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Eric Beckman

HUMANITIES Magazine: The Islamic Scholar Who Gave Us Modern Philosophy - 1 views

  • In the year 900, by far the most robust and impressive philosophical tradition was found not in Europe, but in the Middle East. Islamic scholars there had embarked on a wholesale program to recover the traditions of Greek philosophy (particularly the works of Aristotle), translate them into Arabic, and rethink their message in light of the newly revealed teachings of the Qur’an.
  • Eventually, however, the center shifted—first to the western part of the Islamic world in northern Africa and southern Spain, and then north to Christian Europe. What we call the Middle Ages was, in Islam, the great classical era of philosophy and science. After several centuries of flourishing, however, the study of philosophy and science faded in Muslim countries, even while it was being pursued with increasing vigor in the Latin West.
  • Averroës devoted much of his scholarly efforts to a series of commentaries on Aristotle, producing both brief epitomes and exhaustive, line-by-line studies.
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  • Many of his works no longer survive in Arabic at all, but only in Latin or Hebrew
  • like all the great philosophers, Averroës arrived at his share of heterodox views.
  • despite the brilliant development of philosophical thought in the early days of the Islamic caliphate, by the later Middle Ages it and other fields of secular learning were regarded with deep suspicion and given almost no institutional support.
  • By the middle of the thirteenth century, that philosophical curriculum had become thoroughly Aristotelian, and the great guide to Aristotle was none other than Averroës, who became known in the Latin West as simply “the Commentator.”
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    Article by a philosophy professor on the Islamic medieval scholar Averroes. Studied by Thomas Aquinas and others.
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    Amazing how history has been rewritten, in the past and present, and then when old truths are unearthed, people are so reluctant to believe them. The power of the written word!
Eric Beckman

Social Studies 11: Global Studies - Latin America Resources - 0 views

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    Resources from August 2012 Summer Institute
Eric Beckman

Two Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections between the American Revolution and ... - 0 views

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    Article written by a prominent historian of the French Caribbean that trace the connections between the Haitian, American, and French Revolutions.  Interesting and clearly written.
Eric Beckman

Commanding Heights: Home | on PBS - 0 views

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    PBS series on the history of the World Economy from 1914 onward. 6 one hour videos can be streamed.
Eric Beckman

International Networks Archive: Fries and Magic Beans - 0 views

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    Two graphic rich world maps showing the proliferation of Starbucks and McDonalds
Eric Beckman

Mighty Putin, puny Medvedev - Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views

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    Putin, Medvedev "action figures" in Moscow
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    I need to get my hands on one of those!
Eric Beckman

Lesson Plans | The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) - 0 views

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    Three literature based lessons on the Israel-Palestine conflict.  Poems and memoirs show multiple perspectives
Eric Beckman

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University - 0 views

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    Includes programming and resources for educators on the Arab Spring
Eric Beckman

Google Cultural Institute - 1 views

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    Collections of images on 20th Century topics.
Eric Beckman

The Mexican Revolution | EDSITEment - 0 views

  • Mexican Revolution, an uprising that took place roughly between 1910 and 1920, recognized as the first major political, social, and cultural revolution of the 20th century.
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    Primary source based lessons on the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920.
Eric Beckman

Palestinian loss of land 1946-2000 - 0 views

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    A .jpg of a four panel map showing the growth of Israel/shrinking of Palestine.  From a pro-Palestinian American blogger, but the general theme checks out.
Eric Beckman

James Mollison's Photos of Children's Bedrooms Are a Commentary on Class and Poverty - ... - 0 views

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    19 pictures of children, ages 4-15, and where they sleep from around the world in 2011. Powerful
Eric Beckman

UPI original story on Salt March - 0 views

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    1930 UPI story on the raid on the Dharasana salt works
Eric Beckman

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - 1 views

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    Excellent source of primary sources on the French Revolution. Also includes secondary source descriptions of events. Lynn Hunt, who can be seen in the History Channel's French Revolution Video, was one of the main authors.
Eric Beckman

Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) - 0 views

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    Free multimedia resources
Eric Beckman

Asia for Educators | Columbia University - 0 views

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    Lots of resources: sources and teaching modules.
Eric Beckman

Chinese dynasties - 0 views

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    Animated .gif showing the changing territories controlled by Chinese dynasties. Makes the point that "China" changed over time
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