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 a major grassroots campaign designed to challenge the political exclusion of Black citizens in a state where voter registration was restricted through discriminatory administration, economic retaliation, intimidation, and violence. Coordinated by the Council of

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

Introduction Anti-Mexican sentiment in the United States developed through a combination of inherited cultural prejudice and concrete conflicts over land, slavery, sovereignty, race, and national expansion. Raymund Paredes argues that Anglo-American attitudes toward Mexicans drew partly on older English images of Spain

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

Introduction Neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism provide different but overlapping ways to interpret the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 and related United States sanctions concerning Xinjiang. The Act became law on June 17, 2020 and established U.S. policy responding to reported

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 combined genuine opportunity for some settlers with systems of coercion that restricted freedom for others. The English colonies developed different economies, churches, labor systems, and political institutions, so no single description applies equally to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina,

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 Jim Crow segregation and the Spanish-American War belong to different histories, yet studying them together exposes a major contradiction in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. At home, Southern governments were restricting Black citizenship through disfranchisement, segregation,

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