Assignment Every ancient civilization has its own creation story, and these stories are created, retold, and maintained by humans as a means of understanding the world and their place in it. Each story is different, suggesting a different beginning and emergence of human life, yet most share similar themes, plots, and characters. In this essay, you will select three creation stories from Unit 1. Your … Read more
The Ancient Greek understanding of politics must be understood in the context of political systems at the time. Describe the Polis system and how this is likely to have shaped these thinkers conceptions of politics and the state. Are there concepts from this weeks readings which you think continue to remain relevant in modern times? … Read more
You may NOT use outside sources. Use just your book (Bishop, Adventures in the Human Spirit) Please do NOT use contractions, idioms, slang, or colloquialism. How does the era influence the humanities of that era? To answer this question, consider the Age of Revolutions, the Romantic Era, and the Industrial Age. Also, you will need … Read more
Take a virtual trip to Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York City! For this assignment, your job is to navigate their site and search for an appropriate artifact from their collections (Gothic). Choose an item (or items if you want to explore more than one!), and write an essay about it. Observe its … Read more
The early civilizations of the Indus Valley known as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had many of the markings of a sophisticated culture. In a 2-3 page paper discuss the noted advancements of these cultures including significant archaeological finds that suggest these civilizations were far more advanced than originally believed. For this paper, you will need to find at least … Read more
write 2 pages memo on the Ancient Maya and some of its discoveries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6eBJjdca14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFKy7DJsCY.
The title of chapter 8 is “The Expansion of Europe, 950-1100.” Using this as a frame of reference write an essay addressing the following: Is the term feudalism still useful as a historical concept or has it become a misleading myth? What problems did it solve, and what others did does it create? In the … Read more
Take a virtual trip to Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York City! For this assignment, your job is to navigate their site and search for an appropriate artifact from their collections (Romanesque). Choose an item (or items if you want to explore more than one!), and write an essay about it. Observe its … Read more
Research Topic: How did the first emperor of China, Qin ShiHuang, unify Chinas warring states? BibliographyFang, Hui, et al. Imperial Expansion, Public Investment, and the Long Path of History: Chinas Initial Political Unification and Its Aftermath. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, no. 30, 2015, pp. … Read more
Christianity’s success in the first five centuries of its existence was shaped by the Roman experience. Explain how a fringe Jewish sect that was illegal and persecuted became the official religion of the Empire. You should try to mention several important ideas/terms. Maybe not all, but most: Christian writings, missionary work, persecutions, heresy, Constantine, church … Read more