European colonization had both a positive and negative force in the world however, the negatives proved to be more dominant. Over this past unit, we looked at several countries all over the world and how they were impacted by the colonization of Europe. In each region the diseases, the idea of slavery and the wars fought all were huge negative forces that left a huge impact of the development of each society. The diseases were very prominent because they were…
General Information Title of Book: Cleopatra: A Life Genre: Biography Author: Stacy Schiff Publisher: Bay Back Books / Little, Brown and Company Copyright Date: 2010 Number of Pages: 324 Settings: Alexandria, Egypt, Rome, Ephesus, Antioch, Tarsus, Nile River (there were all sorts of other places, but these are the main ones that reappear throughout the book.) Main Characters: Cleopatra- A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the family who took the throne after Alexander the Great. A great woman who showed…
Title of Book: The Duchess Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Amanda Foreman Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Copyright Date: 1998 Number of pages: 371 (not including epilogue or index) Settings: England in the 1700’s Main characters and brief description: Georgiana Spencer- Duchess of Devonshire, very well respected by everyone around her. Her fashion sense inspired many of those living in the same time period, and her political status gave inspiration to women not only in this time period but for the…