ART HISTORY 461: NON-WESTERN ART Instructor: Bridget V. McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Art Office/Hours: SFA 112B Contact: 475-5870 / bmcdaniel@mcneese.edu Required Text: Gardner’s Art through the Ages Non-Western Perspective 13th edition COURSE DESCRIPTION Topics in non-western history. Open to non-art majors. 3 credit hours. PREREQUISITE None. COURSE GOALS 1) Emphasize effective communication in written English; 2) Introduce the relationship between reading and comprehension in the
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The Incan civilization function as a highly independent, multi-ethnic empire. They developed great farming techniques and storage that was able to efficiently provide food to their huge empire even through droughts. For instance, they created a farming ground that consisted of three huge impressions that was supported by different layers of rocks that kept the soil cool and well furnished. The Inca did not use money, so instead they relied of exchange like food for protection which benefited both
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being horses to make their travels easier and also a distraction to the Incas. Pizarro the Spanish governor was able to defeat the Incas by capturing the Incan emperor. Also by having superior weapons to fight with, and using different objects to scare the Incas. Kidnapping is one bad way that people try to solve problems. Pizarro kidnapped the Incan emperor Atahualpa, for many reasons. One was to receive a high payment for the emperor’s return. Jared Diamond says “Pizarro proceeded to hold his prisoner
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describe only a tiny morsel of the Incan civilization. The Incas are a civilization that got wiped off the face of the earth and became an enigma. Because I am fascinated by the Incas, I wish they had never disappeared, but then they would be put next to the other ancient civilizations that grew in the 1800’s. How did the Incas come about, what is their history, and most importantly, how did they disappear? According to legend, Wiraqoca Pacayacaciq, the Incan creator, created a race of giants on
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Rhetoric and Ethics Assignment "The Ethic of Expediency" by Steven B. Katz discusses the ethical problems of technical writing. The author suggest that the ethic of expediency enables deliberative rhetoric and gives impulse to most of our actions in technological capitalism. Katz explains that the problem with deliberative rhetoric and technical communication is epistemology and ethics. He uses a Nazi memo as a technical writing sample, which embodies the rhetoric and ethos of the Nazi Party but
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valleys; arid, coastal lowlands; and tropical rainforests. Each terrain had it’s own set of unique natural resources for the people to use to their advantage, as well as providing them with many hardships to overcome. (Soomo, 2013). The Incan Empire gives us many examples of how these ancient peoples were able to overcome some of the hardships of the harsh mountain terrain. Creating stone terraces on the mountainsides enabled soil to be held in place for use in planting food sources such
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the Spanish have brandished since the dawn of metal working and their superiority to the Incas primitive equipment. Pizarro’s rhetorical question, If the Incans have ever “felt steel” conveys a gruesome image of steel piercing through flesh and further enforces the fact that superior technology will give the edge on the battlefield against the Incans. Pizarro goes on to say, “When you fired the harquebus on the
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of trade and barter. The Shyris confederation was ruled by the Duchicela blood line before the Inca invasion. The confederation fought the Incans for many years before being conquered and falling loosely into the Incan Empire in 1463. I found this really cool story about... well I’ll just tell you the story! When the Spanish conquistadors arrived, the Incan Empire was ruled by Huayna Capac with his sons Atahualpa and Huascar. With Huayna Capac's death in 1525, the empire was divided in two: Atahualpa
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The influence the Mayan, Aztec and Incan empire have on societies in both the past and present is massive. The three civilizations have impacted the societies in the present and past; they created calendars similar to the ones we use today, the social systems similar to the one we have today and last but not least they had technologies that helped them with the development of their societies. It may seem as if calendars, writing and mathematics have come about in the last couple of years but the
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The Effects of Clashing Cultures Our world today is populated with distinctive cultures and their unique languages, communication, beliefs, etc. that make our universe exquisitely diverse. As human beings, we tend to adapt to our own culture quite fast and we become used to perceiving our group of people as the only thing that is "good." We fear wanting to assimilate or broaden our knowledge to other cultures, for it is our natural instinct to shut out anything unfamiliar to us. In
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