to describe a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous peoples. The idea of colonialism has been marked through the history of modern Europe
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place known as stock exchange. Thus‚ the person needs to go at that particular platform if he or she needs to trade in the shares. However with the advancement of technology‚ this process has almost become redundant. Now‚ the trading of shares and stock can take place electronically. There is a tremendous reduction of paperwork as everything has gone online. Stock Exchange (also called Stock Market or Share Market) is one important constituent of capital market. Stock Exchange is an organized market
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The Effects of Colonialism in Africa In the 1870’s‚ 10‚000‚000 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in just two decades. This is one small example of the horrific outcomes of European colonialism of Africa. Imperialism all started with the Berlin Conference which took place 1884-1885‚ where European nations gathered to divide Africa amongst themselves. From that point on‚ most of Africa was under European control until the 1960s. Europe took over Africa in order to gain land
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