History Classes (11-28-05)

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Dewey has stacks of tupperware, all containing various bits of Thanksgiving leftovers. One might suspect they come from multiple dinners. One might further suspect that Dewey had not been invited to all of those dinners. He is snacking on jellied cranberry sauce directly from the can.

Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)

"Martin Luther, man. Nailed a sign to a door and now there's all this religious hoopla about who's got the biggest piece of the pecan piety. What's up with that?"

East Asian History

"Um, I think I've run out of badass Japanese warriors. Um..." He drums his fingers on the desk. "Korea, man. Um, are they like the little runty cousin of China that never got the cool toys or what?"

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Re: Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)

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"That was partially it. The materialism rampant in the the clergy was directly opposed to what they were supposed to believe in... monks and nuns were supposed to live poor, secluded lives, which the majority of them didn't. It was one of the underlying structural problems that the Catholic church had at this time."