The Parthenon is one of the most recognizable structures of ancient Greece. The temple is located on the hill of the Acropolis of Athens. The columns that are used for the structure are of the Doric order. The term Doric refers to a type of column which has a round capital (top of the column) . Historians […]
Read More The Parthenon (438 B.C.E)Blade Runner was a 1982 science fiction film based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? When Blade Runner was released, critics had mixed views on it. Phillip K. Dick was initially skeptical about having his novel adopted into film. The distrust Dick had was that Hollywood would distort his written […]
Read More Blade Runner Theatrical Trailer (1982)Iris Chang author of The Chinese in America gave a lecture about Asian American history. Popular culture as Iris Chang explains is the culprit in spreading racist stereotypes. Chinese Americans were placed into one dimensional representations as perpetual foreigners and model minorities. Acts of xenophobia have been present throughout American history. The major shift came […]
Read More Iris Chang The Chinese In America Lecture (2003)Karl I was the last emperor of Austria-Hungary. The photograph shows Queen Zita and Prince Otto. Karl I of Austria was the successor to Franz Joseph who had died in December of 1916. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was at war with Italy, France, Russia and the British Empire. World War I was causing destruction in Europe […]
Read More The Habsburg Royal Family On The Throne (1916)Alberto Fujimori was running for president of Peru in 1990. The campaign ad shows him as a person who can combat Peru’s economic and security challenges. Hyperinflation and the fight against the Shining Path. The Shining Path was a communist group that favored Maoist thought. Their armed wing The People’s Guerilla Army was at war […]
Read More Alberto Fujimori Campaign For The President of Peru (1990)Sam Nujoma the founder of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia and one of the founders of SWAPO speaks of the status of the freedom struggle. Nujoma expresses that no matter how difficult the struggle may be it would be better to die for freedom from white minority rule. Namibia was under South African domination […]
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