Temples of Paestum Italy

By Brian FreemanApproximately fifty-five miles (ninety kilometers) south of Naples.Legends tell of the city's founding by Jason and the Argonauts, but archaeologists attribute Paestum's birth to Greeks from Sybaris 600BC.Originally called Poseidonia in 273 BC the city became a Roman colony and renamed Paestum.The people of Paestum never achieved renown in ancient...

Quick summary of Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

By Brian Freeman Olaudah Equiano story Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is a slave narrative in which the entire story consists of Equiano growing up in Africa, capture, and his enslavement. Equiano brings us to a time when slavery historical had not reached its full height but was social acceptable. The use of Africans for chattel slavery...

Quick history of Aztecs

By Brian Freeman The area that is now Mexico City is home to many historical moments. One of the most famous and saddest historical moments comes from the period of 13th and 16th century. During this time period lived an ancient Mesoamerica group called the Aztecs. This ancient group during its peak dominated much of Mesoamerica for centuries till the foreign...

Architecture of Magna Graecia

By Brian FreemanMagna Graecia refers to a group of ancient Greek cities along the coast of southernItaly. The area was busy commercial centre as well as the seat of the Pythagorean and Eleatic systems of philosophy. After the 5th century BC, most of the cities declined in importance. The ancient authors divided Greek architecture into two major...

Book Review: Dower, John. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

By: Brian FreemanDower, John. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. Introduction John Dower writer of War Without Mercy is a book that elaborates on the power and impact of racism in the Pacific theater of World War II. John Dower's War Without Mercy describes the ugly racial issues on both the Western Allies...

Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball

"Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball" was written and recorded in 1948 by Buddy Johnson, and released again in 1949 by the Count Basie orchestra.This is the first of the Go Get Your Voice songs from and about the early civil rights movement. For the Dodgers to sign an African-American man to play on their major league team took courage and foresight. The color walls were slowly beginning to come down and the Dodgers, along with Jackie...

Star of David

By: Brian FreemanThere is no other symbol that best represents the suffering of Holocaust than the Star of David. The symbol during WWII became a sign of hate, anguish, and pain directed at the Jewish people who were forced to wear the symbol.The pain the symbol causes can be seen in Elie Wiesel “Night”. In “Night” after the Germans moved and occupied the...

Battle of Corinth MS

By: Brian Freeman The Battle of Corinth occurred on October 3-4 of 1862. This battle was actually the second battle to occur at the very important Confederate and Union strategic point of Corinth, Mississippi. The Battle of Corinth is often referred to as the Second Battle of Corinth. However, the battle that occurred earlier in April and June of 1862 is known...

Book Review: Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz

By: Brian FreemanLevi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1995. p.192 In the History of the world there have been few incidences of atrocities that equal to the treatment of the Jews in Europe during World War II. The Holocaust is one of the most important and horrific incidences in the history of mankind. Sixty years...

Book Review: Elie Wiesel Night

By: Brian Freeman The Holocaust is one of the most important and horrific times in the history of mankind. Never has the world seen a group of people singled out from society and executed with mass precision as seen during the Holocaust. The shock and terror which the Jewish people faced under Nazi rule can never truly be understood. The survivors and witnesses...