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Week 10, Assignment 3 Justin Papantonopoulos HUM 112 World Cultures II Processor Ed Yancey Thursday, September 3, 2015 The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is a 26 acre historical park in the Midwest Regional Office located in Vincennes Indiana. Over the weekend of August 29th, 2015 my family and I visited the George Rogers Clark Museum. My wife and I actually live very close to Vincennes Indiana, as it is only a 25 minute drive and we frequently visit Vincennes for shopping

“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,” written by Bruce Catton compares and contrasts the characteristics and lives of two leaders of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, two very strong and very different generals, met on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to bring to a close the Civil War. By this time, America had become a country that was starting over with the simple core belief in equal rights for everyone. Lee, who is from Virginia, had very traditional and

Joliet city is located near the Des Plaines River, which it makes divide the township into two parts. It is the capital city of Will County (Liebe et al., 850). The Hickory creek enters the city from the east uniting with the Plaines which makes the town well watered. The city is mainly covered with limestone and other stone quarries that have made excellent building stones. From the time when Illinois and the Michigan canals were opened in 1848 and the building of the Rock Island as well as

The Absolute Center of an Absolute King� An analytical summary of Louis Marin 's "Classical, Baroque: Versailles, or the Architecture of the Prince" � By Olaf Lyczba April 22, 2010 Introduction Louis XIV 's France was an absolute monarchy, meaning the king had the power, control, finances and the nation in his hands more then ever before. In the 17th century, France was the strongest and wealthiest nation in Europe, and the head of the state, the king, was the most influential person of the

people’s views of different concepts, but theories can promote an inaccurate knowledge. A theory destabilizes people’s views when it denies people’s established views by the theory introducing an inaccurate knowledge; in contrast, a theory solidifies people’s views when it supports people’s established views. For example, filial piety is a dominant value in Japanese culture that encourages young people to loyally follow their elder masters (Confucius 3). This theory destabilizes people’s views of Sushi

studying history. Each topic will be explained for each tradition and a comparison between the traditions will follow per topic. As a whole, it will be demonstrated that the Greek and Christian historians differed in their presuppositions taken to the historical records, and this is what caused their superficial differences. For early Greek historians, history was the chronological account of past events. Both Herodotus and Thucydides endeavored to described these events by explaining the human actions

The bible can be read in lite of three elements, which are historical, literary, and theological ways. Historical evidence method relies on archeological evidence, things like old manuscripts or settlements. Historical evidence looks at past events, asking the question why things happened the way they did. In regards to the bible, it asks “How the bible came to be?”. We can answer these kinds of questions with evidence from the past, they would need to be old. Old evidence would give it credibility

From the dawn of historical writing to present day, one of the key questions has been over historical truthfulness. A modern day historian cannot look back to Ancient societies and be able to fully reflect the truth of its history. However, through thorough research and academic inferencing historians can come up with the most probable version of truth. With this, history throughout the ages has been written in a number of different ways resulting in the need to find truth. Specifically, this paper

published in 1975 greatly portrays the early 1900s. The name of this historical novel, written by E.L. Doctorow, is called "Ragtime." This novel addresses the lifestyle, changes, and conflicts between 1900 to 1917. It's tells a series of story, rather than from just one point of view. A novel like "Ragtime", provides us a better understanding of history. This work of fiction highlights the important events and gives an in-depth view on society.

comes to Jonah. Aside from the author’s purpose of Jonah, the book’s purpose for the individual “depends on the view on its nature and on a person's exegesis” (Gaebelein, Jonah Section) (a personal, educated, critical interpretation). There is still much argument over whether the book of Jonah is historical or parabolic. The parabolic view faces numerous difficulties. For example, historical references in the Bible such as “2 Kings 14:25” ("BibleGateway." - Quick Search: Jonah. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct