Creation Myth Analysis Case Study of the History of Biblical Creation Narratives What Is Myth? What Is History? Manetho Josephus Jeroboam Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 Myth? Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 History? Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 Both Myth and History? An Anal Continue Reading...
Jean De Venette and the Black Death This document is a short excerpt from The Chronicle, a first-hand account of historical events in Paris between 1340 and 1368 written by a Carmelite friar named Jean de Venette. Though of humble birth, de Venette Continue Reading...
New Orleans as a Focal Point in the Development of Jazz New Orleans is known a melting pot of culture and music and it has played a major role in early development of jazz. It was full of opportunity and rich with the fine arts of music and dance, w Continue Reading...
"Black Panthers" often evoke an image of powerful felines roaming the wilds of Asia and Africa, but the phrase also has a significant place in human history, as it names an influential civil rights organization that left an indelible mark on American Continue Reading...
AbstractNot only is the problem longstanding, it has been well documented time and again without any substantive progress. In fact, the representation of senior African Americans military leaders in the U.S. armed forces has remained essentially unch Continue Reading...
Washington on August 28-29 On this day, more than 200,000 Americans congregated in Washington, D.C., for a civil demonstration referred to as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Planned and prepared by some civil rights and religious grou Continue Reading...
The slave trade and the cotton economy grew during this time, but many Northerners wanted the practice to stop. This would ultimately lead to the Civil War, along with other events that boiled up during this time. Blacks were subjugated, had no righ Continue Reading...
Black Death and Religion in Western Europe The Black Death is perhaps considered as the most devastating pandemic that has happened to humanity in the previous to the present century. The disease was transmitted from Asia into and through Europe. T Continue Reading...
Free How the Criminal Justice System is Dysfunctional according to Paul Butler's Let's Get Free The American criminal justice system has had a long history of prejudice. From the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision that institutionalized the false Continue Reading...
United States is a country that thrives on the achievements of various people groups. The achievements of African-Americans in the United States are particularly significant. African-Americans have contributed greatly to the world of literature, med Continue Reading...
history showing the living conditions, social behaviors and industrialization in Mississippi, comparing white and black issues from a period from 1944 -1964. Mississippi 1944 TO1964 To understand Mississippi, you have to understand this.... The fi Continue Reading...
Black Death and its impact on Western Civilization Black Death and Religion The Black Death adversely impacted the reputation of the Catholic Church since its own adherents (including clergy) were ill and dying and the Church proved impotent to cu Continue Reading...
Anti-Slavery Movement of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave" Frederick Douglass' biography entitled, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Life" is a literary work that does not only discuss slavery i Continue Reading...
History of Discrimination in the United States Discrimination The Europeanization of North America Greater than 99% of the population of the United States originated from another country, having immigrated here between the time of Christopher Col Continue Reading...
As feudalism altered, it changed many other aspects of change and social standing. A historian notes, "As you move away from feudalism, the lord stops eating with everybody and goes to a private chamber and eats with his family, creating the beginni Continue Reading...
Heroin History -- San Diego Brief Introduction to the History of Heroin The drug known today as "heroin" is actually an opioid that was first synthesized into heroin in 1874. In fact heroin was also synthesized by the Bayer aspirin company in 1897 Continue Reading...
Reconstruction a splendid failure? The Reconstruction period after the Civil War was a time when America attempted to rebuild the structures and things that had been lost during the war. However, the reconstruction was not only about building the b Continue Reading...
Roger Wilkins presents perhaps the most complete picture of the Founding Fathers in his book Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism. It is Wilkins' argument that Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison Continue Reading...
history of the native American Indians is a long and colorful one. The first Indians arrived on the North American continent subsequent to the end of the Ice Age approximately 15,000 years ago. These early Indians arrived from Siberia as they passed Continue Reading...
One of the most significant economic consequences affected the feudal system in that "whole villages vanished in the wake of the plague" (Craig 430). As death struck every area of life that meant that there would less people to take care of every da Continue Reading...
11. Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes the larger reality of the external world beyond the specific human needs or goals of the individual. Its two most influential contributors are Nietzsche and Kierkegaa Continue Reading...
Cool Jazz A Brief History of Cool Jazz December 6, 2012, would have marked the ninety-second birthday of pianist Dave Brubeck. The nonagenarian was looking forward to performing at the Palace Theater near his home in Waterbury, Connecticut. Sadly, Continue Reading...
Though the color boundaries were frequently blurred and the circumstances for all were divergent and difficult, there was a clear sense of the morality of the eras not completely dictating the events and eventualities. In a sense the Jim Crow era sp Continue Reading...
Cannabis in ancient history: From no courage necessary to the courage to explore the mind. Cannabis cultivated in ancient China as hemp for fiber and cannabis for medicine. Cannabis spread to India, where it is used as a religious sacrament as well Continue Reading...
14th Century Western Civilization Social Criticism on a Patriarchal and Christian Society in Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" Western civilization during the 14th century is characteristically considered as the "rebirth" of Greek and Roman cult Continue Reading...
Economic, Political, and Social History African American culture arose out of the turmoil and despair of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. From West African port towns to plantations, African American culture is unique in that it was forged under the p Continue Reading...
Timeline Intercollegiate Sports Intercollegiate sports characterized by lawlessness, use of athletes past the college levels. College contests turned to commercial spectacles hence the need for structured approach to intercollegiate sports. saw t Continue Reading...
"In 1919, the owners cut salaries across the league after World War I had reduced baseball attendance in 1918. Even while extending the 1919 season, the owners feared the same. But attendance went up while salaries remained the same" ("Black Sox Sca Continue Reading...
Moreover, it is unclear whether Jim has attempted to reestablish any meaningful contact with his children; rather, his entire focus has been on becoming a better person. While there is certainly nothing wrong with that goal in and of itself (it is, Continue Reading...
history of Christianity within the country of Romania goes back to such a degree that the foundation of the country itself is often linked with its Christian theology. "By 360 Dacia was a part of Christendom. " Miller 28) The foundation of the coun Continue Reading...
History of TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) are two of the leading protocols that were developed for the transmission of data between computers, servers and other devices. They were developed during the 1960s wit Continue Reading...
history of the 1920's, a colorful era of tycoons, gangsters, bohemians and inventors. Areas covered include the arts, news and politics, science and humanities, business and industry, society fads and sports. The bibliography includes fives sources, Continue Reading...
Like Nigeria, other African societies where given 'extended histories,' where one African society associates their experiences through the years through the European experience. The author shared the fact that nation-statism is not applicable becaus Continue Reading...
African-Americans Breaking Barriers in World War II Barrier Breakers African-Americans and Non- Combat Jobs First General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Howard Perry Doris Miller: "The Hero" Tuskegee Airmen Phyllis Mae Daliey African-Americans Break Continue Reading...
Power, Inequality and Conflict The two theorists used in this paper to explore the theme of “power, inequality and conflict” are W. E. B. Du Bois and Patricia Hill Collins. The theme is one that gets to the heart of the struggle within th Continue Reading...
Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstien and Black Girl by Ousmane SembeneIn the movie Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein used the filmmaking technique called tertium quid, representing the connection of individual scene parts to create a bigger picture Continue Reading...
Chinese Mathematics In ancient China, the science of mathematics was subsumed under the larger practice of suan chu, or the "art of calculation." The Chinese are believed to be one of the first civilizations to develop and use the decimal numeral sy Continue Reading...
Imagining the Colonial Subject:The Tempest by William Shakespeare & Oroonoko by Aphra BehnIn the sixteenth century, individuals of Black ancestry or individuals from non-European contexts were often portrayed in British literature, as seen in works s Continue Reading...
History of the Pacific Northwest [...] how representative the lives of Mary Arkwright Hutton, Annie Pike Greenwood, and Teiko Tomita were considering the racial and class tensions of the twentieth century. Race and class have been important influenc Continue Reading...
