Obsidian

outline of pre-columbian art museum and research writing assignment Classic Period Mayan social organization was dependent on the expert authority of the ruler, as opposed to focal control of exchange in terms of trade and food distribution. This model of rulership was poorly structured to respond to changes, because the Mayan customs were limited by tradition to such activities as construction, ritual, and warfare.While a large number of Mayans passed on or if nothing else vanished amid the…

Prior Knowledge of Native Americans When I was young and still living in the Philippines, my knowledge about Native Americans are almost to none. The only Indians I knew are the Indians from India. We never had any class lecture or topic about American Indians. In fact, at that time, I thought white Americans were the original settlers in the America, and I could not remember any class teachings contradicting this assumption. When I was younger, I always watched Peter Pan, and Tiger Lilly, the…

One of the most prevalent, in both academic and popular circles, ideas, concerning the Minoan civilization is the idea of a peaceful character of Minoans in comparison with the ‘war-like’ Myceneans . Some of these ideas take roots from the works of Arthur Evans, who wrote about Pax Minoica back in the first half of the 20th century, but they are still accepted by many modern historians and archaeologists as well. For instance, Krzyszkowska writes in her article ‘So Where’s the Loot? The Spoils…

The Inca empire. The Aztec Empire. Empire. A very large group of people ruled over by one person. The Aztec and Inca empire were both different empires but they did have things common. Today I will be sharing and comparing the similarities and differences between the Aztec empire and the Inca empire. Although the tribes came from different locations and don’t have much in common, they do have different things that make them alike such as the fact that they both have important events that occur…

emotions can be exhausting, and in this play, it deals with a variety of emotions. The Mother F**ker with the Hat is a play that deals with both drama and comedy written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, which I attended in October 13, 2016 and held in the Obsidian Theater. This play involves a couple deals with addiction and infidelity, whereas they get help from the people closest to them. Some people can relate to the play because of the problems the characters face. The Mother F**ker with the Hat…

her, hairline cracks lining the sun-harrowed mud. Dark tendrils curled about her face like smoke, shadows alive as the danced ever closer, but they waited, waited for the raven-haired man's command. The man, creature, was painful in his beauty, obsidian eyes hooded with apathy as his outstretched hand guided the whipping midnight. The woman coughed amid the thinning air, breath escaping her blue-tinged lips and hanging in a silvery cloud before her. Through her agony, she slid her eyes around…

The Maya are well known for their use of jade, obsidian and stucco. There isn 't much left of the Mayan art culture, because a lot of it was destroyed by the spanish.On the other hand, the art that has survived are funerary pottery and other Maya ceramics, and buildings which contain many ancient murals…

improvements helped Native Americans to produce more foods and improve living conditions. Furthermore, Europeans taught Native Americans the use of advance weaponry. Native American started to use steel knives and guns to hunt animals instead of obsidian daggers and bows, which were less effective and durable. However, these trivial advantages didn’t compensate for the devastation created by the Europeans. Although the lives of the survived Native Americans improved, the majority of Native…

Asia. Its economic control was mainly just in Africa. Northern Africa traded with Southern Africa, and there was some trade with Rome and Arab. Southern Africans exported salt, dates, horses, brass, copper, glassware, beads, leather, textiles, and obsidian. Northern Africa exported gold, slaves, cloth, ivory, ebony, pepper, kola nuts, and cowry shells. Northern and Southern Africa mostly exchanged gold for salt; trade with Europe included wheat and olives from Rome and guns, gunpowder, and…

Once upon a time there was an alpaca named Bluebell. She was an incredibly quintessential being with her lustrous topaz fur, doll-like ebony eyes and her uncanny ability to speak any language she encountered. She was truly remarkable. However, the most atypical thing about her wasn’t her appearance, it wasn’t her effulgent smile and it wasn’t her stubby little legs, it was the fact she was actually made entirely of plush fabric. On the morning of October 31st, Bluebell began her adventure. She…