Tacitus, Germania Essay
Tacitus, Germania Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE.. In doing so, be warned, he was commenting on the Rome of his own time, …
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Tarik’s Address to His Soldiers from The Breath of Perfumes (711 CE)
Tarik’s Address to His Soldiers from The Breath of Perfumes (711 CE) Tarik was the Muslim leader who lead the conquest of Spain. Tarik’s Address to His Soldiers Content Question: What does Tarik say to motivate his soldiers? Analysis …
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MINICASE CHOCOLATE: IS YOUR TREAT THE RESULT OF UNFAIR LABOR AND THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOR?
MINICASE CHOCOLATE: IS YOUR TREAT THE RESULT OF UNFAIR LABOR AND THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOR? When you last indulged in a bar of rich chocolate, a cup of hot cocoa, a piece of chocolate cake, or a scoop of …
Xenophon, The Polity of the Spartans (@ 375 BCE)
Xenophon, The Polity of the Spartans (@ 375 BCE) Content Question: What are the virtues which Lykurgus wanted to establish? Analysis Question: How do these compare with Athenian virtues (see next)? Evaluative Questions: How difficult was it to maintain the …
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Caesarius of Heisterbach: TWO HERETICS WORKED MIRACLES BY THE AID OF THE DEVIL (from Dialogus Miraculorum)
Caesarius of Heisterbach: TWO HERETICS WORKED MIRACLES BY THE AID OF THE DEVIL (from Dialogus Miraculorum) Caesarius of Heisterbach was possibly born and certainly educated in Cologne. After some inward struggle he became a Cistercian monk at the monastery of …
Boccaccio, The Decameron
Boccaccio, The Decameron The Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio lived through the plague as it ravaged the city of Florence in 1348. The experience inspired him to write The Decameron, a story of seven men and three women who escape the …
Taj Mahal construction and specification
Taj Mahal construction and specification Jamaluddin, D. (2007). Mughal Warriors – Taj Mahal construction and specification. This YouTube link provides details about the reason Taj Mahal, India was constructed and how the construction took place. The content in …
East African City States and the West African empires
For this assignment, you will complete a supplementary reading (you can find it on Blackboard/Content/Supplementary Reading/”West Africa and the Spread of Islam”), watch two documentaries, and then construct a thoughtful response to this material. Your response should be about 250 …
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Religious History
Religious History Two main sects of Islam are Shias and Sunnis. Though both sects claim to follow the true teachings of the prophet Mohammad, Shias claim to know the true teachings of the prophet Muhammad through their following of Hazrat …
Ottomanism – the Young Turks Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
Ottomanism – the Young Turks Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) The Young Turks Committee of Union and Progress was more commonly known as CUP. The Union was filled with young Turkish captains and officers who had rapidly taken …
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