The Franks and Merovingians: Laying the Foundations for Future European Empires Henry Lilly May 16th‚ 2011 The Roman Empire represented the culmination of the Mediterranean World. The Roman Empire reached its peak under the rule of the famous Roman Emperor‚ Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire extended its borders throughout Europe‚ to present day France‚ Italy‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany. However‚ their collapse in 476 AD was caused by distraction to
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of Anne Frank The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940’s went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich’s and her husband Albert Hackett’s most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank began to
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Frank Gehry was born in Toronto‚ Canada on February 28‚ 1929. He attended the University of Southern California and Harvard University. Gehry’s firm has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1960s‚ he is among the most appraised architects of the 20th century‚ and he is also known for his use of bold‚ postmodern shapes and unusual use of building materials and distinct fabrications. Gehry began using his creative talent at a young age‚ using only what he could find in his grandfather’s hardware
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Who is Frank William Abagnale Jr.? Question #1 After watching the movie Catch Me If You Can‚ it was inevitable to me that the most important line in the movie was “I Am Frank William Abagnale Jr.” Frank Jr. was the main character and so it was important to know who he was throughout the whole movie. Frank Jr. was a young man who idealized his family‚ but mostly his father. He noticed things about his father and how he handled his business. Frank Sr. wasn’t always honest to his family and
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the Frank family were desperately trying to escape Nazi Germany that was under the control of Adolf Hitler. The Franks and the rest of the Jews in Germany had to flee Germany or go into hiding to avoid Nazi persecution. The Frank family decided to hide along with another Jewish family‚ the Van Pels and a man named Fritz Pfeffer in a secret annex of a building. The Frank family hid in the secret annex for more than 2 years. There was a special young member of the Frank family named Anne Frank. Anne
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diarist. Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on June 12‚ 1929‚ in Frankfurt‚ Germany. Her mother was Edith Frank‚ and her father‚Otto Frank‚ was a lieutenant in the German Army during World War I who later became a businessman in Germany and the Netherlands. Frank also had a sister named Margot‚ three years her senior. The Franks were a typical upper middle-class German-Jewish family living in a quiet‚ religiously diverse neighborhood near the outskirts of Frankfurt. However‚ Frank was born on
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The entries dated from June 14th to July 5th are written in Anne’s home in Amsterdam‚ Holland‚ where she spends her last few weeks of freedom under almost normal circumstances. Anne‚ a fun-loving girl who enjoys life‚ has just turned thirteen. She writes about the various presents she was given for her birthday. From her father‚ she received a diary (which was really an autograph book) with a red-checkered cover; this special gift is her favorite present. She has decided to tell about her life in
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Summary of Frank Sinatra Growing up on the streets of Hoboken‚ New Jersey‚ made Frank Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in many down-trotted bars‚ he got his first major break in 1935 as part of The Hoboken Four on a popular radio show‚ Major Bowes Amateur Hour. In 1939 Sinatra caught the attention of Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra. He sang the first ever No. 1 song on Billboard‚ I’ll Never Smile Again. That same year he married Nancy Barbato with whom
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EDITH FRANK Edith was the youngest of four children‚ having been born into a German-Jewish family Aachen‚ Germany. Her father‚ Abraham Holländer was a successful businessman in industrial equipment and was prominent in the Aachen Jewish community as was her mother‚ Rosa Stern. She met Otto Frank in 1924 and they got married on his thirty-sixth birthday‚ 12 May 1925‚ at Aachen’s synagogue. Their first daughter‚ Morgot‚ was born in Frankfort on
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In Hackett and Goodrich’s play The Diary of Anne Frank‚ the theme of heroism is illustrated by Miep‚ Mr. Kraler‚ and Anne. Miep was a young woman who was engaged and also had to work everyday and yet she always found the time to visit the families‚ to bring them food‚ books‚ news and whatever else they might have needed or wanted. Miep was very modest. On New Year’s Eve she baked them a cake‚ even though sugar was sold on rations. Mr. Frank offered her a piece of the cake but she said‚ "None
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