Word: mesoamericans
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Rosenblum’s sweet saga begins in Mesoamerica, the birthplace of chocolate. Archaeologists say that the Mesoamerican Olmec people drank chocolate several millennia ago. And when Hernan Cortes and other conquistadors arrived in Mesoamerica, they were fascinated by chocolate. But most Europeans took some time to fall in love with chocolate—it wasn’t until the 1580s that they started processing and eating it in large quantities...
According to Fash, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby wants him to continue as an active teacher and researcher. Fash currently co-teaches the popular Foreign Cultures 34, “Mesoamerican Civilizations” with David L. Carrasco, Rudestine professor of the study of Latin America...
Alternative “truths” illuminated in Foreign Cultures courses make clear that tolerance is for the most part exclusive to modern-day Western society. Aztec religious philosophy, outlined in gory detail in “Mesoamerican Civilizations,” called for the ritual sacrifice of war prisoners. “Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies” must confront uncomfortable realities: suspected adulteresses are stoned to death where Sharia is enforced, women and homosexuals are brutally persecuted throughout the Middle East and Africa, and the president of Nigeria has explained that widespread killings...
...also see these changes in my roommates and friends. Foreign Cultures 34, “Mesoamerican Civilizations” has one roommate looking to travel to Central America. There is another roommate who will be graduating with a degree in Chemistry, but his passion, he learned after taking a few classes in the Visual and Environmental Studies department, is design and architecture...
...that satisfy the Foreign Cultures requirement that require only a knowledge of English. Add to this that there are only seven Foreign Cultures courses that do require knowledge of another language, and also the fact that the English-only courses cover such diverse topics as the contemporary Middle East, Mesoamerican Civilizations, Caribbean Societies, 20th century Russian culture, European Jewish culture, Korea and China. These offerings are tremendously limiting, right? How could anyone could find an interesting class with so few offerings...