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of the article also goes into detail about the many treasures that were found in the Royal Tombs, such as a bull harp, a statuette of a ram, and a queens headdress. Woolley undercovered these artifacts, as well as several others between the years of 1922-1928. It wasn’t until the season until 1927-28 when he undercovered the objects of the “Royal Cemetery.” A year after the discoveries of Ur were found, Woolley wrote a book to officially publicized his findings. The title of this book is called…

born to a poor, working class family. Although she lost her mother at age 15, she was put through nursing school by her hardworking father who wanted a better life for his daughter. After graduating from the Tuskegee Institute’s School of Nursing in 1922, she spent her early career as a travel nurse aiding deprived southern families with health education, health services, and was part of the creation of birth and death statistics in the state of Alabama (Bernal, 2013). As an African-American…

Mussolini used violence as a main tactic to help promote his political viewpoint of fascism. Through illegal violence, rather than elections, Fascists controlled government administration and destroyed the offices, newspapers, and cultural and social organizations of the Socialists, trade unions, and peasant leagues (Lyttelton). Socialists had a difficult time reorganizing because of the repeated violence toward local leaders. Large demonstrations, assisted by the police and higher classes, were…

troubled times. It is interesting that he is not focussed that much on the policies that he will launch, but instead outlining rather broad principles. He also reflects on the actions he has not undertaken since his nomination of the Premier in October 1922. This essay will argue that this speech shows Mussolini in a weak position of power and eventually wanted to overthrow democracy in Italy because of the language he uses, his attitudes to violence and attitudes to democracy. It will then…

Sociologist have a crucial role in the field of anthropology. Sociologist analyze the functions of human society and how they influence members of that society. People are influence by their surroundings, norms, culture, and interaction. It would be very difficult to fully understand humans without the contribution of sociologist. The reading of this week begin with “Foundations of Sociological Thought” by Mcgee and Warms. The reading focused on some of the revolutionary minds of Sociology such…

sexuality education in high schools and colleges”, and by 1922 they had published “…the Manual in Sex Education in High School” (Advocates for Youth, n.d.). This was due to increased demand for education on sex caused by WWI; “…but the war, when every man had to be examined physically, was a horrible nightmare, and has led to the courageous crusade for sex enlightenment for individual prevention and community protection” (Sex Education, 1922). Sex education adapted to fulfill the needs of…

In 1922, young Grace Fryer was drawn to her dentist by a raising concern when her teeth, for no apparent reason, began to loosen and crumble in her mouth. Her jaw was a honeycomb of holes. It did not take long to track Fryer’s mysterious ailment to her employer, the US Radium Corporation, which had employed 4,000 other women to paint dials on watches. Soon after, many other women began to fall ill to the same diseases. This is, the Radium Girls. From 1917 to 1926, the US Radium Corporation in…

control and turn back the clock. He staunchly believes in the fact that the past can be repeated and he actively looks to repeat the past. He tries to gain back five years of time that is lost forever. Throughout the spring, summer and autumn of 1922, it seems as if Gatsby might actually succeed in repeating the past; however, it is not possible. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses seasons and the weather associated with them to demonstrate that time does not wait for anyone.…

The Bolshevik Revolution or the Russian Revolution is the name for the pair of revolutions that took place in Russia during 1917, in which took down the Tsarist totalitarianism and prompted the destined rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire had fallen with the surrender of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old administration was replaced by a new short term government during the first revolution of February 1917. In the second one that happened in October, the Provisional Government was taken…

Kira McLelland English 11 September 30th, 2017 Second Period Herd Mentality Herd mentality, or mob mentality, describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors. They have been prevalent descriptors for human behavior since people began to form tribes, migrate in groups, and perform cooperative marketing and agricultural functions. The idea of a "group mind" or "mob behavior" was first put forward by 19th-century French social psychologists. Researchers discovered…