History

Name Professor Course Date The ‘effects’ of Television The ‘effects’ of television refers to the influences of television-viewing that developed over time as perceived by the viewers. The effects changed according to the change in perceptions of the concerned television viewers. The discernment of the concerned viewers influenced the perceptions of all television viewers. In the early days, owning a TV set was a source of pride. They would place it in the living room so that the guests coming in the house would be entertained. It was considered as a wonderful device of entertainment and they were very grateful for it. By 1958, however, television viewing became a routine and the...

Name Tutor Course Date The Achievements and the Fall of the Gupta Empire Located in today’s North India, the Gupta Empire is the era to which India’s golden age is attributed. Learning was highly regarded, and this resulted in much advancement in science. For instance, the Arabic numerals were first used in India, the same place zero was discovered by Aryabhata (Datta, 451). At the same time, the game of chess originated in India, and the earliest forms of the aryuvedic medicine trace their cradle back to the Gupta era. Many great essayists and poets lived during that time, including the author of the famous Kamasutra. Some celebrated temples and paintings were created during the same...

Name Professor Course Date The culture of early wireless and radio broadcasting Communication over long-distances has been in existence ever since the mid-19th Century. People used the telegraph to communicate messages using a series of short and long clicks. Using this technology, far distances like England and the United States were connected with cables crossing the Atlantic Ocean. By late 1870s, the technology had been used in the development of the telephone, which was able to transmit one’s voice over the cables by its predecessor. Early radios were used as devices of communication between naval ships and stations on land; “person-to-person communication” was the center of...

Name Professor Course Date The Break The break refers to the policies introduced by the government to guide the development of the telegraph line. The policies marked the break of the earlier laid out communications framework; they were completely different and gave a new direction and pattern in the development of communications in the U.S. It was a shift from the governance structure through which the post was used for communications to a set of policies that left the post in the hands of individuals (Lloyd 39). In the 1830’s, Morse developed a device that was able to receive and transmit information by electrical means. He wanted to develop an experimental telegraph line and needed funds...

Name Course Professor Date Salem Witch Trials. Introduction The whole story in the context revolves around a few individuals who had been accused of taking part in witchcraft. The town of Salem situated in the Puritan part of New England. They have been found and are trying all they can to pull themselves out of the witch hunt mess. The story began when some girls had gone in a group to the forest to dance with a slave whose name was Tibuta. A reverend named Paris catches them in the dancing and reports them. A girl named Betty falls into a comma, and the whole trial drama begins. Rumors go round the village that they were involved in witchcraft and later was confirmed when Tibuta himself...

Student’s Name Student ID Professor’s Name Date of Submission How was Michelangelo's "David" a reflection of Florentine politics? Michelango’s David was one of the most elegant sculptures ever made. Michelangelo's statue of David symbolizes the aesthetics of high Renaissance art, the political affairs of Renaissance Florence and the practical expertise of Greek sculpture. The sculpture represented the biblical hero, David, about to fight the giant, Goliath. How the young David defeated Goliath in a single battle, equipped only with pebbles and a sling was a common theme in Renaissance art. It was an appropriate analogy for a Florentine city-state surrounded by powerful enemies of France...