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In the 19th century, some powerful European countries expanded their countries to new territories, known as "colonialism." Both colonialism and contemporary globalization can lead to inter-state relations. In this article, I will compare Colonialism and contemporary globalization. Colonialism is defined as a policy or practice of "full or partial political control over another country, its occupation of settlers and its economic exploitation". Globalization means the integration of economy,…

F ollowing Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332B.C.E. the history of Alexandrian Jews began. While native Egyptian’s, Greeks, Phrygians, Boeotians and Cilicians resided alongside the Jews the Roman’s are of particular interest. Their once peaceful relationship changed course resulting in the destruction of Alexandrian Jews in 117C.E. This article focuses on the relationship between Jews and Romans in Alexandria looking at their, economic, religious, political and civil relations. With…

"Catherine! Wake up! You overslept. Don 't want to be late on the first day of school, you have 30 minutes!" My over excited mum squeaked. I was 17 and yet she acts like I am a 10 year old on their birthday. So far, I have been to literally 12 different schools in the last 3 years, so it is hard being excited for another one. After about another 5 long minutes, I decided to finally get out of bed. "Honey, you have 5 minutes before we have to leave!" My mum yelled at the top of her lungs. "You…

When World War II struck the nation, the United States became known as a super power but not right from the start. America started out being neutral and helping out with the war from only they were selective in who they helped, so America was not being very neutral. America denied aid to Japan and Germany, the United States had even put out an order to shoot German U-Boats on sight. World War II broke out in 1939 and ended by 1945 the United States entered by declaring war on Japan in 1941 after…

The Peloponnesian War was a long battle between the two greatest city-states of Greece, Athens and Sparta. The war took nearly thirty years until its final end; it was from 431-404 B.C. In the beginning of the war Athens controlled one of the strongest empires, at the end of the war Athens could barely maintain itself. Why? Thucydides, an Athenian general at the time left us with an excessive amount of knowledge on this war, as he wrote a textbook on the war called “History of the Peloponnesian…

then later grew up to be a baseball legend. Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914. He was born in Martinez, California. Joe was the 8th child of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio. His parents were poor Italian immigrants who moved from Sicily to California in 1898. Joe has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He grew up in a city by the bay and played sandlot baseball with his 2 brothers, Vince and Dominic (Cohen 50). His brother Vince had played with the minor league San Francisco Seals. In…

This class was focused on many aspects of different infectious diseases. The bubonic plague was one that I personally found very interesting because it’s something that I have always learned about in grade school. I always found it interesting, but we were never taught about it in depth. I was really excited to take this course for many reasons. Learning in depth about the bubonic plague was one of those reasons. The lesson on the bubonic plague was what intriguing and really fun to learn about…

Introduction Founded in Northern Africa around 813 B.C. by Phoenician merchants, Carthage grew exponentially into a vast empire that dominated trade in the Mediterranean and at its height rivaled the power of Rome (Mark, 2011). Subsequently, this rivalry resulted in Carthage and Rome waging war for control of the Mediterranean (Mark, 2011). For my written assignment for this unit, I will trace how Carthage came to rival Rome, the strengths of both and how their conflict led to Rome becoming a…

At the Penn Museum, I observed an Attic Red Figure Stamnos. The piece was created in Attica, Greece in approximately 490 B.C.E. and is attributed to the Kleophrades Painter. According to a publication by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Kleophrades painter was a prominent artist of Athenian vase painting. The Kleophrades painter, a name assigned to the artist because his true name remains unknown, has almost ninety works that have been attributed to him. Archaeologists and Art…

Beginning in the late 19th century, immigrants from Southern Italy and Sicily began to settle in a neighborhood of East Harlem, New York. The immigrants brought with them the values of their homeland, many of which were centered on their devotion to their Catholic faith and to their families. The American-born children of these immigrants often felt oppressed by and disconnected from their parents’ values and ideals, and tensions between the immigrants and their children often ran high. While…