Incubation period

The issue of gender is very much present in nowadays musicological debates. Researchers present their different views on the topic, which may be opposing in some cases. Just like popular music influences our perception of gender, classical music is also one of the most important genres to consider when talking about gender representation. We can recognize several patterns of gender representation also in Monteverdi’s operas and connect them with the society on the turn from Renaissance to early…

Reflection Essay Progress is, by definition, an onward or forward movement to a destination, goal, or outcome. Progress takes time. Progress is not a simple task that can always be done overnight especially when talking about human civilization. The western world has taken life times to reach the point that is has become in this century. For those of my generation, this progress is slow and is not noticeable to the naked eye, but even going as far back as a few decades we can see that many…

After the Han dynasty collapsed China became so easy for the barbarian attacks. And Xiongnu had been driven away. He left only more tribes far behind. The news about the collapse of the Han dynasty traveled far. The harsh rule of a couple warlords, known as the Three kingdoms, they tried to keep it calm. And they wanted to attack each other more than to protecting themselves. But in Medieval Europe, they had consequences for Chinese territorial security. The barbarians got too tired of…

Han Dynasty By: Ayoub In the Han dynasty there were many importants people and historical events. Before the Han Dynasty there was the Qin dynasty and it was ruled by the Qin emperor. Liu Bang led a revolt against him and he was overthrown and this was the start of the Han Dynasty. First, was the founder of the dynasty Liu Bang. Liu Bang came from a peasant family. His name was originally Liu Bang but he was given the name Emperor Gaozu. Liu Bang became emperor in 206 B.C.E. One was Liu…

Throughout history, many countries have solely focused on power and nothing else. That enduring issue has the ability to influence or control people. It affects the relationship between the superior and its followers that can either be positive or negative. Shi Huangdi, Qin Dynasty's tyrant, was a power hungry man. Augustus, on the other hand, used his power to benefit the country. Qin controlled China for the most part. He was also a legalist(believing that everybody was bad) and because of…

laws and regulation against the civilians. The Han rulers modified some of the harsher aspects of the Zhao dynasty; Confucian ideals of government, out of favor during the Qin period, were adopted as the creed of the Han Empire, and Confucian scholars gained prominent status as the core of the civil…

Pre-Lab Questions 1. What are the steps of the scientific method? Briefly explain each. • The steps of the scientific method are observation, define problem, construct a hypothesis, test the experiment/ gather evidence, and draw a conclusion. Observation is the procedure of collecting information about events and processes carefully. It involves with seeing and hearing. Defining the problem is when you identify a conflict that requires a solution to be solved. A hypothesis is a proposed…

shades of blue emphasize the sadness found in The Tragedy. Picasso created this during his “Blue Period.” (1901-1904), he used shades of blue to signify misery and despair of the figures depicted…

The printing press made life better for people in many ways. It made it easier to publish written material and led to an expanding market of people learning and desiring to read. As Baugh and Cable indicate, by Shakespeare’s time “…it is probable that not less than a third and probably as many as half of the people could at least read.” (199). Baugh and Cable give another interesting statistic as consequence of the printing press, “The number of books printed before the year 1500 reaches the…

Early Modern Europe is a period modern historians date from around 1450 to the beginning of the industrial revolution in late 18th century Britain. It is considered a transition period from the Medieval world to the modern world, and thus has elements of both in most aspects of life at this time. The Legal system was not an exception as during the 17th century, the legal system across Europe was changing to reflect the centralizing power of the crown or lack thereof. The new legal systems tried…