murderous disease took the lives of 75 million people‚ something that shook the lives of everyone during the Middle Ages. This epidemic affected the social‚ economic‚ and religious aspects of the medieval culture. However‚ the religious changes were the biggest switch in the Middle Ages culture that affected the beliefs in the Modern Era. Therefore‚ the social and economic shifts were the least important. The social transformation after the Black Death involved the loss of many lives. Over one third
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However‚ due to their total differences of their cultures‚ their love for one another cannot develop as both of their cultures can come together briefly but cannot mix. This is evident throughout the film Witness‚ directed by Peter Weir as the audience can see the awkwardness of the relationships between not only John Book and Rachel Lapp‚ but also between the mainstream society and the Amish. The core themes of this film are the clash of the two cultures‚ as well as Innocence and Corruption. The Innocence
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cold w. Conclude with one question for further study on the Cold War era Describe the historical and political conditions of the Cold War era. The Cold War is increasingly treated as a historical period that customarily begins in 1947‚ when the Truman Doctrine sought to contain communism and the expansion of Soviet influence‚ and ends with the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc in the late 1980s. My thoughts are that this event occurred after war world II between
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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR In the middle of 20th century‚ mankind suffered one of the biggest tragedies in its history. The Second World War brought devastation all over the world with almost every country in the world participating in it. Toward its end everybody hoped that this would never happen again and that the political firmament in the following years would be more stable than any time in history. The leaders of the Great Powers met at Yalta‚ in February‚ 1945 to achieve peace. But
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accurate archaeological and historical information about Cleopatra has stimulated the collective imaginations of those who have lived after her and resulted in a multitude of representations of her character‚ both in historical records and in popular culture. The written histories from Cleopatra ’s time are inaccurate regarding her because of the individual writers ’ biases‚ which has created many different depictions of her character. Important historians from and after Cleopatra’s time such as
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The influx of wealth and increased trade contact with foreign lands‚ transformed Italy into Europe’s premier center of culture. Funded by wealthy patrons‚ figures such as Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Dante‚ Machiavelli‚ and Galileo‚ among others‚ revolutionized the fields of art‚ literature‚ politics‚ and science. Italian explorers‚ such as Marco Polo and Christopher
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intermittently checked on my phone? Check! I’m ready for a few hours of what I like to call “downtime.” This notion has without a doubt changed many times throughout American history and culture. It’s even changed in my lifetime with new technologies (I used to spend all my free time in grade school reading mystery novels). Cultures and people are constantly changing with what they want from their media. They want it to be new‚ yet not too new in fear it won’t catch on. They want it to be high tech‚ but not
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After the Second World War‚ the USA and USSR became two Super Powers. One nation tried to reduce the power of other. Indirectly the competition between the Super Powers led to the Cold War. Then America took the leadership of all the Capitalist Countries. Soviet Russia took the leadership of all the Communist Countries. As a result of which both stood as rivals to each other. Definition of the Cold War: In the graphic language of Hartman‚ “Cold War is a state of tension between countries in which
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World War I has a considerable impact on the geopolitical development of the world. After the end of World War I‚ spheres of influence of leading world powers have changed consistently‚ reducing the impact of Germany and its allies and destroying the Ottoman Empire as the dominant power in the Middle Eastern region. However‚ the effects of World War I on the Middle East had proved to be quite different from what the local population had expected because instead of liberation and expanding the territory
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American Popular Culture Austin R. Lee SOC/105 Introduction to Popular American Culture March 28‚ 2012 Hilary Hicks American Popular Culture The Purpose of this paper is to define the term “Popular Culture” as well as identify major trends in American popular culture. After identify major trends in American Pop-culture the paper will go on to analyze the impact that each trend has on personal decision making. In order to define the term popular culture a person must first understand the
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