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    In the film The Dark Night‚ Batman sacrifice’s his life for the citizens of Gotham city. As Batman has fought the Joker trying to save lives of citizen‚ in the process many have died. People may say that Batman has caused many of these tragedies due to not doing the job right or saving peoples’ lives in time. The motivation of his sacrifice’s is to put the Joker away and stop the crime rate in the city. He doesn’t want more deaths due to crime from the Joker and any other crimes. He wants to keep

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    The Middle Ages‚ despite also being referred to as the Dark Ages‚ was a time of high creativity. The misconception that it was "dark" is most likely due to the two periods directly before‚ and after it‚ which had more advancement and focus on learning and education. This period of creativity would not last. A series of crises would strike the people of medieval Europe in a manner extremely similar to those foretold in the Bible‚ brought by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was so similar in

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    The Middle Ages was a period from about 500-1500; It was a time of cultural diffusion in Europe to create what was known as the medieval society. However‚ chaos and war were prevalent‚ and people needed a system of protection: feudalism. Feudalism is a loosely organized system of dividing and exchanging land for service and loyalty. Greater lords would divide their land into estates called fiefs and give it to multiple vassals while also promising protection to the vassals. The vassals would then

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    Oxford Dictionary describes the word middle as‚ “at an equal distance from the endpoints of something; between.” When talking about history‚ the middle ages is the time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance. During the middle ages‚ the way of life for people was very different than any other era. Daily life depended on wealth‚ power and social status. Having a feudal pyramid based on these categories made it easier for everyone at the time. The Medieval Church played a great role within medieval

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    the Gap between the Dark Ages and the Renaissance Nicholas DiOrio History 101B TA: Abby Cliff November 16‚ 2012 It is commonly known in the world of history that the Middle Ages were a time of very slow‚ almost nonexistent growth‚ while the Renaissance is known for its divinity and rapid spread of the arts‚ literatures‚ and culture‚ as well as many other aspects of life during this time period. Voltaire even believed the Renaissance to be one of the four golden ages of European culture

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    The Dark is Rising Written by Susan Cooper From The Dark Is Rising The Characters Will Stanton The last and youngest of the Old Ones - appears for the first time as the main character in The Dark Is Rising. He appears in each of the following books. Merriman Lyon The first and oldest of the Old Ones - appears in each of the DR books. Mentor and friend to Will Stanton in The Dark Is Rising and guardian of each of the quests. ’Great Uncle’ to the Drew children. The Lady Matriarch of the Old Ones

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    The Middle Ages had some negative aspects‚ but so did every other time period in history. Is that a real reason to call it the Dark ages? People might call it the dark ages because that’s all they have heard about that certain time period. All they have heard about is the bad things and nothing about the positive‚ or the changes from medieval to modern times. People tend to go off information that is just handed to them‚ but never really go deeper into the situation. The Middle Ages shouldn’t be

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    “rebirth” of society values. It was a solution to the Dark Ages and it stood out in contrast to the medieval era before it. Historians referred to the middle Ages as a period where advancements never existed. The Church was however the center of attention during this time period‚ instead of philosophical views of the world‚ beliefs were based on superstitions. On the other hand‚ the rebirth of education and advancements that followed the Middle Ages and was labeled as the Renaissance. There have been

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    The middle ages in Europe‚ a period of time from approximately A.D 500 to 1400‚ have been referred by a variety of terms- the age of faith‚ the dark ages‚ the age of feudalism‚ and even a golden age. The medieval era began with the destruction of the Roman Empire and the disorder that followed‚ which led to the rise of feudalism. During this period of darkness‚ the Roman Catholic Church provided spiritual direction as well as many nonreligious functions for the people of the times. Many literary

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    Dark Matter: A Basic Understanding Introduction Many people‚ from the inquisitive‚ to those involved in the astronomical sciences have questioned the existence of Dark Matter. While it is called many things today‚ I will continue to refer to this unseen substance by its original name‚ Dark Matter. As it is still a theory being researched today to validate its existence and make-up‚ the discovery of dark matter was first presented to the world some time ago by two very intelligent astronomers

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