The Palace of Mysore was built during 1897-1912. It is the official residence of the descendants of the King of Mysore. Victoria Memorial‚ Kolkata The Victoria Memorial is dedicated to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who was the Empress of India during the British rule. Charminar‚ Hyderabad The Charminar was built in 1591 by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah‚ the 5th ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He built this famous structure to commemorate the elimination of a plague epidemic
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1- Who wrote this document? An 18 year old Marie-Antoinette‚wife of Louis-Auguste the dauphin of France‚ and daughter of Maria Theresa‚the Empress of Austria.She would later become the queen of France‚which she would reign for over two decades until she was declared guilty of high treason by the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed by guillotine. 2- What is this document? It’s a letter from Marie-Antoinette to her mother‚detailing a day she spent with her husband and the welcoming they received
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“Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea” was made by the Sanseisha Company ( 1875 - 1940 ) in 1879–1881. Living as long as 150-360 years‚ Takenouchi was a famous warrior that served many monarchs during his time and most famous was empress Jingo Kogo. He then slew a sea monster that rampaged nearby towns and seas when he dreamt of a quest given by him from the heavens above. Thus‚ the sculptures above uncover the interaction between Takenouchi and the Dragon King‚ Ryujin. In the display
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The short story “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut in late 1960s‚ depicts a teenage boy challenging the rules and laws of an oppressive government to enforce equality among the society. In 2081‚ the government has finally made all Americans physically and mentally equal‚ when Harrison Bergeron criticizes this handicap system and defines it as cruel and dangerous for the sake of the humanity. For example‚ Kurt Vonnegut states‚ “Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue
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power and ruled independent of the Carolingian kings. When Louis the Pious (Charlemagne’s son and successor) took over the empire‚ he implemented some changes in the hopes of keeping the empire united. The pope crowned his first wife Ermengard as empress in 816. Then in 817‚ Lothar (first-born son) was made emperor and co-ruler with his father. Pippin and Louis the German‚ their other two sons‚ were named subkings. Louis instituted this process so if any son die‚ only the firstborn could legitimately
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Jay Gatsby‚ also known as Gatsby‚ is one of the most important characters in the story and shows many different personality and character traits from anyone else. He was a flat character. Gatsby did not change much from the moment Nick met him till the day he fell over dead in his own pool. He was very wealthy and everyone in the story seems to know how he became so wealthy in a different way. Although Gatsby seems to be the one that would be around everyone all of the time he is remarkably shy.
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their dream they have to make sacrifices and that their choices can change their fate. The language Amy Tan uses imagery to show how things affect the characters and how objects affect them as well. In the story‚ An-Mei’s mother marries a man named Wu-Tsing and they move into the house with him. An-Mei’s mom was the fourth wife. One day all the wives were at the house and An-Mei meet the second wife. She gave An-Mei
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Relationship Marketing Report of KCRC Abstract KCRC is a public transport provider in Hong Kong. East Rail comes into service in 1910 as a single-track system. From time to time‚ from steam-hauled to electrification‚ the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) is established in 1982‚ which is wholly government owned and have a managing board appointed by the government to monitor the system operations. Today‚ however‚ after nearly a century since its establishment‚ improvement is needed for
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The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period
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and the Boxers for 55 days‚ until the Eight-Nation Alliance of Great Britain‚ Russia‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy‚ Japan and the USA‚ who brought 20‚000 troops to China‚ and defeated the Chinese army and reclaimed Beijing. This caused Empress Dowager Cixi to declare war on foreign powers (Brown‚
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