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    Shah Jahan

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    Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) with His Son Dara Shikoh: Leaf from the Shah Jahan Album‚ Mughal‚ period of Jahangir (1605–27)‚ ca. 1620 By Nanha India Ink‚ opaque watercolor‚ and gold on paper This superbly painted image framed by a splendid border shows the future emperor admiring jewels with his favorite son. Holding a tray of emeralds and rubies‚ the father contemplates a ruby in his right hand‚ while the child grasps a peacock fan and a turban ornament. They are seated on a raised dais that

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    and I want to see who of you is in a position to solve it." He led the men to a huge door‚ bigger than anyone had ever seen. The king explained‚ "Here you see the biggest and heaviest door in my kingdom. Who among you can open it?" Some of the courtiers just shook their heads. Others‚ who were counted among the wise men‚ looked at the door more closely but admitted they could not do it. When the wise men had said this‚ the rest of the court agreed that this problem was too hard to

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    January 2013 By Taseen Fahim | Music PD. 3 | Mr. Garibaldi Tabita Paul Ittleson | The Baroque Era of Music | Taseen Fahim January 2013 Mr. Garibaldi Tabita Paul Ittleson Music PD. 3 The Baroque Era of Music The Baroque period of European musical history falls between the late Renaissance and early Classical periods‚ that is‚ roughly a half century between 1600 and 1750. During the Renaissance‚ Europe had assimilated the humanism and rationalism of Greco-Roman civilization

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    I- The format of the research paper ● The title page: write your name on the left‚ at the top of the first page. Then write the teacher’s name‚ the course title and the date on separate lines. Double-space between the lines. Double space again and centre the title. Double space between the title and the first line of the text. Do not underline the title or put it in quotation marks or type it in capital letters. ● Print or type using a 12 point standard font‚ such as Times‚ Geneva‚ Bookman

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    ABC s of the Renaissance

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    ABC’s of the Renaissance Architecture  The renaissance places a great deal of its design on symmetry‚ proportion‚ and on geometry. Many beautiful building came from this period for example “Temietto di San Pietro in Montorio Rome in 1502. Books (literature)  Books during the renaissance were very expensive and were passed down from generation from generation. Only the wealthy had books because only one copy could be made at a time and printing presses were very expensive. And example of a

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    English 61: Some Concepts to Consider I Romantic Personae A. Wordsworth: close to Nature ‚ family and friends. 1. Believes we can only hope to retain in middle age some of the energy and enthusiasm for Nature we enjoyed in youth. Nature takes the place of Truth and Beauty in Plato’s philosophy of metempsychosis and anamnesis. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us‚ our life’s Star‚ Hath had elsewhere its setting‚ And cometh from afar: Not in

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    Perseus Vs Percy Jackson

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    did. Perseus was furious‚ so he stormed into Polydectes’s palace after telling Dictys to take care of Andromeda. Perseus held up Medusa’s head after shouting for everyone that was a friend of his to protect their eyes‚ turning Polydectes and his courtiers into stone. And the rest had a happy ending. Although Perseus was killed by Dionysus later‚ the gods immortalized him together with Andromeda‚ as stars so they would be together forever. Right before Theseus was born‚ the king Aegeus told his wife

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    Ghost In Hamlet

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    Hamlet and Laertes; more alike than not? In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ the audience of Shakespeare’s time period as well as today’s audience would have recognized the play as a revenge tragedy. But‚ this is not your typical revenge tragedy but one with a twist. As in most Elizabethan revenge tragedies the ghost appeared to further the action or reaction of the hero. However‚ the ghost in Hamlet not only appears as part of the plot but surpasses the traditional role of the ghost and becomes

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    Character Relationships for "Hamlet" Character: Claudius Claudius’s Introduction in the story: Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ commences with Claudius holding court. He quickly dispenses with the memory of King Hamlet‚ asserting his position as the new leader of Denmark with decisive authority. Claudius’s dismissal from the story: Claudius dies at Hamlet’s hand: "Here‚ thou incestuous‚ (murd’rous‚) damned Dane‚ Drink off this potion. Is (thy union) here? (Forcing him to drink the poison.) Follow my mother

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    Women in the Renaissance

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    individuals who took advantage of this time of enlightenment and shared with the world‚ their individuality and intelligence. Women humanists of the Renaissance were limited to the few wealthy aristocrat families in England. According to "The Book of the Courtier‚" an ideal woman of the Renaissance was one who had the knowledge of classical education to entertain her husband. Although the purpose of educating a woman was solely for the man ’s entertainment‚ this idea proved to be a great stepping stone to

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