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Write an essay comparing these two (2) heroic figures from ancient epics of different cultures, especially focusing your analysis on the sources about their encounters with monsters: Gilgamesh encounters the monster guarding the forest, Humbaba, in Tablets 3-5 of the Epic of Gilgamesh (see http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/; scroll down to the Tablet […]

MUST use these sources Primary Sources Secondary Sources Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963) Robert C. Weaver, “The Negro as an American” (1963) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax” (1964) Malcolm X, “Untitled Speech” (1963) Vanessa D. Murphree, “‘Black Power’: Public […]

Reading Response Question that needs to be answered: Why do you think Nixon begins his speech by discussing the American standard of living rather than other manifestations of freedom? What other elements of freedom does he refer to?

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you assess the Central Pacific Railroad’s influence on California growth and development. Address the following items: Identify how the “Big Four” financed the building of the railroad. Explain how this influence led to the revision of the California state constitution. Describe the […]

If you were writing a paper on this topic (this is an example only, as your paper will focus on the period from 1860 to 1890) you could analyze this larger topic by focusing on a specific aspect like use of the internet in online education. You might make the […]

HIST202 Fall 2017 Movie Assignment Guidelines In an essay of no less than 750 words, choose ONE of the following movies, which are available through HCC’s libraries (and are also available on iTunes/ Amazon) to watch. You do not need to, nor are you expected to, answer all of the […]