The Renaissance is a period in Europe from the 14th to 17th century. It was considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It all started as a cultural movement in Italy in the late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe‚ which started the beginning of the Early Modern Age. There are many highly interesting periods of history but the level of artistic and architectural production during this time is amazing. So much that centuries later they continue to capture
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I. How did technology transform the “modern” and “post-modern” world in the West? Technology transformed the ‘modern’ and ‘post-modern’ world in the west by causing large‚ more rapid advancement within society. The modern era was the era of the Renaissance man. The Renaissance man was normally an individual with a great mind and too much time and money on his hands. These men were the first of their kind; inventing things and thinking ways no other man had thought before. There were only a few of
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joined the party in 1945 as he joined the APL in Sydney. In those days‚ many of the leading Labor personalities were Irish Catholics from working class background. Whitlam‚ an intellectual from an intellectual family‚ had never needed to sweat for his salary in the dust and heat. Whitlam was prime minister of Australia From 1972 till 1975‚ as he was Pushed aside from being prime minister‚ by the Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the peak of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis; he is the only
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gravitas is because Washington was a part of it. Washington aided in establishing the United States as one of the most powerful and respected nations in the world. Washington established numerous presidential precedents. For example‚ after being shunned from a legislative meeting‚ Washington appointed close advisors to aid him in his executive decisions‚ thereby creating the idea of a “Cabinet”. He chose distinguished and illustrious leaders like Hamilton‚ Randolph‚ Knox‚ and even sometimes Jefferson to
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in the manner in which Spain and England dealt with their respective colonies. Some of the differences that contributed to the departure from a similar society in Spanish and English colonies are the ideology of conquest
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was towards other religions and people to join. They were educated in a varied amount of trade and business. Their army gave them many advantages as well. Islam kept an open atmosphere to all different people and religions. They welcomed everyone with an open choice to switch to their Muslim religion. Most people switched because of how easy going the religions was. It is said that whoever does any type of good work‚ will be in paradise. Also that God will always forgive one that does wrong (Doc
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During the Italian Renaissance‚ 1509-1511‚ Raphael created the painting the School of Athens. This painting is filled with the greatest mind of their time and has many different ideas in it. At this time‚ there was a large passion for art and science. This influenced the painting to contain scientists‚ mathematicians‚ and philosophers. This painting was made for the Vatican‚ which Raphael had made a few painting for before. Specifically‚ this painting was commissioned by Pope Julius II. Some people
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horrors of hell to colonists. Jonathon’s exact preaching was “You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince‚ and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment.” This quite frankly‚ scared most of the colonists‚ & made them yet again aware of the wrath of hell. Eventually‚ Edwards would travel from colony to colony spreading his gospel‚ until 80% of the colonies were instilled with the fear of hell. Being instilled with fear
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Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) moved from Mecca to Medina. This was the beginning of the growth of Islam into a world faith. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra‚ which is why Muslim dates have the suffix A.H. (After Hijra). There is no specific religious ritual required on this day‚ but Muslims will think about the general meaning of Hijra‚ and regard this as a good time for "New Year Resolutions". The Qur’an uses the word Hijra to mean moving from a bad place
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contributions to the development of jazz itself but each‚ more or less‚ retained its own integrity and none could be said to have been transformed into jazz. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation‚ often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions‚ where the composer
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