South Carolina a Southeastern U.S. State, that was founded on May 23, 1788. South Carolina is known for its beautiful subtropical beaches, marsh-like sea islands, and its gorgeous palmetto trees. However, South Carolina holds the title of one of the largest slave rebellion’s in the United States; The Stono Rebellion. The Stono Rebellion; sometimes known as the Cato’s Rebellion or Cato’s Conspiracy to place in South Carolina on September 9, 1739.…
Battle of the Washita The goal the Battle of Washita was to destroy morale of the Natives and that is exactly what happened. On November 27th, 1868 LT. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an attack on the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Blake Kettle. He took them by surprise by attacking the during the cold of winter and during the cover the early morning dawn.…
1. Rococo style was decorative, with asymmetrical designs, curves, with playful scenes depicted on furniture and vases. Gold was very popular in the furniture, churches, porcelain figures and vases. I like the Sevres porcelain potpourri vase (Fiero 58), it has a playful scenes with the cupids, has a lot of gold and wonderful gold throughout it. This piece has all the features of a Rococo vase.…
Coated in gold and purple spots was Drummond’s first long shot, Golden Dancer. This rocking horse was all seven year old Drummond wished for. But since the price was so high, Golden Dancer was merely a trophy he never fathomed to win. His parents, however, worked hard to earn enough for the expense. Surprised and ecstatic, Drummond hopped into the saddle of his desired golden horse, which broke instantly.…
Chapter 1: The Family of King Tutankhamen Father King Tutankhamen's father is King Akhenaten. King Akhenaten is believed to be the ruler of Egypt before King Tutankhamen was pharaoh. One important event that happened while King Akhenaten was pharaoh was when he made Egyptians worship only one god, Aten, instead of worshipping many gods. Before changing his name, King Akhenaten's real name was Amenhotep.…
The Yokuts faced a hard time when the American settlers arrived, they started losing their land where they once lived. Their land was taken away by the government and sold to farmers and ranchers, sometimes as a reward for killing their people. By the end of the 19th century, the Tachi Yokut Tribe was split across the central and southern parts of California and their population rate when Peter Hardeman governor of california ordered for extermination of All native americans in the state. The Rancheria, a yokut reservation established in 1934 people lived below poverty level, many living in tule huts, tin houses, old cars and chicken coops. The average education on the reservation was 3rd grade level, with field labor as the primary source…
How Does the Inca Empire Impact the Modern Day World? From accomplishing feats of brain surgery to incredible water piping systems, the Inca civilization was a great empire despite the short time it had lasted. Furthermore, many of their technologies and systems can still be found all over the world today. First, the Incas had great health care that kept the civilization healthy and functional.…
The Covenant Stone is found at the center of the Maryville College campus. Students pass it on a daily basis headed to and from classes. The stone represents what the Maryville College students find value in. Before the Covenant Stone there was just the Covenant, which was ideals that students came up with in 1990. These ideals, according to the Maryville College website, were taken from the College’s Statement of Purpose.…
Sapa Inca was the most powerful of all the government therefore he made the laws. He had many wife’s their job was to gather any and every thing he might drop including every single piece of hair that dropped from his body. Sapa Inca was very unique and special he wore a head dress made out of solid gold and large vibrant colored fathers that only he could were. Not only this but his clothes where ornamented with jewels. This highly expensive and detailed piece of art was only worn ones after that they where burned to ash.…
For my mask project, I picked a mask from Western South America. The mask that I picked is the Inca Sun God Mask, another name to call the mask is Inti. It is used during ceremonies, to worship the sun. I picked this mask because it caught my attention by its shiny gold. The mask is very irregular by the shape of its face.…
He also came up with the Principle of the shortest path of light, that can stated that if the light ray propagates from a one point to another one within the same medium. The path that it takes is the shortest one,of a theory that was later confirmed and proved with the shortest path that was named the Extremum. There also “Hero Fountain” a fountain that operates the movement of the energy is also one of his creation. Heron was even the first to make a machine that opened with an windwheel. The world benefited from so many of Heron inventions.…
Barbarians were always around during the time of the Greeks and consisted mostly of Germanic tribes. They were regarded as barbarians because they did not speak an ounce of Greek. They thought of them as uneducated and an un-unified entity (Strategikon). This gave us the idea that the Greeks thought highly of themselves in every aspect of human existence. They thought of themselves as the most educated and the best of the best in the world.…
20 May, 2016 Mettle Theodore Roosevelt said, "Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle". It is the ability to cope with hard times and get through them without having a major melt down. I think it is hard for people to stay strong through tough situations, but I believe that is why not many people show mettle because it is so difficult.…
The Neolithic Revolution is an important event—particular for archaeologists and biological anthropologists—that has produced a vast number of changes to both human society, physiology, and the environment itself. The Neolithic Revolution was the invention of agriculture. The Neolithic Revolution occurred approximately 12,000 years ago. The transition from foraging methods of subsistence to agriculture allowed groups to create permanent settlements, rather than travelling nomadically in search of food.…
The athletes and the spectators make up a very big part of the Games. If there were no athletes or spectators the Olympics would not amount to much or would not even exist. In the ancient Games the athletes and spectators were only men. “One major difference between the ancient Olympics and the modern Games was the fact that all the athletes at the ancient Games were men. Married women were not even allowed to attend the Games” (Hunter, 10).…