Archaeology involves controlled methods of survey and excavation, aimed at recovering objects and remains which provide information about the structures and activities of people in the past. The relationships of these objects and remains can be reconstructed, and aspects of their cultural meaning determined. Since so much of the material which survives the passage of…
Hatshepsut female ruler around 1470 BCE wore beard to symbolize power husband was Tutmosis II Tuthmosis III was her stepson first powerful female leader ruler in own right peace & prosperity expanded trade built massive tomb & 2 obelisks death-unknown Tuthmosis III inherited throne from father through stepmom around 1450 BCE training in military “Napoleon…
Power, Economy, Political, Religion during the Renaissance Global balance of power: Expansion, Wars, Migration Economy Political Religion/Cosmology ———————————————————————————————— 1. Expansion, Wars & Migration ▪Largest Empire after the fall of Rome was the Islamic Empire. ▪Under the leadership of Dynastic Arab & Turkish families, Islam (originating in Saudi Arabia) spread from Spain to India by the…
Canadian Parliamentary System Federal Level Provincial Level Constitutional Monarchy A government in which the monarch has only the powers laid out in the nation’s constitution and laws. The monarch is recognized as the Head of State and centre of state authority. Role is essentially symbolic; most real political power in Canada lies with elected politicians.…
What is Propaganda? Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation aimed at serving an agenda. The purpose of propaganda is ‘to spread a philosophy or point of view’. The most common use of the term (historically) is in political contexts; in particular to refer to certain efforts sponsored by governments or political groups. Each…
Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Militarism Def: Building up of arms (weapons) to deter (scare) others from attacking. Germany was competing with the UK to build battleships. The British feared an attack on their Empire Germany was competing with Russia and France to expand their armies Alliances Def: Banding together of countries against a common threat.…
Confederation Day July 1, 1867 – Canada first became a nation – BNA Act 4 British colonies joined to form the new Dominion of Canada Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick (population = 3 million) John A. McDonald sworn in as Canada’s first prime minister The Twentieth Century (1900-1913) Some colonies rejected confederation – …
The statues ‘talk’ to you Life size renditions in bronze A whole room “frieze”- small tiles used to decorate the room and tell a story Dig for a subway- and find a village- with an intact water system (4000 year old) Keats’ Message “What leaf – fring’d legend haunt about thy shape Of deities or…
It has been argued that Adam Smith articulated two essential attributes in the economic system that was not yet fully born in his time: 1. A society of competitive profit-seeking individuals can assure its orderly material provisioning through the self-regulating market system. 2. Such a society tends to accumulate capital, and in doing so enhances…
Malthus based his ideas about population and food on two basic premises. 1) Food is necessary to sustain life 2) Human sexual instinct is constant. Starting with these two premises, Malthus built an argument that the population if unchecked would double every 25 years (about one generation) Population would progress geometrically Food production would be…
-From the start there exists a materialist connection of humans with one another, i.e., the satisfaction of basic needs. – The first historical act is the act of production of the means to satisfy these needs, the production of material life itself. -Humans work on nature and through that relation emerges a cultural system of…
First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,…
Route: Indian Ocean Advantages: Changeable, predictable monsoon wids lead to reliable schedules; great variety and amound of goods can be carried via ship (emporium trading); seaborne trade usually faster than land routes Geographical Scope: East Africa, Arabia, Inida, S.E. Asia; canal between Red Sea and Nile would eventually connect Mediterranean Commerce: Aromatic (incense), spices, gold,…
DEFINITION: Identifying Point of View (POV) is an attempt at establishing an author’s bias and/or motivation within a primary source. Clarifying an author’s logic in his/her opinions is a form of high level analysis. SOME METHODS OF IDENTIFYING POINT OF VIEW: Political ideology, Class, Race, Religion, Nationality, Profession, Gender POV is NOT: An author’s opinion.…
State Leader & Symbolic Role Method of Unification Ruler’s Means of Control Egypt Pharoh (herdsman) sometimes functions as god. Organizing labor to manage floods; distribution of food; use of Nile River as highway to unify, control. Pharaoh’s commands, policies function as law, regarded as devine. Mesopotamia city-states King/Royals, mediate, lead, worship, receive oracles. Organizing labor;…
Founding Fathers Samuel Adams John Hancock John Adams Paul Revere Benjamin Franklin Thomas Paine Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton Patrick Henry George Washington Samuel Adams Born 1722, Died 1803 Harvard Degree 1740 “The Son’s of Liberty” Mastermind behind the Boston Massacre propaganda campaign and the Boston Tea Party Declined to participate in the Constitutional Convention of…
Jim Crow A minstrel character of a black man, portrayed by a white man, by blackening his face with charcoal and jumping up and down and speaking with broken English the Jim Crow idea was one of many stereotypical images of black inferiority in the popular culture of the mid to late 1800’s Plessy V.…
The Political Background When Louis XIV took control of his country’s government in 1661 there was a good chance he might not last long. Kingship in the seventeenth century was a dangerous occupation. For evidence he had only to look at his own family. Louis’ grandfather IV Henry IV had been assassinated by a mad…
James I – The Divine Right of Kings The following is an excerpt from a doctrine in defense of monarchial absolutism. This document states that the king’s power is derived from the authority of God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament. Originating in…
The European world of the sixteenth century was a world of change. Though it still retained many of the institutions such as the Church, the universities, the manufacturing, and commercial guilds, and the feudal system of land-holding that had emerged during the Middle Ages, a new structure was developing. In religion, politics, economics, and society,…