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What kind of environment did Islam emerge? What contributed to the Abbasid Empire's growth, and how did trade play a part in spread of Islam? What role did Dar-al-Islam play in Afro Eurasia and why is
What four culture zones were established in Afro-eurasia by 500 CE? How did these culture zones influence their surrounding regions? Why was Eastern Eurasia considered to be mor economically powerful,
What were reasons that led to the ultimate failure of the Treaty of Versailles? What were the challenges facing the newly-formed League of Nations, and why was it so difficult to form a lasting agreem
Compare and contrast the two types of totalitarian governments that arose after 1917, that is, communism and fascism. What were the origins of these governments, their accomplishments, and their failu
Globalism is the pervasive condition of our time. Discuss the ways in which globalism has affected the arts.
Which landmarks of the era prior to 1950 illustrate most dramatically the idea of Modernism as an assault on tradition? How so?
Please write a history of human interactions (history) the commodities that you think best define the patterns that have shaped world history since circa 1500 through the present day.
Discuss the impact of Yuri Gagarin’s and John Glenn’s space flights on our civilizationWhat does What does the International Space Station (ISS) currently orbiting the earth signify?
Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts have a resemblance to the geometric and organic ornamentation found in Islamic art. Coincidence? Propose an explanation based on an intelligent interpretation of
Describe Marcel Duchamp’s use of kitsch and its inclusion in Pop Art. How did this confuse and upset ideas of “high” and “low” art? Discuss the International Style of Arc
How and why did the great depression change liberal notions operating in the world economy of the 1920s? Mention (among other things) Imperial preference?
In early 1925, Hitler published Mein Kampf. What were his ideas, what did he say should be Germany’s objectives? How does Lebensraum figure in? Why could Stalin make the claim that Soviet i
The Han dynasty rulers took on ideas from both Confucian and Legaliist traditions when they organized their state. How were these rulers able to combine such different schools of thought? And how did
What caused the financial crisis that began in 1929 to become a world depression by 1932? Discuss the role of autarky and protectionism in it. Explain Hannah Arendt’s term, the ‘banal
The Muslim community received the basic teachings of Islam through the prophet Muhammad. To what extent did the religious doctrines and social practices of Islam reflect the personal experiences of Mu
The Han dynasty rulers took on ideas from both Confucian and Legaliist traditions when they organized their state. How were these rulers able to combine such different schools of thought?
During the classical era in Persia, those favoring popular religions of salvation found a chance to attract new followers both in their homelands and beyond.
After his many trips to India in search of Buddhist knowledge and wisdom, the monk Xuanzang and followers contributed to religious and cultural change in China. To what extent can you attribute the sp
Recount the event that inspired the painting Guernica. Discuss the style and imagery that Picasso used to respond to that event? Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coined the axiom, “less is more.”
The Roman roads spread germs and disease but also Christianity! In the first century C.E., Christianity could claim only small numbers of believers from the lower classes. By the fourth century, Chris
What do we know about the canon of Polykleitos? Using either the Diadoumenos or the Doryphoros, discuss how Polykleitos’ work epitomized figural art in the High Classical period.
Discuss the Periklean building program that took place on the acropolis in Athens. How would a visitor have experienced the Acropolis and its various buildings at the end of the 5th background of the
Discuss the use of the Greek house, using the site of Olynthos as an example. What kind of role does archaeology/art/textual evidence play in our understanding?
Compare and contrast Donatello's statue of David, Michelangelo's David, and Bernini's David. What changes and developments do you see during the Renaissance period?