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    important factor behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century? (B) Population increase 4. By the end of the 16th century‚ all of the following were generally true about Spain’s colonial empire EXCEPT (D) Families continued to emigrate from Spain 5. The delay in founding English settlements in the Americas was the result of (E) Religious upheavals in England 6. At the beginning of the 17th century‚ all of the following factors served to increase the English role

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    apparent in many religious paintings‚ the relevance though escapes me. The human form is captured flawlessly‚ the artist’s ability to capture proper muscle tone and shape is uncanny‚ only if for a moment it seems this is a photograph taken in the 16th century. No small detail is over looked‚ looking closer you can actually see veins in the forearm and hand of the

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    mutually contradictory mails I get on this subject are anything to go by. Origin A version of this proverb was known by the 3rd century BC. Quintus Ennius wrote: ’Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur’. This translates from the Latin as ’a sure friend is known when in difficulty’. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations lists it as existing in English from the 11th century. The earliest version I can find is from Caxton’s Sonnes of Aymon‚ 1489: "It is sayd‚ that at the nede the frende is knowen." The

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    to 1636. Starting out as being more of advances in social standings‚ education ended up being highly valued when it came to getting jobs. Faults of education were seen during the Renaissance‚ the flaws varying from the end of the 16th century to the mid 17th century.

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    Keroncong” . The history of Keroncong music itself was started when the Portugese invaded Indonesia in the 16th century‚ this music was first introduced by the sailors and the slaves on the portugese ship as known as “Fadu”. But weakening Influence of the portugese in the 17th century did not make “Keroncong” disappear from Indonesia. This music just continued to grow in Indonesia. In the early 19th century some Indonesian traditional instruments were introduced and influenced this music like the Seruling

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    Thomas More’s 16th Century text Utopia‚ written against the historical background of a medieval England plagued by problems of class division and social injustice‚ continues to reflect the importance of a government which ensures the safety and security of its citizens. So while More’s text was written as a possible alternative to a feudal world in which corrupt power of King and lords resulted in dysfunctional social‚ political and economic systems‚ we have to be careful that the satirical and critical

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    kids » Usage Discussion of ME Me is used in many constructions where strict grammarians prescribe I. This usage is not so much ungrammatical as indicative of the shrinking range of the nominative form: me began to replace I sometime around the 16th century largely because of the pressure of word order. I is now chiefly used as the subject of an immediately

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    Reading and Though  In Dwight MacDonald’s Reading and Though‚ he disagrees with Henry Luce’s Idea of functional curiosity. Luce coined the term “functional curiosity‚” meaning “the kind of searching‚ hungry interest in what is happening everywhere.” MacDonald’s opinion of functional curiosity is that it only encourages practice in reading rather than giving beneficial information. He considers today’s literature as flimsy and overwhelming. MacDonald assumes that all reading done in today’s society

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    Reflection The cultural and historical context of Marquez life played an important role in his novel Chronicles of a Death Foretold. In the 16th century‚ Spain colonized many parts of South America and replaced the native religion with Catholicism. While the indigenous cultural practices celebrated openness about sexuality the orthodox Catholic ideals of chastity and purity that penetrated into the local tradition during colonization. The archaic perception of honour was founded on the grounds of

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    Certainly‚ you are part of that audience‚ but the poem usually implies that the speaker is mainly talking to a specific person(s). Summary This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem‚ and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. As he shows the visitor through his palace

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