China and Aztec Civilization The period between 1000- 1500 CE marked a significant milestone in the history of China and Mesoamerican. With civilization, the two regions witnessed social and political growths, whose impact has persisted until today. Therefore, the complexities of the contemporary world bases on the era of the 1000-1500 CE. The Chinese and the Aztec share similar technological, art, and commercial achievements. Nevertheless, some features of civilization differ for both of them. Therefore, we will look at their similarities and differences in terms of art, technology, and commerce. China and the Aztec made progress in technology, commerce, and arts advancements. The period saw China rise to become one of the best innovators of technology. The Ming Dynasty in China encouraged the development of technology in the country. With its centralized bureaucratic leadership, it ensured that technology was adopted in the region while in rulership in the 1492 CE (Schultz). They invented gun powders, printers, and marine compasses. For the Aztec, their goal was to achieve technological advancement in the creation of better weapons. For instance, they could use…
Plato’s Alcibiades Theme of Love Plato and Love According to Plato, the ultimate object of love is usually the pursuit of wisdom and immortality. Love is thus the central theme in Plato’s dialogue of the symposium. On this concept of love, Plato is mostly interested in love between two people who are of the same sex, for example, a young man and an older man. However, in his theory of love, Plato asserts that, “These kinds of relationships are not guided by romance and other sexual intentions” (Plato, 2015) He, however, wants us to distinguish between love and friendship and that people should concentrate on friendship because it is pure (Dickinson, 2016). He makes us understand the meaning of platonic love which entails that kind of relationship that is pure and spiritual. Plato gives us an example that if a girl and a boy hung out yet they are not boyfriend and girlfriend, this kind of love is the best because it is not physical. The theme of Plato’s Alcibiades truly implies the nature of love. The dialogue that Plato…
The Puritan’s Political and Social Ideas Introduction Puritan were Protestants who moved from New England and came to settle in America with the ideology to purify the church. The class among the early settlers in the United States and who were politically conscious were the Puritan commonwealths of New England. The kind of society that emerged in the south and central colonies was approximately a result of the physical environment and of tradition (Ziff, 1975). The Puritans came with the common law and local government’s institutions which they had been accustomed in New England. The Puritans were supporters of a particular religious system which was their aim to come to the new land to put in practice and therefore they had to make interests, political and social contribution to improve and advance the system (Ziff, 1975). This paper looks into the Puritan political ideas and ideal in the “little speech on liberty” and the “democratic vistas” John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In his “little speech on liberty”, he outlined his views on liberty in a court proceeding. The…
Critical Analysis of the Noiseless Spider Introduction A noiseless Patient Spider is a poem that is summarized in two stanzas. The first stanza is simply about the title of the poem, “A noiseless Patient Spider” while the second stanza looks deep into the soul of the poet and the activities of the spider. It tries to create a connection between different things and compared to the way a spider builds its web. This essay is aimed at providing a critical analysis of what Whitman means when he tries to depict his own soul using the noiseless patient spider. For a number of people, a literal noiseless patient spider is not exactly a good thing, mainly because many people find spiders to be weird creatures with scary eyes and a scary number of legs and especially because they bite and some are poisonous (Diehl, 117-132). It is for this reason that Whitman metaphorically uses a noiseless patient spider to represent an unchained soul, a soul which is lonely and hollow. He leaves the imagination of where would such a soul escape…
Rebellion as a Theme in The Hunger Games Rebellion is basically a central theme in the entire dystopian novel of The Hunger Games. The story begins at a point where the future is uncertain, which was a consequent result of natural calamities which left North American in a devastated state. As a result of the natural disasters a nation there was rise of a nation named Panem with a city called Capitol which was surrounded by thirteen districts. The rulers of the Capitol exploited the resources of the districts as well as their workers (Collins 110). This exploitation contributed to the thirteen districts to attempt a rebellion against the Capitol. The rebellion was however unsuccessful and the districts ended up being defeated. The Capitol rulers subsequently created an annual hunger games to discourage the districts from ever carrying out a second rebellion (Collins 50). Freedom and civil empowerment of rights and privileges is the backbone of any community. The government should provide these rights and freedoms as primary elements of human dignity and the promotion of quality life and development.…
Poetry paper Task one; poetry writing exercise Poem writing exercises provide the poet with the benefit and opportunity to practice new and better forms as well as brainstorming. Also, it’s a great way of learning to write and refreshing the style of writing. An example of a writing exercise is one that requires the determination of a title and creation of a list downwards. This list might include fears, accomplishments among others which are later expanded, as an illustration, “incompetency feels like a fish in an aquarium, always trying to swim, hitting but just glass.” The use of similes comes in handy for inspiration purposes for example, “the leaves rustled like many whispered conversations.” Other exercises involve sensory observations, the description of a scene and the making of metaphors to come up with a complete poem. Task 2; the poetry foundation The poetry foundation developed from the Modern Poetry Association in 2003 which was after receiving a contribution from philanthropist Ruth Lily. The site features articles, audio and video recordings including educational content. The foundation encourages the minorities through creative…
Lesson about humanity Humanity is a moral excellence associated with basic moral philosophy concerning the happiness of other human beings that results in the quality of life both material as well as spiritual derived from the events and situations that compose essential human existence. It’s a set of characteristics used in the definition of human existence. Such characteristics include love, fear humility as well as morals. The poets of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the author of “Ozymandias” wrote these poems with the need to address the loss of humanity in the society. The aim of this assignment is to compare how the two articles addressed the lesson about humanity and how well they relate in real life. The poem of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner story tells about a captain and his crew who went out into the sea, describing their travel up to a point where the captain kills an albatross that was following the ship (Lee, 2). His act of violence condemns the ship to its fate. The wind dies…
Literature Review Assignment Objective: You are asked to write a literature review surrounding a topic that you would like to investigate. You will be expected to deliver a 4.5-7.5-page literature review based on your topic and area of interest. Please use size 12 font, and please be sure to double-space your assignment (I recognize that I didn’t do that in my example). Introduction (1 page) Select a topic in mass communication (e.g. television, radio, film, video games, social media, newspaper, magazine, ect..) that you believe is relevant and would be fun to investigate. Conduct research in this area, and see what has been done. It is important that you make an argument surrounding why a particular topic should be studied. Your first paragraph should introduce the subject, and your second paragraph should surround the academic gape in the literature. Your third paragraph should discuss the significance of the study, and what you will be contributing to industry and to academia. Remember, we have gone through an academic article, and the key is to read abstracts of studies to see…
Greek value system The birth of Zeus According to ancient Greek mythology, Zeus was born in Crete to Rhea who was married to Cronos. They gave birth to; Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus. Cronos learned that he was to be overcome by his own sons from earth and Heaven. Cronos did not want to let any of his children hold the kingly office, he, therefore, stood guard and swallowed all his children. Rhea full of grief over the death of her children decided to conceal the birth of Zeus and went to her parents to seek help and retribution against Cronos. She was sent her to Lyetus in Crete. Zeus upon birth was received by Earth to nourish and bring him up. She secretly took Zeus to Lyctus and hid him in the cavern under mount Aegeum .When Zeus came of age he overthrew Cronos and he spewed out the first stone he had swallowed. Zeus set this stone in Phytho under the narrow valleys of Parnassus as a symbol and a wonder to mortal men. He freed the…
Cultural Literature Review For this assignment, locate find articles that identify certain cultural beliefs, practices, and subsequent development on children. We want to think about how specific cultural practices impact what we do as teachers and administrators in programs for young children. If research confirms that talking to a child, reading to a child at an early age, singing songs, etc. all promote cognitive and language development, then we would obviously want to do that in our classrooms and we hope that our parents would also engage in frequent and quality language and interactions with the child. Knowing this, what are the applications for our programs? What kinds of parent information sessions, or programs can we provide? How can we help parents who speak a primary language in the home that is different from the one spoken at school, provide the best linguistic environment for the child? This is basically what the assignment asks you to do. Read about culture, the impact of culture on development in one specific domain, and describe how we can implement practices and procedures to…