Important note: The links below and questions just give you an idea of what we studied this week. You don’t have to open and read or watch each link’s material. YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQdmYLeF6M YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5v-Shqz0Bg Reading: “Slavery in Virginia” https://bbhosted.cuny.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-72957987-dt-content-rid-561212098_1/xid-561212098_1 Reading: “Slavery in Barbados” https://bbhosted.cuny.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-72957988-dt-content-rid-561212099_1/xid-561212099_1 Slavery images http://slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/page/welcome Website: A spiral of history https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/loango/loango.htm […]

In the beginning of the Second Punic War, what do you think about Polybius’s description of some of the challenges the Carthaginian general Hannibal encountered during his crossing of the Alps into Italy (218 B.C.)? From book 3 in Polybius’ Rise of the Roman Empire

In the article The Age of Imperial Revolutions “An Age of Imperial Revolutions,” by Jeremy Adelman are empires and nation-states diametrically opposed to each other? What similarities or differences exist between a nation-state and an empire? How did gaining an empire impact a nation-state? Discuss whether the future of political organization is the nation-state or […]

Compare Raphael’s School of Athens (21-10) with Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (23-13). In an essay, explain the differences in the religious ideas that relate to the Humanist Church of the High Renaissance that sanctioned the work of Raphael and those of the Counter Reformation and the Council of Trent that account for the type […]

Tina Campt and Deborah Thomas, “Gendering diaspora: transnational feminism, diaspora and its hegemonies” Read the above narrative ad answer the following question: In a brief reflection, discuss how gender norms and expectations in a new cultural context impact individuals who are part of the diaspora community, and what challenges might they face in negotiating their […]

Please give short answers ( One to two sentences only) In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? In 1908 Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, is elected governor of Rhode Island with strong support from the Québécois community.

Imperial expansion is an epic theme that has made lasting impressions on the world. In brief, Wimmer and Min (2006) discuss imperial expansion in warfare as an issued ultimatum to allow or resist the action forged from the prerequisite of adequate physical capability and the ability to leverage it. An example of this idea is […]

Imperial expansion has had a profound impact on the dynamics of warfare throughout history. One example of this is the colonization of Africa by European powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One campaign that illustrates this impact is the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In the late 1800s, the British Empire sought to […]

If the population of Athens and its surrounding areas (let’s say around 450BC) stood at around 250,000-300,000 people and of this number only 30,000 would have been citizens (male, 18 years of age, and the sons of citizens) entitled to vote in the Assembly, then how democratic was Athens? In addition, at any one time […]

In full pages discuss some of the connections between artworks and religion in premodern art. Identify three good examples of artworks with religious symbolism and significance from the premodern art. Explain in detail its religious meanings within the cultures of the Americas, Asia, or Egypt. Your three examples should come from different cultures, not all […]