1Western Civilization I Rutgers/McNair Prof. Mellen 21.510.210.07/.98 Socrates: the Apology Fall 2014 Reading response sheet Name: CONTENT SUMMARY: in your summary include responses to the following What is Socrates searching for in his consultations with wise men‚ poets and artisans? What does Socrates consider to be the basis or source of virtue? Knowledge Why are the Athenians troubled by Socrates? *How does Socrates’ description of his actions and ideas connect to
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Western Civilization-Antigone Paper In the book Antigone by Sophocles the author portrays an image of how society was back in classical Greece. This book gives us a idea of what a woman’s order was in society‚ family life‚ death rituals‚ politics and religion. In Athens the king ruled over the land and its people. If any of his people questioned his leadership‚ they would be sentenced to death especially a woman such as Antigone. The book seems to show that men rule and women are ruled
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2008 Source C is a public primary source. It is an excerpt from an article from The Argus Newspaper‚ 19th July 1915. It is from an article which was reporting on a march that took place in July 1915 by women who where demanding the right to serve on the home front by making munitions. The perspective of Source C is that of the publishers and author of the article of the newspaper‚ who where Australians‚ supporters of the British cause in the war. Censorship by the British government would
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Western Civilizations HMS-301 Section A Project Topic: Futurism Prepared By: Bassel Paoli (12110518) Instructor: Dr. Karim Tannous Introduction Futurism Futurism is an artistic and social movement that began in Italy Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The movement launched under the name Futurist Manifesto‚ written by Filippo‚ was published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell ’Emilia in Bologna on 5 February 1909‚ and later on in French on 20
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In the 3‚000 years that make up the ancient history of the emergence of Western Civilization‚ Rome’s contributions to society include the construction of bridges‚ domes‚ and temples. The Romans had great architecture skills that have stayed with us in one form or another for thousands of years. Each construction has evolved into many different forms that are found all over the world today. Each country or civilization uses the items differently‚ but without the help from the Romans and Greeks transportation
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Reliable Primary Sources Primary sources are original records created at the time or after historical events occurred. Primary sources may include letters‚ manuscripts‚ diaries‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ speeches‚ interviews‚ memoirs‚ photographs‚ audio recordings‚ video recordings‚ research data‚ and objects or artifacts from the time in order for it to be considered reliable. These sources are raw materials that help interpret the past. Not every primary source is completely reliable‚ because they
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Neo-Babylonians‚ and Persians are considered to be amongst the first successful civilizations of first millennium B.C. It can be argued that each civilization was better than the others in terms of treatment of common people‚ but that’s a issue for another essay. What we want to know right now is‚ why? What made their model of civilization more effective than that of previous empires? According to Western Civilization Beyond Borders the answer can be attributed to the fact that these three empires
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Second Examination Review Sheet 1. What were the goals of the Great Powers at the Congress of Vienna? What were their aims and how did they redraw the map of Europe in the wake of Napoleon’s defeat? What did the chief architects of the Congress‚ such as Metternich‚ hope to achieve? Congress of Vienna was a conservative group that aimed to develop peaceful international relations system Goal: achieve postwar stability by establishing secure states with guaranteed borders. Restore regimes to
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His 111: United states history to 1877 Essay #1: Summary of “Working with Sources” When we are giving information‚ whether a text or speech‚ our knowledge must have a good basis. Using sources would amplify the quality of our message‚ but first of all‚ it is completely necessary to understand what is a source and how many types of sources exists. First‚ what is a source? Oxford Dictionary says “A book or document used to provide evidence in research”. Is a very
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My primary source is Herodotus’ description of Egypt and the Egyptians. I found this primary source on our supplemental moodle page under the Egypt heading‚ as it was an assigned reading for us when we were discussing Egypt in class. This primary source comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Herodotus. He was born in 484 BCE‚ and lived to 425BCE. He is most known for his writing of the histories‚ which is a series of 6 books. The second‚ of whom we will be focusing on‚ goes into much detail about
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