HIST 80a Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Joseph Greenberg, Altaic Languages, Upper Paleolithic
21 Nov 2016
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The pre history of east asia lecture. The 1st major influence on world history was fernand braudel who wrote structural history . Art and jewelry were used for cultural identity, and could be transmitted from generation to generation. Paradigm shifts (thomas khun) a change in world view that is constantly evolving and improving until the old paradigm collapses. Giodarno bruno sought to demolish the ptolemaic system of thinking by explaining that the stars were actually suns. He was executed by the church at the stake. Is viewed as a modern hero of italy. In the 19th century, there is a shift from biblical time to geological time . Agassiz grew up in a time in which he was told that the stones and boulders of his native. Switzerland were the product of the great flood in the bible. Upon his careful analysis of existing glaciers, he revealed the ice age.
