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| turning points in world history: The Renaissance Stephen P. Thompson, 2000 Collection of previously published essays, articles, etc. |
| turning points in world history: 100 Turning Points in Military History Alan Axelrod, 2019-08-26 The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them. This book takes a different approach. It presents battles and wars and people aplenty, but they are not its ultimate subjects. This book is about the turning points that not only make military history dynamic but crucial to the story of humanity and civilization. This book is about the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures that shaped the evolution of military art and science—strategy, tactics, and technology—and, in doing so, shaped the course of world history. Here are the 100 points—from the birth of warfare in the Battle of Megiddo, 1457 BC, to the ongoing evolution of military history on its newest battlefield, cyberspace—at which the path of the warrior decisively turned on its long journey to where we find ourselves today. |
| turning points in world history: The Rise of Nazi Germany Don Nardo, 1999 Includes bibliographical references and index. This anthology of writings examines the emergence of fascism & National Socialism in Germany, the personality of Hitler, his use of propaganda, & his political maneuvering to seize control in 1933. |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points Mark A. Noll, 2000 Explores twelve pivotal events in the history of Christianity ranging from the fall of Jerusalem and the coronation of Charlemagne to the Edinburgh Missionary Conference. |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points in Ending the Cold War Kiron K. Skinner, 2013-09-01 The expert contributors examine the end of détente and the beginning of the new phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, Reagan's radical new strategies aimed at changing Soviet behavior, the peaceful democratic revolutions in Poland and Hungary, the events that brought about the reunification of Germany, the role of events in Third World countries, the critical contributions of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and more. |
| turning points in world history: The Atom Bomb Tamara L. Roleff, 2000 Contains twenty essays in which various authors examine issues related to the atom bomb, discussing its development, the decision to drop the bomb on Japan, the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and America in the Cold War; with evaluations of the bomb by scientists. |
| turning points in world history: The Enlightenment John M. Dunn, 1999 Discusses various aspects of the Enlightenment including its roots, philosophes, attacks on Christianity, revolt against reason, campaigns to reform society, and legacy. |
| turning points in world history: The Turning Points of Environmental History Frank Uekötter, 2010-11-21 From the time when humans first learned to harness fire, cultivate crops, and domesticate livestock, they have altered their environment as a means of survival. In the modern era, however, natural resources have been devoured and defiled in the wake of a consumerism that goes beyond mere subsistence. In this volume, an international group of environmental historians documents the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history. John McNeill introduces the collection with an overarching account of the history of human environmental impact. Other contributors explore the use and abuse of the earth's land in the development of agriculture, commercial forestry, and in the battle against desertification in arid and semi-arid regions. Cities, which first appeared some 5,500 years ago, have posed their own unique environmental challenges, including dilemmas of solid waste disposal, sewerage, disease, pollution, and sustainable food and water supplies. The rise of nation-states brought environmental legislation, which often meant selling off natural resources through eminent domain. Perhaps the most damaging environmental event in history resulted from a perfect storm of effects: cheap fossil fuels (especially petroleum) and the rapid rise of personal incomes during the 1950s brought an exponential increase in energy consumption and unforseen levels of greenhouse gasses to the earth's atmosphere. By the 1970s, the deterioration of air, land, and water due to industrialization, population growth, and consumerism led to the birth of the environmental and ecological movements. Overall, the volume points to the ability and responsibility of humans to reverse the course of detrimental trends and to achieve environmental sustainability for existing and future populations. |
| turning points in world history: TIME History's Greatest Events Kelly Knauer, Editors of TIME, 2010-10-12 Join the editors of TIME in a fast-paced journey through the adventures of man on Planet Earth in this richly illustrated volume, which explores history's most important turning points. Here are the great religions: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Here are the great empires, from the vanished civilization of the Minoans on Crete to the glories of Classical Greece and Rome to the mysterious collapse of the Maya culture in Mexico. Here are the visionary scientists who altered our view of nature's laws: Newton and Darwin, Copernicus and Einstein. Here are the great conquerors,including Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and Napoleon. And here are the great clashes between cultures, as Christian knights besiege Muslim citadels in the Crusades, a handful of Spanish conquistadors topple the empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The book is arranged chronologically, rapidly accelerating in pace as it reports the development of the technologies that define the modern world, from the coming of the railroad and the telegraph to the advent of photography, the cinema and television and culminating in the invention of the transistor and the boot-up of the World Wide Web. And it offers fresh perspectives on cultures too often overlooked, from the Golden Age of Islam to the voyages of Viking mariners to China's renascence under the Ming dynasty. Presented in a special oversized format, this beautifully illustrated volume also offers a sweeping panorama of man's greatest artistic achievements, from the cave paintings of Lascaux to marvelous medieval maps and on to the great paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance. As an illuminating guide to mankind's triumphs and sorrows, and as a gallery of human culture, science, art and architecture, it offers a dazzling and provocative encounter with the great turning points of history. |
| turning points in world history: The German Myth of the East Vejas G. Liulevicius, 2010-12-09 An examination of the various different expressions of the distinctive German 'myth of the East' that has been such a marked feature of German culture over the last two centuries, influencing German attitudes both to Eastern Europe itself and also to Germans' own sense of identity. |
| turning points in world history: The Road Less Traveled Philip Zelikow, 2021-03-16 During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up! pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much. |
| turning points in world history: 100 Turning Points in American History Alan Axelrod, 2019-04-01 Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that “History is just one damn thing after another.” This book argues that history is not about “things” at all but is all about turning points—the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation’s life—our lives—depends. It presents the 100 points at which America’s path decisively turned on its way to where we find ourselves today. ● Columbus arrives in the New World ● The first slaves arrive in America ● Independence is declared ● Female suffragists meet in Seneca Falls ● Fort Sumter falls ● A transcontinental railroad is completed ● Edison lights his first electric lamp ● FDR offers a “New Deal” ● The B-29 Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima ● Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon ● President Nixon creates the EPA ● 9/11 … Obama … Sandy Hook … Russian election “meddling” … the Age of Trump … These and many more are the crucial “plot points” in our grand national story, and best-selling historian Alan Axelrod presents them here. |
| turning points in world history: War Land on the Eastern Front Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, 2000-05-18 War Land on the Eastern Front is a study of a hidden legacy of World War I: the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern front and the long-term effects of their encounter with Eastern Europe. It presents an 'anatomy of an occupation', charting the ambitions and realities of the new German military state there. Using hitherto neglected sources from both occupiers and occupied, official documents, propaganda, memoirs, and novels, it reveals how German views of the East changed during total war. New categories for viewing the East took root along with the idea of a German cultural mission in these supposed wastelands. After Germany's defeat, the Eastern front's 'lessons' were taken up by the Nazis, radicalized, and enacted when German armies returned to the East in World War II. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius's persuasive and compelling study fills a yawning gap in the literature of the Great War. |
| turning points in world history: American Slavery William Dudley, 2000 In 1860, the southern part of the United States was home to four million African American slaves. Only after a bloody war did America abolish slavery. Authors examine the rise of slavery in the colonies of British North America, how the American Revolution left the new country divided between the free North and the slave South, and how slavery became both a cause and casualty of the Civil War. |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points in Jewish History Marc J. Rosenstein, 2018-07-01 Examining the entire span of Jewish history through the lens of thirty pivotal moments in the Jewish people's experience from biblical times through the present, Turning Points in Jewish History provides the big picture: both a broad and a deep understanding of the Jewish historical experience-- |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points in Historiography Q. Edward Wang, Georg G. Iggers, 2002 Examining turning points in historical thought in a variety of cultures, the essay here deal with reorientations in historical thinking in the pre-modern period since Antiquity, mainly in ancient Greece and China and in medieval Christian Europe. |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points in Japanese History Bert Edstrom, 2013-12-16 So-called 'turning points' or 'defining moments' are both the oxygen and grid lines that historians and researchers seek in plotting the path of social and political development of any country. In the case of Japan, the ninth Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies provided a unique opportunity for leading scholars of Japanese history, politics and international relations to offer an outstanding menu of 'turning points' (many addressed for the first time), over 20 of which are included here. Thematically, the book is divided into sections, including Medieval and Early Modern Japan, Japan and the West, Contested Constructs in the Study of Tokugawa and Meiji Japan, Aspects of Modern Japanese Foreign Policy, and Democracy and Monarchy in Post-War Japan. |
| turning points in world history: Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War Philip Michael Hett Bell, 2011 In this gripping new look at the 20th century's most crucial conflict, historian Bell analyzes 12 unique turning points that determined the character and the ultimate outcome of the Second World War. |
| turning points in world history: Trends and Turning Points , 2019-05-15 Trends and Turning Points presents sixteen articles, examining the discursive construction of the late antique and Byzantine world, focusing specifically on the utilisation of trends and turning points to make stuff from the past, whether texts, matter, or action, meaningful. Contributions are divided into four complementary strands, Scholarly Constructions, Literary Trends, Constructing Politics, and Turning Points in Religious Landscapes. Each strand cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries and periodisation, placing historical, archaeological, literary, and architectural concerns in discourse, whilst drawing on examples from the full range of the medieval Roman past. While its individual articles offer numerous important insights, together the volume collectively rethinks fundamental assumptions about how late antique and Byzantine studies has and continues to be discursively constructed. Contributors are: David Barritt, Laura Borghetti, Nikolas Churik, Elif Demirtiken, Alasdair C. Grant, Stephen Humphreys, Mirela Ivanova, Hugh Jeffery, Valeria Flavia Lovato, Francesco Lovino, Kosuke Nakada, Jonas Nilsson, Theresia Raum, Maria Rukavichnikova, and Milan Vukašinović. |
| turning points in world history: The Civil Rights Movement Paul A. Winters, 2000 Contains over twenty essays by a variety of authors in which they analyze the historical progression, underlying causes, and competing strategies of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. |
| turning points in world history: Global Turning Points Mauro F. Guillén, Emilio Ontiveros, 2012-09-20 The twenty-first century is replete with uncertainty and complexity: game-changing events and trends are transforming the world beyond recognition. For the first time in human history more people live in cities than in the countryside and greater numbers suffer from obesity than from hunger. Emerging economies now represent half of the global economy and during the next few decades India will be the biggest country in terms of population, China the largest in output and the United States the richest among the major economies on a per capita income basis. Food and water shortages will likely become humankind's most important challenge. In this accessible introduction, Mauro Guillén and Emilio Ontiveros deploy the tools of economics, sociology and political science to provide an analytical perspective on both the problems and opportunities facing business in the modern world. |
| turning points in world history: 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline, 2015-09-22 A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the Sea Peoples invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this First Dark Ages, Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece. |
| turning points in world history: The Britannica Guide to Inventions That Changed the Modern World Britannica Educational Publishing, 2009-10-01 By their very nature, inventions change the status quo. The innovations highlighted in this book have done so in a most dramatic, memorable, or effective fashion. Through engaging narrative and accompanying images, this volume gives readers a deeper appreciation for the inventions that have made their lives easier, more aesthetically pleasing, or otherwise better. |
| turning points in world history: Days of Decision Michael J. Nojeim, David P. Kilroy, 2011 Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policymaking, from the Spanish- American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Michael J. Nojeim and David P. Kilroy carefully examine twelve foreign-policy landmarks, each of which played a crucial role in shaping world history and led to profound changes in U.S. foreign policy. Devoting one chapter to each turning point, they place it in its proper historical context, explore its political consequences--primarily the debates and divisions that arose among policymakers--and discuss the aftermath, focusing on its lasting influence on world affairs and the conduct of American diplomacy and foreign affairs. This accessible, introductory text provides students of foreign policy and international relations a deeper understanding of these disciplines' processes and of America's place in the world. |
| turning points in world history: The Vietnam War Diane Yancey, 2001 Essays discuss the role of American troops in the Vietnam War, their influence, America's response to the war, and the lasting impact. |
| turning points in world history: World History Philip Parker, 2017-10-03 Take a trip through the defining moments of our global story and see the thinkers, leaders, ideas, and inventions that have shaped the world. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, World History is an essential guide for anyone who loves history or wants to broaden their knowledge. This accessible book covers over 350 of the world's most important turning points, from our earliest human ancestors of prehistory to political events of the modern world. Follow detailed maps showing the continuous movement of humans across the Earth, and examine fascinating paintings illustrating the events and individuals that took them there. Beautiful photography throughout the book will carry you back in time to see the people and places of the stories - along with stunning artifacts from every historical period. From magnificent buildings like the Colosseum to magnificent words like I have a dream!, this guide brings history's most significant events to life for every reader to discover and enjoy. |
| turning points in world history: Rome Is Burning Anthony A. Barrett, 2022-02-22 Nero became Emperor in A.D 54. On the evening of July 18, 64 A. D., it seems that a lamp was left unextinguished in a stall still heaped with piles of combustible material. Whether this was accidental or deliberate we cannot now determine, and normally it would not have led to anything that would have attracted even local attention. But there was a gusty wind that night, and the flickering flame was fanned onto the flammable wares. The ensuing fire quickly spread. Before the onlookers could absorb what was happening one of the most catastrophic disasters ever to be endured by Rome was already underway. It was a disaster that brought death and misery to thousands. In Nero and the Great Fire of Rome, Anthony Barrett draws on new textual interpretations and the latest archaeological evidence, to tell the story of this pivotal moment in Rome's history and its lasting significance. Barrett argues that the Great Fire, which destroyed much of the city, changed the course of Roman History. The fire led to the collapse of Nero's regime, and his disorderly exit brought an end to Rome's first imperial dynasty, transforming from thereto, the way that emperors were selected. It also led to the first systematic persecution of the Christians, who were blamed for the blaze. Barrett provides the first comprehensive study of this dramatic event, which remains a fascination of the public imagination, and continues to be a persistent theme in the art and literature of popular culture today-- |
| turning points in world history: Spinning World History Eric Burnett, 2017-05-13 Do you know how we got to here? In Spinning World History, Eric Burnett takes you through all the major tales, traditions and turning points of world history - not just European history, but WORLD history. You'll figure out real quick that the West might have had some crowning moments, but for the whole of human history, it's been the Persians, the Indians, the Chinese, the Muslims or some horse peoples from the steppe that have truly turned us into the clever little creatures we are today. And when most world history books fade off once the Cold War comes to a close, this sometimes cheekily-written tome just gets going. Updated to include contemporary debates over topics such as Brexit, the rise of ISIS, claims to the South China Sea, the mounting refugee crisis and the controversial presidency of Donald Trump, this second edition finishes with a distinctively comprehensive look at the 21st century challenges facing the nine major regions of today's world - Africa, Latin America, Japan, China, the Middle East, India, Russia, Europe and the United States. |
| turning points in world history: Turning Points in the Expansion of Christianity Alice T. Ott, 2021-11-16 This readable survey on the history of missions tells the story of pivotal turning points in the expansion of Christianity, enabling readers to grasp the big picture of missional trends and critical developments. Alice Ott examines twelve key points in the growth of Christianity across the globe from the Jerusalem Council to Lausanne '74, an approach that draws on her many years of classroom teaching. Each chapter begins with a close-up view of a particularly compelling and paradigmatic episode in Christian history before panning out for a broader historical outlook. The book draws deeply on primary sources and covers some topics not addressed in similar volumes, such as the role of British abolitionism on mission to Africa and the relationship between imperialism and mission. It demonstrates that the expansion of Christianity was not just a Western-driven phenomenon; rather, the gospel spread worldwide through the efforts of both Western and non-Western missionaries and through the crucial ministry of indigenous lay Christians, evangelists, and preachers. This fascinating account of worldwide Christianity is suitable not only for the classroom but also for churches, workshops, and other seminars. |
| turning points in world history: The End of Ancient Rome Don Nardo, 2001 Offers opposing views on the demise of the ancient Roman empire and some of the contributing factors. |
| turning points in world history: The Fourth Turning William Strauss, Neil Howe, 1997-12-29 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny. |
| turning points in world history: Immigration Through Ellis Island Christopher Forest, 2020-06-15 In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of immigration through Ellis Island. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important part of American history. An infographic enhances understanding of immigration through Ellis Island, and What Do You Think? sidebars encourage deeper inquiry. A timeline highlights key events and dates. Immigration Through Ellis Island also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Immigration Through Ellis Island is part of Jump 's Turning Points in U.S. History series. |
| turning points in world history: Stress and Adversity Over the Life Course Ian H. Gotlib, Blair Wheaton, 1997-06-13 This book examines the influence of early stressful experiences over the life course. |
| turning points in world history: Emergency Chronicles Gyan Prakash, 2019-03-26 The gripping story of an explosive turning point in the history of modern India On the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country. In the twenty-one harrowing months that followed, her regime unleashed a brutal campaign of coercion and intimidation, arresting and torturing people by the tens of thousands, razing slums, and imposing compulsory sterilization on the poor. Emergency Chronicles provides the first comprehensive account of this understudied episode in India’s modern history. Gyan Prakash strips away the comfortable myth that the Emergency was an isolated event brought on solely by Gandhi’s desire to cling to power, arguing that it was as much the product of Indian democracy’s troubled relationship with popular politics. Drawing on archival records, private papers and letters, published sources, film and literary materials, and interviews with victims and perpetrators, Prakash traces the Emergency’s origins to the moment of India’s independence in 1947, revealing how the unfulfilled promise of democratic transformation upset the fine balance between state power and civil rights. He vividly depicts the unfolding of a political crisis that culminated in widespread popular unrest, which Gandhi sought to crush by paradoxically using the law to suspend lawful rights. Her failure to preserve the existing political order had lasting and unforeseen repercussions, opening the door for caste politics and Hindu nationalism. Placing the Emergency within the broader global history of democracy, this gripping book offers invaluable lessons for us today as the world once again confronts the dangers of rising authoritarianism and populist nationalism. |
| turning points in world history: Upheaval Jared Diamond, 2019-05-07 A riveting and illuminating Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet. |
| turning points in world history: Louisiana Purchase Christopher Forest, 2020-06-15 In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the Louisiana Purchase. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important event in American history. An infographic enhances understanding of the Louisiana Purchase, and What Do You Think? sidebars encourage deeper inquiry. A timeline highlights key events and dates. Louisiana Purchase also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Louisiana Purchase is part of Jump!'s Turning Points in U.S. History series. |
| turning points in world history: Stalingrad: the Turning Point Geoffrey Jukes, 1968 |
| turning points in world history: Great Turning Point Dr. Terry Mortenson, 2004-08-01 Many people in the Church today have the idea that “young-earth” creationism is a fairly recent invention, popularized by fundamentalist Christians in the mid-20th century. Is this view correct? In fact, scholar Terry Mortenson has done fascinating original research on this subject in England, and documents that several leading, pre-Darwin scholars and scientists, known as “scriptural geologists” did not believe in long ages for the earth. Mortenson sheds light on the following: Before Darwin, what did the Church believe about the age of the earth? Why did it believe this way? What was the controversy that rocked the Church in 19th-century England? Who were the “scriptural geologists”? What influences did the Church contend with even before Darwin’s book? What is the stance of the Church today? This book is a thoroughly researched work of reference for every library - certainly every creationist library. Terry Mortenson spent much time and work on this project in both the United States and Great Britain. The history of the Church and evolution is fascinating, and it is interesting to see not only the tremendous influence that evolution has had on the Church, but on society as well. |
| turning points in world history: Was Revolution Inevitable? Tony Brenton, 2017 The former British Ambassador to Russia brings together the top scholars of Russian history to evaluate the causes and effects of the 1917 Revolution, almost a century ago. |
| turning points in world history: History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, 2014-12-02 |
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Turning points in world History By the end of KS3 students will know and understand key aspects of British History from a chronological narrative, from the middle ages to the present day. Students will consider how people’s lives have been shaped & how Britain has been
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History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies Annual Meeting 2022 DAVOS-KLOSTERS 22-26 MAY A watershed moment The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 convenes at the most consequential geopolitical and geo-economic moment of the past three decades and against the backdrop of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
Globalization in Historical Perspective - EOLSS
“international” history may still opt for 1500 as the key watershed. Thus, most world history textbooks designed for the American market still use 1500 as a dividing point. Behind the popularity of 1500 are several fairly distinct arguments. For example, Geoffrey Gunn, a specialist in Asian history and international relations, identifies the
The Resurrection The Turning Point in History - Tommy's Window
the fact that the world is a different place, and that we have to live in that “different-ness.” The Resurrection is not just God doing a wacky miracle at one time. We have to preach it in a way that says this was the turning point in world history.— N. T. Wright * Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith.
Teaching guide: Turning points in physics - AQA
Turning Points in physics is intended to enable key developments in physics to be studied in depth so that students can appreciate, from a historical viewpoint, the significance of major conceptual shifts in the subject, both in terms of the understanding of the subject and in terms of its experimental basis.
The Present as a Historic Turning Point
At these turning-points there is still a lot of continuity, but there ... features of the era are the familiar events of contemporary history stretching from the ... World War I was the first major military engagement amongst the core group of indus-trial societies. It revealed a host of unpleasant surprises about the total character of modern
THEMATIC REVIEW CHANGE & TURNING POINTS Introduction
Whatever the process, history is about change. This thematic review focuses on the major periods of that change, and the turning points of human history. Evolution of British Democracy French Revolution 1215 Magna Carta 1295 Model Parliament 1640-53 Long Parliament 1649-60 English Commonwealth 1688 Glorious Revolution & Bill of Rights 1814
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Historical Turning Points: Misery - BattleTech
elcome to Historical Turning Points: Misery, a campaign book designed to give players the opportunity to fi ght in one of the landmark confl icts of the Inner Sphere’s tumultuous history. The general information contained in the Atlas and Combatants sections gives players the tools needed to fi ght an infi nite
TURNING POINTS IN ROMAN HISTORY: THE CASE OF CAESAR'S …
TURNING POINTS IN ROMAN HISTORY: THE CASE OF CAESAR'S ELEPHANT DENARIUS Debra L. Nousek It is perhaps natural to think of Augustus as the founder of Roman imperial ideology, but the idea of an ideological program designed to promote an individual's career or political cause developed consistently over the course of
NatioNal History Day 2013 - Arizona Historical Society
The theme Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events focuses on a point in time when history shifted because of a personal decision in the life of one person, or a political choice affecting millions; it might be an event or idea with global or …
2024 NHD® Annual Theme Overview for North Carolina - NC.gov
Turning Points in History. This guide will help you think about this theme, how to narrow topics to a good size for an NHD ... Looking for American or World History Topic Ideas? Watch the 2024 NHD Theme Video, check out DocsTeach 2024 NHD Page from the National Archives, or visit the NHD Theme Page. Also, try searching “Turning Points in ...
TURNING POINTS—ACTUAL AND ALTERNATE HISTORIES
Books in the Turning Points—Actual and Alternate Histories series ask ... If a particular event had turned out differently, history from that turning point forward could be affected. Important outcomes frequently hinge on an individual decision, an accidental encounter, a turn in the ... World War I, and the map of Europe and the rest of the ...
SALK NHD FINAL PROJECT ORGANIZER - Minnesota Historical …
It should include a version of all theme words (Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events) 2.) Why is your topic such a significant historical Turning Point? What good quotes, headlines or other primary sources ... (The world before your Turning Point was a different place. Show the audience the specifics of what that world was like)
Turning Points in Political and Health Policy History: The Case of ...
Health & History, 2016. 18/1 89 Turning Points in Political and Health Policy History: The Case of Cambodia 1975–2014 John Grundy, Elizabeth Hoban, and Steven ... clinics and hospitals up until that time.14 In the post–Second World War period and immediate post-colonial period, there was a decline in the functioning of the colonial health ...
Social Studies World History WORLD HISTORY Crosswalk for …
world history from a variety of perspectives. Distinguish key turning points in world history in terms of multiple causes and outcomes. ECS.WH.H.1.1 Identify key turning points in world events that have significantly impacted the course of world history. WH.H.1.2 Explain the impact the experiences and achievements of
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The World History exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions worth 1 point each and 2 essay questions worth 15 points each, for a total of 130 points. The exam covers a wide variety of topics. To help you study, we have isolated 8 key topics and provided study tips and sample questions for each. You can expect
Turning Points in American History - Alvarado History
Turning Points in American History . Choose a topic in American history from 1754-1900 that interests you. Luckily, almost any topic that interests you can also relate to this year’s final project theme: Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, a turning point is, “a point
Turning points in modern South African history since 1948
• The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). • Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a bloodbath.
Globalization in Historical Perspective - EOLSS
“international” history may still opt for 1500 as the key watershed. Thus, most world history textbooks designed for the American market still use 1500 as a dividing point. Behind the popularity of 1500 are several fairly distinct arguments. For example, Geoffrey Gunn, a specialist in Asian history and international relations, identifies the
Globalization and the Great Convergence: Rethinking World History …
ease in shaping history have also added striking new dimensions to understanding the past on a larger-than-human scale.6 Over the years I have benefited from other debates about momentous turning points in world history, notably the recent discussions over how and when the West overtook the East, an event that Kenneth Pomeranz has elegantly
Turning points in history: Industrial Revolution - Universidad de La …
Turning points in history: Industrial Revolution 1 In the late seventeen hundreds most people worked in the fields on land they did not own. 2 Those who owned the land, called aristocrats, lived refined lives in elegant manor houses. 3 Servants raised their children and did their housework. 4 The landowners and the people who worked for them de-
Periodization in World History Teaching: Identifying the Big Changes
world history periodization is all the more essential for the magnitude of the range surveyed. Students need to be aware of the points at which world history shifts gears, and to this end, teachers need to be open to discussions of alternative modes of periodization and various options and criteria for choice.
TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY: PEOPlE , IDEAS, EvENTS
World War II, for example, you should focus on specific aspects of the war. An exhibit could discuss a turning point within the war, such as Guadalcanal in the Pacific or the invasion of Normandy on the European National History Day 2013 Theme: TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY: PEOPlE, IDEAS, EvENTS By Adrienne Pritchard
Cultural turning points in art - JSTOR
Cultural turning points in art Art between parasitism and admiration MARIO PERNIOLA The cultural turning [mint in the Renaissance: the ... irrevocable to the history of art. From this point on, artistic theory is articulated by three concepts: art, non ... aniconism and iconoclasm to enter the world of art, but even destruction and vandalism.8
Turning Points of Quadratic Graphs Questions - MME Revise
3 3(a) Circle the turning points on the two quadratic graphs below. [2 marks] 3(b) Belle looks at graph and says, “The turning point is always the minimum point of any quadratic graph”. Comment on her statement. [1 mark] Turn over for next question Turn over 3
TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY - Heinz History Center
TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY MARCH 23-24, 2024 . National History Day Pittsburgh The History Center is proud to be the regional home for the National History Day competition, which serves students from Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, and …
Book Reviews - JSTOR
In scope, Turning Points in American Educational History differs im-perceptibly from other recent histories and source collections. It begins with the familiar "City upon a Hill" and proceeds through three centuries to the crises of the present: it covers Puritan education, education in the
World War II: Key Events - abbotsleaschool.co.uk
and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study by learning about a variety of key events from World War II. ... Turning Points: Children work in small groups to research one of the key events using the World War II Turning Point
Locating Turning Points in History - fiatlux-day.org
Locating Turning Points in History Why Learn This Skill? Geographic factors are crucial to understanding major events in history. ... Turning points in history occur when major periods of change or events change the way people live or look at the world. Turning points can include: • revolutions • exploration • discoveries • the rise and ...
American History What Was the Biggest Turning Point of the Civil …
moments are seen as “turning points” in the Civil War. Some of these “turning points” happen quickly – like an explosion. Others unfold slowly – like a spark that eventually leads to a fire. Either way, these events were pivotal to the outcome of the war. This activity provides eight choices – four battles and four developments off of
Leading Events or Turning Points in Irish History
TURNING POINTS IN IRISH HISTORY. By seAtiCuit>e. I^PIIS- HIS summary is written in the hope of in B{^][ teresting those unacquainted even in brief ff fejjS outline, with the course and 'trend of Irish VAkXt history. It may help some to understand ^V0 better the historical setting (the before and after) of the individual articles in this and ...
AP World History - College Board
considered a political turning point in global history. c) Identify and explain ONE way in which industrialization in the period circa 1750–1900 can be considered a social turning point i n global history. 0–3 points . Score 3 . Response accomplishes all three tasks set by the question. Score 2
Turning points in modern South African history since 1948
• The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). • Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a bloodbath.
Cross-Cultural Interaction and Periodization in World History
involves much more than the simple discovery of self-evident turning points in the past: it depends on prior decisions about the issues and processes that are most ... a World History Survey," in Josef W. Konvitz, ed., What Americans Should Know: Westem Civilization or World History? Proceedings of a Conference at Michigan State University ...
Turning points in SA history: 1960-1990 - Holy Cross School
Arrest of MK Leaders 1963: MK used Liliesleaf farm as their base 1963 police raid the farm, leaders were arrested for treason Rivonia trial 1963-1964: Months before Rivonia Trail Nelson was captured by police Sentenced for travelling out of SA without passport 11 accused at Rivonia. 8 of 11 sentenced to life imprisonment After sentencing the fight against apartheid slowed
World History Unit Curriculum Document - Denton ISD
(1) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in world history. The student is expected to: (D) identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman
Turning Points and Monetary Policy Strategy - Bank of England
6 Feb 2023 · 3. Real-time indicators of macroeconomic turning points First, turning to the labour market to look for turning points, rising unemployment is an ex-post indicator of the business cycle, not a harbinger. But early warning of turning points in the labor market can presage a turning point in wage growth, which might herald a turning point in the ...
Turning Points Activities - IJR
Turning Points in History is a set of six books on the history of South Africa written especially for use in schools. It was published in 2004. The Teacher’s Guide which accompanied it was based on the NCS ... South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup to investigate the role of sport in reconciliation and nation building after 1994. 1100
CH 500 Turning Points in Church History
Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2 nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Books, 2000. Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1 Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 2 Recommended Reading: Gonzalez, Justo L.,
Turning points: the personal and professional circumstances that …
(2012) Turning points: the personal and professional circumstances that lead academics to become middle managers. Educational Management Administration and ... academics to become middle managers by drawing on data from life history interviews undertaken with 17 male and female Heads of Departments, from a range of disciplines, in a post-1992 ...
Introducing History Day Student Guide 2024 - Minnesota Historical …
2024: Turning Points in History ... important in history. This doesn’t mean you need a world-famous topic, but you need to be able to prove how the topic changed history. Even local topics have an impact on history. Your topic is historic. If your topic is too recent, you’re going to have a hard time finding the
Turning Points in U.S. Labor History, Political Culture, and the ...
turning points, I assess several key conditions which could bear on the ques-tion at hand. Turning Points in Theory and History The question requires clarity on the meaning of turning point and applicabil-ity to the current moment. We can think about turning points in two ways. One is an inflection point, a point on a quantitative curve where ...
Turning Points Decisive Moments In The History Of Christianity ...
Turning Points Mark A. Noll 1997 Evangelicalism's premier historian provides a general introduction to church history organized around 13 key moments in the history of Christianity. Twenty Questions That Shaped World Christian History Derek Cooper 2015-10-01 The questions of Christianity are perennial.
Turning Points and Monetary Policy Strategy - Bank of England
3. Real-time indicators of macroeconomic turning points First, turning to the labour market to look for turning points, rising unemployment is an ex-post indicator of the business cycle, not a harbinger. But early warning of turning points in the labor market can presage a turning point in wage growth, which might herald a turning point in the ...
The Turning Points of Environmental History. Edited by
24 Nov 2013 · Years" and finds seven turning points, all of which operated over epochs: fire, language, the African exodus, domestication, urbaniza tion, the Columbian exchange, and fossil fuels. Each is world shaping, and McNeill, who can handle specialization (see his work on yellow fever), is at his best in synopsizing global key trends here.
