(This is a short story composed by a student in 2009‚ as a prequel to "By the Waters of Babylon") In The Beginning Before It All Went Down I just got to my apartment from the grocery store and I was fumbling through my keys looking for the one that says 1408. That key happened to be my apartment key. I had a magnificent view from my window since I lived on the fourteenth flour of the Manhattan building. This also happened to be the top floor. I checked my mail box next to my door that said
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Upon becoming the joint monarchs of Castile and Aragon‚ one of the main challenges that Ferdinand and Isabella faced was to extend the crown’s authority over the Iberian peninsula thus increasing the stability of the kingdom and power of the crown. This was a daunting task‚ especially given the power of grandees such as Mendoza and Carillo at the time. The Catholic kings had some considerable success in consolidating royal authority‚ but there were limitations on this success and compromises were
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Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. Present day is worlds away from how the world was roughly 500 years ago. One of the biggest events that will ever stand between now and then occurred. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who was determined to find a new route to India. In its place‚ he discovered America in 1492. Between 1492 and 1750‚ the new contacts between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas‚ socially and
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Grant Wright 10/5/12 Carleton 5th The Vikings Discovered America In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ allegedly. There are quite a few claims on who discovered America; most of them predate Columbus. One recent claim is by Gavin Menzies‚ that China discovered America. I‚ however‚ refute this claim. It’s clear the Vikings discovered out current home from the story of Leif Erikson‚ Vinland‚ and that Menzies’ claim is just absurd. During Bjerni Herjolfssen’s journey to Greenland
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his emperor. Due to the death of the former emperor the successor halted what would have been Zheng He’s seventh voyage. Also the death of Zheng alone may have played a bigger role in the decline of the Chinese interest in exploring. In the 1492: The Prequel it stated that “If ancient China had been greedier and more outward-looking‚ if other traders had followed in Zheng He’s wake and then continued on‚ Asia might well have dominated Africa and even Europe.” The growing population and the shift
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Cinema Originality‚ Where did it go? In the recent years‚ I feel as though I have not seen an original movie. I am constantly frustrated with the obscene number of remakes‚ sequels‚ prequels‚ spin-offs‚ and movies based on other things like video games. I think the worst kind of unoriginal movie is the remake. It literally takes a pinkie’s worth of thought to remake a movie. The movie company also has less to worry about money-wise because there is already a built in audience with people
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title Star Wars‚ by 20th Century Fox‚ and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon‚ followed by two sequels‚ released at three-year intervals. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy’s final film‚ the first in a new prequel trilogy of films was released. The three prequel films were also released at three-year intervals‚ with the final film of the trilogy released on May 19‚ 2005. In October 2012‚ The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and announced that it would produce
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heard about‚ or even made it a religious practice‚ and know about how much success it has made. Although I bet that if you asked every fan of the Star Wars franchise what the worst movie in the series was‚ their response would be the beginning of the prequels‚ Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace. I would also bet that every fan of the franchise that has seen The Phantom Menace could easily give you multiple reasons on why the movie was flat out awful‚ and so will I. The title of the movie isn’t a
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After Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2‚ fans saw the rise and fall of their favorite characters. The franchise‚ which was originally based on the book‚ has transformed itself as an essential dystopian genre and helped push Jennifer Lawrence’s career higher. And everybody thought‚ that after Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2‚ the series is over. Until one Lionsgate CEO spoke of a potential continuation of the series. Author Suzanne Collins‚ who wrote The Hunger Games series‚ captured the hearts of the
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began to be discredited; but also that this discrediting was so readily accepted. While Mr. Plunkett laid the ground work for the Prequel hate‚ the Star Wars Expanded Universe was of such high quality it was basis for all other EUs to be judged. LFL has even been so bold as to tell us they where altering the results of fan polls
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