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Music of India: Traditional: Thumri; Music of China—Traditional: “Ngoh Wai Heng Kong” 3. How does this music relate to other contemporary forms of artistic expression?
Listen to Tracks 2,3 and 4 Gregorian Chant—Anonymous: “Alleluya, vidimus stellam”; Buddhist Chant—Anonymous: Morning prayers; Islamic Call to Prayer.
Ancient Greek Music—Anonymous: “Epitaph for Seikilos” Read more about the history of Greek music (see Pythagoras, Aristoxenus, Cleonides, Aristides Quintilianus).
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China after unification was a pivotal character in Chinese history although he left a controversial legacy. What are some of the good things that Qin Shi Huang acco
How are the Ziggurats and Pyramids similar? How are they different? How did each function? Why is that important or reflective of the people who created each? In essence, what
How and why did a huge, growing, and seemingly permanent gap emerge between the industrialized and so-called third world? What consequences did this gap have for Europeans? Asians? Africans?
How did Native efforts to “play off” one European power against another result in greater anti–Native hostility?
Do you think the Forbidden City and all it represented prevented European influence on Chinese culture? Explain your response.
Despite the cultural domination instituted by European traders and colonizers, how do you think these Mesoamerican, South American, and African societies have been able to sustain their cultural pract
Luther was eventually excommunicated from the Catholic Church for his outcry against the church’s practices. Explain whether you think Luther was justified in his accusations, and state the reas
What influence did the Roman context have upon the growth and spread of Christianity?
Do you agree with the Inquisitor’s interrogation of Veronese about his painting, originally titled Last Supper? Or, do you side with Veronese?
The following statement just to replied to see that woman had it hard back then in certain parts of the world. I see how woman who lived in Roman were not aloud to vote and were considered second clas
Consider the way that Indian, Chinese, and Mongolian Empires administered their government. Fill in the following list of governments with a sentence summarizing their administrative tactics.
Select and justify three similarities between China and Japan, 1500 to 1800, that had major effects on their positions at 1800.
I must write a paper about the current Palestine / Israeli conflict. (anything within the past 4 months). I have been unable to find any real realiable source of information that can help be get a bet
Much of the Maya records were destroyed by the Spanish in the sixteenth century. One Catholic monk bent on destroying the manuscripts also recorded their life in his own writings.
From the humanist perspective, “genius” is a critically important quality. Identify another person of the Renaissance
How did the “composite monarchy” of Spain reflect its broader sources of power and strategic problems as it became the Hapsburg Empire under Charles V?
Put in the simplest way, Greek and Roman culture celebrated and sought to expand what humans could do, from Greek exploration of human potential and failing in their plays and philosophy as well as th
Compare and contrast the two Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. Do you think one has had a more lasting impact on the development of Western civilization? Why?
What is the role of deception in politics for Machiavelli? Why is it necessary? What does this say about changing ideas of politics in the context of the Italian Wars?
What is your reaction to Hamlet’s soliloquy? Do you sympathize with his situation? Do you see him as self-absorbed or self-reflective? Explain your responses. Why do you think this play con
The photographic quality of Jan Van Eyck’s work has been both praised and criticized. Describe your impression of this precise painting style in comparison to another Renaissance artist of you
Machiavelli’s instruction on how a ruler can attain and retain power is often summed up in his statement, “the end justifies the means.” Identify a current political leader who seems