#unieurasian18 I think it is interesting that the name of a marathon comes from Athenian infantry traveling 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to guard the city against the Persians. The war between Greece and Persia is another example of how numbers don't matter in war.
#unieurasian18 I found the story of Ramayana hard to understand, however after some research about the story, I found that the characters, in particular Rama, embody the socio-religious ideas of many people in India, to be more specific those who practice Hinduism!
#unieurasian18 Confucius idea of “The Gentleman” is puzzling to me. He says things such and a mans word must follow his actions and that they should live by worry about the WAY- not poverty. What truly is “the way”? Is it Confucius’ way of life?
#unieurasian18 "...history is conceived to be not a set of fixed, objective facts but, like the literature with which it interacts, a text that itself need to be interpreted." -New Historicism pg 191