Discipline: History - Ancient history

Compare how one human theme is expressed in two different societies or civilizations covered in the course 

Select a section of your Comparative Human Experience final project that you have composed in a draft form (approximately two to three paragraphs in length or one page). It does not have to be finalized or edited.

 create an identity for yourself based on a historically informed character from one of the societies in this week’s reading 

  Remember to use complete sentences and capitalization. In at least 300 words, answer the following question: Focusing on the course themes of government and either social class or gender roles, identify and explain the major similarities or differences between ancient Athens and Sparta. Suggestion for formulating a clear answer: Instead of describing Athens and Sparta separately, you […]

Martin Luther is always on every list of the one hundred most influential individuals of all time. Should he be? Why or why not? Who else from this chapter (or other chapters) should be on such a list, and why? Write a post (at least 3 sentences) 

How did the fact that Japan is an archipelago (series of islands) enable/allow it to develop its own unique culture? 

In the two pairs of images provided, (Eshnunna figurines vs. head of Sargon), (Palette of Narmer vs. Stele of Naram-Sin), discuss how the objects functioned and were intended to be viewed.  Consider the importance of propaganda, magic, and religion in the images. How did the needs and expectations of the patron and the underlying cultural […]

2-3 pages  to do a film as art analysis and NOT a movie review 

    Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.     McClellan discusses the questions concerning continuities versus discontinuities in late medieval and early modern history and the history of science. He says that: “for the present we can […]

  Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.    a) The philosophical foundations of geocentric astronomy b) Aristarchus’s model, and the reason that ancient and medieval scholars rejected Aristarchus’s model c) The foundation and elements of Ptolemy’s […]