History is important because WE ARE the past: we are the sum of all the events--good‚ bad‚ and indifferent--that have happened to us. This sum product guides our actions in the present. This is true not only for the individual (imagine what would have happened to you had your parents never met‚ or had your parents raised you with different values)‚ but for large societies as well (how would the U.S. be different‚ for example‚ if it had lost the American Revolution‚ or if the Spanish had founded
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project UNIVERSITY OF WALES BRITISH- HELENIC COLLEGE BSc (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY THE HISTORY OF ART PSYCHOLOGY PS 102 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY EMMANUEL FIORAKIS KATERINA JOAN DEARING ATHENS‚ 2 APRIL 2008 The psychology of art is an interdisciplinary field that studies the perception‚ cognition and characteristics of art and its production. For the use of art materials as a form of psychotherapy. The psychology of art is related to architectural psychology
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There are two views of the theories of the philosophies of history‚ the idealistic and the materialistic. St. Augustine‚ Thomas Carlyle‚ G.W.F. Hegel‚ Karl Marx‚ the Whig Interpretation explained by H. Butterfield‚ the World System Analysis explained by Immanuel Wallerstein‚ and the Annales School all express these different philosophies of history. Some express idealistic views like Augustine‚ Carlyle‚ Hegel‚ and The Whigs (Butterfield)‚ and others the materialistic view like Marx‚ Wallerstein‚
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World history‚ global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history‚ which‚ like world history‚ deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations‚ but does not do so on a global scale. World History looks for common patterns that emerge across all cultures. World
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Truman and the Cold War." History Study Centre. ProQuest LLC. 2010. Web. 10 June 2014 NSC-68 April 14‚ 1950‚ NSC-68 is presented to the national security council. NSC-68 was declassified on Feb.27‚ 1975. Strived to discredit the Communist regime and give America a positive leadership in the non-Communist world. "April 14‚ 1950: NSC-68 is presented to the national security council." Chronological History of United States Foreign Relations 1776 to January 20‚ 1981. 1985. History Study Center. Web. 10
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Oral History Have you ever read Oral history in your life? Oral History is the study of historical information recording of interview with people having personal knowledge of past events. For many years‚ authors have written myths‚ fables and parables. The problem lays arguments of whether oral history is reliable. I believe oral history depends positively in our society because oral teaches something about life. Also oral history is meant to explain a bigger picture. But sometimes‚ oral might
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Cited: 1. Democitus. (n.d.). A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATOMIC THEORY DEVELOPMENT. Retrieved September 26‚ 2010‚ from http://www.neoam.cc.ok.us/~rjones/Pages/online1014/ September 26‚ 2010‚ from New York Times website: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/oil-refining1.htm 3.Helmenstine
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well as the Indian soldiers who were offended by The use of animal fat in the New Enfield Rifle. Facts and books are mostly used to evaluate the causes and effects of the Sepoy Mutiny. Two of the sources used in this essay‚ The history of India by John McLeod and India A history by John Keay are than evaluated for their origins‚ purposes‚ values and limitations The investigation does not assess the revolts that took place nor the militaristic aspect of the revolt B. Summary of Evidence
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In the history of hypnosis its earliest reference to hypnosis dates back to ancient Egypt and Greece. Indeed‚ ‘hypnos’ is the Greek word for sleep‚ although the actual state of hypnosis is very different from that of sleep. Both cultures had religious centres where people came for help with their problems. Hypnosis was used to induce dreams‚ which were then analyzed to get to the root of the trouble. There are many references to trance and hypnosis in early writings. In 2600 BC the father of Chinese
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A SHORT HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS The history of accounting is as old as civilization‚ among the most important professions in economic and cultural development. Accountants invented writing‚ developed money and banking‚ innovated the double entry bookkeeping system that fueled the Italian Renaissance‚ were needed by Industrial Revolution inventors and entrepreneurs for survival‚ helped develop the capital markets necessary for big business so essential for capitalism‚ turned into a profession
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