began a new series of attacks in the Mediterranean in the ninth century. They raided the southern coasts of Europe‚ especially Italy‚ and even threatened Rome in 843. Vikings: by far the most devastating and far-reaching attacks of the time came from the Northmen or Norsemen of Scandinavia‚ also known to us as the Vikings. The Vikings were a Germanic people based in Scandinavia and constitute‚ in a sense‚ the final wave of Germanic migration. Why they moved is not very clear to historians. Two
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Final Exam What makes a hero a hero? In the western movies‚ The Searchers‚ High Noon‚ and Rio Bravo‚ each film portrays the issue of masculinity in three distinctive ways. In each of these movies the main character is left with defeating the bad guys. In all three of the movies‚ the main character is able to represent the traditional masculinity‚ toughness‚ and honor. In both the movies The Searchers and Rio Bravo‚ John Wayne plays the main character. Wayne at this time in America was pictured
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Western Culture Cultural diversity is all around us. Each culture identifies with unique characters. And while much of behavior may be thought to be innate‚ there are also external factors that can impact an individual ’s behavior. What is thought to be culturally accepted behavior or norms in one area of the country may be offensive and unacceptable in others. There are many examples of this practice. For instance‚ the legal drinking age in the United States is 21‚ while in Austria; an individual
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land
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Ana Decastro Western Civilization I Professor Sarah M. Lane The crusades were religious wars promoted by the Catholic Church to regain entrance in holy places in Jerusalem in the thirteenth century. Both‚ Muslims and Jews had similar opinions about the crusades differing from the Christians who approved of them. Pope Urban‚ organizer of the papal monarchy and the Roman Curia‚ was a faithful believer of the crusades. At his speech in Clermont in 1095‚ he warned Europeans to accept the crusades
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Political A HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT A History of Western Political Thought is an energetic‚ engaged and lucid account of the most important political thinkers and the enduring themes of the last two and a half millennia. J.S.McClelland traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from Ancient Greece through to the development of the modern state‚ the American Enlightenment‚ the rise of liberalism and the very different reactions it engendered
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discusses the stimulation of each hemisphere of the brain during everyday life activities. However due to the evolving world‚ the once knowledgeable left hemisphere of the brain is slowing today’s humans down. In this society‚ humans who stimulate and use their right hemisphere of the brain will rule the future. A variety of things have popped up in the twenty first century causing an abundance of supplies in stores such as Target‚ Best Buy‚ and even Staples. From the knowledgeable left brain to
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Western Music dates back from 1200 BC. We can divide each major element of Western Music into periods. Some of the major periods of Western Music consist of Baroque‚ Classical‚ Romantic‚ and Modern Music. Each period contributed key elements that have influenced the formation of music. These key periods helped form the musical geniuses;Bach‚ Beethoven‚Mozart‚Verdi‚ and Copland. The Baroque period lasted from 1600-1750. The two best known Baroque composers are Johann Sebastian Bach and George
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England. The European trade had its origins in Mali‚ around 1450‚ when the famous leader Mansa Musa converted to Islam‚ and on his way to the Mecca‚ one of the five pilasters that a Muslim has to follow‚ donated so much gold that Europeans from all the Western heard of the amount; which stimulated the eyes of the many Europeans who were looking for gold. Once the Portuguese arrived‚ for example Henry the Navigator which founded the city of Sagres‚ their main goal was to explore and to find large
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Western Religions Human Services 130 Western religions‚ there are three main forms‚ there is Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. it is best to break them out individually and compare the three. Once this is done‚ each religion is easier to understand you can find newrespect for each though understanding is achieved. The main focal point of any religious aspect is the understanding of God. A breakdown of each so that they are easier to understand is as follows: Judaism: God is omnipotent
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