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    Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people

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    Imperial Britain in the Victorian Era: A Time of Change During the Victorian era‚ the British Empire thrived as the most powerful imperial force in the world. It was a time of great change: in addition to continued expansion of the empire‚ there were also many advances in science‚ as well as the start of an industrial revolution. According to Eric Hobsbawm‚ there are three primary demands a state makes in terms of public art and architecture: “the first is to glorify power itself‚ which in the European

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    Middle Ages should be labeled as The Dark Ages because barbarians invaded places‚ people fled from towns to forests and hills‚ and people were slaughtered. In addition to The Dark Ages the label Age of Faith is adequate because there were lots of loyalty and protection. The label Age of Feudalism is a poor label because there is very limited evidence to show that. The only evidence we have is that people owe service to a fief and the King and he will pay them back. In addition to The Age of Feudalism

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    Women in the Victorian era were held to certain expectations that affected them socially‚ politically‚ and economically. Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ women had very specific gender roles‚ and when they did no adhere to these standards‚ their reputations and overall way of life would completely change. Women had very few rights‚ were considered property of their husbands‚ and many were forced to endure abusive relationships. The repression of women in this era

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    Wilde’s Advocacy for Change in Victorian Culture People have the tendency to judge situations and matters according to how society judges the same situation. Oscar Wilde‚ the playwright of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ takes these preconceptions in and inverts the practices that we perceive to be true in order to advocate social and political change. By emphasizing these discrepancies in marriage and the social aristocracy‚ Wilde satirizes Victorian traditions and ultimately advocates change.

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    English | |[pic] Poetry Resource Booklet THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE Preface The Spirit of the Age Within this anthology is a selection of poetry from a range of historical periods‚ geographical locations‚ cultural origins and artistic movements. The poets and poems that have been chosen provide readers with an insight into their worlds and experiences‚ and the ‘spirit of the age’ in which they lived. Poets speak as individuals about intensely personal reflections

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    Victorian Era The victorian era sets a time period where the classes began to develop and set people in their places. Most classes began to catch feelings for each other and that started a conflict between them all. The lower classes did not bet the experience that the upper classes did. The housing‚ jobs‚ society‚ foods‚ and a lot of other things differed between these classes. Prisons were also a focus in the victorian era because of what they were used for. The middle

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    In the Victorian Era‚ there were many advancements in steam power. Before this era‚ “man relied on his own muscles and those of domesticated animals‚ wind‚ and water as sources of power” (Kras 6). Steam power was used for industry‚ transport‚ agriculture and generate electricity (Burton 3). Advancements in steam power enabled men to work more efficiently‚ trade goods overseas and across land faster‚ and provided transport for people. Steam power caused drastic changes such as people no longer worked

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    Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti in Historical Context Victorian Era: Victorian Britain‚ 1837 - 1901 Christina Rossetti * Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic‚ devotional‚ and children’s poems * Family: Born in London to Gabriele Rossetti‚ a poet and a political exile from Vasto‚ Abruzzo‚ and Frances Polidori‚ the sister of Lord Byron’s friend and physician‚ John William Polidori. She had two brothers and

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    This anthology is a published collection of poetry throughout the five major periods including- the Pre Elizabethan period‚ Elizabethan Period‚ Metaphysical Period‚ Romantic Period and the Victorian Period. The Pre Elizabethan Period was first in Old English and then in Middle English. Old English was used after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th and 6th centuries. The invaders from Germany who settled in England were called the Angles‚ the Saxon‚ and the Jutes. The names of these tribes

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