Historical view

descriptions of Augustus’ rise to power, one by Augustus himself and one by Tacitus (the second-century historian), and discuss their historical validity. 1)“At the age of nineteen on my own responsibiliy and at my own expense I raised an army,...I transferred the republic from my power to the dominion of the senate and people of Rome.” -Augustus,Res Gestae Divi Augusti 2)”One view of Augustus went like this: filial duty and national crisis had been merely pretexts...After that, there had certainly been

Drawing on Joan Scott's "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis" and on Alice Kessler-Harris's "Just price, Free Market and the Value of Women", the following questions will be answered, How has the 'equality' of women and men been expressed according to both Scott and Kessler-Harris? Why 'gender' has become a "useful category of historical analysis" for historians? How different (other) historians view 'gender'? What are Kessler-Harris's views on the "equality," "comparable worth" and "equal

In Chester Brown’s “Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography” and in Sarah Ovcjak’s “The Facebook Profile of Louis Riel,” the authors attempt to criticize historical representations by presenting the history of Louis Riel in conflicting lights. Both authors allow Louis Riel to have a voice in their respective works; however, Ovcjak’s Facebook profile allows Riel’s character to speak in the first person perspective narrating his own life, while the story within Brown’s graphic novel unfolds through a third

Collective memories are important because “they are constructed, not simply reproduced”(5). Historical memories “transmit selective knowledge about the past”(5). Simply, collective memories are we chose to remember the past, while historical memories are the facts, albeit selective facts, of history. One issue of collective memory stems from the ability to selectively remember and forget the past(6). Historical memories face issue of being misrepresented or misused by those seeking to create a certain

ISIS has been willfully destroying historical sites and artifacts where they have taken control over in the middle east. The preservation of historical sites and artifacts is important. Preserving historical sites plays a big cultural role. Also, preserving historical sites is environmentally friendly. History can tell us about the past, history is said to repeat itself. Preserving historical buildings also has a big economic benefit. First of all, historical sites and artifacts have a huge cultural

the African Americans equality and make the people feel worthed inside the country as white people. If the army of Colonel Shaw won the war. The film Glory is very accurate based on historical descriptions. Since, there were a lot of historical events and a historical testimony in the movie. An example of an historical event would be the scene where the soldiers fought in the war having experiences and there were exposure to danger. Even, though there were practicing against each other in the same

achieves moral complexity by depicting everyday German experience, using the detective genre to show how brutal the Holocaust was for many German citizens, and by offering a view of German suffering that creates ethical dilemmas. I. The novel uses the experience of everyday, ordinary Germans in order to show how major historical events have been lived at the personal level. a. Several scenes depict German suffering, in order to humanize the “enemy” as a country full of ordinary people. b. This separates

The Inferno was an example of how personal bias affects literature, which was seen in Homers The Odeyssey and Virgil’s The Aenid. In the comparison of the two works with Dante’s The Inferno it became evident that history was written by its writer’s views. If Dante had his way, Las Vegas would not be called Sin City, Florence would since he put so many Florentines in hell. In the deeper circles of hell he placed political enemies and others who had hurt his beloved Florence. Dante the

resources, shedding light on the various historical events that have affected the world. The use of different texts and accounts of history not commonly seen, made the course stand out. Often in World History courses, the curriculum focuses mainly around historical events from the views of those that succeeded and held power. By including texts like Persepolis and African Voices of the Global Past, we are presented with a more comprehensive and inclusive view of historical events and their effects on the

For this Photo Board Assessment, I had to produce four photos which depicted my personal culture, my identity, my view of a human rights and my view on historical influences. Thinking about this assessment, I thought it would be easy to caption these photos but then I realised that it wasn’t easy at all. I was really nervous to share my photos mainly because I didn’t want others to judge me on how I captioned my photos. But learning upon this Culture and Society paper, I have learnt that everyone