In addition to the above requirements, in order to receive an "A" grade you must use plenty of specific examples from the book. One of the objectives of this paper is to ensure you have actually done the reading. It is up to you to convince me! Therefore, vague answers, or answers that do not include plentiful specific examples, will not receive full credit. The book “The Broken Spears” covers events of the Spaniards making their way into the Valley of Mexico and taking over the great city of Tenochtitlan.
Whilst it may be clear that the repercussions of Alexander’s actions were directly understood by some historians to be evidence of his intention to create a policy of ‘racial fusion’ between the Macedonians and the Persians, others argue the resulting integration and assimilation of these cultures, whilst on a large scale, were simply a natural consequence of his actions. The purpose of this essay is to identify and discuss aspects of Alexander’s career (post Guagamela) the so-called ‘Racial Fusion’ theory sets out to explain as well as recognizing the theory’s strengths and weaknesses as an explanation of Alexander’s motives. In doing so, this paper will not only discuss causes and consequences of Alexander’s actions as presented by ancient sources, writing only a few centuries after his death in 323 BC, but also those arguments for and against Alexander’s intentions, in respect to the theory, as presented by historians writing some two millennia later. One aspect of Alexander’s career some ancient sources and modern historians claim the so-called ‘Racial Fusion’ theory sets out to explain is the matter of the mass marriages as Susa in 324 BC. At this event, and on his command, Alexander and ninety of his Macedonian elite Companion corps married daughters of the Persian nobility in a ceremony that followed the Persian tradition.
Melaka also has deep Islamic roots because although it started out Hindu, it gradually became the most prominent Islamic region. What parts of Southeast Asia adopted different aspects of Indian culture and what were they? Funan was the first place to adopt Indian culture, and it adopted the use of Sanskript. Funan borrowed the term “raja” which means king. Other parts of Southeast Asia were influenced by Indian culture because Indian merchants brought their faiths and the ruling elites of Southeast Asia picked up some of the Indian political system, while still keeping some of their own.
Chapter 4 3) In what ways was the Persian Empire similar to the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and in what ways was it different? The Assyrian empire is today’s Iraq and the Persian Empire is Iran, they are neighbors there for there are many similarities as culture, agricultural, traditions and other areas. The Assyrians spoke the language of Aramaic, while the Persians spoke a different language called Farsi. The Persian where well known for their military power and conquer style, While the Assyrians even thought they had a great military, economic and political structure, they were more as an establish region. Back in the days the Persians and Assyrians use to be polytheistic however, after Prophet Muhammad introduced Islam, they both became Muslims.
By explaining the history of the region through the eyes of its own occupants, it rids the history of any distorted views from neighboring civilizations. Her historical references made me want to do some investigative research of my own. She uses the comparison of trying to examine the life of the Atlantic Ocean by studying the ecology of Europe. Another perception Whitfield attempts to overcome is that of the present day Silk Road. Today, it is largely Islam, and it is occupied by Chinese colonists.
In a comparison of Islamic law and civil law there is a variance of its legal system’s reflection of its historical and cultural experiences. The origins of the civil legal system are traced back to the Roman Empire. Civil law making is a function of the legislature; giving the judge the right to implement legal rules contained mainly in codes, laws and statues. On the contrary, Islamic law arose from the birth of Islam. As the Arab empire expanded, the Islamic religious and legal traditions became prominent in Central Asia and the Middle East (Esposito, 57-61).
Culture influenced the thoughts, decisions and behaviors that allowed for a much smaller, limited force of Spanish conquistadors to flawlessly perform the role of conqueror. The systems of meaning present in Aztec culture played a crippling role against the future of the Aztec empire and the interests of Aztec cultural insiders. The different components of Aztec and Spanish culture significantly influenced the decisions, actions and behavior of their respective cultural insiders. These prevailing cultural influences factored into the decision of which path was
When people see their ruler as a part of their religion and not just a regular person, it gives the ruler justification to do whatever he pleases. This is how things were for both of these empires. The rulers established themselves as being directly involved with their gods and deities through relation and communication. Both civilizations were lenient involving other religions. The Ottoman Empire allowed conquered civilizations to live under their own religious influences, and the Incas even adopted parts of the religions of their conquered foes.
Race and Ethnicity Shari L Kraus ETH/125 March 13, 2012 Vanessa Lee Introduction I have always considered race and ethnicity to be interchangeable, but they are not. Race has more to do with physical and biological characteristics while ethnicity has to do with a person’s origins and values. The subject of race and ethnicity is interesting to me because I do date outside of my race and I have been made extremely aware of some very unkind attitudes. Besides explaining the difference between race and ethnicity, this paper will also show a little bit of why the concepts of race and ethnicity are so important to United States society. Race is defined as a class of people based on physical or biological characteristics, such as skin color, facial features, bone structure, or hair and eye color.
Even though these books talk about parallel topics, they perceive them in different ways. For example, Paz focuses on the more specific pachuco in North American society while Fuentes focuses on the entirety of the Hispanic U.S. In these novellas, I am going to focus on how Paz’s perspective as represented in this title and his representation of the pachuco and how it differs from Fuentes’ perspective as represented in his title and his representation of the Hispanic United States. I will be comparing their perspectives on how they view culture and its influence in society. To begin, let me define a few terms that are going to be referenced.