Essays on History

Abstract

A large amount of the existing research work that has been carried in mobile networking are mainly based on the assumption that there is an existence of a path between the sender and the receiver. Decentralized mobile systems are however exemplified by network partitions and this has been one of the main driving factors towards the study and implementation of the fully context-aware protocols. This protocol is mainly based on the fact that nodes can be exploited as carrier of messages in the network partitions in order to attain delivery of network components. The nodes in context aware protocol ...

In contemporary interconnected and interdependent world, meaning comprehension of one country in the region might resolve the problems diplomacy or military actions could not resolve. Thus, it is no longer enough to know only geographical specifics of the country and formal data. Even knowledge of history of the country without a proper context would not be enough for policy and decision-makers to make the right choice between actions and noninterference. In this regard, culture becomes a crucial element for comprehension of the situation in its complexity and interdisciplinary framework.

Although, during the Cold War, culture was of little importance and the country was identified by its choice of one of the opposed camps, end of the bipolar world has changed everything. Today, under conditions of globalization and spreading of common democratic values, culture is of specific importance. In traditional countries, which are characterized by a long history of instability, cultural specifics are of more socio-political values than even political preferences or participation in elections. This is particularly relevant for the Asian countries which have their own cultural tradition in contrast to relatively homogenous Western examples. Thus, comprehension of culture is vital for an efficient policy conduct and making decisions. The aim of the present paper is to explore the main characteristic features of Cambodian culture and its conditionality.

In general, Cambodian culture is relatively homogenous (meaning quite low level of minorities' self expression), supremacy of ancient culture of Khmer Empire (9th-15th century) followed by prevalence of monarchic rule of Norodom Sihamoni. The culture is also influenced by French colonization and recent trends of globalization (Gottesman 87). The first feature of the culture is conditioned by the fact that almost 90 % of 14.8 million population belongs to original Khmer ethnic group, which speaks official Khmer language. Ethnic minorities are represented by Vietnamese, Chinese, Cham and Khmer Loeu people. Thus, homogeneity contributes to stability of cultural traditions and prevalence of official language, national religion, which is Theravada Buddhism. From a societal perspective, this feature of culture contributes to stability and equality of education spreading, since Buddhist temples are the main educational facilities in the country (Ray, Robinson and Bloom 287).

Cambodian culture is characterized by huge respect to the ancient inheritance of Khmer Empire, which was embodied in monarch-centric religion and is symbolized in Angkor Wat architectural complex, which is a place of religious worshiping. The city and the area around are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This makes the place not only of national but also international importance, especially in the framework of potential targeting this place by terrorist groups (Ray et al., 187). On the other hand, this site is of huge economic and international importance because it attracts numerous tourists each year. Respect to imperial traditions of the past corresponds to continued rule of monarchy in the country. In this regard, the culture is characterized by division between levels of society and existence of royal protocol and traditions. This feature does not only result in preservation of national Apsara dance, but in huge difference between urban and suburban areas and capital in general. The Royal family due to its reserved and formal culture and usage of French language is likely to have an impact on the capital of Phnom Penh, while provincial heads of districts have their own relatively independent view on rule of the territories, not to speak about entirely different approaches on the local levels (Gottesman 17). Thus, prevalence of traditions and supremacy of monarchy does not contribute to the unity and efficiency of ruling in places. Difference in level of development in urban and suburban areas decreases levels of communication not only between districts, but also within them (Ollier and Winter 102).

French colonization of 1863-1953 contributed to territorial losses of Mekong Delta to Vietnam and subsequent isolation of Khmer Krom minority on that territory, which contributed to the tense relationship between two countries, which were further worsened during Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia in 1978 (Morris 48). On the other hand, French colonization contributed to the development of the relevant economic infrastructure and contemporary pro-Western orientation of the country. This was conducted by means of cultural influence, since most of the elder population was still speaking local dialect of French. This also eased spreading of globalization in the country. Acceptance of foreigners was improved by knowledge of French language and tourist necessity of knowing English, which is more widely known in big cities of Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Poiepet and others (Gottesman 87). On the other hand, globalization contributed to the development of a huge gap between urban and rural areas, and lessened communication between different terrains. Thus, until certain extent it can be argued that urban and rural areas of Cambodia are two entirely different countries which should be considered by policymakers (Ollier and Winter 79).

Irrespective of the general characteristic of the country, people are the main asset of any international interactions. From this analysis, it can be concluded that people's element of ASCOPE would be one of the most complicated to identify in general and that each region of the country would have its characteristic features and tendencies for further development. On the other hand from all mentioned above, any policymaker would be able to understand that irrespective of relevant cultural homogeneity of Cambodian society, historical conditionality of it and contemporary status of ethnic minorities might become the source of tensions and potential conflict. This is particularly relevant in the framework of Cambodia-Vietnamese relations, worsening of which can cause instability in the region (Ollier and Winter 82). This is particularly relevant in the framework of 2003 anti-Vietnamese demonstrations. Another dimension of potential concern might be authority structure of Cambodia. In this context is meant the fact that there was no final trial of Khmer Rouge elite and many of the former regime supports ended up in the new government (Morris 36). These matters are of particular attention, due to the aforementioned cultural specifics of the country. Overall, it can be concluded that cultural profiling is essential for comprehension for comprehension of the country and further decision-making process.

Works Cited

Gottesman, Evan R. Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge: inside the politics of nation building.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 2003. Print.
Ollier, Leakthina and Winter Tim. Expressions of Cambodia: The Politics of Tradition,
Identity, and Change. Oxon: Routledge. 2006. Print.
Morris, Stephen J. Why Vietnam invaded Cambodia: political culture and the causes of war.
California: Stanford University Press. 1999. Print.
Ray Nick, Robinson Daniel and Bloom Greg. Cambodia. New York: Lonely Planet
Publications. 2010. Print.

Historians may not agree on whether higher education started in Oxford, Bologna or Paris. However, they do agree that it was started around the 13th century. This paper will review the history of higher education with the view of pinpointing important topics from that era that have been carried forward to the modern system of higher education.

Aspects of the history of higher education carried over to the modern system

Though they have been modified to some extent, some of the aspects highlighted here manifest continuity of the tradition from the olden days of higher education. The academic costume used in the modern education system has some element of tradition in them. ...

1. What effects did domestication of plants and animals have on human societies?

Until 10.000 years ago, people were nomads, without permanent residence, always in search for food, gathering plants and following animals. Then, according to Mac Neash, the famous archeologist, some 10 000 age people began to farm. People realized what cultures could be preserved during the dry period of time. For an example, we have the culture corn. It is culture that can be saved as a seed for a long period of time. Effect that domestication of plants and animals in The New World, as well ...

I am a black woman. In a world where the color of one’s skin gives people the first impression of an individual, this has influenced my life. Racism is still evident in the society today. Being in a country where black is seen as inferior and less attractive by the majority of the population, this identity has shaped my beliefs and self-concept an immense deal. History and the media have contributed to the worldview of black women that is sometimes contrary to individual experiences. A controversial article by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa that appeared in Psychology Today on 15th ...

In the course of American history, Blacks had been the subject of injustice and social degradation. Much of it came from the notion that blacks are only good as a slave, which is evident from 18th to 20th century America. However, the "American Dream" lives on for the black Americans, they fought for their rights and certain key events in history shows several social movements to change society regarding racism and equal rights. Throughout the years, the country is forced to face the impact of racism and its social implications. People have realized ...

Hypothetically, evidence and theory are alike. However, they are not the same in practice. Evidence-based practice has acquired eminence over most theoretical techniques in a number of fields, particularly in the sphere of health care. Both practices share the mutual objective of making the correct decisions and finding the most efficient solution for an identified difficulty. However, the two practices posses some underlying philosophical distinctions (Gilles, 1998).

Features

The distinction between the two practices can be traced to an ancient rift frequently found in philosophy and science, rationalism versus empiricism. Rationalists claimed that their senses are limited and that they ...

The interconnection with our landscapes is usually understood with the geographical and historical understanding of place and its local culture. Barry Lopez explores the idea of geographical connection according to how Americans are gradually discovering America as a homogenized National geography and are not willing to explore the beauty that exists in an intimate manner. This essay is extremely important to understand that how people value their own existence and the geographical environment in which they sustained for centuries, and what are the modern and traditional views across this, which makes a geographical location, symbolic of special specifications. Moreover, ...

Sometimes, it only takes one great act in history, or one great story for a hero to emerge. Such is the case with the Greek story Iliad, and the historical events in Jerusalem during the time of the crusades. To say that the heroes of these stories do not have anything in common, is a denial of the natural order of things. Both have somehow made a stamp in history, and both are touted as heroes, even up to this day.

Achilles is one of the many heroes in the Greek story ...

This paper presents an overview of the North Sea area. In addition, it provides a history of the exploration of the area, petroleum occurrence and location of the North Sea. Consequently, it provides a description of the Stratigraphy of the southern Northern Sea, Central North Sea and the Northern North Sea. A brief description of the tectonic history of the area is provided taking note of the four major tectonic events that occurred. These were the Caledonian collision, rifting and basin formation as identified in the Carboniferous, Mesozoic rifting and graben formation and the inversion.

Province Geology (North Sea)

Introduction

Discovery of gas ...

The North Sea Petroleum Province is made up of Northern and Central North Sea. This is the greatest oil producing region in the world. It has been, for the last 30 years, playing a major role as Britain’s resource base and a contributor to the country’s wealth. This region also touches Norway and the Shetland Islands which are part of the Northern arms of the Late Jurassic system. This report gives an account of much of what is already known about Petroleum geology, Palaeogeography and tectonostratigraphic development of the Upper Jurassic, Middle Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous ...

In Edmund Wilson's "The Historical Interpretation of Literature," Wilson attempts to demonstrate the means by which literature is interpreted in its "historical" sense - the sociopolitical and economic worlds of a literary work. Throughout the essay, he notes the history of this kind of criticism, which goes back all the way to the Enlightenment - investigating the historical components of a story allows the reader to bring further context to these works. The use of historical interpretation is a very strong and powerful method of gleaning meaning from a work - "The experience of mankind on the earth is ...

Chinese martial arts are traditional sports that have developed over a long period of time. The unique features of these arts as suggested by Taoism are conquering the hard with the mild, bigger force by the smaller one and turn slow speed into a faster one. People from ancient china discovered some very useful techniques to attack and self defence as punching and kicking even in exceedingly antagonistic situations. In order of exercising these techniques they were also aware of dealing with the weapons bare handedly which could have been used against them. The Chinese martial arts emerged as ...

1) Why does Fussell “thank God” for the atom bomb? What role does his own experience of history play in shaping his views as an historian?

Fussell recounts (Fussell, 452) that an invasion was planned for Japan which would have resulted in an enormous number of civilian and military deaths from all sides. Former Pfc. E.B. Sledge is quoted in Fussell’s article as writing, “[Every Japanese] soldier, civilian, woman, and child would fight to the death with whatever weapons they had, rifle, grenade, or bamboo spear.” Fussell himself was destined to be part of that invasion, writing that “ ...

The author of this paper opines that the very question “is history a science or an art” is redundant. A scientist has to have a certain degree of creativity and imagination to be good at his or her work. For instance, in general terms, a zoologist has to understand organisms at the cellular level as well as have an understanding of their habits and needs to appreciate animal behavior. This not only requires scientific training but also a certain development of instincts and awareness, which in many ways makes the zoologist a keen observer of life, not unlike a ...

Research about Canadian Ethnic Group: Aboriginal Canadians

Aboriginal Canadians

Aboriginals in many books are defined as a group of people who are the original inhabitants of a particular region. They are considered as indigenous because of the nature of their living condition and the state of culture for which seems to be ancient for the modern people. In Canada in particular, there are a groups of aboriginals who are considered as the original and the first group of people that inhabited the country about 30,000 years ago. Most historians believe that aboriginal Canadians came all the way from Asia through land bridges during the last ...

According to World HyperHistory website, the term middle ground came following the arrival of the great empires from Europe as well as the rise seen in the United States. These changes led to a further complication of the political and social relations in this era. There was establishment of British settlers and traders as well as French in Illinois. This settlement formed part of a complex cultural mixture that came to be referred to as Middle Ground by the historians.
Many world history timelines website on the other hand claims that it is in this context that the Native ...

1. Standardization is the organized and standard form of a particular sector and is a very complex process. The standardization is achieved by setting a set of standards which are acceptable and should be adhered to. These standards are considered as a benchmark and every new development or existing practices are compared to these standards. The standardization of language has a single, widely accepted norms which is considered to be appropriate and required only minor modifications or variations for all purposes for which the language is used. The process of standardization serves to homogenate the language and provides the ...

Fourth and fifth books of the Old Testament present some of the most influential Christian ideas and explore the whole history of the Jewish nation. While going through their lines, the reader becomes acquainted with Exodus- the main historical event of the Jews, which is extremely important for the whole Christian history. The book of Deuteronomy contains one of my favorite Bible passages which is highly respected not only by every Christian, but also by all the people who live in accordance with principles of humanist society.
Deuteronomy 5 says: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you ...

As an essential milestone not merely in the Ancient Philosophy’s history, however correspondingly for the determining of the theory of western politics, contemporary principles, distinctiveness and responsiveness, the Apology by Plato has been for several years a rudimentary book in the prospectus of conformists, historians and academics. As this paper goes to demonstrate, the Apology ought to be observed as an indispensible manuscript for those who target having an Ancient Greek knowledge of philological and philosophy
Within the preceding years, a few moralistic methodologies and primers to Plato’s discourses for the usage of Philosophy as well as ...

The Hollywood ten was a set of ten individuals who were pointed the finger at of being communist during the epoch of McCarthy Joseph. The House Un-American Activities Committee was undertaking investigations on various individuals on suspicions of spreading communism ideologies. A good number of people recorded statements but the ten screenwriters refused to cooperate on this issue and they were sentenced to jail for a period of twelve months for condescension of the Congress1. Besides, they were also banned from running any activities in the film industry in Hollywood. However, the ban was done away with in the ...

Diagnosis of the gastrointestinal conditions is important in that it ensure appropriate intervention. It is important for the medical provider to adhere to certain protocols that would guide him or her manage the condition successfully. The first section that should be considered is the history of the present illness. History is very important. Some gastrointestinal conditions are heredity. The practitioner should ask the patient to clarify about the etiology of the disease (Walker, 2008).

The practitioner should also find out about the past medical history. Dietary history of the patient is very important as far as gastrointestinal system is ...

From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the reign of Qing Dynasty, Forbidden City was the imperial palace to the Chinese. It is situated in the middle of Beijing and presently houses the current palace Museum. Palace museum is one of the world’s famous museums because of its collection of ancient materials which were used during the reign of the Qing and Ming dynasties. Palace museum served as the home of emperors, together with their family’s households. It was highly respected since ever one viewed it as the throne to the leadership of the Chinese nation. ...

Introduction

There are three stages of Roman history including Kingdom that lasted between 753-509BC, Republic that lasted between 509 and 27BC and Empire that lasted between 27BC and 476BC (Dill 103). The Roman Kingdom was founded by Romulus after he murdered Remus his brother. Traditionally, the city had seven kings. It is just one of Italy’s many villages which again is divided among several different language groups. It is one of the cities of Latium area, where Latin is spoken. The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC after the last king was expelled (103). It was founded ...

Is learning about the past pointless if the lessons are not applied to the present? This has been a point of debate by many people including a professor of ancient Roman history who supports the sentiment.

I totally agree with the professor basing on several reasons. William argues that, the past history is a great fountain of experience and practical wisdom to improve the present and as well as be able to anticipate and prepare for the future. In this regard, the past influences the present from which the future can be predicted. ...

Immigration

The book “The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People” incorporates the socio-political perspective of the American history into a well-organized piece of art that provides a vivid description of the measure and complexity of the American past. At some point in the book, the issue of the immigrants takes the center stage (Brinkley, 2010, p.25). The Americans at the time, were caught in between two critical decisions that they were to make. This was the idea of how they could get immigrants who had skills, those whom they could easily assimilate so that they could contribute ...

The Demise of Hewlett-Packard’s Touchpad

Hewlett-Packard, Inc., founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939, is one of the most innovative hardware developers that cater to all types of consumers (“HP History,”n.d.). In a move to further expand their products and services, Hewlett-Packard, or HP, released the Touchpad, which they touted to be the one to beat Apple’s iPad. Sales, however, were dismal. In a little over a month, the price dropped and HP announced that it would discontinue the Touchpad (Woyke, 2011).

This decision by HP is hedged on two assumptions. The first is that the operating ...

The ‘Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers’ is a 2003 book written by the guerilla girls. The theme of this book is gender sensitivity; it focuses on women stereotypes right from historical times to the modern world. The book displays stereotypical behavior as a negative vice that affects women (Rafkin 2). This paper seeks to summarize the book and provide the reader with brief but detailed information on the themes displayed and to identify the contribution that reading this book would make in human culture.

The authors of this book attempt to expose and dissemble the huge panoply of names used ...

Thucydides wrote about the desire for power by the human beings as one of the human natures that has existed among the Greeks. This human nature existed even in the ancient Greek especially among the Athens. His arguments have however supported in Plato’s argument has they appear in the Plato’s Apology (Farrar, 1988). Some of the other aspects of human nature that have formed the backbone of Thucydides’ quest to give an explanation as well as interpretation about human desire for power include judgment, passion, chance and desire for security (Connor, 1984). The Athenians appeal to these ...

Introduction
The desire for beauty led individuals into mutilating their bodies, a practice that was carried out by many different cultures of the world. Examples of some of the practices are plastic surgery, tattooing, circumcision, but none compares to the pain and effort that accompanied foot binding, which was practiced by the ancient Chinese.
Dorothy, In Every day a lotus, indicates that the culture of foot binding began in China in the tenth century during the reign of the Tang dynasty. The culture lasted for a long period which is approximated to be around 1000 years. The Tang dynasty ...

Abstract

This paper talks about the study of Design history, the changes and the view of 19th and 20th century historians. Design history is not a conceptual development however it was developed over time and was criticized post evolution. Pioneers of the Modern Movement(Nikolaus Pevsner 1936) can be remembered as the first work which was later revised with a different name and introduced a narrative for design history, this is something criticized by today’s writers basically due to the discussion on historical narrative.

Till 60’s Pevsner & fellow historians were still very favorable of the aforesaid theory, ...

Review of Public Housing: The Way of the Future?

The article is informative providing the history, present and the future state of the public housing sector. The use of authoritative quotes from different articles and economists gives this article credibility. The use of an abstract provides the reader with a snippet of what is covered by the report, hence making it easy to read and understand even before you read the whole paper. In addition, this paper is long enough and covers most of the issues in the housing sector. The style of writing is friendly and easy to follow, making it an interesting article for any audience – ...

The Middle Ages, also termed as the Medieval Period is an era that lasted between 5th and 15th century. The downfall of the Western Roman Empire marked its beginning as they merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. It thus makes it the middle period of three ancient divisions of the Western history namely; the Antiquty, the Medieval period (divided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages), and the Modern Period. Each and every of these stages was characterized by different developments as well as the impact the development had in history (MEIER & MCGEOCH ...

Rhetorical propaganda can almost hypnotize listeners; the danger is that the techniques convince people to agree with very shaky theories. The essay Passmore uses many of the tricky devices to hook white listeners to believing she is speaking the truth. This essay discusses these devices by giving examples and showing how to recognize them.
In the very first two sentences the author uses a strategy that has been working very well in the United States for years. She tells her white listeners that they are a group that faces a frightening future because they are afraid. Fear is a ...

‘The Sixties’ is an acclaimed book by Terry H. Anderson, a history professor of Texas A&M University. The book provides an extensive account of some of the most difficult years that America witnessed. This paper intends to discuss the book and other related aspects of the area under discussion.
The book is written by the history professor and presents an authentic account of America when the nation was passing trough very tumultuous phase. Anderson presents the facts with a historian’s perspective and portrays how Americans successfully faced the cold war era and witnessed the transitional phase (Anderson). The ...

Neo-classical is a form of art that was dominant in Europe in the 18th Century. This art form was founded on the desire to re-create the spirit and forms of art from ancient Greece and Roman antiquity. The main characteristic of neo-classicism was Herculaneum. Artists in the neo-classical era ensured that their work had moral and aesthetic implications. Romanticism was the form of art that followed after the neo-classical era, this form of art was different as it was more complex than other art forms that came before it. Artistic freedom was the main feature of Romanticism and emphasis ...

Introduction

Rome is believed to date 2,766 years whereby it originated from a small Latin village. Rome grew to be a superpower, dominating the entire Mediterranean for many centuries (Arnason and Raaflaub 35). It was during the rule of the Julio-Claudians that Rome attained its highest levels of wealth and power. It could be referred to as the Golden time of the Roman Empire in terms of arts and literature. However, this period was also marked by notoriety and extravagance. The self-centeredness of the Julio-Claudians was evident, a phenomenon that was apparent in the persisting conflicts of interest and ...

Introduction

Indiana University Bloomington is public/government owned university in America that offers an array of faculties includes technical professions, as well as liberal arts. This university that is popularly known as IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana. The university was founded in the year 1820 as a state seminary. Today, several years after this institution was established, the university offers a large number of various programs to its relatively large student population. Some of the faculties that can be found in this university include the school of business, public health, Jacob’s school of music, school of law and ...

Ancient Greek Vessels

The ancient Greek applied bronze, stone, glass, ivory, silver, terracotta, and other materials to design fabrics and vases. To the people of Ancient Greek, bronze was the material of choice due to its inexpensive nature, strength, resilience, and lightweight. The Greek people fashioned weapons, tools, ornaments such as horse decorations and clothing from bronze. Greeks designed vessels and vases to enable meet their daily needs. The Greek manages to make various qualities of materials by use of precious metals they largely apply vanish due to melting and reuse. The vessels of antiquity are cheaper unlike the ones established with ...

Influence of Etruscan Literature on Ancient Rome Architecture

The architecture of ancient Rome is often described as distinctive in nature due to its hugely unique characteristics. However, a deeper analysis of this architecture reveals that it was significantly influenced by other civilizations. Ancient Rome architecture was inspired by architectural styles that preceded it and the influence of these civilizations is evident in most of the classic roman architecture pieces. The emergence of Roman civilization was contemporary with of the Etruscans, the Egyptian and the Greek dynasties. However, unlike all these cultures, the importance and relevance of the Rome Empire continued going as the first millennium BCE faded. ...

Learning how to study and understand great art provide one with a remarkable prosperity of great artistic works. Accordingly, an artist’s visual language and the ability to read helps in opening up new ways of seeing enabling one to comprehend the unfolding of history and historical events. Ultimately, art helps to reveal the human experiences in all their lively emotional and dynamic existence. In short, the ability to demystify imagery as well as the motives of art enables one to understand historical events and to challenge the contemporary arrangements.
Of note is that there are technical skills and ...

Victims of Violence

Photographs portray deeper messages than written stories hence have over time become the major methods journalists use to ensure their stories stick. Pulitzer Prizes are given to journalists who have the most gruesome photographs. Readers ethically get repulsed by such images despite the fact that they really want to know what happened.
The immediate impact of these photos is that they spark emotional response. Photos have a greater impact in the transmission of the message than written words (Godwin 1983). Many people who are not addicted to reading or rather can’t read at all at least peruse the ...

The Prophet’s Mosque

Two categories describe the distinctive visual elements of Islamic art/architecture as decorated surface and structural shape. Understanding these characteristics of Islamic art/architecture proves a historical journey of the second holy mosque built next to the Prophet Muhammad’s home in Medinah in the 5th century 622 C.E. (Araffin 2005). The evolution of mosques from the humble rendering of the first erected with the Prophet’s own hands to the geometric patterned, repetitive designed, and calligraphy domed places of prayer and worship found in the Islamic world today is a testament to the faith in God of all Muslims globally. ...

What is the black studies program like at "University of Kansas"?

Introduction
The slave ships that arrived in the American soil decades back have defined and shaped the course of history. The struggle of freedom from slavery has been fought through the 18th century through the 19th century; even the 20th and 21st century has had incidences of slavery. Today, there exists a new form of slavery that is referred to as modern-day slavery. Understanding the past has always been crucial in planning for the future and anticipating for any possible occurrences. The past defines the present and creates an avenue of insightful information for discerning the future. United States ...

D. D. Guttenplan's decision to make Irving David’s libel suit against Lipstadt Deborah and Penguin Books his subject matter in his book entitled “The Holocaust on Trial” seems to be quite challenging. It is, however, eventually justified. The American writer, Guttenplan who currently resides in London was present in every day of the trial that took place in the year 1999. There were two things of varying importance at stake: the status or the position in the legislation of the Holocaust and its constituents that were definable and the overall outlook of David Irving reputation. On the face ...

The connection and possible collaboration between oral history and reminiscence is the key issue for Joanna Bornat in Chapter 35. The main difference of the two fields, according to Bornat is its focus: “Where oral history tends to focus on the content of memory, what is perhaps more characteristic of reminiscence and life review is attention given to process and outcomes for participants”. The blending of these two can lead to surprising revelations about the historical and social context of the past that often break national barriers, as the author own experience has shown. Both practices, although different in ...

Introduction to Asian history

Asian history is unique and interesting to study. These is because it is a collective history of the distinct peripheral regions which include; South Asia, East Asia and middle Asia. Asia is home to world’s earliest civilization with the three regions developing simultaneously through agriculture within the fertile rivers and valleys. The agricultural sector was also instrumental in spurring of the technologies that were shared across the regions. In Mesopotamia and China there were numerous similarities and exchanges in technologies and ideologies such as wheel and mathematics. Advancement in agriculture and technology led to the development of cities ...

Anthropology

Despite the one child policy implemented into China, due to the turbulent history of China throughout the 20th century, the growth of anthropology made it extremely dissimilar, with major cutoffs in the continent, principally for the period of wars during 1938 thru 1949 and the partisan operations upon the 50’s to the mid 70’s. Paradoxically, the actual first Chinese communication with the effort of Marx along with other nineteenth century advanced philosophers existed through Japanese conversions. China is the second largest, export led economy throughout the globe while the humanity is abundant just over one- billion people ...

The first question that makes this research extremely useful or meaningful is based on the movement of people and cars in the older eastern areas and newer western areas of the Old City of Jeddah. The question revolves around the main forces behind the disappearance of traditional cities. The two regions have different following the forms of buildings in the area, as well as functions. This is because, excessive movement densities for cars and people can heighten the process of deterioration of the Old City.
The second question that the researcher seeks to address in this research is on ...

Film Analysis Paper: Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Part 1: Select a film that deals with a topic from contemporary history (roughly the period from 1900-2008). It should be a narrative/feature film. Please do not select a documentary. The film can be recent (made within the last ten years) or something older (i.e. black & white). It can be American-made film or a foreign film. The only guideline is that it must primarily tell a story set in the past.
The Rwandan genocide between the Hutus and Tutsis was a particular event in history that has marked not only the nation it ...

In this documentary film, Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Africa to explore the fascinating history of the great kingdom of Zimbabwe. Produced by BBC in 2010, Great Zimbabwe is the third season of the Lost Kingdoms of Africa documentaries, which were being aired by BBC Four. Directed by Sarah Howitt and Ian Lilley, the film has a runtime of 51 minutes, with the narration part solely done by Gus Casely-Hayford. Casely is among the many historians, archaeologists and researchers of the recent past who have devoted their efforts to unravel the history of Africa and its incredible preserved ...

Introduction

The rise and development of America has a lot of historic landmarks. Being a nation of multiracial origin, discrimination was among the major problems that the minority groups in America faced. People were discriminated based on the skin color and their race. People lived very suspicious lives. Due to the differences, the Americans lived very suspicious of one another. The most devastating aspect of this discrimination was manifested when the incidence of “trail of tears occurred.” It was a historical happening where there was forceful relocation and ethnic cleansing that took place when the Native Americans were evicted from ...

Introduction

Slavery remains as one of the widely discussed topic in history. This can be accredited to the fact that the slavery period is a remarkable period in history. While much has been hypothesized regarding the slavery, it is of the essence to note that its scope dates back to the close of the year 1619. This is the year when the first crop of African slaves were shipped into Virginia in North America. Many at times, these slaves were “acquired” to serve various roles, particularly assisting in activities aligned with cash crop production. It is imperative to note that ...

Art from ancient Egypt is a uniform and unequivocal representation of the bona fide life of the day, the visual indication of societal qualities. It didn't allow the specialists the level of chance of representation that is associated with Western skilled workers (Grimal and Grimal). Representational craftsmanship from the First Dynasty up to the end of the New Kingdom is a record of perpetual degree and additionally reliable visual evidence of the social, political, and religious and venture lifestyles of old-fashioned Egyptian power. Different improvements happened in imaginative works all around the many years achieving low down cases that, ...

The overall research method used in “Teaching Diversity: What Can History Offer?” article is the descriptive qualitative method that involves comparing data from various articles. The descriptive qualitative method provides a tool for the author to develop detailed description importance of history using interviews, observation and document review. The strength of this method is that it provides the individual case information such as Clerk’s case. It also provides a description of the rich detail phenomena such as sexuality in disabled people. However, this method does not provide a way of testing hypothesis and theories.
The types of the ...

Nowadays, almost everyone heard at least something about global warming. But, it is not only the change of the climate, but also, the consequences of it. Usually, the term is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. However, not every scientist believes the global warming is real. But, the data and facts say the planet is warming.
Interestingly, the humans knew about global warming even in the late 1800s, but did little to prevent it. So, ...

Literature

The perception of Joseph contradicts with what other thinks as he says, “Poetry is like bird.” The illiterate lad decides to abstain from petty crimes and study on the blacks’ history. The game of poetry was flexible to accommodate different understanding of the context. He differs with other students who believed that the novel, Heart of Darkness sheds light on the redemption and suffering of Africans. Joseph had a deep believe that the black’s history was underrated and nothing good was observed from it. The understanding of the poetry according to him means that the visionary literary work ...

The piece of art reflecting Egyptian civilization is as shown below.

Pic 1: Egyprian Cultural Ornaments.( Freeman Page 57)
In the early Egyptian culture, artwork was used for various reasons but more especially for symbolism purposes (Freeman. 25-45. The main art works during the ancient times were paintings, architecture and sculptures that were mostly inscribed in tombs and caves. The art work has transformed over time with most of the current artwork having a resemblance to the previous ones.
The artwork above is symbolic to the Egyptian culture. The elements in the picture symbolize royalty during the ancient Egypt times when Kings ruled (Bell & Sarah. 15-68). This artwork has been ...

Sociology

Introduction
C Mills’ inscribed the manuscript, the sociological imagination in 1959, during one of the signature themes and declarations within the manuscript - the social way of excellence. Mills suggests that the social sciences consider how individual issues affect the society as a whole. Mills taught a sociology course at Columbia University up until his demise in 1962 . In the year of 1964, the Society of the Study of Social problems organization presented C. Wright Mills with an award. This was an annual award awarded in appreciation of the greatest works within the social sciences . The manuscript and theory ...

- Introduction
In the introductory part, the research will give a brief overview of what the research is all about and the importance of the research. In order for the research to have meaning the term, art should be defined. In the modern society, many artists are well known to combine different elements of many cultures and traditions in their art. There are many reasons for doing this other than getting profit. The thesis statement will be about how the artist can combine the elements of many cultures and traditions (Hampton, 1999).
- Research objectives
The main objectives for ...