How can historians put together the picture of early civilizations in the absence of writing/written history?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should be able to discuss the importance of archeological evidence as well as anthropologic studies to ascertain patterns of human settlement and development. For example, burial rituals, early buildings, artifacts of technology, and art such as cave paintings and human figurines all allow a moderate degree of insight into preliterate human history. Answers will vary.
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The Confederacy was successful in their surprise attack at Shiloh
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
For Theodore Herzl, the end to anti-Semitism would come when
a. all Jews put their cultural identification before their national identification. b. the nation-states of Europe passed legislation for complete religious freedom. c. Jews received their own country. d. the communist revolution was successful in overthrowing the apparatus of the state. e. the final conflict between Hegel's thesis and antithesis created a new synthesis without cultural bias.
Which area was taken by France as a result of the French navy's defeat of the Qing southern fleet?
a. Vietnam b. Korea c. Mongolia d. Japan e. Taiwan