Helpful Hints for the DCA Historical Sites (you need three fitting the time periods Napoleon through the end of the Cold War)
You will need to research the historical significance of the person/event/idea represented in the historical site you visit. It’s ok to go to a museum built in the 21st century to look at a piece of art from the 19th century -- you’re analyzing the art, not the building.

A piece of art from a time period we studied this semester
Museum exhibits about a time period, event or person
The house-turned-museum of a person from a time period we studied
Monuments/statues
Battlefields
Famous locations

Cultural Activity (you need one cultural activity)
Anything special to that city that may be historical but doesn’t fit the time period we studied this semester (example: visiting an ancient Roman site, or the Cathedral of Notre Dame)
Anything special to that city -- sports? Entertainment? Festivals?

Souvenir
What would you buy to remember the city? (Food? Clothing? Mug? Replica of something? Magnet?) ITS ISTANBUL PLEASE HURRY

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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