Late Antiquity

A. Wallis Budge, Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, The Papyrus of Ani is not only a collection of spells and charms, but a complete vision of the judgment day. Printed in the year 1250 B.C. the origins of the Book of the Dead can be traced to the Pyramid Texts which dates…

Work accidents, deaths and diseases, come from antiquity. Several reports of accidents, poisonings with substances and deaths are seen from Hippocrates, who is the father of medicine, Industrial Revolution, etc. In the period of the Industrial Revolution in England, in the mid-eighteenth century, the number of accidents and injuries related to work increased due to industrialization, use of primitive machinery, workforce represented by women and children mostly high work load, lack good working…

articles was that the election of Trump was a sign that the United States was falling, just as Rome once had. The modern United States falling condition, in spite of selected similar situations, is not quite as vast in scale to that of the Rome of Late Antiquity. Several generations of authors and historians have had their own opinions on the multiple causes of the decline, or, some argue that it was not a fall, but a period of transformation. The differences in opinions can presumably be…

impressive history. Going from a republic to a widespread empire is no small task. Many efforts were made in order to save Rome from its decline, such as: the Edict of Milan, and moving the capital to Constantinople; another effort was made in Rome’s late antiquity period. The empire would not have lasted in its imperial phase, as it was too big to sustain, and that caused its ultimate downfall (Dutton 172). In conclusion, the Roman Empire was a diverse nation with diverse leaders. Both…

economic relationship dates to the 4th millennium B.C.E. or Predynastic period evidenced from “stamped clay sealings and bullae found in southern Israel (Ahituv 1999: 187).’’ Egyptian awareness of the Canaanite commercial jar was as earlier as the late Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1800-1550) (Wood 1987: 78) as “Asiatic settlers brought with them, and no doubt continued to produce locally, their native wares, including the handled store jar. Many examples of handled…

finally exceeded Britain with 60% of Canadian exports and 40% imports being linked to America. Furthermore, building off of the economic prosperity new technologies had brought to the 1920s, the everyday lives of Canadians were changed forever. By the late 1920s, 2 in every 3 households had access to electricity. This fundamental source of power was at the core of almost every innovation. A Canadian man from this period discusses how life drastically changed in the 1920s. “Most cities had paved…

In the late 19th century, three different kinds of environmental issues became topics of public debate. Then, in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established a federally protected wildlife refuge in Pelican Island, Florida. As a result, the National Park Service was founded, and Stephen T. Mather was appointed the first director. By enabling the 1906 American Antiquities Act, Roosevelt was able to establish 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 5 national…

At the climax of Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment he states that, “The poor and the earth are crying out. O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming of your Kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty” (180). These words both truthful and righteous are emblematic of the encyclical in its entirety; the encyclical is about how we as humans have damaged the word and how we must make an effort to right our wrongs.…

“In late spring, 218 B.C., Hannibal marched through the Pyrenees toward Gaul (southern France) with more than 100,000 troops and nearly 40 war elephants.” Hannibal was a strong and powerful man. He won many fights and conquered cities. He was one of Carthage’s strongest and most famous generals. His father was Hamilcar Barca also a Carthaginian general. In Carthage, Hannibal held a lot of power, he was born into a Carthaginian military family and swore to show his hostility to Rome. He was the…

Barbarian ethnicities may have utilised the issues within the Roman Empire to cause the fall of the western Roman Empire in the mid- to late-fifth century. However, there is no solid answer for whether or not the barbarian invasions caused the fall of the western Roman Empire, but it is clear that they played some part in it. From intentionally encroaching on Roman land in order to receive…