Part A Originally‚ literacy was simply defined as a way to describe the skills of reading and writing that are shaped through various mediums such as language and text. Now‚ I view literacy as a means of communication consisting of speech‚ reading‚ writing‚ and non-verbal delivery methods including media. Through this semester I have come to the understanding that literacy can be applied to many ideas‚ such as music‚ culture and graphic novels. In our final presentations‚ my content group combined
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Formal Analysis Research Paper Ancient Mediterranean Art (HAA 230) By course end you will have written a formal analysis research paper. That is‚ you will have written a paper that combines the close looking‚ careful describing‚ and grounded interpretation of a work of art with the aptly selected content of relevant primary and secondary textual sources. At the center of this paper will be one of three different “object” types: an original work of art in the Oriental Institute Museum‚ an ancient-inspired
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The Hero: Alexander the Great In the month of October the great King of Macedonia‚ Alexander the Great‚ was born. He was the son of Philip II‚ who is considered as an excellent general of Macedonia‚ and princess Olympias of Epirus. He inherited the best qualities and character of both of his parents. His father possessed strong and determined abilities of a real general and his mother was unreliable and out of control. Throughout his childhood‚ most of his friends were women. Lanice‚ who is a nurse
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The Persian Empire was a vast empire; it stretched from Egypt to Turkey past Mesopotamia to the Indus River. It was located in what is now Iran. Around the fifth century B.C.E. it had become the largest empire on Earth. Although the Persian Empire did well‚ due to some poor emperors decisions‚ it disappeared just as fast as it appeared. There were a lot of nomadic tribes that did not have a police force or law makers. But some tribes would collect different tribes all under one leadership. “The
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Empire. The Battle of Chaeronea consisted of the Macedonian army crushing Greek allies in 338 B.C. The Battle of Issus turned into a rout where Darius escaped Alexander and entered Babylon where he then proceeded to the Persian capitals at Susa and Persepolis and took possession over gold and silver.2 The Battle of Hydaspes River was a brutally
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Uniting an Empire: But Dad‚ don’t you see? Classical studies: 91397: Demonstrate understanding of significant ideology in the classical world. Son: “Alexander was very intelligent and kingly in applying the policy of fusion between the Macedonians and the Persians to form one great empire.” Father: “The Policy of Fusion? To me that was the main issuing that caused problems to his empire and ultimately ended his successful reign with his army.” Son: “Father‚ I disagree on what you
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CHAPTER ONE: Before History IDENTITIES: Complex Society Paleolithic Venus Figurines Metallurgy Social Class/Social Structure Lucy Neolithic Lascaux Cave Paintings Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Revolution MAP: Olduvai Gorge Neander Valley Catal Huyluk Lascaux CHAPTER TWO: Early Societies in SW Asia and Indo-European Migrations IDENTITIES: The Epic of Gilgamesh Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi’s Codes/Laws Stele Assyrians Economic
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The Development of Ancient Systems of Writing in Iraq and Egypt Ancient systems of writing in the Middle East arose when people needed a method for remembering important information. In both Ancient Iraq and Ancient Egypt each of the stages of writing‚ from pictograms to ideograms to phonetograms‚ evolved as a response to the need to express more complex ideas. Satisfaction of this need gave us the two most famous forms of ancient writing‚ cuneiform from ancient Iraq‚ and hieroglyphics from
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AP World History Study Guide General Terms to Study: Unit 1: history concepts/Prehistory Prehistory - Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. The Five Themes of Geography - Location refers to the relative or absolute location of places. Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. Absolute location provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude‚ a street
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Alexander the Great The World Generals Series “Palgrave’s World Generals Series will feature great leaders whose reputations have transcended their own nations‚ whose bold characters led to new forms of combat‚ whose determination and courage gave shape to new dynasties and civilizations—men whose creativity and courage inspired multitudes. Beginning with illustrious World War II German Field Marshall Irwin Rommel‚ known as the Desert Fox‚ the series will shed new light on famous warrior-leaders
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