Dates
The century of the date 358 BC
The definition of chronology
The arrangement of dates and/or events in the order of their occurrence
A false cause fallacy
Focus: Renaissance Art
Source: Painting dated to the late 17th century
Description: Showing the influence of Renaissance painting techniques combined with the more ornate features of the Baroque style, this painting serves to highlight the transitions from the Renaissance to the Baroque era.
Secondary (not during the Renaissance)
This means "old stone"
Paleolithic
Anno Domini
The definition of a historian
An expert in the study of how humans lived in the past
Appeal to (False) Authority
Using an improper authority as proof of a claim
Focus: French Revolution
Source: Written letter from someone present at the famous Tennis Court Oath
Description: This letter entry details the events surrounding the Tennis Court Oath that started the French Revolution to a friend.
Primary Source (Tennis Court Oath started the French Revolution)
Surplus
Having more than you need (food, water, shelter, clothing, etc)
Before Common Era (BCE)
The meaning of appeal as in "appeal to authority" or "appeal to popularity"
To point toward as evidence
Focus: War in Afghanistan
Source: Video Footage of the Secretary of Defense in the White House
Description: The Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld answers phones and delegates orders from his office in the White House during the War in Afghanistan.
Primary Source (Rumsfeld was the Secretary of State and his job is to deal with US involvement in wars)
This is the reason that the Neolithic Revolution is called a revolution.
It was of the biggest changes in the way humans have lived in millions of years.
The 13th century BC is this range of years.
1299-1200 BC
The definition of cause and effect
The relationship between events and what made them happen or contributed to them happening.
Ice cream truck usage goes up with child drownings. Therefore, the ice cream trucks are causing children to drown.
False Cause
Focus: Death of Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC)
Source: “The Twelve Caesars”
Description: Historian Suetonius writes about Julius Caesar among the first twelve emperors of the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD.
Secondary (Suetonius wasn't alive to witness the death)
Language
This is why AD cannot mean after death.
A source
Fauci claims that anyone who questions him is questioning science.
Appeal to (False) Authority
Focus: Life of Jesus of Nazareth
Source: Fragment of the Gospel of Matthew on papyrus
Description: Purported to be written by Matthew, a companion of Jesus, this papyrus is dated from either the late 2nd to early 3rd century.
Secondary (dated centuries later and was a copy of the original papyrus most likely)
Metalworking