History

What do the terms sympathetic magic and animism refer to? How do they play a central role in the development and survival of early humans? How does the Pygmy Hunting Ritual help us understand their use? How can we relate these ideas

To the northeast of Downtown Los Angeles, at a distance of about 11 miles, the city of Pasadena is located. This flourishing and quiet city is situated around Arroyo Seco. It was originally inhabited by the Native American Hahamog’na tribe. The word

Introduction The Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964 was one of the most ambitious grassroots political campaigns of the American civil rights movement. Formally known as the Mississippi Summer Project, it brought together local Black residents, experienced civil rights organizers, students, teachers, lawyers,

Introduction The Soviet-Afghanistan war was a conflict that lasted from 1979 to 1989, in which the Soviet Union (USSR) intervened militarily in Afghanistan to support the communist government there. The intervention was in response to a rebellion by Islamic fundamentalists known as

Archaeology and Discovery of the Terracotta Army Throughout antiquity, archaeologists have discovered and revealed many fossils, features and artefacts that have significant antiquity and importance. One of the famous archaeological discoveries is the handcrafted clay soldiers buried with the first Chinese emperor

Anti-Mexican sentiment in the United States did not begin with modern immigration debates. Its roots can be traced to European religious prejudice, anti-Spanish propaganda, racial assumptions, territorial expansion, and political conflict in the borderlands. Raymund Paredes’s influential article, “The Origins of Anti-Mexican

Surrealism emerged in the late 1910s and extended through the 1920s, gaining fame as a literary movement that revolved around the notion of novel means of expression. To realize the boundless imagination of the subconscious, Surrealism was sanctified in 1924 in Paris.

Industrialization as a Turning Point in American History United States history witnessed a major turning point during the era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the form of the Industrial Revolution. The renowned second wave of industrialization shifted the

What were some of the reasons the Romans emerged as a very practical people? In what areas of Roman life do we see evidence of their practical nature? Provide and explain at least one example (from both the Roman Culture Lecture Presentation

Introduction Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is deliberately nonlinear. The novel opens as Ifemelu prepares to leave the United States for Nigeria, then moves through memories of her adolescence, migration, relationships, depression, work, racial education, and eventual return. Obinze’s parallel story follows a

What Is Antigone’s Primary Moral Conflict? Antigone, written by Sophocles and first performed in ancient Athens around 441 BCE, begins after a civil war in Thebes. The sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices, have killed one another while fighting over rule of

Neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism offer different but overlapping ways to interpret international events. The original essay applies these approaches to the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, signed into U.S. law on June 17, 2020, and to the sanctions imposed in

Introduction Greece and Rome were two potentially strong domains in history. Both Mediterranean nations were alike enough latitudinally to cultivate wines and olives but to hold their uniqueness deep down. Greece was the head and heart of the classical spirit, with Rome

Introduction Colonial America offered land, trade, religious refuge, and political participation to some people while denying liberty through dispossession, slavery, indentured servitude, gender hierarchy, and property restrictions. The original essay recognizes this contradiction but makes several historical errors. The thirteen colonies were

Introduction Slavery was central to the political economy and social order of the nineteenth-century United States, especially in the South. Enslaved African Americans produced cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, and other commodities while being denied legal freedom, wages, family security, education, and control

Introduction The Jim Crow system and the Spanish-American War are often taught as separate topics: one concerns racial segregation within the United States, while the other concerns war, empire, and overseas expansion in 1898. Studied together, they reveal a central contradiction in

The American war was fought between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865. The Civil War was basically initiated due to the long-standing controversy over the slavery of Black people. It destroyed the infrastructure of the

Introduction California’s history did not begin with the Gold Rush, Spanish missions, or American statehood. Long before Europeans entered the region, hundreds of self-governing Indigenous communities occupied and cared for the lands now called California. These societies included the Chumash, Pomo, Maidu,

Baseball, War, and the Setting of the World Series In September 1919, the World Baseball Series was in town, hosting both Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox. The games were played at Comiskey Park, which was the home ground for the