Political history

It has been known since the beginning of time that understanding history is crucial to the progress of society. For example, studying the causes of previous wars can help governments prevent future wars from occurring. However, understanding history goes beyond the objective; there is much that people of today can learn from religions, cultures, and morals of old. Some of these applicable ideas are expressed through the following three works: Antigone by Sophocles, “The Cave” by Plato, and…

According to the article found at http://www.thepeoplesview.net (2011), the formation of history is not easy. In human existence, great men and women have contributed to history formation. It goes beyond human self to cause a revolution. Historically, we have seen works of Du Bois, Malcolm X, Shakespeare, and Da Vinci. There revolution came after making great choices. In this paper, I have chosen to evaluate Barrack Obama's choice to run for the presidency (http://www.thepeoplesview.net, 2011)…

The Historical Conversations Project (HCP) is writing a review that helps to expose us and the peers to various topics, arguments, histories, and background knowledge that will enable us to engage with each other over the course of the quarter. This project is one of the biggest assigned papers that was allocated to us in a week three. The Historical Conversations Project was required to be 6-7 pages long where it also has to be a multi- modal composition. This project was one of the difficult…

The Histories Study Guide: Day 2 Motivations Behind The Histories Herodotus was primarily interested in describing the “known world”. For example, book 2 was originally a separate book about Egyptian customs, which he later inserted. His motive was to show how history is one continuous story, and how many different events are actually interwoven. One can read The Histories as an illustration of the different societies and cultures in the area with the Persian War…

shield, I was a ferocious Spartan soldier. As you can see, the topic of world history intrigued me a lot. However, this enthusiasm of mine did not come from the indefinite timeline of history; it came from how people in the past were capable of making architecture that continues to leave the modern-day world astonished and inspired. This appreciation of history sparked a fire inside of me. As a result, taking AP World history during the sophomore year of high school stimulated my passion for…

Historical context has greatly enhanced my understanding and meaning of stories that I read not only in English class but in but outside of the classroom. When I read a story with historical context I find that analyzing the story can give me a fuller understanding of the story and can help me see the reasoning behind the people behaving as they did. Seeing what motivated people to act the way they did back then can provide the reader with so much more valuable information than they would have…

Historians have always found the fine line between narrative as myth or history problematic, an issue that Herodotus, one of the great ancient Greek historians, attempts to deal with by rationalizing myth, so as to still incorporate it into his accounts, and actively distinguishing myth from history. Rationalization boils myth down into its most fundamental components, supporting the argument that myth is simply history spun out of proportion or misremembered by exposing myth’s basis in real…

Before Binford made his argument that archaeology was holding a backseat in anthropology, and needed to make a necessary transition towards a systematic view of culture, archaeology used a direct historical approach. By studying modern native cultures one could start at the top of each archaeological layer and work down (working the way back in time). Sir Edward B. Tylor represented cultural evolutionism in archaeology. He believed that there was a purpose in the development of society and…

Saving Private Ryan: Negative Argument Historical films matter, because for a lot of people, such films are where they get much of their knowledge of history from. After 300 came out, I noticed an increase in the number of my students who thought that Thermopylae was the reason the Persians lost that war, and Braveheart has certainly given people the idea that medieval Scots wore great kilts, when in reality the Scottish kilt is a late 16th century development. Small historical inaccuracies…

Not only did AP Art History solidify my passion for the study of history through the lens of art, it has positively influenced my own artwork. History has become my foremost artistic muse. The class discussions were one of my favorite aspects of the class. These classroom exchanges not only energized me and motivated me to further explore the different perspectives discussed through additional outside study, but, with the teacher’s encouragement and support, pushed me to voice my thoughts and…