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Blog 0 My name is Christopher Jackson I am studying history. I lack anything important, interesting, or unusual to share in this post. For this class I hope to gain a firm grasp of Post war history to be success in the rest of my studies. Currently I do not have many questions about this …
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Hi I’m Caroline Freeman! First, I’d like to apologize for the name of this blog, I’m prone to bad puns/dad jokes. I’m a junior history major from Ashburn, VA. When I’m at Tech I enjoy doing things with my sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Hillel (Jewish organization). I also love my dog back home […]
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Ethiopian Christianity Before Europeans entered the continent of Africa there were already people inhabiting the it. Just like anywhere else that has people communities were built up. These communities housed cultures, languages, and religions all to themselves. After gaining stability and expanding influence trade networks were made constructed on and off the continent. With this …
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Blog11 During the 1850s there was an event known now as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. This cattle killing is exactly what it sounds like. Almost all the Xhosa cattle and crop were destroyed. This event took place in South Africa after several years of existential problems. These problems came in many different forms and were troublesome …
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Blog10 According Eric Williams, the British industrial revolution was in part linked to the profits made from the African slave trade. The Atlantic trade also offered materials from across the known world to Europe. Britain because of the trade managed to amass great amounts of wealth from the Atlantic trade. The increased in raw materials …
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Blog11 During the 1850s there was an event known now as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. This event took place in South Africa after several years of existential problems. Many of these problems took the form of natural disasters and colonial expansion. At this point many people were likely seeking an answer to these threats on their …
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Blog9 At the beginning of “Abina And The Important Men” slavery in British controlled parts of Africa is outlawed. However, slavery in not something that simply goes away overnight. African countries were still exercising the use of slavery despite the British presence. This is somewhat because there was still a demand for labor. Also, there …
Modern Memory Affected by Images?
The Japanese military atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking are regarded as being some of the worst in human history, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens killed, beaten, raped, tortured, and bullied by the Japanese soldiers. It is not my intention to doubt the severity of the destruction or the brutality of the … Continue reading “Modern Memory Affected by Images?” Continue reading →
French Ideas for a Postwar World Order
The reconstruction of France and France’s place in the postwar world political arena was on the mind of French political leaders as World War Two came to a close and in the immediate aftermath. As apart of preparing for the future the French commissioned a study called “Outline of a Doctrine of French Policy”. This … Continue reading “French Ideas for a Postwar World Order” Continue reading →
