FOR YOUR RESPONSE, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW. Separately identify your post from posts 1 and 2. Thanks. In these Peer Responses, comment on your peers’ work; ask them questions; elaborate on their ideas; challenge or question their assertions; etc. The purpose of this part of discussion is to share your ideas; dig more […]

You have been asked to write a position paper on whether he should order a covert action that will most certainly topple the government of Guatemala. Using examples from the book defend why or why not the government should go forward with this plan. Consider these questions: What are the possible immediate risks? What are […]

You are a warrior who has fought with Charles Martel at Tours against the Umayyads. Your deeds on the battlefield have distinguished you in Martel’s eyes resulting in his offer of land in his realm and knighthood if you agree to be his vassal. Explain the concept of vassalage, the responsibilities you would have as […]

In class, we compared Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” (1534) on the left and Manet’s “Olympia” (1863) on the right. Write a detailedparagraph in which you discuss several ways that Manet showed his interest in, and awareness of, the earlier work, but made changes that showed his rejection of tradition and academic art. Your response MUST […]

Applying Primary Sources: Women on the Civil War Battlefields, taken as a group, do these images indicate that the women who participated directly in the war–as nurses, spies, and soldiers–did more to maintain or to undermine standard gender roles?

World War I had significant political, economic, and social impacts across Europe. In what ways did the old absolutist regimes (the Romanovs in Russia and the Hohenzollerns in Germany) factor into the revolutions that occurred? Thinking about the systems of government that replaced those regimes, were the revolutions ultimately successful in delivering the protestors’ demands?

Why was there a shift toward HUmanism? How was it different from the old ways of thinking? How was it relfected in the art and ideas of the 1700s? Give examples and historical evidence and cite sources.

Chapter 8 Hindu and Buddhist Rulers along the Silk Roads of Asia, 100-1000 C.E Why was Buddhism losing popularity in India? What were the 7 Treasures that Buddhists liked to receive from kings and merchants? Why did the Chinese convert to Buddhism and what major Chinese tradition did Buddhism challenge? Who did the founder of […]

Provide information on the following for Hadrian’s Wall: Context/Background information (e.g. where is the wall located, when was it built, etc.) Why the wall was built? What were the impacts/consequences of the wall?

answer this question with at least ONE piece of evidence from the Declaration of Sentiments. Why is this cultural product in a unit questioning the validity of “America as a Land of Opportunity”?