week 2 diss option A
“China’s Great Wall” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:
Describe two (2) specific aspects about the Great Wall of China, such as facts about its size, length, purposes, varied materials, labor force, and its phases of construction. Consider the various purposes of such a wall and its impact for good or bad, and compare the Chinese wall in this respect to some specific wall of more modern times.
Explore
China and Its Great Wall
Chapter 7 (pp. 212-213, 220), early phases, (p. 605) later phase
Explore wall interactively at .panoramas.dk/7-wonders/great-wall.html”>http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/great-wall.html
Video at .discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/discovery-atlas-china-revealed-the-great-wall.htm”>http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/discovery-atlas-china-revealed-the-great-wall.htm
UNESCO article at .unesco.org/en/list/438″>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438
Chinas Wall Less Great in View from Space article at .nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/great_wall.html”>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/great_wall.html
week 2 diss option B
“Angkor Wat and Ancient Hinduism” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:
Identify two (2) specific aspects of Angkor Wat, and discuss the significant concepts about the history or beliefs of Hinduism that these aspects reveal. Provide a rationale for your response. Compare this temple complex and its symbolic functions to a specific modern day religious or political center.
Explore
Hinduism and Angkor Wat
Chapter 11 (pp. 370-1), Angkor Wat (in Cambodia), history and connections to Hindu beliefs
Video on Angkor Wat at .nationalgeographic.com/video/specials/ancient-mysteries/angkor-wat-temples/”>http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/specials/ancient-mysteries/angkor-wat-temples/