Mound builder

Centuries after the fall of Ancient Egypt, an oceangoing warrior culture arose in the coastal regions of Scandinavia. Known for their ferocity and daring expeditions, the Vikings were talented sailors, ship-builders, and fighters that were active from the eighth to eleventh centuries AD (history.com). Often referred to as Norsemen, the Vikings practiced their own religion that was centered upon mythology and the worship of ancestors and Gods such as Odin. The afterlife was an integral aspect of…

in the Americas the Native American population had become diverse and speaking some 300-350 languages with different belief systems and ways of living. For example the Aztec and the Inca had built tremendous empires, the Mississippians or the mound builders had built cities that were surrounded by farm land that expanded from present day St. Louis and Natchez Mississippi. The Pueblo Indians lived in large towns and traded with other…

The problem with cheating is that children learn to cheat at a young age. It is argued that as a part of moral instinct, human beings naturally seek to expose and punish cheaters. Before cheaters can be punished; however, one must identify the behaviors that constitute cheating. On June 3, 2003, Chicago Cubs’ star Sammy Sosa shattered his bat in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Noticing something unordinary in the shattering, the umpires gathered together to examine the bat. The…

Thomas Hart Benton, along with a few other artists including Grant Wood and John Stuart Curry were a part of a modern art movement called regionalism. Romance (Fig. 1) was one of the many paintings that Thomas Hart Benton created during this time, the painting was made with mediums of tempera and oil varnish glazes in gesso panel on board and is 45 1/4 inches by 33 1/4 inches. Romance represents everything that a painting created during the Regionalism era should represent. The painting also…

Remember that day in school when your history teacher said Christopher Columbus discovered America? Well, they were wrong. Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sailor who wanted to find a western route to the Indies. He made four voyages, each taking him to different locations in the Caribbean. He sailed under Spain and his voyages were sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Along his voyages he encountered storms and the Santa Maria broke into pieces. He met very many natives…

Clash with the Chesapeake - When they first arrived, they encoutered the chieftain Powhatan who asserted supremacy of the James river, he considered the settleres as future allies so didn't do much but tensions were still high. Once Lord De La Warr arrived he placed "irish tactics" against the indians basically rainding villages, burning houses, doing bad stuff to them. The marriage of Pocahontas to John rolfe ended this first anglo-powhatan war. But eventually the Indians fought back killing…