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COVID – 19

Right now, we are living through an historic event, a global pandemic. This phenomenon hascompletely upended our everyday lives. It has changed the way we communicate with others, theway we go to school and work, and the way we think about the world in a social, political, andeconomic way. We are faced with challenges many […]

similarities between Roman and Han Chinese emperors

Choose one of the following questions and answer it based on the historical evidence. Make sure that you cite your sources and that you have three other sources in addition to your textbook. You will need to cite your sources in Chicago (Turabian) or MLA Style.The Roman and Han Chinese Empires each experienced centuries of […]

How did the understanding of the Declaration of independence evolve between 1776 and the American Civil War?

3. The third assignment (due December 1) will be an essay of between 2,000 and 2,500 wordsthat addresses the following question: How did understandings of the Declaration ofIndependence evolve between 1776 and the American Civil War? Your essay should be based on(The Declaration of Independence), (The Declaration ofSentiments) and (Slavery and the Sectional Crisis). For […]

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Essay must address the subject of Cuba based on the knowledge you have gained from our course pack 1 and course pack 2 readings and lectures, showing your understanding of its historical and cultural evolution from a Cuban perspective, and NOT from traditional perspectives/views on Cuba in the United States.

US History to 1877

US History to 1877 Please answer the selected four questions in an essay format. Please proofread and provide citations.  If you write your answers as lists, or in incomplete sentences, points will be deduced from your exam.  Each question is worth 5 points (for a total of 20 points). What was the Great Hunger? (1) […]

Renaissance

How was the Renaissance different from the period preceding it?  You will in all likelihood look this up, but what I want from you is not the copied answer but the answer to whether or not it really was much different.  If so how.  Understanding that was the change in the 14th century (1300s) or […]

Reaction (not a summary) to a documentary

Please watch the documentary film “I Am Not Your Negro” directed by Raoul Peck.– https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fh0t6– https://www.scripts.com/script.php?id=i_am_not_your_negro_10455&p=4 or https://www.tvo.org/transcript/131095X/i-am-not-your-negro for the film transcript. Once you have watched the documentary, you should write a 260 words or more reaction to the film. This should be a personal reaction that includes enough details from the film to prove […]

150-200 word essay

D.dobbs on Natural right and the problem of aristotles defense of slavery is a must do. D. Dobbs, “Natural Right and the Problem of Aristotle’s Defense of Slavery”. The Journal of Politics. 56.1 (1994)https://www.marquette.edu/political-science/directory/documents/dobbs-natural-right.pdfM.-H. Song, A Study on Aristotles theory of Slavery, in Y. Tory, D. Masaoki (eds), Forms of Control and Subordination in Antiquity,R. […]

How enlightenment relates to the books “vermeer’s hat” and “robinson crusoe”

For this assignment, write 4-5 pages considering the passage quoted below from Immanuel Kants 1784 An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? Think of it as something like a jewel in Indras net as discussed by Timothy Brook in Vermeers Hat. What does it tell us about the broader contexts of modern history? For […]

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The ethical approaches of  Kant and Mill are often contrasted the first as an approach that takes right and duty (our obligations to others) as the fundamental categories, while the latter takes the good (what is overall desirable) as the fundamental category.  For this reason, Kantian morality is taken as an instance of a deontological […]

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