The Poles who were West Slavic people established Poland in the late 5th century. History was first written in the 10th century about Poland when the Polish nation changed into Christianity in 966. Prince Mieszko I was the first ruler and his son‚ Boleslaw I‚ was the first king of Poland. This established the Piast dynasty that lasted from 966 to 1370. During the Piast dynasty there where Piast kings with a lot of rivalries from nobility and Bohemian and Germanic invasions that made Poland a
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History‚ a struggle over the past in the present to shape the future‚ is an exploration of the causal relationships between individuals and events. History has always been contested terrain‚ due to the fact that history is established through individual and collective memories‚ which by nature are subjective and coloured by circumstance. In the post modern era‚ the conventional ways of thinking which dismiss memory due to its bias have been challenged‚ and the credibility of history has been diminished
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combination of the two that we uncover a more reliable account. Peter Carey’s prose novel True History of the Kelly Gang and Christopher Nolan’s 2000 movie Memento represent history and memory in unique and evocative means by exploring the interplay between one’s individual perspective and the established ‘truth’. In True History‚ Carey adopts the persona of Ned Kelly‚ taken from the Jerilderie letter. Ned’s history is represented in the form of an epistolary account to his daughter‚ one which creates
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Studying History There are countless reasons for studying history. People always say‚ “History is important so that we do not repeat the mistakes of our past‚” but there is much to history than just learning from our mistakes. As The History Guide talks about‚ it comes down to history defines your identity. It is who you are because everything you do‚ everything you learn‚ and everything you want to be has to do with something you experienced in the past. If you like sports it’s probably because
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Cedric Craig US History 8/11/14 4th Pd What is history? That has been a question philosophers and historians have been asking for centuries. But really what is history? Webster dictionary defines history as "acts‚ ideas‚ or events that will or can shape the course of the future." Is that all history is a series of events leading up the present moment and then on to the future. English historian and philosopher‚ R.G. Collingwood said "History is for human self-knowledge. Knowing yourself
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/WHAT IS HISTORY WHAT IS HISTORY? E. H. Carr Edward Hallett Carr was born in 1892 and educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School‚ London‚ end Trinity College‚ Cambridge. He joined the Foreign Office in 1916‚ and‚ after numerous jobs in and connected with the F.O. at home and abroad‚ he resigned in 1936‚ and became Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales‚ Aberystwyth. He was Assistant Editor of The Times from 1941 a‚ 1946‚ Tutor In Politics at Balliol
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help from a motor. Another record that was been held belongs to Ted McDonald as he covered 242 miles in a 24 hour time period. Lastly is the highest speed someone has got on a skateboard. Mischo Erban set a new speed record on 9/31/10 when he reached 80 mph. This record is official but was set at a secret location in Colorado‚
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for success and who wanted to give others the chance to be in business for themselves‚ too.” Our late founder‚ Jay Van Andel‚ said of the company‚ “Amway gets people into a new life of excitement‚ promise‚ profit‚ and hope.” Amway now operates in over 80 countries and territories around the world. . COMPANY SALES REACH $10.9 BILLION Global sales in 2011 exceeded $10.9 billion for Amway parent company‚ Alticor Inc. With six consecutive years of growth‚ company sales have increased 11 out of the past
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The Early Days Persistence of vision was discovered in the early 1800’s. Our eye and brain retain a visual impression for about 1/30th of a second. Persistence of vision prevents us from noticing that a motion picture screen is dark about half the time‚ and that a television image is just one bright‚ fast‚ discrete dot sweeping the screen. Motion pictures show one new frame (still picture of the movie clip) every 1/24th of a second and the same frame is shown three times during this time period
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The Importance of History It is both necessary and helpful to study the context of prior history because it is relevant to who we are. Studying events in history provide a clear picture of past participants experiences and behaviors‚ so that we take what others have done and build upon it. Past cultures took time and efforts to document historical events to help future participants understand where they come from. In this day and age‚ modern societies don’t quite look to the past‚ but to the
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