Birds of Europe

new field of research and teaching that opens up a broad spectrum of new perspectives and that can help to reaffirm the relevance and responsibility of the humanities and of literary studies. Eco-criticism, which has developed especially in Europe, is the approach of Cultural Ecology. Eco-criticism is fundamentally concerned with the relationship between culture and nature. Cultural Ecology considers the sphere of human culture not as separate from but as interdependent with and transfused…

Background Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and an emperor who conquered majority of Europe in the early of 19th century. He was born on 15 August 1769 in the island of Corsica. During the French Revolution, Napoleon rise his power in military area in France. After getting a political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself as an emperor in 1804. Intelligent, ambitious and a skilled military leader, Napoleon successfully waged war against several European…

69 years had passed, but not forgotten, the time of the Dutch Colonization. After a terrorizing 347 years, Indonesia is finally free. Free, but affected. Dutch had left an imprint in Indonesia in so many ways you can't even imagine. The tactics of the Dutch on taking over Indonesia were very intelligent and the impacts it had made in Indonesia both intellectually and economically were very drastic. To discuss in-depth about the thesis above, the following topics would be explained in the…

Realizing the potential of the spice trade, the journey to find the quickest route to the “Spice Islands” was off to a go and the British, Dutch, and Portuguese were off to the races. Similarly to the British, Hollands government encouraged rival merchant companies to unify in order to create a government-run monopoly. Their only goal: to make money. With a stable financial backing and a stronger fleet, the Dutch quickly rose to power in the Asian trade market and was considered the first truly…

architecture, product design, furniture, to even the subway gates in Paris, Art Nouveau was the dominant inspiration. Additionally, Art Nouveau was unique as it was one of the first art styles to expand beyond a single country and find its way throughout Europe and Northern…

The rebirth of a society through changing arts and ideas is a rare event, especially at the intensity and thoroughness of the Renaissance. This period of a couple hundred years was able to transform the way people lived, and introduced new art forms, artists and philosophical ideas. Though not apparent at the time, the people who lived during the Renaissance would make a profound impact on “future generations-from art and literature to education, political science, and history.” (The World Book…

“Dear Crappy Europe: I’m Glad You Hate America” the author of the article proclaims. Quite a bold statement to start an article with, most would agree. This particular article was pulled from the “Steven Crowder” website, known for its highly opinionated articles - many of which most would argue are more akin to rants - promoting extremely conservative views and giving social commentary. The website, as well as Crowder’s personal YouTube channel, have experienced phenomenal growth due to it’s…

The United States of America is famously known as the giant melting pot of the world. There are so many diverse cultures and ethnicities populating the nation. This rang true for North America even before the United States was established. Before waves of European colonist invaded the land, a vast amount of Native Indians inhabited the America 's and were scattered all throughout the continent. Although an immense sea separated the Indian societies and the Europeans, they shared quite a bit…

(Elliot 3). These wars originated from the interior of Europe, but began spilling over into their respected colonies, and then further into other European strongholds such as in the Caribbean, India, and Africa. We see this specifically with the Seven Years War in showing one of the first examples of a truly…

In the year 1999 Jared Diamond published his book Guns, Germs, and Steel in which he offers the thesis of geographic luck contributing largely to the reason why Eurasian societies developed over other parts of the world. Diamond credits the Eurasian political, military, and economic superiority in the world not to their possible advancements in culture, intellect, or race, but rather by simply having geographic determinism on their side. Through analysis, Jared Diamond attempts to give the one…