History 4A Lecture Notes Fall 2012 The Origins of Western Civilization: The Ancient Mediterranean World 8/24/12 Introduction (power point on bspace contains images if desired) * Instructor: Carlos Norena * GSI: Patrick Clark‚ Brendan Haug‚ John Olmsted‚ Norman Underwood * historia (history) – Greek‚ lit. “inquiry‚ learning by inquiry; a [written] account of what has been learned by inquiry” Resources of History (example) * clay prism (Sumerian King List) * marble etchings
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supplanted the Minoan‚ and dominated Greece until about 1100 BCE‚ when barbarians known as Durians invaded. * 4. EXTEND EARLY BEGINING OF POLIS * 490 750-550 Age of Colonization c. 700 Homer 5. Greek Polis Time Line 479 Spartans 480 Xerxes invades Greece Athenians defeat Persians at Marathon 431 Start of 478-477 Formation of Delian League defeat Persians at Platea 413 Athenian defeat at SyracusePeloponnesian War * A community of citizens with distinctive A city state 6. What
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BAR EXAMINATION 2006 REMEDIAL LAW REMEDIAL LAW | - I - 1. What is the concept of remedial law? 2% 2. Distinguish between substantive law and remedial law. 2% 3. How are remedial laws implemented in our system of government? 2% 4. Distinguish jurisdiction from venue? 2% 5. What do you mean by (a) real actions; and (b) personal actions? 2% - II - What court has jurisdiction over an action for specific performance filed by a subdivision homeowner against a subdivision developer
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annie dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek for Richard It ever was‚ and is‚ and shall be‚ ever-living Fire‚ in measures being kindled and in measures going out. —HERACLITUS Contents Epigraph 1 Heaven and Earth in Jest iii 3 2 Seeing 16 3 Winter 37 4 The Fixed 55 5 Untying the Knot 73 6 The Present 78 7 Spring 105 8 Intricacy 124 9 Flood 149 10 Fecundity 161 11 Stalking 184 12 Nightwatch 209 13 The
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Chapter 1 Stone Age Societies and the Earliest Civilizations of the Near East 1) The earliest prehuman species thus far discovered is called A) Homo sapiens. B) Australopithecus. C) Homo habilis. D) Neanderthal man. E) Homo erectus. Answer: B Page Ref: 4 2) The first use of fire is attributed to A) Homo habilis. B) Cro-Magnon man. C) Neanderthal man. D) Australopithecus. E) Homo erectus. Answer: E Page Ref: 4 3) Neanderthal man lived primarily in A) North America. B) Europe. C) Arabia D)
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ORIENTALISM Also by the author Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography Beginnings: Intention and Method ORIENTALISM Edward W. Said Routledge & Kegan Paul London and Henley First published in 1978 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 39 Store Street‚ London WCIE 7DD‚ and Broadway House‚ Newton Road‚ Henley-on-Thames‚ Oxon RG9 1EN Reprinted and first published as a paperback in 1980 Set in Times Roman and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Burn Limited Trowbridge & Esher
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HISTORY TIMELINE WORLD HISTORY TIMELINE FROM ANCIENT HISTORY TO 21ST CENTURY COPYRIGHT © 2010 - www.ithappened.info Table of Contents Ancient history .................................................................................................................................... 4 100‚000 to 800 BC........................................................................................................................... 4 800 BC to 300 BC...............................................
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Persepolis Marjane Satrapi A Study guide Persepolis was originally published in France where it won several awards and wide acclaim. In 2003‚ the novel was published by Random House in the United States. Persepolis is a graphic novel which tells the story of its author and her childhood in Tehran‚ Iran. The novel details the author’s family life in the context of the 1979 Iranian Revolution‚ the overthrow of the Shah‚ and the resulting Iran-Iraq War. The book is drawn in a stark black and
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Called “The Black Pope” by many of his followers‚ Anton LaVey began the road to High Priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival: “On Saturday night I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival‚ and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot‚ I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children‚ asking God to forgive them and purge
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Terry Wei Traditions and Encounters AP World History Review Chapter 1: Prehistory The first chapter of Traditions and Encounters sets the stage for the drama of world history by presenting the major milestones in the development of humans from their earliest appearance on earth to the dawn of civilization. This chapter addresses the physical evolution of the species and their migrations throughout the globe as well as the revolutionary transformation from all humans surviving by hunting and gathering
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