To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization? To the extent of saying sorry and get over it‚ it’s in the past: what is done and we can’t take it back. Do people today really have to respond because of the wrongs our ancestors did? Well yea‚ but not to the extent of handing out money‚ our hard earn cash. And to the extent of what does history teaches us and the lessons learned with complete objectivity? Yes I understand that the apologies is not being
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The Historical Critical Method: A necessary scriptural dichotomy or adversary to the word of God? There has been much debate over the function of the historical critical method as it is used in Biblical Studies. This debate stems from our confusion of the Bible as a literal or a literary text. Many followers of Christ believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible‚ that every word is meant as it is written. Others believe in an allegorical conceptualization of the scriptures. Whatever the
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A Timeline for the “Roaring Twenties” (1920-1929) Often called the Roaring Twenties‚ the postwar decade sometimes appears as one long flamboyant party‚ where the urban rich danced the Charleston and the foxtrot until 2 a.m. In fact‚ one might just as convincingly describe it as a period of individual possibility and lofty aspirations to serve the greater good. In his 1931 essay "Echoes of the Jazz Age‚" Fitzgerald wrote‚ "It was an age of miracles‚ it was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess
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"The Hamitic Hypothesis: Its Origin and Functions in Time Perspective" 1 By Edith Sanders Journal of African History 10 (1969): 521-532 The Hamitic hypothesis is well-known to students of Africa. It states that everything of value ever found in Africa was brought there by the Hamites‚ alledgedly a branch of the Caucasian race. Seligman formulates it as follows: Apart from relatively late Semitic influence. . .the civilizations of Africa are the civilizations of Hamites‚ its history of the
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HISTORICAL POLITENESS IN GREAT BRITAIN Eva Marín Caballero Historical Pragmatics Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Wintersemester 2013/2014 Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Politeness and Face-work: Background information - Definitions - A face-based model: Brown and Levinson (1987) - Politeness vs. Impoliteness 3. Politeness in the history of English - From positive to negative politeness culture - Politeness in Old English - Politeness in Middle English: curteisie - Politeness
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Historical Trauma BSHS/345 Diversity and Special Populations Professor Joseph Andrade Historical Trauma Historical trauma can be described as the emotional and psychological issues throughout generations of a certain group of people. It can be identified in different categories depending on the type of distress occurring. Historical trauma can often be overlooked‚ and is mostly described as multigenerational undergone by a specific cultural group. Historical trauma is cumulative and collective
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Historical Report on Race Melina Gomez ETH 125 February 24‚ 2013 Yvette Hyater-Adams Historical Report on Race: African American History African American history can be considered one of the most inspiring histories of all time. It is a history of slavery‚ discrimination‚ and racism; but it is also a history of immeasurable faith‚ hope‚ and courage. The Jim Crow laws Throughout American history‚ the black community suffered and endured two and a half centuries of slavery
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Historical Movie I like to watch historical movies‚ because they are interesting‚ you don’t need to read a book‚ and in the movies a lot of cool effects. Hollywood did a lot of historical movie with really cool special effects‚ but I don’t like them movies‚ because they always lie. I mean in old movies‚ like 300 spartans and another they create movie like was in the book‚ but another movies about world wars and another they lie. Hollywood create movie where America is the main and America always
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14. Historical (diachronic) linguistics 14.1. Reasons of language change All living languages are changing in the course of time. If the evolution of some language stops on some level and doesn’t develop anymore it will become the dead language (e.g. Sanskrit‚ Latin). There are lots of reasons of language change and their difference is in between linguistic levels. For example If we consider vocabulary‚ we will convince ourselves that new things‚ objects‚ activities‚ establishments‚ ideas and
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Pakistan is a country in which you would find a variety of historical places that signify the unique traditions and culture of the country. These places are of extraordinary significance for people interested in history‚ at the same time they may act as an attraction for tourists. The tourism industry of Pakistan flourishes because of the existence of beautiful historical sites in the country. Some of the most significant historical places in the country include Harappa‚ Mohenjo-Daro and Taxila
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