World History Chapters 1-2 Study Guide 1) What is one aspect of Egyptian and Mesopotamian society that they had in common? The women could own property and go into priesthood. 2) What was the advantage of the Chinese writing system? The writing system was universal. 3) What are trade‚ specialized work‚ government‚ record keeping‚ and advance technology characteristics of? A civilization 4) What ancient city was founded on the banks of the Euphrates River? Ur 5) What is the
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California History Vocabulary July 1769: Spanish Gov. chose to settle in California in San Diego 1542 official welcoming for Spanish to California October 12‚1492: Columbus’ expedition to find treasure for queen Isabella 1517 Spanish created civilization where the Native Americans were 1519 Cortez comes to shore at the FIRST Spanish city Vera Cruz Aztec- Montezuma was the god there at the time Cortes came to America -Montezuma sent 13‚000 pounds of gold to Cortes to leave his land.
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various occupations. Their economic status was very volatile for many reasons. No area of Jewish life in Western Europe offers such a perpetual change as the economy does. The Jews most specifically participated in international trade‚ crafts‚ slave trade‚ local trade‚ and most popularly in money lending. The Jewish people participated in commerce in the countries of western Mediterranean . However‚ Jewish roles in commerce were rather limited because Syrian merchants in Gaul who supplied the population
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Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met
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Before arriving to England‚ I looked at the list of class trips that our Sites and Sights group would be attending. I had not heard of about half of the places‚ including the Tate Modern. On the twenty third of October‚ we had the pleasure of visiting this museum. At first‚ I was not sure if I would enjoy it because I am usually not interested in art. Our tour guide provided us with more knowledge about art in general as well as different ways to approach and examine art. There are so many pieces
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Jacob Molho 12/9/16 Jewish Emancipation: The Migration of People‚ Ideas‚ and Mindsets Unique for its time‚ in September of 1480‚ Spain created special religious tribunals to address cases of “heretical depravity”. These tribunals‚ collectively referred to as the Spanish Inquisition‚ sought to eliminate deviation from Catholicism. Jews bore the brunt of these tribunals. They were rarely acquitted of charges levied through the Spanish Inquisition‚ and relative to other “heretics‚” Jews were executed
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The History of 2D Animation Animation dates back over 12000 years‚ as ancient cave drawings appear to be drawn‚ in such a way‚ as to create the illusion of movement. At the beginning of animation‚ there was the zoetrope – or the “Wheel of Life”. The zoetrope is a small drum-type contraption‚ with slits around the side‚ and pictures on the inside‚ beneath the slits. These slits let people look through the slits to see the pictures move when the zoetrope was spun around – by hand! Since
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people remember about their American history classes from high school? They may remember that they learned Columbus and his ‘discovery’ of the new land or that Lincoln fought to end all slavery‚ but in reality students do not remember much. This is also jaded by the fact that most of what we do remember‚ turns out to have a slight hint of falsehood. Frances FitzGerald‚ author of Rewriting American History‚ uses his essay to analyze what a person learns in their history classes‚ and has found that what
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History of Radio and TV In past time all people had to communicate was a printing press for local newspapers. It must’ve taken a long time for everybody to get their newspaper. Then with the discovery of radio waves‚ a new invention evolved called the radio. The first former radio-communication was the telegraph. The telegraph was used for long-distance messages‚ but for these messages to be understood a creation of a secret language was formed; called Morse code. The United States military often
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Andrea Atkinson History 140 Marcus Bussey Research Essay Why Human History Cannot be Understood in a Vacuum When trying to decipher what Clive Ponting meant when he said‚ “Human history cannot be understood in a vacuum‚” I have deemed it is necessary to break the explanation up into three different parts. The first being‚ what does human history look like through a vacuum? What is it comprised of‚ what are its characteristics? The second being if human history is not understood in a vacuum
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