in iconography and doctrines. Thus‚ Buddhism’s subsequent transformation in Japan was the result of selective emphasis and adaptation. Until the twelfth century‚ Japanese Buddhism was closely linked to the aristocracy’s strategy of centralizing political control. The aristocracy’s artistic and religious tastes favored works of religious art that were majestic and awe-inspiring and that suggested parallel relationships to the existing worldly power structure. Many people know about Buddhism and its
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How did television impact on Australian society? Television was first introduced to the Australian society in 1956. Television changed the way Australians spent their leisure time - people began staying at home‚ rather than going out to the cinema or other venues. Television exposed Australians to American culture on a larger scale than ever before. Throughout the 50s television portrayed an idealized version of reality‚ displaying thin‚ beautiful woman and charming‚ well-trimmed men. The influence
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Have you ever wondered just how the American Revolution began? The Revolution mainly started with the navigation acts of 1660; however‚ many other things caused the revolution to happen. Some examples are: The French and Indian war‚ Pontiacs Rebellion‚ the Proclamation of 1763‚ The Sugar act‚ The Stamp act‚ Declaratory acts‚ Townsend acts‚ The Boston “Massacre”‚ Boston tea party‚ and the Intolerable acts. The British king and Parliament created and passed the Navigation acts from‚ 1660 to 1696.
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and the most hated of all: Jews. Along with these groups‚ the sick Germans were removed from the German society as well‚ because they hurt Hitler’s vision of an invincible race. Hitler did not care about unless you were part of his perfect society. He ended up starving and killing most of those whom he did not like. Due to Hitler’s actions causing the Holocaust‚ a new concept arose throughout the world that had never been thought upon before: Genocide. The Holocaust officially begins on January
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Imperialism caused more problems than progress because of the destruction of the Zulu tribe and culture‚ as seen through the control Shaka Zulu had over his tribe‚ the military prowess of the Zulu tribe‚ and the land taken by white men. Shaka Zulu had absolute control over his tribe and territory‚ which spanned across present day KwaZulu/Natal area (King Shaka Zulu). Given Shaka’s iron grip on his nation‚ an attempted invasion of his lands or assimilation to Western culture would not be taken lightly
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Germany was forced to demilitarize the Rhineland; France obtained a mandate over the Saar‚ and were also promised the support of America and other allies in the case of future French-Aggression. However‚ the latter was not ensured because the U.S. did not ratify the
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The life and brutal death of Hypatia of Alexandria has been a topic of debatable discussion since the 4th century C.E. She lived Alexandria‚ Egypt (the center of ancient knowledge) and while it is assumed that she learned the study of mathematics from her father‚ “Theon of Alexandria” it is known that she was the head geometry teacher of the Neo-Platonist school (Belenky‚ 2010). Hypatia is regarded as one of the first women that contributed in many ways to the field of mathematical findings that
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of their superiority. Second‚ nationalism helped lead to WWI because it caused conflict. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated because of nationalism. He was an ethnic German ruling an empire that included ethnic Slavs. Slavic nationalists did not like being ruled by Germans and killed the archduke in an attempt to help rid themselves of German rule. This sort of ethnic conflict helped to cause WWI. Nationalism played a dramatic and dynamic
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The Irish slave trade started when James II sold 30‚000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. The Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the middle of the 1600’s‚ the Irish were some of the main slaves sold. At that time‚ almost three-fourths of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves. Ireland became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants very quick. The majority of the early
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Marshall in 1947‚ the plan provided substantial economic aid to Western European countries‚ totaling around thirteen billion dollars. By fostering economic stability and prosperity‚ the Marshall Plan aimed to prevent the appeal of communism in war-ravaged nations‚ thereby consolidating American influence and bolstering Western democracies. The Yalta Conference of 1945 stands as a seminal diplomatic event during
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