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The End Of A Dynasty: The Death Of The Romanov Family, Jamie Hendrickson
The End Of A Dynasty: The Death Of The Romanov Family, Jamie Hendrickson
A with Honors Projects
The fall of the Romanovs in 1917 led to a very dark time in Russian history, one of chaos and eventually tremendous loss of life. Many historians credit the violent dispersal of the Russia’s royal family as leading to events like Russia’s civil war, the forming of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR), and entry into World War II after the country appeared vulnerable to tyrants like Hitler. In the words of author Joshua Hammer “the murder of Czar Nicholas Romanov and his family has resonated through Soviet and Russian history, inspiring not only immeasurable government cover-ups and public …
Origins Of Jazz In America, Megan Macfalane
Origins Of Jazz In America, Megan Macfalane
A with Honors Projects
Jazz music was born in America in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 20th century. Founded from blues music, which was based off of African American slave’s hymns and field hollers sang out as they worked, it led to the creation of new American musical genres, like bebop and rock and roll. Despite critics’ attempts to discourage it, jazz also was one of the first types of music that people could really swing dance to, causing many integrated social gatherings. The history of Jazz music, how Jazz has influenced today’s society and music as it is currently known and how …
Muhammad, Money, And The Moors: Behind The Muslim Conquest Of Iberia, Matthew D. Moss
Muhammad, Money, And The Moors: Behind The Muslim Conquest Of Iberia, Matthew D. Moss
A with Honors Projects
By the dawn of the seventh century, the infant Muslim nation stretched from the shores of the African Atlantic, to the dry plains of Hindustan and the mountains of Central Asia and Caucasia. Even Europe was not beyond their reach, with the Iberian Peninsula—modern-day Spain and Portugal—finding itself under the flag of the Islamic empire by the end of the eighth century. The invasion of Iberia was one which came about for three distinct reasons: (1) to spread Islam beyond its traditional basin of Arabia and North Africa, a desire born from the Qur’an and the traditions of the hadiths; …
Spirited Folk, Emily J. Oldham
Spirited Folk, Emily J. Oldham
A with Honors Projects
For a student honors project, the author composed a one-act play providing a commentary on American folklore and the effects of the spiritualism movement of the mid-1800s on American Culture.
Heinrich Schliemann: Impact Of Excavations At Troy And Mycenae, Zachary T. Boyer
Heinrich Schliemann: Impact Of Excavations At Troy And Mycenae, Zachary T. Boyer
A with Honors Projects
Fascinated by Homeric works such as the Iliad and the Odyssey since childhood, Heinrich Schliemann set out to uncover the remains of the fabled city of Troy in 1870. Schliemann began his excavations in April of 1870 as a self-made man and typical dilettante of the times. The task he set upon with little scientific planning and scholarly research if successful, would lend historical significance to the works of Homer and bring the fabled city to life.