Empire of Trebizond

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko tells the story of a Native American whom fought in World War Two for the United States of America and his return to America after being released from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To live in America as a Native American during WWII, would have many hardships. Silko shows the struggle of integration of Western culture on Native American society. In many ways Tayo and others of the Native American culture due to differences in religion, history and culture.…

“Pleasures and Excess in the Roman Empire” by Paul Veyne and “Slums, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Roman World” by Alexis Scobie, we learn about the history of how the Roman society worked as well as gain insight through the theories created in what could have possibly been going on in the everyday life of Roman citizens. We get to delve in the social scales of the people including how/ where they lived and what they were capable of achieving while building up their empire. Historian Paul…

Virginia vs. Massachusetts The development of Virginia and Massachusetts has many similarities but also many differences. The two colonies have similar problems when trying to develop their towns but had different reasons for why they started them to begin with. while both had different driving forces, they both ultimately wanted the same thing, to form a successful new town. Though out the next paragraphs I will discuss these differences and similarities, as well as why I think Massachusetts…

that governed the world in harmony. (103) Gupta Empire- The Gupta Dynasty, founded in 320 CE by Chandra Gupta, arose in the Ganges. The Gupta Dynasty had a state that layed in Magadha, known for wealth and power in the Ganges Valley. The Gupta Empire established alliances throughout the continent in order to maintain their power and land. The people of the dynasty were overcome by White Huns from Asia which lead to the dynasty’s decline. The empire eventually fell around 550 CE. (119)…

The battle at Midway island, approximately half the distance between Asia and the United States, in June of 1942 was one of the most significant battles that the American military would fight during the course of World War II, and author Craig Symonds reports the details in his book, The Battle at Midway. Despite many accounts of this battle, Symonds offers a unique and incredibly researched narrative that brings his work into its own interpretation, separate from others. Symonds description of…

The American Revolution was a time of change in the colonies. People were fighting for their independence, and now historians such as Barbara Clark Smith, Gordon Wood, and T.H. Breen argue if this was radical. Smith said it was not, due to the lack of attention to the oppressed. Wood disagreed, and said that the legacy of the Revolution is what made it radical. In Breen’s essay, “Boycotts Made the Revolution Radical,” he states how the Revolution was radical by bringing together many colonists…

Mattingly, in ‘Imperium to Imperialism’, undertakes the task of evaluating the Roman Empire in a modern perspective, with focus on the Roman brutality in undertaking its conquests and then its role as occupier, drawing parallels with 19th century empires such as the French or the British Empires, and the American ‘aircraft carrier empire’ of the late 20th-21st century. He does this by illustrating that the contemporary empires looked to Rome for inspiration, which they did, as evidenced by the…

John F. Kennedy said “A man does what he must—and that is the basis of all human morality” (Bartleby, Kennedy). This quote rings true in Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a story about the advancement of Gilded Age technology transferred into Arthurian British times. A man named Hank Morgan has mysteriously time traveled into the reign of King Arthur and is being brought to the King for possible execution. His decisions after his capture give a sick and twisted spin to…

In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus is the character who ultimately brings the downfall of Caesar. Through his actions, he also ends up helping and saving Rome from being ruled by Caesar. Brutus throughout this play struggles with inner conflict; commit one bad act for the greater good or stand back and watch what unveils for both him and Rome. Committing murder to save Rome brings up the question; does the end justify the means? Analyzing Brutus as a person as well as his…

The History of the Franks and Lais of Marie de France’s were both written in the Middle Ages of Christian Europe. Gregory of Tours writings is the principal source for the history of Frankish kings. He also chronicles the Franks’ intimate lives, such as their polygamous marriages. Lais of Marie de Frances are a collection of narrative poems that deifies love while at the same time having a pessimistic outlook. The History of the Franks and Marie de France both do not conform to Christian…