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10 Nov 2015: There are 10 in total. You will find the correct responses on the answer sheet (next download).

10 Nov 2015: Activity 1 - Rebellion or Revolution? Haitian Declaration of Independence Read a translation of the text of Haiti’s declaration of independence from 1804: http://today.duke.edu/showcase/haitideclaration/declarationstext.html Questions to think

8 Dec 2015: Text 3: The Verse Account. Introduction. The Verse Account is another Babylonian document which describes the reign of Nabonidus. Although written in the same language as the Nabonidus Chronicle, it is very different in style. The identity of the

10 Nov 2015: Key Concepts Clarkson Thesis: The argument put forward by English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) in his 1808 two-volume work on the history of the anti-slavery movement. Clarkson believed that abolition was a part of a progressive,

8 Dec 2015: Activity Four: The Book of Daniel, Chapter 5. Introduction. The Book of Daniel is part of the Old Testament of the Bible. The Old Testament contains an awful lot of useful historical information because Judea was part of the Babylonian and then the

10 Nov 2015: Activity 1 - The Simple Past Tense Now that you are familiar with the plot of Rotkäppchen, watch this video on YouTube, it was made in a primary school, the children painted pictures and read the story out loud:

8 Dec 2015: Activity One: The Nabonidus Chronicle. Introduction. The Nabonidus Chronicle is a cuneiform tablet currently housed in the British Museum. It is part of a series of chronicles written on clay tablets by the Babylonian priesthood designed to keep a

11 Dec 2015: Activity Two: The Cyrus Cylinder. Introduction. When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 BC, he immediately set about trying to secure his newly-won conquest. To do so, he went on a charm offensive and tried to convince the Babylonian people that they

10 Nov 2015: Activity 4: Squatting as a new criminal offence On 1 September 2012, squatting in a ‘residential building’ became a criminal offence, with the maximum sentence being imprisonment for six months. The offence is located in section 144 of the Legal

10 Nov 2015: Answer Sheet Answer Exercise 1:. Der Wolf aber ging geradewegs nach dem Haus der Großmutter und klopfte an die Türe. […] Der Wolf drückte auf die Klinke, die Türe sprang auf und er ging, ohne ein Wort zu sprechen, gerade zum Bett der