Histories

America’s Gift to My Generation America is a gift from God. Just like America is giving a gift to us. Remembrance is America’s gift. Most of my generations don’t really know what happened in the past. My generation needs to learn remembrance. Of our soldiers who fought and still are fighting for us. Remember the past, but keep moving forward. We can make things better by remembering. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the generations before it, and wiser than the one…

Many civilizations have kept detailed and well-documented accounts of their histories, allowing historians to learn about their cultures, practices, and rulers. And while the Minoan civilization must have documented their history, researchers have been unable to decipher their written language. It is inconclusive who ruled the Minoan throne, so it is through the surviving art that one must look at to try to discover who those Minoan rulers were. Up until well into the 19th century, the study of…

surrounding historical fiction today, and recommended titles and authors. Historical fiction can be defined as fiction that is set in the past, at least one generation approximately 15 to 20 years ago. “A historical novel is set during a period of history and attempts to convey the essence of that period”. There are many ways…

They say that history repeats itself; Some believe that is true, and other believe it is false. The revolutions that are studied today have many things in common. For example, the Latin American and the French Revolution both lacked supplies, and the Haitian and American Revolution both had free blacks that weren’t granted their freedom, but what all of the revolutions had in common, were slaves. There were a lot of similarities between the revolutions, but there was also differences. Latin…

the entire of Beowulf, regardless of its Christian elements, is emphatically and most un-Christianly skeptical in its perspective of life and history. The narrative structure of the poem shows that albeit even the most heroic of men may for a period conquer the forces of obscurity, he in time will be vanquished by them. The foundation of Scandinavian history before which the move of Beowulf makes put and to which the poet always suggests makes unequivocally a similar purpose of the fates of…

passage enhances the quality of Hitchens’s article. He starts off strong with a quote that highlights the significance of the Parthenon to draw the reader’s attention. Hitchens follows this with a description of the Parthenon’s hard and prolonged history. The author then provides some background knowledge, as the reader may not be as well learned about the topic as he is. Despite all the damage the Parthenon has gone through, Hitchens states that “one desecration and dilapidation [can be] ...…

62-year-old male, Hispanic, cancer patient was sent to LA County last Friday, October 15, by his home care nurse who noticed that an existing ulcer-like wound at his coccygeal region had worsened, as well as severe swelling/scabbing in his lower limbs. History of Presenting Illness: My patient was diagnosed with a squamous carcinoma three years ago that was found in his neck posterolateral neck area. He underwent chemotherapy (at LA County) and the cancer was subdued. It returned, however, and…

Ancient Japan Gurkiran Kaur Period 7 World History Mr. Pointer 01-26-18 Table Of Contents Forward………………………………………………………………………….. Japan in the Middle ages Report…………………………………………….. What I learned from my Report………………………………………………. Medieval Japan Medieval Japan is a wonderful place to learn about. It has so many things you should know about it. We are going to be learning about different things like…

consider the evacuation of Dunkirk a turning point in the war - if it had not been successful, it is believed the allied forces would not have been able to withstand the enemy for much longer. This had then become the biggest military evacuation in history which prompted Christopher Nolan to create a film based on the facts given. He created a historically accurate film with minor inaccuracies that depict the events that happened on the French coast in 1940. Christopher Nolan released Dunkirk…

Tour Speech Today I am going to tell you about the Betsy Ross House. The first American flag in history was made here. The building is 250 years old. It is a “bandbox” style house. It has one room per floor and a winding staircase leading from the cellar of the building to the upper levels. The house has a large window on the first floor which is great for displaying merchandise, and over the years the house was used as a home for shopkeepers and artisans. This happened for over 150 years.…