Nomad

hold. The finding of the Americas impacted the whole world in some aspect or another. The transfer of new goods changed the lives and cultures of people all over the globe. Horses and other things from the old world allowed the Indians to go from nomads to hunter gathers. In return corn and other vegetables became a staple in the diets of Europeans. Not only did the discovery help people but it also cost the lives of many. New diseases were transferred to all corners of the world killing…

The period of 1000 – 1500 C.E. was a very tumultuous and transformative time, but as the world was changing, it was also coming closer together. The trans-continental trade, travel, and the exchange of ideas between cultures began to emerge as commonplace. Both the Indian-Ocean and the Sub-Saharan trade routes grew in popularity due to many factors, these factors having both positive and negative effects on Eurasia and the African continents. The interactions that occurred between peoples and…

For a character first created as a propaganda piece for the second World War, the question of Steve Rogers’ place in the 21st century is a common one. Seen on surface value as a conservative quintessential American male stuck in the grasps of old-fashioned sentimentality, Captain America is seemingly a symbol gone past it’s use by date in a time where the trend for cynical superheroes and moral ambiguity in our protagonists is at an all time high. In actual fact, however, the man who grew up in…

El Anatsui is an inspirational African artist who has inspired the work of many other artists in the contemporary age. He is a mentor to other creative artist who devotes their lives for changing the way people see art, especially African art. In the article, “A Nomad’s Revolutionary Beauty,” the author, Elizabeth Harney, challenges the views of museums and critics about El Anatsui works and how it is limited when put in museums. El Anatsui’s artwork expresses a deeper, global, personal meaning,…

Ancient Near East is a general term that holds geographical territory, religion beliefs and living conditions of early civilizations established within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East five thousand years ago: Mesopotamia and Egypt. These Ancient Eastern civilizations are considered the cradle of modern civilization; they were the origin of many civilization features as agriculture practice, empires, law codes, social stratification, urbanism and writing system.…

Today, Middle and South America are the holders of architectural and technological legacies of ancient indigenous civilizations as the first explorer Von Humboldt indicates what connections exist between realm's area, human culture and natural diversity that make those societies in the coastal valleys. These societies for thousands of years when the European invaders came to the border get the name Amerindians that call nowadays. Europeans from Spain, France, Germany, and Great Britain landed in…

Jerry D. Moore’s novel, The Prehistory of Home, provides information of archaeology through the use of one central theme: the home. Moore does not simply describe different excavations, he discusses the journey of the human experience expressed by archaeological dwellings and artifacts. The Prehistory of Home supplements Anthropology 145, World Prehistory, by discussing the development of human society through the examination of the home. The central purpose of this course is to observe the…

Captain America: Our Dream Hero World War II had just begun, but the US hadn’t officially joined as yet. However, it was a popular topic that was followed with great interest. The actions of the Nazis and Axis powers went against everything that made America what it was, and there was a lot of rallying citizens to help with the war effort. The country had just recovered from the worst depression in economic history, and now the people were more loyal than ever before. Steve Rogers had grown up…

telling time, would be equally important to our speaker. Surprisingly, however, the speaker states that that the clock, "Proclaimed the time was neither right nor wrong" (13). The speaker disregards the importance of time, for they are, after all, a nomad of the night, who time can have no bearing on. The most important aspect of the speaker’s words though, is what they say about their character. By their descriptions of the clock, we can see that they have glorified time in their mind, in the…

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, the story follows a man and a boy who struggle with the repercussions of living in a post-apocalyptic United States. Throughout the novel, there are many physical obstacles they have to overcome, such as hunger and disease. Cannibals and street thugs who kill other survivors run rampant through the wilderness as well. Although they have close encounters with all of these things, the man tries to protect the boy from physical harm. The surrounding culture…