History

been studying Chinese history for a long time, but the interesting phenomenon is in 5000-year history of China, there is only one formal empress called Wu Zetian, and the amounts of emperors are four hundred and eight. The percentage of women to be a leader of China is 0.25%. Nowadays, Hilary Clinton has been reported by all the newspaper and TV shows, because she is the only woman who has possibility to be the first female president. Comparing Chinese history and American history, it is rare to see

and preserving history of a country or a place with educational implication. Museums, as stated by Brown and Davis-Brown (1998, p. 19), “help to preserve a collective national memory and thence to constitute a collective national identity”. The way of displaying war photos and different exhibits may have functions of raising national identity and present multiculturalism to audience. This essay will be discussed about how nationalization and multiculturalism presents through history in China’s museum

traditional Hindu arts and for developing Hindu culture in significant ways. Sometime in eight century, Muslims invaded India and this gave rise to the Mogul Empire (1526-1757) and with it came an end to what might be called the “Hindu tolerance”. History by its side shows facts about several Muslim leaders to be sympathetic to ancient Indian culture and continued to support it

The Bias in History: An Annotated Bibliography Damon, Mark. “A History and What-Really-Happened”. A guide to Writing in History and Classics. Utah State University. 2002. This text analyses the complexities in writing and interpreting history. Mark Damon claims that historians encompass at least three different ways of accessing the past; remembering, recovering, or inventing. The texts states that no history is the full unvarnished truth and that memory is usually what many must result to, making

World history is the study of direct and indirect interconnections, interdependences and linkages of states, civilizations, cultures, religions and race. The study of world history allows historians to inspect history on a wider scope, transcending state and ecological boundaries, analyzing the impacts of social, political and economic exchanges on all of humanity as opposed to a narrow national or regional account. World history is vital in conveying how networks and linkages within society have

“History is written by the winners” is a popular saying that is often associated with Winston Churchill, but in actuality George Orwell, a widely known novelist, essayist, journalist and critic from the mid-twenty century, wrote this phrase in his essay “As I Please.” While the quote from Orwell is generally true, it brings about certain bias towards how history is taught. With history being seen as written by the winners, many who are beginning to study history are restricted from understanding

the history has written down and led to the development of something. [ ] Others defined prehistory as from the creation of the universe, while some refer to it as time since the development of life on earth. But others mainly define prehistory as the period of time beginning with the appearance of human beings. Basically, prehistoric period is the era when the existence of human beings began. [ ] b. What is the history of the term (and etymology) as well as the discipline that covers history? How

History is such a significant thing in the United Sates, and to our counterparts all over around the world. It has many purposes that help advance us, and it creates a source to learn from what was successful and what was unsuccessful. History in simpler terms is a preservation of thought during a certain period of time, documented by a person. This is why, we have to think about how history has currently been documented and written. Often the source of our history comes from a person on one side

knowledge of three subjects: History, Theory, and Criticism in Architecture. This paper explains each one in order to establish the differences between them, and then discuss why in the last years, the limits between them have been blurred. To understand more about the three topics in question, a parallelism between Literature and Architecture was established, in order to explain them with ease. The earliest definition of history was made by Aristotle, who said that history is “an account of the unchanging

context of prior history because it reveals who we are in relation to other people, cultures, and countries. Exploring the history of different peoples and cultures experiences provides a clearer picture of their views, beliefs, feelings, and opinions. History is a story told from a political and educational style. Learning how the past shaped a country and the leaders that had a part in it helps us understand that country’s ways and interactions with other countries. The study of history influences our