Angela Richardson Mrs. Witte Honors World History October 9th‚ 2014 For almost all my life‚ I have been conditioned into believing that the world I have come to know was shaped by the discovery of diverse religions‚ turbulent revolutions‚ years-long tempestuous wars‚ and an ongoing list of other events that impacted history forever. However‚ Tom Standage’s bestseller uncovers a different perspective on the history of the world - a standpoint that gives every day beverages a more significant role
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stylist rules nor were they imposed on them by others. Greek art gave more importance to the mythology in the creation of their art work. The artists were encouraged to follow the style that suited them. They were made to observe the world and proceed according to what they saw. It is interesting to note that the artists depicted paintings on the pottery work as well to show their expertise and freedom‚ which the Egyptians rarely performed. Egyptians like the Romans strove
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TODAY’s Class Topics 1) Why do humans like trees/forests? 2) Examples of 3 reasons why past global societies revered trees Respect for survival‚ Longevity Human values codified as behavior rules Traditional Science‚ Political‚ Culture‚ Religion – transmittal intergeneration knowledge of nature/society/rules of behavior 3) Today we revere pretty things & less past types of reverences 4) Global conflicts over resources/land due to how we revere or see nature: Conflicting values;
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effect on both the world and the future world. Some very good examples of this are the early civilizations of Egypt Mesopotamia and the people of the Indus river valley. Through the building of pyramids by the Egyptians‚ the invention of the plow by the Mesopotamians and the installation of pluming systems by the people from the Indus river valley. Ancient river valley civilizations have left their mark on modern times. Society today benefits because of the achievements of those ancient river valley civilizations
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Questions - History of Reverence/symbolism for Forests (4/2/13) Q2. In the past‚ human attitudes toward forests could be broadly broken up into 3 attitudes. List these attitudes and give an example of each? Which attitude expresses your value for forests? •Reverence – Humans have been venerating forests as representation of spiritual‚ cultural‚ and mythological values. Forests have their links from the earth to sky or creation to underworld. Ex) According to the lecture slides‚ ancient Egyptians
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great benefit to society. In document 3‚ Huan Tan said then the pestle and the mortar “increase[ed] efficiency times” once it was improved. Once the power and animals and the power of water was added‚ “the benefit was increased a hundredfold.” In History of the Early Han Dynasty‚ according to Document 4‚ Tu Shih invented a water-powered-blowing-engine because he “wished to save [peoples’] labor.” It was widely spread and used. The Roman weren’t too happy with technology and didn’t care much for
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Ginny Hutnik March 3‚ 2013 Art/101 Reading Art – Understanding Iconography TIMOTHY KERLIN A brief explanation of the four roles of the artist According to the text in Chapter 1‚ there are four roles of the artist: 1) they help us to see the world in new and innovative ways; 2) they create a visual record of their time and place; 3) they make functional objects
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Visual Literacy Kimberly Williams ART/101 02/20/2014 University Of Phoenix Visual Literacy The Howling Wolf’s Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge drawing has a lot less representational is nonobjective than John Taylor’s illustration. I read in this that (Sayre‚ H.M.) was saying something like the world of art (2010) usually has two different depictions of the Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge. This is where one illustrates a natural illusionistic art which is compared to something
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thoughts and ideas. Philosophy is not just about the facts. The facts are put together to make something significant. The facts don’t necessarily make up a person’s way of thinking either. A way of thinking is based on what is seen and heard in the world around the viewer. When it comes to a person’s thinking‚ the study of philosophy could help with abstract thinking‚ clarity and order. It could produce a study of oneself through questions‚ not answers. People could understand the reasoning
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World Final Review: China: Major dynasties after Qin Shang Capital Anyang Had dynasty ruling families Shang Kings had little land and the nobles governed most of the land and were loyal to the king Noblewomen had status Majoristy of people were peasants and lived in poor conditions Chief God- Shand Di Polytheistic Believed ancestor worships- helped with war and crops Zhou Longest ruling dynasty Introduce feudalism Confucianism Qin Shi Huangdi: Leader Xiangyang: Capital Policy
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