BCE= Before common era (same as BC) CE= Common Era (Same as AD) Circa = around the time of‚ approximately – not exact date( abbreviated “ca” or “c”) Chapter 1 * 4mil ya to 3500 BCE * Hominids * australopithecus 4mil ya * Homo Erectus 1.5 mil ya Homo Sapiens 200 thousand ya * Paleolithic – Hunter/Gatherer * Paleolithic – “old stone age” – first hominids to 12‚000 years ago; Hunters and Gatherers; Nomadic; No private property; Egalitarian- equal society; Gender-based
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In the passage "Incidents in the Life of a slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs she says "Slavery is bad for men‚ but is far more terrible for women." In my opinion I believe that it is equally harsh on both men and women. In Frederick Douglas narrative he explains how slavery was immoral for men. One of the ways men suffered from slavery was physical. In his narrative he shows how slavery was when he says "Upon this he rushed at me with the fierceness of a tiger‚ tore off my clothes‚ and lashed me till
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Ikea Impacts on society and people Ikea was the largest furniture retailer in the United Kingdom. They successfully promoted their product in the worldwide. Their product was come with a common impression: unique design and affordable price. What they have done is to make the style more accessible (Harrison‚ 2005) •Compared to the traditional furniture product‚ they totally changed the old perception: furniture is expensive and if want with better design furniture that is more expensive. The design
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revelations to the North and something that changed all of their views on slavery was Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This novel unveiled to the North the true horrors occurring in the south. Until then the South attempted to keep a seal on how slaves were treated‚ but Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel shook them. It greatly intensified the sectional divide between the north and south‚ and changed the north view of it. “Tom Shows” are what the northers called plays of scenes from Uncle Tom’s Cabin in which those who were illiterate
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Through the late 1700s and early to mid-1800s‚ most slave narratives written were done by men. It was not until 1861 when Harriet Ann Jacobs emerged with the first slave narrative that we got from the viewpoint of a woman. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ is Jacobs’ life story of how she escaped slavery and gained freedom for herself and her children. She detailed her life as a slave and how she hid in her grandmother’s attic for seven years to dodge her master’s avid‚ obsessive lust for her
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The Crusades are the Medieval European wars waged principally to recover the Holy Lands from the control of the Muslims. There is an aggregate of nine noteworthy Crusades‚ but the first four were the most important. The main legitimate Crusades were launched from Western Europe to recover and protect Jerusalem. The first crusade started in 1096 where tens of thousands of aggressive younger sons of the nobility went off to Palestine or Eastern Europe to fight the unbelievers‚ recover the long-lost
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The impact of the Renaissance on Europe Jacob Burckhardt best describes the renaissance as the prototype of the modern world‚ for it was the period between the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Italy‚ when the base of modern civilisation was formed. It was mainly through the revival of ancient learning that new scientific values first began to overthrow traditional religious beliefs. People started to accept a new rational and objective approach to reality and most
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The Impact of Globalization In today ’s modern world we take things for granted‚ such as the luxury of the Internet and cell phones‚ or how easy it is to communicate with someone half a globe away. Before 1989‚ people were confined in their own country and knew only what was going on in their country. Internet‚ emails‚ and cell phones were non-existent. Long distance communication was a hassle and obtaining information was not just a simple click away. When the Berlin Wall came down‚ it marked the
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further propelling the idea that an individual can achieve the Dream if only he or she works hard enough for it. On the contrary‚ the ideal of freedom within a capitalist society is an illusion created by those in power to further oppress minorities. Harriet Ann Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Rebecca Harding
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History notes CHAPTER 26 - WORLD WAR 1 SECTION 1 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 1. Europe had been at peace for 100 years 2. Europe leaders became worried about a region called the Balkans 3. Most people in the Balkans are Slavic 4. “Triple alliance” was formed to protect each other from attack a) Germany b) Austria-hungry c) Italy d) Ottoman empire joins later 5. Triple Entente was formed as a response to the triple alliance a) great Britain b) France c) Russia 6. Great Britain is
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