History of Galveston

women really are capable of. Throughout history, and even today, often times women are seen background figures. However, Isabella defied everyone and took it upon herself to transform her country. The things Isabella managed to accomplish captivated me. That is exactly why I decided to take AP World History. I have always been interested in what goes on in the world around us. I find it incredible that one person or one event can change history. A change in history that can still be seen today,…

not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” by George Santayana. I believe that this best explains what history is and why people study because what George is saying is that if you do not know what mistakes people made before us, then you do not know what NOT to do. Therefore you are bound to make that mistake. Another reason I believe that this quote explains why we study history is that if you are going to do what the quote says, then you have to study what mistakes people did in the…

Passing on Traditions, One Generation at a Time The world is revolving and advancing more efficiently each day. Although some things change and exceed any expectations, other things stay the same. Traditions are ideas, activities, lifestyles, or customs that are passed down from generation to generation. It could be something you carry on everyday or a certain day of the year. In the book, Night Flying Woman, by Ignatia Broker, the idea of traditions is portrayed many times. The book Broker…

all we hear about as we’ve grown up is connected and possibly untrue. The book The Edge of the World, written by Michael Pye allows us to have a different view of our past and things in it that we may never have known.With a conventional view of history has the dark ages beginning with the decline of Rome in the 400s and the lights not coming back on until the Renaissance and a millennium later. But it has become increasingly popular to wonder whether there wasn’t something going on in all that…

baskets, boats, and weapons. They also created works of art meant to glorify the gods and the king. Potters: The most common material for Mesopotamian artists was clay. Clay was used for pottery, monumental buildings, and tablets used to record history and legends. Stone Masons: Some of the best surviving work of Mesopotamian art and craftsmanship was carved by stonemasons. They carved everything from large sculptures to small detailed reliefs. Most of the sculptures had religious or historical…

We study history in order to know how humanity has gotten to where it is today, and learn from past mistakes. History helps us to understand where we come from. Family history helps expand that understanding. In this way, history is a part of our identities. The quote “ A man without history is a tree without roots” explains that without history we really aren’t anything, just like a tree cannot grow without roots, a person cannot develop without a history. In the novel Vietnamerica, GB Tran is…

losing approximately $1 million dollars every day due to outdated processes and high overhead costs (Katzenbach, Steffen, & Kronley, 2012). Aetna’s culture attributed to the majority of the problems it faced. The company had a 150-year cultural history that it valued and avoided changing. It even had a nickname – “Mother Aetna” – and it encouraged employees to maintain the status quo, avoid risk, and be suspicious (Katzenbach et al., 2012). Dr. John Rowe joined Aetna in late 2000 as its fourth…

historical knowledge is an important part of the study. This explains the importance attached to the study of history in every discipline. The study of history attempts to trace the beginning or origin of an event, its progress and the present status. Historical study tries to reinterpret the past by asking questions and seeking information to bring change where necessary. Understanding history brings the perspective of new knowledge and experience to in explaining the old and the improvement in…

assorted types of history used to compose the Bible. Within this essay, I…

In this essay I wish to discuss how Woolf brings history and fiction together in Orlando to reveal the limitations of Victorian historiography and biography. Orlando doesn’t focus on literature’s preoccupation with history but focuses on fiction’s engagement with the discipline of history itself,it illustrates the ways that narrative fiction challenges the authority of information documented by professional historical biography in the twentieth century. The perspective that I have chosen to…