Jewish History Notes * Sept. 4 * * Three Ways to Look at History: * These are three different ways of interpreting historical events: * 1) Divine Causation (hasgachah pratit) is a theological term which refers to the sovereignty, superintendence, or agency of God over events in people’s lives * 2) Human Causation suggests that events in people’s lives are a result of the outcome of human involvement, i.e., God either does not exist or does not involve himself
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Europe contains a vast amount of history amongst its landscape and structures. Countless wars have been fought. Revolutions have been made. However, within Europe’s history there are several religious reformations that shaped a majority of modern Europe. These reformations include the Protestant Reformation, the English Reformation, and the Catholic Reformation. The events that lead to these reformations during the 16th century are quite lengthy. During the 14th century, salvation outside
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without use of a bible. Which is why they were so heavily persecuted in England and how they ended up in modern day Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods). Pilgrims: Group of separatists that were seeking a haven the group set off to America in 1620 and for sixty-five days they sailed to Virginia. The Mayflower was blown off course and ended up in modern day Massachusetts where they founded their own colony known as The Plymouth Colony where they faced many hardships. They were helped heavily by the natives (Samoset)
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B) 1. Northern Renaissance: Portrait of a Man – Jan Van Eyck 2. Catholic Reformation: Madonna with the Long Neck - Parmigianino 3. Aristocratic: Laughing Cavalier – Frans Hal 4. Protestant Reformation: Noli me tangere - Hans Holbein the Younger 5. Catholic Reformation: Girl with the Pearl Earring – Jan Vermeer The period of Mannerism first came about in Europe during the 1500s. The works created during this period were often influenced by the harmonious ideals of artists such as da Vinci
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It was on the night before All Saints’ Day on which one of the largest crowds of the year would gather to see the relics which was rebuilt with the money came from the sale of indulgence in Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther posted on the door of the castle church his Ninety-five Theses, the Protestant Reformation began. That time was to some extent influenced by the Renaissance. On the one hand, the humanist called for a return to the study of classics and accurate texts, people applied
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Chapter 1: Colliding Worlds, 1450-1700 Essential Questions: How were the economic systems of the Native Americans and the Europeans the same and how were they different? The economic systems between the Native Americans and the Europeans were the same by the way they were structured both had rulers and they were different by What impact did environment play in the development of Native American cultures? Was the Native American belief system (religion) more similar or different from the European
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born with the name Harriet however. Her master named her Araminta, but she quickly changed it to Harriet after her mother. As a child she worked diversely as a maid, nurse, a field hand, cook, and a wood cutter. She started working when she was about five years old. Her job was to clean the house and take care of the children. However she would often receive beatings for poor house cleaning. When she was either 12 or 13 she
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On the day of April 12, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama sitting in a jail cell was one of the finest and memorable man that America has come to known Mr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was one of the illustrious leaders for the civil rights movements back in the 50’s and 60s. He has done things in his life that many would say was courageous. Mr. King wrote a letter stressing the issues the black community were facing in Alabama. The letter as we all know is called “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
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History 17B Summary Paper World War II was America's most important twentieth-century war and was also known to be one of the greatest military conflicts in history. Many people viewed World War II as the “Good War”, which was a war against fascism and for democracy. After World War I which ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having any armed forces, which was caused from the Treaty of Versailles. Germany surrendered many material goods like cannons, machine guns
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Comparison of Two Historical Art Periods: The Renaissance, Mannerism, and the dichotomy of Michelangelo Casey Ian Hill Western Governor’s University RIWT1 Task 1 The Renaissance The period commonly referred to as the Renaissance lasted from the late thirteenth to the early seventeenth century. Renaissance, or rebirth, was a time of great change. The people of all regions were just coming out of the Dark Ages, where religion and oppression were the treatments of the day. The Renaissance brought
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