1.the past,the old days,antiquity,yesterday,the good old days,yesteryear,ancient history,olden days,days of old,days of yore,bygone timesIs history about to repeat itself? 2.chronicle,record,story,account,relation,narrative,saga,recital,narration,annals,recapitulationhis magnificent history of broadca...
which narrowedthe creative race from Aryans to Teutons: “True history begins from the momentwhen the German with mighty hand seizes the inheritance of antiquity.” Dante’sface struck Chamberlain as characteristically
the ingenuity of changehaving been exhausted, the whole universe, by design or accident, will fallinto a condition precisely the same as in some forgotten antiquity, and willthen repeat, by deterministic fatality and in...
Greek mythology, body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of theancient GreeksandClassical antiquity. That themythscontained a considerable element offictionwas recognized by the more criticalGreeks, such as thephilosopherPlatoin the 5th–4th centurybce. In general, however, in the ...
were used to demonstrate the antiquity of man in 1859, the same year that saw the publication ofDarwin’s revolutionaryOrigin of Species. Approximate dates for thePaleolithic Period(Old Stone Age) of the prehistoric past were thus established, although the expression “Palaeolithic” was not used ...
From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters. Prehistory Prehistory Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Ancient China Ancient China Ancient Middle East Ancient Middle East Ancient Americas Ancient Americas Ancient Rome Ancient Rome...
2.HistoryandCulture “Historyisthewitnessthattestifiestothepassingoftime;itilluminesreality,vitalizesmemory,providesguidanceindailylife,andbringustidingsofantiquity.”(Cicero)Cicero’sstatementtakesonaddedmeaningforstudentsofinterculturalcommunicationwhenyourealizethatthewordculturecanbesubstitutedfortheword...
Therefore, the concept of civilization is strongly associated with agricultural development and urban organization. The people groups of Antiquity which, beginning with primitive urban societies gave rise to the first civilizations were those which lived inAsiatic Mesopotamiaand in ancientEgypt. ...
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity2. Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro1 Publio Sestio History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies3...
How a mix of ideas from classical antiquity and the European Enlightenment inspired the founding generation; How the democratization of access to print technology created a vibrant public sphere in Colonial America; How pamphlet wars were the 18th century equivalent of Twitter feuds; How the Boston ...