Need Help with History Homework?

[mp0295]

Simple question
Did the area that formed the heart of the Inca homeland have any degree of urban society around 900 AD?

[Hookah Smoking Caterpiller]

Simple question
Did the area that formed the heart of the Inca homeland have any degree of urban society around 900 AD?

Unlikely since the Inca civilization emerged around 1100-1200AD.

[Aristedes]

Then came the ensigns encompassing the eagle, which is at the head of every Roman legion, the king and the strongest of all birds, which seems to them a signal of dominion, and an omen that they shall conquer all against whom they march;

This is quote is from Flavius Josephus' 'Jewish Wars' (correct me if I'm wrong). Now, I'm in search of the original LATIN quote, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone know it?

Thanks in advance

[Cahir]

Hello TWC. Would anyone with access to Cambridge Histories Online be kind enough to hep me out? I would really like to take a look at Cambridge History of South Africa, Volume I, especially chapter 6. The book is quite new so it's outside of my price range and local library won't does not plan to carry it.

[Xanthippus of Sparta]

Hello TWC. Would anyone with access to Cambridge Histories Online be kind enough to hep me out? I would really like to take a look at Cambridge History of South Africa, Volume I, especially chapter 6. The book is quite new so it's outside of my price range and local library won't does not plan to carry it.

I'm seeing it for $75 on Amazon.com. Far below the cost of a brand new copy, but still more than I would pay for a book, personally.

What's the subject matter of the chapter that you want to see?

[Constantius]

Then came the ensigns encompassing the eagle, which is at the head of every Roman legion, the king and the strongest of all birds, which seems to them a signal of dominion, and an omen that they shall conquer all against whom they march;

This is quote is from Flavius Josephus' 'Jewish Wars' (correct me if I'm wrong). Now, I'm in search of the original LATIN quote, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone know it?

Thanks in advance

Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...on+section%3D1

The original was in Greek not Latin, heres an extract and the link above will take you to a helpful site. Good luck
[2] οἱ παραγενόμενοι δὲ ἢ κολακείᾳ τῇ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἢ μίσει τῷ πρὸς Ἰουδαίους καταψεύδονται τῶν πραγμάτων, περιέχει δὲ αὐτοῖς ὅπου μὲν κατηγορίαν ὅπου δὲ ἐγκώμιον τὰ συγγράμματα, τὸ δ᾽ ἀκριβὲς τῆς ἱστορίας οὐδαμοῦ, [3] προυθέμην ἐγὼ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἡγεμονίαν Ἑλλάδι γλώσσῃ μεταβαλὼν ἃ τοῖς ἄνω βαρβάροις τῇ πατρίῳ συντάξας ἀνέπεμψα πρότερον ἀφηγήσασθαι Ἰώσηπος Ματθίου παῖς ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεύς, αὐτός τε Ῥωμαίους πολεμήσας τὰ πρῶτα καὶ τοῖς ὕστερον παρατυχὼν ἐξ ἀνάγκης:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...hus%2C+Flavius" This link should get you a Latin version

[Rizedt]

Just thought I would extend my services for some history homework.

I'm a 9th grade World History teacher with a Masters in History (focused on the Islamic world for my thesis).

If you need some help, pm me.

[AtheistDane]

Hi,


I'm writing an English report on "The weapons and tactics of the American Civil War"

I was wondering if anyone has any good points I should remember make in this report.

Good sources (links) would also be greatly appreciated.


Thanks a lot in advance,
Atheist

[Didz]

Hi AtheistDane,

Yes, I have a few key points that I think you need to stress, and ought to help you produce an interesting peice.

1. The ACW inspired a rapid development in firearms technology. At the start of the war the majority of troops were armed with the same type of smooth bore, mussle loaded weapons that had been used in the American War of Independence, but by the end of the war the percentage of rifled, breachloaded and rapid firing weapons had increased significantly. Increasing the lethality of warfare and forcing a change in tactic's towards more extended formations and greater use of cover.

2. As mentioned above tactic's evolved rapidly to more extended formations and more rapid movement. Earlier armies using purely smoothbore weapons had usually fought shoulder to shoulder in dense formations that advanced at an artificially slow pace (76 paces per minute for the British), but as the weapons became more lethal such tactic's would have been suicide in an ACW battlefield and so most units adopted a much more extended line and advanced at a much faster pace. (see Pickets Charge for detail)

3. Naval warfare saw the first experimentation with iron warships, armoured warships, deck mounted turrets, low profile deck plans, breachloading cannon, percussion shells and submarine warfare. Huge developments which were to shape thinking in naval warfare until the advent of the Aircraft Carrier.

4. The ACW was also the first war in history where it was openly acknowledged that civilians and civilian property was a legimate target. Hence in theoretical terms it was the first application of the doctrine of 'Total War', where destruction of a countries ability to sustain itself and its war effort was as much a goal as the destruction of its armies. See General Sherman, and Sherman's march to the sea,

'You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.' William Tecumeseh Sherman - Army of the Tennessee and Military Division of the Mississippi.

5. You might also wish to mention the impact of the railroad on both the logistic's, strategy and conduct of the war. The ACW was the first major conflict where the area of operations was heavy serviced by railways. They had a major impact on the Union strategy for prosecuting the war and their destruction had a major impact on the operations of the South. Several major battles were fought over railroad junctions, and their associated storage of supplies, some historians even point out that Union strategy was so highly tied to major railroad links that it enabled the South to anticipate Union army movements and much easier for them to mass their armies in the right locations to meet them.

Basically, if you covered all those points in detail, you wouldn't have an English Essay, you'd have a book. Good Luck, hope you get a good mark.

[CrayonVonCaesar]

"To what extent did German hopes that a peace settlement would be based on Woodrow Wilsons 'Fourteen Points' come to be frustrated?"

What say ye? A large essay for university. I have near finished but I would be interested to read your opinions.

[Ancient Aliens]

"To what extent did German hopes that a peace settlement would be based on Woodrow Wilsons 'Fourteen Points' come to be frustrated?"

What say ye? A large essay for university. I have near finished but I would be interested to read your opinions.

Well first off, the United States itself failed to join the proposed 'League of Nations', which was the most important point.

Points 1, 3, 4, and 5, were also unfairly skewed out of the Germans favor.

These being (in order):

1. No secret diplomacy.
3. As much free trade as possible.
4. Reduction of armaments.
5. Changes in colonial claims.

Germany signed the agreement on the pretext of these fourteen points, with many of them being violated. The other major instigators of WW2 of course being the enormous war debts that Germany faced from WWI and the international pressure for them to remain unarmed.

[Constantius]

"To what extent did German hopes that a peace settlement would be based on Woodrow Wilsons 'Fourteen Points' come to be frustrated?"

What say ye? A large essay for university. I have near finished but I would be interested to read your opinions.

I would be very interested in what you said. What year are you on?
If it wasn't for the fact I have my own exams I would love to spend some time answering this( yes I enjoy, this sort of thing)
PS How many words did you have?

Heres is one from me( I can assure you this is a past question)
Show how Homer developes the themes of Nostos (νόστος) in Odessey?

[Ancient Aliens]

Heres is one from me( I can assure you this is a past question)
Show how Homer developes the themes of Nostos (νόστος) in Odessey?

More of a literary question if you ask me, as 'Nostos' deals with themes of nostalgia. The term 'Nostoi' is used to describe literary works of such themes, themes that we would call today "Returning Home Epics", "Nostalgia Epics", or "Homecoming Epics".

As to the question, I would say that the most impactful development of the 'Nostos' theme in the Odyssey is when Odysseus was missing his wife and was wanting to return home while on Calypso's Island. Even though Calypso offers to make Odysseus her immortal husband, he chooses to leave her island in order to return to his wife Penelope, despite the monumental offer Calypso is giving him, and the hardships he would have to endure to get back home.

There are many more instances of this theme throughout the Odyssey, and I would say that the Odyssey is actually the quintessential 'nostoi'. You should have an easy time of giving more examples

Good luck!

[M D]

I wrote a thesis on nostos tales, PM me for help if you need it

[empr guy]

can someone link me to any good sites dealing with the effects of the Aztecs on modern day mexico?

[Ancient Aliens]

can someone link me to any good sites dealing with the effects of the Aztecs on modern day mexico?

How interesting that I couldn't find a single website dedicated towards it...

[Constantius]

I wrote a thesis on nostos tales, PM me for help if you need it

Thanks, the question was a past exam question, I just wondered how other people might answer it

[AtheistDane]

Hi AtheistDane,

Yes, I have a few key points that I think you need to stress, and ought to help you produce an interesting peice.

1. The ACW inspired a rapid development in firearms technology. At the start of the war the majority of troops were armed with the same type of smooth bore, mussle loaded weapons that had been used in the American War of Independence, but by the end of the war the percentage of rifled, breachloaded and rapid firing weapons had increased significantly. Increasing the lethality of warfare and forcing a change in tactic's towards more extended formations and greater use of cover.

2. As mentioned above tactic's evolved rapidly to more extended formations and more rapid movement. Earlier armies using purely smoothbore weapons had usually fought shoulder to shoulder in dense formations that advanced at an artificially slow pace (76 paces per minute for the British), but as the weapons became more lethal such tactic's would have been suicide in an ACW battlefield and so most units adopted a much more extended line and advanced at a much faster pace. (see Pickets Charge for detail)

3. Naval warfare saw the first experimentation with iron warships, armoured warships, deck mounted turrets, low profile deck plans, breachloading cannon, percussion shells and submarine warfare. Huge developments which were to shape thinking in naval warfare until the advent of the Aircraft Carrier.

4. The ACW was also the first war in history where it was openly acknowledged that civilians and civilian property was a legimate target. Hence in theoretical terms it was the first application of the doctrine of 'Total War', where destruction of a countries ability to sustain itself and its war effort was as much a goal as the destruction of its armies. See General Sherman, and Sherman's march to the sea,

'You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.' William Tecumeseh Sherman - Army of the Tennessee and Military Division of the Mississippi.

5. You might also wish to mention the impact of the railroad on both the logistic's, strategy and conduct of the war. The ACW was the first major conflict where the area of operations was heavy serviced by railways. They had a major impact on the Union strategy for prosecuting the war and their destruction had a major impact on the operations of the South. Several major battles were fought over railroad junctions, and their associated storage of supplies, some historians even point out that Union strategy was so highly tied to major railroad links that it enabled the South to anticipate Union army movements and much easier for them to mass their armies in the right locations to meet them.

Basically, if you covered all those points in detail, you wouldn't have an English Essay, you'd have a book. Good Luck, hope you get a good mark.

Thank you for your answer.

Very good points. But as the scale of the assignment is only 7-8 pages excluding pictures I think I'll concentrate on the land warfare of the ACW.

I have thus far divided the assignment into 3 sections: small arms, artillery and munitions.

As for small arms I intend to mention the most widely used smoothbores, rifled musket, repeating rifles/carbines and revolvers.
On artillery I have written about a page worth on the 12pdr Napoleon, the 3inch Ordnance Rifle and
In the munitions section I have about a fourth of a page on the Minié ball with pictures showing the hollow base of the Minié expands when fired and thus grips the rifling increasing effective range and accuracy.
(The Minié ball didn't have greater/longer range than a musketball as they used the same powder charge, right?)

[empr guy]

How interesting that I couldn't find a single website dedicated towards it...

well i've gone about as far as a google search takes me and most websites are either retarded or just have only a little information about aztec influence and instead just devote pages and pages to the history of the aztecs.

[Constantius]

well i've gone about as far as a google search takes me and most websites are either retarded or just have only a little information about aztec influence and instead just devote pages and pages to the history of the aztecs.

Have you tried the Journal of Latin American Studies?
Matthew D. O'Hara, A Flock Divided: Race, Religion, and Politics in Mexico, 1749–1857 (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010), pp. xi+316, £62.00, £15.99 pb.