Date Written: 5/16/2022
Question: In what sense did World War II become more “global” during its first two or two-and-a-half years?
World War 2 was the largest war in history. Within the first 2 years of the 6 years WW2 … Read More
Category: Western Civilization 2 (history)
Date Written: 12/2/2021
Questions: (1) What was the Ptolemaic-Aristotelian view of the universe, and how did Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton undermine it and institute an alternative?
(2) Explain the significance of the person you read about for Lesson 48 … Read More
Date Written 6/24/2022
Question: What is one issue that reflects the individualist versus collectivist outlook in your own times? How does it do this?
I think the best example of individuals versus the collectivists in our times was the Covid-19 … Read More
Questions: (1) What was “enlightened absolutism”?
(2) What was the constitutional dispute between the colonists and the British government that led to the American Revolution? Give specific examples of how this constitutional dispute was evident in particular events (e.g., the … Read More
Date: 5/31/2022
Question: In what ways did revenge figure into the strategies of the countries fighting in World War II?
In World War II revenge was a key factor in the strategies of the countries involved. The devastating bombings of … Read More
Date: 5/23/2022
Question: Did World War II become more brutal as time went on? In what ways? Was the brutality on only one side?
The Bombings
World War II is the most brutal war in history. Around 75-85 million people … Read More