Ancient History: Neolithic Revolution to Iberian Devotio
Unit 1: Ancient History
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
The Neolithic Revolution marks the significant shift from a predatory economy to a production economy. This change was so transcendental for human life, and the transition was so gradual, that historians refer to it as a revolution. They also subdivide this period, including an intermediate period called the Mesolithic. The Neolithic Revolution emerged earlier in regions where geographic and climatic conditions favored the development of agriculture.
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“The Truman Show”: Capitalism and Mass Entertainment
A World Subordinated to Profit
The Truman Show paints a picture of a world where the profit motive has subordinated a human life to the whims of mass entertainment. Truman exists in a fake, profit-driven world, where culture has been replaced with a Utopian vision of the American middle class. The social science fiction film The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, utilizes a diverse variety of camera and visual techniques to support the idea that
Read MoreSocial Work Interviews: Techniques and Dynamics
Interviews in Social Work: Addressing Loneliness and Marginalization
Respondents give their eyes and the rest of their senses to the social worker, who will make use of their performances so as to tackle the issues raised. Suppose you want to tackle the problem of loneliness and marginalization of the elderly in a neighborhood of a town, and we do not have much information on the sociocultural context and spatial characteristics. We will connect with residents of this age to give us information on
Read MoreResistive Sensors and Arduino: Analog Input, Digital Output
Resistive Sensors
Resistive sensors are variable resistors that change their resistance depending on the values of an external physical magnitude.
Examples:
- LDR (Light Dependent Resistor): Changes resistance in an inversely proportional way to the amount of light it receives.
- Thermistor: Its resistance changes when the temperature changes.
- Potentiometer: The resistance changes when you turn a movable terminal.
When connected as above, using another resistor (a fixed one) in series, the change in resistance
Read MoreGalician Enlightenment and Literary Renaissance: Key Figures & Works
The Galician Enlightenment
The 18th-century Enlightenment saw the rise of critical thought, rationalism, and empiricism, fostering scientific and technical advancements. In Galicia, this era produced three generations of intellectuals:
- Critical Thinkers: Father Feixóo, Father Sarmiento
- Physiocrats: Francisco de Castro, Pedro A Sanchez, Xose Cornide
- Francophiles: Lucas Labrada, A. Raimundo Ibañez
These figures promoted institutions like the Economic Society of Amigos del Pais and expressed concern about
Read MoreFundamental Laws of Physics: Motion, Energy, and Electricity
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s First Law of Motion
An object continues to remain at rest or in a state of uniform motion along a straight line unless an external unbalanced force acts on it.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
The rate of change of momentum is proportional to the applied force, and the change of momentum occurs in the direction of the force.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Every action force has an equal and opposite reaction force which acts simultaneously.
Work
Work done by a force acting on
Read MoreNervous and Endocrine Systems: Functions and Structures
The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Interaction: Basic Life Process
The basic life process of interaction consists of a series of functions which help the body to:
- Adapt to change
- Coordinate different systems
There are two systems involved in this process:
- Nervous system
- Endocrine system
The Nervous System
The nervous system is responsible for:
- Interpreting information received from the sensory organs
- Working out appropriate responses to this information
- Sending instructions to the effectors
- Coordinating the functions
Language, Signs, and Communication Functions
Language and Communication
Language is the power humans have to communicate through shared symbols and express thought. Language is a structured system of verbal and combination rules common to a community of speakers. Speech is the concrete realization of a language by speakers in a specific communicative situation. The linguistic norm is the set of rules and accepted uses by speakers of a language as exemplary ways of speaking.
Varieties of Language
Situational varieties: Due to the communicative
Read MoreMultinational Business Strategies and Globalization’s Impact
Multinational Business Strategies
In a multi-branch strategy, each country’s operations are completely autonomous, and differences between them are remarkable because they have little interaction. Usually, there is a mechanism to coordinate with each other, but typically only financial strategies and advertising are aligned. Products are totally different. The subsidiaries are separate.
Overall Strategy
Multinationals that use this strategy behave as a single unit, avoiding duplication of functions
Read MoreKey Figures and Events of the Spanish Second Republic and Civil War
Key Figures of the Spanish Second Republic and Civil War
Manuel Azaña
A representative of the bourgeois left, Manuel Azaña founded the Action Party and was Minister of War in the provisional government of the Republic, ensuring military loyalty to the new regime. As head of government, he formed a cabinet with the Socialists. He merged his party with others to create the Republican axis of the Popular Front. In 1936, he became President of the government. He went into exile at the end of the Civil
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