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Pope Julius Ii April 6
694 wordsRaphael was an Italian Renaissance painter who is considered one of the greatest and most popular artists of all time. He was born Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Santi in Urbino on April 6, 1483. He received his early training in art from his father, the painter, Giovanni Santi. According to many art historians, he also studied with Timothy Viti at Urbino, executing under his influence a number of works of miniature like delicacy and poetic atmosphere, including Apollo and Marsyas and The Knight's...
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The Russian Revolution Of 1917
809 wordsThe Russian Revolution of 1917 was a rebellion of the Russian people against the rule of the Russian emperor, Nicholas II. Russia was going through changes in the early 1900 s and the late 1800 s. This revolution brought forth the Soviet Union, and was known as the Marxist Revolution. In the 1905 Revolution, thousands of men, women, and children were led by a Russian Orthodox priest, marched to Czar Nicholas IIs Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The other revolution was the February and October R...
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Politics Of Plato And Aristotle
1,204 wordsTo compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Many experts regard Plato as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. These two men were great thinkers. They each had ideas of how to improve existing societies during their individual lifetimes. It is necessary to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in each. The main focus of Plato is a perfect s...
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Choral Ode Impending Doom
1,142 words... his opening speech. 7). Agamemnon's Arrival: o Agamemnon's first act upon arriving safely back in Argos is to praise the gods which is the correct thing to do; he does not boast and happily attributes his success to the drawn lots of the gods "First, with justice I salute my Argos and my gods, " and "we must thank the gods with a sacrifice our sons will long remember, " are good examples of this. o He goes on to portray the men of Greece as a lion lapping on the blood of kings, but he is not...
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Ptolemy Xiii Ptolemy Xiv
964 wordsSignificant Woman: Cleopatra I chose to write my "Significant Woman" paper on Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra. When I began my report, I knew very little about Cleopatra, except that she was the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome. I wondered what impacts on history Cleopatra made on her own. I feel that Cleopatra was a very significant woman in history because she was very aggressive and assertive, characteristics that have always been considered unfeminine. At the same time,...
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Selfishness And Desire Jesus On The Other Hand Life
635 wordsSiddharta Gautama, called by many as Buddha and the father of Buddhism, was born B. C. 560 near the town of Kapilavastu. His father, Suddhodana, was the king of the Sakhyas. Prince Siddharta did not want for material comforts. Nevertheless, he was profoundly dissatisfied. He observed that most human beings were poor and continually suffered from want. Even those who were wealthy were frequently frustrated and unhappy, and all men were subject to disease and ultimately succumbed to death. Surely,...
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Seventeenth Century Sixteenth Century
583 wordsThe diminutive scale of Bernini's S. Andrea al Quirinal e and Borromini's S. Carlo illustrates the fallacy of the notion that massive size is the leading characteristic of seventeenth-century architecture. Vast complexes such as the sixteenth-century palace of the Escorial and the eighteenth-century palace at Caserta are a reminder that grandiose scale was not a monopoly of the Baroque. Yet it is undeniable that the taste for the very large is everywhere in evidence at this period, and that Baro...
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Loyal To Odysseus Freedom And Power Penelope
741 wordsThe major theme of Odyssey is loyalty. It teaches that those who have patience will be rewarded. Penelope had many problems when Odysseus had left. Women did not have many rights and were not very important. Women needed men to provide money and for protection. Women had it very hard living without a man. Most women during this time would have chosen one of the suitors that tried to win her favors. This temptation to choose a new man in her life went on for over a decade. Penelope's loyalty play...
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Ming Dynasty And Part 1
1,543 wordsMing dynasty and Manchu Ming dynasty is a great period in the history China. It left its own trace and will be remembered by the next generations. As every dynasty it had its own advantages and drawbacks. But all these events did happen and nobody can change the past. People have to remember the history of the world. At first it is necessary to mention the beginning of the Ming dynasty and the events which lead to its foundation. After the power of the Mongol Emperors was ended China was attacke...
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End Of The Castle Man Of The Sea Aegisthus
258 wordsThe Odyssey: Telemachus Telemachus recounts his confrontation with the Old man of the sea who could change his appearance in order to escape danger. Telemachus reveals the information which he obtained from the Old man of the sea to the reader. The Old man told Telemachus of the sorrowful tale of Agamemnon's Murder. The story tells of how Aegisthus paid a man to watch for Agamemnon's return from the sea. After a year of waiting, the King returned in what he thought to be secrecy. The lookout man...
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Sistine Ceiling Sistine Chapel
1,841 wordsThe Italian Michelangelo Buonarotti, almost certainly the most famous artist produced by Western civilization and arguably the greatest, is universally viewed as the supreme Renaissance artist (see Renaissance art and architecture). He created monumental works of painting, sculpture, and architecture and left an additional legacy of numerous letters and poems. Through this vast and multifaceted body of artistic achievement, Michelangelo made an indelible imprint on the Western imagination. A mem...
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Equality 7 2521 World Council Of Scholars Society
767 wordsAs the novel opens Equality 7 - 2521 states that what hes doing is a sin. In his society it is a sin to do things that do not involve others, and the words he thinks and writes are for no one eyes to see or hear, but his own. In his society everyone thinks the same, and if you were to be the different one you would be sent to the palace of correction and detention. Equality 7 - 2521 actually had a mind of his own. As you can see Science fascinated him. For example in chapter 1 while it was dark ...
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Alexander The Great Military Power
751 wordsChandragupta Maurya When Chandragupta Maurya (known to the Greeks as Sandrocottus) was born, his father was already dead, causing his family to be in a state of great poverty. Which may be one of the reasons why his uncles were forced to leave Chandragupta in the care of a cow-herder who would bring him up as his own son. He was later sold to a hunter to tend cattle, then purchased by a Brahman politician, Canakya (also called Kautilya), who is credited with being the main contributor to the Art...
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Fairy Godmother Grand Duke
644 wordsOnce upon Cinderella CINDERELLA Once upon a time there was a pretty young girl named Cinderella. Cinderella was loved by everyone because she was good and sweet and kind. But Cinderellas widowed father believed that she needed a mother. So he married again to a woman with two daughters of her own. Soon Cinderellas father died and she was left to live with her mean stepmother and two jealous stepsisters in the attic of house. Poor Cinderella had to do all the cooking and cleaning. She no longer h...
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Buckingham Palace Big Ben
388 wordsEngland is a country, and I? m glad I came from it. There are lots of fun things you can do, and a lot of famous sites you can visit. Even though it is far away it really isn? t that different from the US. In England the style of clothing is not much different from here. In the summer they wear shorts and short sleeve shirts. In the winter they wear pants and long sleeve shirts. Their climate isn? t much different than ours so that? s why the style of close is so closely related. A typical Sunda...
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Plato Believes Rational Explanation
1,784 wordsPlato's View in Human Knowledge Plato presents three different views about knowledge in Meno, Republic, and Theaetetus. In Menos case, Plato believes knowledge as something innate in us when we are born; in his later view, in Republic, Plato believes we perceive things and gain knowledge; and from the last view, in Theaetetus, Plato believes knowledge is the combination of a true opinion and a rational opinion. Strangely enough, Plato's views in Meno, Republic, and Theaetetus are similar, regard...
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King Xerxes Esther Haman
657 wordsEsther By the? accident? of her beauty and the? accident? of the former queen? s dismissal, Esther found herself queen of one of the largest powers in the entire world. Then, when all seemed to be going fairly well, her crucial moment to stand for what she believed in came. This is the story of Esther. King Xerxes ruled over many provinces stretching from India to Cush. He owned huge amounts of gold and silver riches and a palace of great size. Three years into his reign, he gave a banquet for t...
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Marriage Henry
578 wordsattitudes and wrote him treaties on the art of government. Isabella? The Catholic? was born on April 22, 1451 with the Spanish name? Isabel La Catholic. ? She became heiress of Castile when King Henry took her in as his daughter. Without Henry? s permission, she married Ferdinand in October 1469 in the palace of Juan de Vivero, at Valladolid. King Henry then rejected Isabella? s claim to the throne and gave it to his daughter Joan. Ferdinand and Isabella? s marriage ended centuries of rivalry be...
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Gift Giving Second Example
1,002 wordsHospitality is a way of life in a wide variety of cultures. The ways the people in different cultures act towards their guests may differ. Good hospitality is and was an important part of Greek tradition. In The Odyssey there are examples of Xenia being followed and violated. Xenia is shown time and again throughout The Odyssey. People open their homes up to whoever happens to stumble across them. Throughout their many journeys, both Odysseus and his son Telemachus were invited into many homes. ...
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Hundred Years Ago One Hundred Years
1,473 wordsImmortal Poetry An Essay Study of Poetry andA Poets Ability to For seeThe Future The world is changing and evolving at an astounding rate. Within the last one hundred years, the Western community has seen advances in technology and medicine that has improved the lifestyles and longevity of almost every individual. Within the last two hundred years, we have seen two World Wars, and countless disputes over false borders created by colonialists, slavery, and every horrid form of human suffering ima...
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