Louis XIV‚ also known as the "Sun King"‚ has been said to be the greatest ruler in all of France’s history‚ but many still accuse him of having bad aspects such as having homosexual habits‚ being anti-protestant‚ not understanding commoners‚ and following Colbert’s mercantilist principles which did not have a solid basis. There are many supporters of Louis‚ such as Pellison‚ Boussuet‚ and Mousnier‚ but also many adversaries: Leibnitz‚ Saint-Simon‚ Sorel‚ and Gooch. His rule cannot be classified as
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as a species. Louis S. B. Leakey and Mary Leakey were anthropologists in search of remnants of ancient humans. An expedition was begun by Mary Leakey in the region of Laetoli in Tanzania in East Africa. Her and her team found footprints preserved in volcanic ash that appeared to be very similar to those of a modern human. The Australopithecines‚ ancient humanlike beings‚ were the ones who made these marks. Australopithecines are a type of hominid‚ which includes humans and other beings that walk upright
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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was a French nobleman who lived from the years 1743-1794. Despite his nickname as the “Father of Chemistry”‚ Antoine was not only a chemist special in that field. He studied botany‚ astronomy‚ arithmetic‚ and economics‚ but this allowed him to publicly serve under the French Revolution. He stated the first version of the law of conservation of matter‚ recognized and named oxygen‚ disproved and changed the phlogiston theory‚ and helped to reform chemical nomenclature. Lavoisier
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able to control and obtain power. Louis XIV of France came into power as a young boy he was capable of ruling over a big population which helped him be an absolute ruler. Charles I of England came into power while the country was in financial ruins‚ in order to stable it he used his absolute rule‚ unfortunately it didn’t work out as well as he wanted it to. Peter the Great wanted to make the technology of Russia better so his plan was to westernize Russia.
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------------------------------------------------- Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist‚ Nobel laureate‚ and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie‚[1] for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Biography [edit]Early life Becquerel was born in Paris into a family which produced four generations of scientists: Becquerel ’s grandfather (Antoine César Becquerel)‚ father (Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel)‚ and son (Jean Becquerel). He studied
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Name: Shem Justice Ruzel O. Austria Course: BSPT Class Schedule: Tuesday: 10:00 – 11:30am Friday: 10:00 – 11:30am‚ 1:00 – 2:00pm Why Not Get Out of the Box? Most of today’s perspective deals with one’s incapability of running out of his or her comfort zone in a more practical way. So often‚ his or her life repeatedly revolves around a routine that he or she sticks to. But somehow‚ one recognizes the conspicuous fact that it gets tiring and boring when you do the same things:
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The English word etiquette actually originates from a French word for ticket. A courtier of Louis XIV‚ Madame de Maintenon‚ is recognized as being the first to write using the word étiquette in reference to the formalities and ceremonies required at court in 1719. The French word did not begin to apply to polite behavior in general until 1778. This shows that the association was actually first made in England. How the word changed so much in its definition is not entirely known although there are
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18th century. Rococo style is not so much independent artistic phenomenon as a phase‚ a certain stage of pan-European Baroque style. According to reading of Donald Posner ‘The Swinging Women of Watteau and Fragonard” discusses the motives and the symbolism of the genre aimed at love theme. Watteau and Fragonard share a desire for completeness of forms‚ but if drawn to Baroque monumental solemnity‚ they prefer in their art elegance and lightness. Darker colors and lush‚ heavy gilt baroque
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Louis Blanc ’s Organization of Labor (1840) Louis Blanc was born in Madrid‚ Spain on October 29‚ 1811‚ while his father was holding the post of inspector-general of finance under Joseph Bonaparte. In 1813‚ when the regime collapsed‚ the Blanc family returned to France‚ where Blanc would attend Rodez‚ a very conservative institution. Rodez was Catholic and classical. The students were taught to hate all forms of revolutions. Blanc evidently bought in to these because in such a conservative school
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system?The answer is simple. A man by the name of Antoine Lavoisier named a couple of elements‚ he even discovered an element. He also worked with the french government for the metric system. Antoine Lavoisier was a young man from Paris‚ France. He was born on August 26‚ 1743. His father was a lawyer by the name of Jean Antoine Lavoisier. Jean married the daughter from a rich family in Paris. This women was Émilie Punctis‚ mother of Antoine Lavoisier. His father made lots of money practicing
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