European History

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  • Examples Of Historical Trauma

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    series of traumatic events that occur to a massive group of individuals. According to Abrams (1999), “historical trauma is collective emotional and psychological injury both over the life span and across generations, resulting from a cataclysmic history of genocide” or the destruction of a particular racial or cultural group. Some examples of historical trauma or intergenerataional trauma are the Holocaust or the occurrence in trauma amongst Native Americans. Recollection of the day the Baltimore

  • Leonie Sandercock's The Most Segregated City In America

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    Sometimes history leaves out a few important facts that should be included in such. History within the planning profession shows us that, we too, can forget about those who shaped the profession even without mention. Leonie Sandercock highlights these important lessons that so many before have missed when planning history only focuses on visionaries and public figures who see planning as an activity and who do not merely focus on the process of the profession. Sandercock argues that Peter Hall himself

  • The National Register Of Historic Places

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    surveying of the structure, the 4,819-acre plantation it resides upon undergoes archeological evaluations, as well. When conducting an archeological survey archeologist will inspect the surrounding property to look for artifacts that may relate to the history of the structure. An example of this is Thomas Jefferson’s summer home at Poplar Forest in Forest, Virginia. Poplar Forest, which came under the ownership of the Corporation for Jefferson in 1983, experienced an archeological survey that uncovered

  • My Ministry Research Paper

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    my own ministry. I think that the study of Christian history has much to offer to the praxis of the Church. In modern Christianity, the subject of Christian history is something that is often neglected or if it is addressed it is done mainly during new member enrollment. However, as mentioned in class “Christianity without history and passion is not Christianity” (Hoskin Lecture). I translate this to mean that if we fail to recognize the history of Christianity, then we fail to be Christians. It is

  • Art Generation Research Paper

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    Art has been around since the drawing on cave walls, and play a huge part in world history. People of the present use it to connect to the past. Art help viewer connect to the past by telling the viewer about the history of the country, that is has been through, and what the artist has been through. Art has a meaning behind it telling a story or showing something. Art also can help viewer to connect to the past because they might be drawn historically. It can reflect and affect how a generation is

  • Herodotus Keeping The Past Alive Summary

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    Herodotus: The Introduction to Keeping the Past Alive Herodotus, the writer of Greek history, otherwise known as “The Father of History” directly apprises about the Athenian and Persian expedition during the Persian Wars. Although Herodotus provides useful information, we find that he is frequently too credulous of what he is told, thus damaging his credibility for being considered a “good” historian. Nonetheless, there are times in which Herodotus distinguishes between the things he himself witnessed

  • Herodotus And Thucydides: Peloponnesian And Persian War

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    Greek historians credited for documenting history. Not only are Herodotus and Thucydides credited for writing the first accounts of ancient Greek history, but they each shaped the future of historical writing in there own unique ways. The Peloponnesian and Persian wars were both important conflicts that focused on independence. Herodotus earned the designation “The Father of History” because of the way he went beyond just storytelling in explaining history. He has been anointed as the world’s first

  • Wall Street Exploded Summary

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    Beverly Gage is a professor at Yale University and also a writer who wrote her first book called “The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror.” She analyzes the bombing that occurred on Wall Street and how and what had caused this terrifying situation to occur. In addition to her book, Beverly Gage also has written numerous amounts of journals, and magazines, which have been published in The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, etc. She is well known for

  • David Mccullough's Speech: Knowing History And Knowing Who We Are

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    Martin Luther King Jr. once said that we do not make history, we are made by history. History plays a major role in our lives, because the events that occurred in the past shaped the world we live in today, and we look back at history to prevent any tragic events from occurring again. David McCullough explains this in his speech, “ Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are” and explains major points like how people are affected by others, how our rights were the struggle of others, and that actions

  • Erich Fromm's Disobedience

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    understanding of his point. Fromm develops his plot by showing examples throughout history, also by using Logos, he shows the standards of others and their ways, lastly, Fromm uses Logos by explaining the functions of the social system. The question always remains, how did the beginning of history begin? Tracing back to the beginning of time, Hebrew and Greek Myths say to believe that it began with an act of disobedience. “[h]uman history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will