History of Ethiopia

Christian attempts to cover world history in a mere 120 pages. David divides his book into three periods: the era of foragers, the agrarian era, and the modern era. Within these periods he describes the various lifestyles our ancestors lived in, the advancements achieved, and what ultimately brought upon the succeeding era. In essence, David Christian goal in writing his novel is to filter out the unnecessary jargon in world history and convey a more concise history of humanity (p. XVII).…

Final Exam In our study of World History this semester would you say that the ‘ancient’ or past civilizations that we have looked at are drastically different than the societies in which we live today ? Throughout history, a plethora of civilizations ranging through time from ancient to modern, have displayed traits that allow them to be deemed similar or contrasting from other societies. However, the civilizations that have been discussed in class this semester are not so dissimilar than the…

Scholar R.J. Raack is for “film as history” by arguing that the traditional written history is too narrow to focus on the complexity of it. Raack states that film is the most appropriate medium for because, “Only film can provide an adequate "empathetic reconstruction to convey how historical people witnessed, understood, and lived their lives." Only film can "recover all the past 's liveliness” (1176). Furthermore, he believes this because of film’s ability to juxtapose images and sound and the…

As said by Tony, it is important to understand the historical accuracy of events, whether they are truth or ‘historical drama’. This is the same with movies. Often when movies are produced, they are done so with the intention to present history in an entertaining way, and this leads to inaccuracies. This is shown in the movie Belle. Belle is a movie produced in 2013, based on Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lord Mansfield in the 18th and 19th Century. Belle is based lightly on a true story, this comes…

The history of a country is significant to the country because it has shaped it to be what it is today. Not only is it important to the country but to the society, as a famous quote went; "people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots". One significant historical event to not only a country and society but to a whole continent was the colonization of almost all the African countries by the European countries. In the 19th and 20th century the…

Should Women be allowed in Combat? Woman should be allowed in combat for many reasons. First of all allowing woman into combat situations would make our military more effective by putting talent into sections that were frowned upon before, it would help our forces become more modernized, putting women into combat situations would not break tradition because women have served in every war since the revolutionary war, and would put ability above gender. Allowing woman into combat…

Military history has had it up and down throughout the years depending on who you are talk to about it. It has always be popular it with the public who are not scholar for a living, but in academic world it is not as popular as it is public. Before getting on what current state of military history need to know the historiography of the military history and how it effect how military is seen in today. The historiography of the military history has change over the years from the starter of…

others, while others suffer from poverty. In his book The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor David Landes uses his background in economics and history to see the correlations of the nation’s history in economic development and how they are doing today. Besides looking at the economic history; he also looks at how the culture, and society could affect the economic status of the country. David…

Knowing Difference of the History History is the most important thing to know in our life; from the past, we know what is the present time and also from the past events we know in the present events might happen the same as what happened in the past. Each of us might know the different history of their country that might be American, Mexican, Greek, Egyptian or even Multicultural history that knowing your values from your own culture and from the culture that you live in. For me, I…

Missile technology was embraced by fighter pilots and the USAF because it aligned well within the culture of air-to-air combat. While it was revolutionary technology, the pilots saw it as an offensive weapon that enabled pilots to gain a tactical advantage over the adversary. Although the missile greatly altered tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), logistics, and even support organizations, it did not seek to alter the fighter pilot culture and was therefore readily embraced by the…