Country of Economic Contrasts 1st millionaires appear Cities have slums Stark contrast between the rich and the poor (upper and lower class) 1/4 + of babies die before their 1st birthday New technology makes life easier (for those who can afford the luxury) Technology in the Home 1900s was a time of “gadgets” New “gadgets…
Queen Elizabeth was born on September 7th 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the daughter of Anne Boleyn who was the second wife of King Henry VIII. The king hoped for a son after having a daughter. Queen Elizabeth’s mom was arrested, charged with a many crimes, and executed on 19 May 1536. Just 12…
William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564 and died on April 25th, 1616. Both of his parents were uneducated. When W.Shakespeare was four years of age, he went to a private school for both boys and girls. He was educated in Latin and Greek. His school days often started from dawn till dusk. W.…
Globe Theatre- Plays When a play was written, it was quickly produced. Rival play making companies would send their members to get unauthorized copies of the plays, they were called Quarto Texts. Globe Theatre- Actors Women weren’t allowed to be in plays because they thought men brought in better audience and that it was too…
1933 January 30 –Hitler is appointed Reich Chancellor of Germany by Hindenburg January 30 — Sterilization (of inferiors) Laws enacted; implemented three weeks later February 27 — Reichstag fire February 28 — Leading communists arrested March 20 — Dachau concentration camp established April 1 — General boycott of all Jewish businesses – One day April…
Anti-Semitism as a political movement should not and cannot be determined by factors of sentiment, but only by the recognition of the facts. These are the facts: To begin with, Jewry is unqualifiedly a racial association and not a religious association. . . . Its influence will bring about the racial tuberculosis of the people.…
The Middle Ages–the period directly preceding the Renaissance–saw the use of music for specific purposes. This included songs used to accompany knights riding into battle, songs for working, for dancing, and most notably for religious ceremony. The majority of this music has been lost. Only church music survived because only men of the church were…
1341 (April 6) Petrarch crowned Poet Laureate. The Renaissance begins.1397: Giovanni de Medici Moves to Florence: Giovanni de Medici, the papal banker, settles in Florence and becomes a patron of the arts, beginning the Medici rule over Florence.1401: Ghiberti awarded the Right to Sculpt the Doors of The Baptistry in Florence: It takes him 28…
RELIGION Facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Empire. GOVERNMENT Democracy plus Senate (Members represented sections of society) LITERATURE Ovid: Metamorphoses, Virgil: Aeneid, Cicero: Rhetorical works. HISTORICAL WORKS Tacitus: Histories; Julius Caesar: Histories of Rome. CONSTRUCTION Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: “De architectura,” deals with urban planning, building materials, temple construction, public and private buildings, and hydraulics,…
1. Protected and spread the knowledge of Ancient Greece, and made it accessible to Renaissance scholars and scientists. 2. Made new contributions in math, and the sciences and wrote influential works later discovered and used by Renaissance mathematicians and scientists. 3. Influenced the architecture of parts of Europe (Spain and parts of Italy) 4. Made…
1. They developed the world’s first democracy.2. They were the first people to take the scientific approach to medicine by actually studying the diseases. (Hippocrates)3. Playwrights wrote and produced the first dramas in outdoor theaters. (Euripides & Sophocles)4. They invented the rules of Geometry as well as other mathematics. (Euclid)5. They developed the art of…
THE SUMERIANS: Invented the arch and built temples called ziggurats. Created the first written language called cuneiform. King Hammurabi of Babylon was the first ruler to record a set of written laws. It consisted of 282 laws and was displayed in the every town for all to see. THE BABYLONIANS: Contributed the Hanging Gardens of…
Bennett by 1935 decided to adopt some of American President’s Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” policies of 193. The New Deal (blueprints for the future) in the United States of America extended the influence of the federal government into the whole economic life of the country. New laws were passed that relieved the immediate distress…
Movement to “Heian-kyo” known today as Kyoto, capital of Japan from 794 until 1868 Abandoning the Chinese Sent no further missions to China severed continental contact = increasing independence, adaptation The City of Heian-kyo Rectangular about 2 1/2 miles across from west to east and about 3 1/2 miles long from north to south. A stone…
An Introduction Our Records… Japan does not appear in history until 57 CE when it is first mentioned in Chinese histories. In these histories, it is referred to as “Wa.” The Chinese historians tell us of a land divided into a hundred or so separate tribal communities without writing or political unity. Their Records… The…
1. The Jews wanted to denationalize and de-stabilize Germany by: Sowing confusion Lowering the racial level of the highest Dominate the races by exterminating the intelligentsia (intelligent people) Replace them (the intelligentsia) with members of the Jewish race Race mixing, e.g. the Jews brought Blacks in the Rhineland – this led to the cohabitation of…
BLITZKRIEG The German word meaning “lightening war”, the military strategy of softening a country up through intensive air raids followed by rapid use of armoured and infantry units, based on speed and surprise. revolutionary style of hard, fast warfare based on surprise attack the key to its success was close co-operation between the German Panzer…
Winston Churchill and Allies under intense pressure to “do something” to relieve pressure on Soviet Union – “Operation Jubilee” was to be a quick raid: – Gather information, test tactics for a later invasion, worry the Nazis – Aug. 19th, 1942 6000 troops land in France (5000 are Canadians): – 900 die on beaches –…
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (INFLATION) Instead of taxing its people to finance WWI, Germany had borrowed the money. Thus it had burdened its citizens with a huge debt. To payoff this debt after the war, the German government simply printed more money. This was done even though the country’s industry, agriculture, and commerce were not expanding because…
Soldiers in World War One fought under terrible conditions and were often slaughtered in useless attacks – yet millions volunteered to go. Why? 1) Patriotism and Nationalism A strong sense of national pride made men feel that it was their duty to fight. 2) Honor and Glory Many men saw the war as a…