Western Philosophy Global Spread of English - Day Interpreting Blog English is everywhere! Whether you’re watching your favorite movie, browsing the internet, or traveling to a new country, chances are, you’ll encounter English. But is the global spread of English around the world a good thing or a bad thing? This is a question that many people have debated. Let’s explore both sides of the story to understand whether the global spread of English is a blessing or a curse. A Timeline Detailing the Global Spread of English The Influence of History English didn’t become a global language by accident. When the British Empire started to decline, another English-speaking country, the United States, became a superpower. The Role of the Internet and Media Today, English dominates the internet. The Blessings of the Global Spread of English A Common Language for Communication One of the biggest benefits of having a global language is that it makes communication easier. In business, English is often the common language used in international meetings and emails.
Zheng He’s Expeditions Above, the Chinese admiral Zheng He. Today, you will research the voyages of Zheng He, the famous Chinese admiral, to better understand the Chinese naval and commercial activities in the Indian Ocean in the early 15th century. Using the links below, as well as your notes from class and your textbook, answer the following questions in 3-4 sentences each: 1. Above, a diagram comparing the size of Zheng He’s ships to those of Columbus. Links: China’s Great Armada and Admiral Zheng He from National Geographic Sultan’s Lost Treasure from NOVA Online (Read pages 1 and 2) Zheng He Maritime Explorations - Overview from ABC-Clio (You will need to log in to view this link.)
The National Archives | Education | British Empire | Living in the British empire | India | Background British rule from the time after the mutiny is often called the Raj. During this period a tiny number of British officials and troops (about 20,000 in all) ruled over 300 million Indians. This was often seen as evidence that most Indians accepted and even approved of British rule. There is no doubt that Britain could not have controlled India without the co-operation of Indian princes and local leaders, as well as huge numbers of Indian troops, police officers, civil servants etc. Other historians point out that British rule of India was maintained by the fact that Indian society was so divided that it could not unite against the British. The British view tended to portray British rule as a charitable exercise - they suffered India's environment (eg climate, diseases) in order to bring to India good government and economic development (eg railways, irrigation, medicine). Other historians point out that ruling India brought huge benefits to Britain.
Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts Apollo and the Greek Muses Updated July 2010 COMPREHENSIVE SITES ON MYTHOLOGY ***** The Encyclopedia Mythica - SEARCH - Areas - Image Gallery - Genealogy tables - Mythic Heroes Probert Encyclopaedia - Mythology Gods, Heroes, and MythDictionary of Mythology What is Myth? MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHOLOGYThe Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ Sumerian Mythology FAQ Sumerian Mythology Sumerian Gods and Goddesses Sumerian Myths SUMERIAN RELIGION Mythology's Mythinglinks: the Tigris-Euphrates Region of the Ancient Near East Gods, Goddesses, Demons and Monsters of Mesopotamia The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ More info on Ancient Mesopotamia can be found on my Ancient River Valley Civilizations page. GREEK MYTHOLOGYOrigins of Greek MythologyGreek Mythology - MythWeb Greek-Gods.info (plus a fun QUIZ)Ancient Greek Religion Family Tree of Greek Mythology Greek Names vs. VARIOUS FAIRIES, ELVES, UNICORNS, MERMAIDS, & OTHER MYTHICAL TOPICS HERE BE DRAGONS!
How English Took Over the World The English Divide In 1794, while hiding from the Jacobins during the French Revolution, the Marquis de Condorcet wrote his landmark work, The Progress of the Human Mind. Condorcet, an advocate of educational reform and equal rights, believed that the key to social equality was equality in the use and learning of language. Condorcet’s concern was that Latin had held a monopoly over claims to truth until vernacular languages made the sciences “more popular” and widely available. If Latin had continued, he said, it “would have divided men into two classes, would have perpetuated in the people prejudices and errors, [and] would have placed an insurmountable impediment to true equality […] to an equal knowledge of necessary truths.” Inasmuch as Condorcet endorsed vernacular languages, he also believed that “politics in the vernacular” was merely a “transitional phase.” Lingua Franca Old and New All that being said, the term lingua franca itself is not neutral.
Difference Between Philosophy and Religion | Difference Between | Philosophy vs Religion Philosophy vs Religion Many have come to think that philosophy and religion are the same while some argue that the two are opposite sides of the same coin. However, these two concepts are just in part true. Philosophy and religion are related. By general understanding, religion is composed of a set of morals, rules, principles, and ethics that serve to guide one’s way of living. Although the two are the same in having to deal with man’s life, they are still very different in various aspects like the presence of observed rituals across all world religions and the absence of such in philosophy because the latter only deals more with how people should think. Another distinction between the two is the strength of belief. Religion, although considered as a subset of philosophy, involves many supernatural beliefs and superstitions some of which are already too hard to believe that philosophers constantly argue against them. Summary: : If you like this article or our site.
A Summary of British Rule in India The very idea of the British Raj—the British rule over India—seems inexplicable today. Consider the fact that Indian written history stretches back almost 4,000 years, to the civilization centers of the Indus Valley Culture at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Also, by 1850, India had a population of at least 200 million.1 Britain, on the other hand, had no indigenous written language until the 9th century CE (almost 3,000 years after India). Its population was about 21 million in 1850.2 How, then, did Britain manage to control India from 1757 to 1947? European Scramble for Colonies in Asia After the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope on Africa's southern tip in 1488, opening sea lanes to the Far East by piracy on ancient trade lines in the Indian Ocean, the European powers strove to acquire Asian trading posts of their own. The Battle of Plassey Britain had been trading in India since about 1600, but it did not begin to seize large sections of land until 1757, after the Battle of Plassey.
Did the CIA test LSD in the New York City subway system? On Nov. 28, 1953, Frank Olson, a bland, seemingly innocuous 42-year-old government scientist, plunged to his death from room 1018A in New York’s Statler Hotel, landing on a Seventh Avenue sidewalk just opposite Penn Station. Olson’s ignominious end was written off as an unremarkable suicide of a depressed government bureaucrat who came to New York City seeking psychiatric treatment, so it attracted scant attention at the time. But 22 years later, the Rockefeller Commission report was released, detailing a litany of domestic abuses committed by the CIA. The shocking disclosure led to President Gerald Ford’s apology to Olson’s widow and his three children, who accepted a $750,000 civil payment for his wrongful death. But the belated 1975 mea culpa failed to close a tawdry chapter of our nation’s past. Much of this plot unfolded here, in New York, according to H.P. Olson was a research scientist assigned to the CIA’s Special Operations Division, at Ft. An Olson colleague, Dr.