After the mid-16th century‚ Maghreb‚ east of Morocco‚ was loosely under the control of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman rules centered on the cities of Algiers‚ Tunis‚ and Tripoli. Though several dynasties were founded‚ including the semi-independent Muradids(1612-1702) and Husaynids(1705-1881) in Tunisia‚ and Qaramanlis(1711-1835) in Libya‚ the Empire maintained its strong influence for the next two hundred years in Maghreb until the European forces’ intervention in the 19th century. Through the
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The economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands‚ because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for
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Art in the First Decade is conceptual‚ philosophical and very conscious of its reception. Two prominent artists featured in the ‘ 21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ at the Gallery of Modern Art are Nathalie Djurberg and Ah Xian. (GoMA‚ 2011) Djurberg is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Berlin‚ explores themes of fantasy‚ dreams and sexuality through stop motion animation. Xian is a Chinese artist living in Australia who combines traditional Chinese materials and techniques with a contemporary
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The Influence of Jazz on Twentieth-Cantury Music Many people in today’s society don’t realize how much of an influence has been transpired throughout history overtime. We tend to overlook all the influences on today’s music and don’t actually appreciate history’s influences in our everyday lives. I would like to focus on the twentieth-century and how the visual arts influenced the time period. Hopefully this essay can spread knowledge and awareness on how much history has to do with influences
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Back in the 16th century‚ absolute monarchies ran rampant. Unlike other European countries‚ England took a different approach. The development of England’s constitutional monarchy was different to the absolute monarchies of Spain and France because England had a parliament‚ Spain ruled with an iron fist‚ and France had many internal religious conflicts. England is set apart from other monarchies because of its parliament. English monarchs often fought with parliament over their divine right
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Christian art was influenced by the art and architecture of classical Rome as Christians by then who were Jews and Christians from the Greco-Roman world brought along with them their traditions and practices into the new Christian faith. In incorporating their art and architecture in Christianity they did not give up their heritage which was precious to them. The Romans had many artistic motifs which the Christian borrowed from the them just to mention a few the shepherd picture carrying a lamb on
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could become skilful craftsmen. He refers to the bronze castings and ivory cups and horns that were created ’after their intercourse with the Portuguese of the 16th century’. This states that the natives could only produce skilful works with European encouragement. Joyce uses the evidence of the decline in bronze-work after the 16th century as argument for this statement. Joyce also states that ’... when that intercourse was interrupted‚ shows that the native craftsman was raised for a moment
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WAR FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY TO INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER The invention of the powerful artillery guns would change man ’s role in warring engagements. The artillery guns at first were very limited by their own design. The guns were very heavy and had to be transported by water‚ which meant that only towns and fortresses that were close to a body of water could be attacked with artillery also known as the cannon. There were also some fortresses that were impervious to the early cannon attacks
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16th Amendment- Status of Income Tax Clarified. Ratified 2/3/1913 What it is- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes‚ from whatever source derived‚ without apportionment among the several States‚ and without regard to any census or enumeration. Reason for ratification- In 1895‚ in the Supreme Court case of Pollock v Farmer’s Loan and Trust (157 U.S. 429)‚ the Court disallowed a federal tax on income from real property. The tax was designed to be an indirect
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The Camera: Photography’s Influence on the Arts Humanities The Camera: Photography’s Influence on the Arts Society invariably influences artwork produced by artists. Materials and available technology of the era also play a significant role. Cavemen used cave walls and ground pigments made from ocher. His subject matter was influenced by superstition and his environment. Sculptor and architect Filippo Brunelleschi was the first to use a geometrically based linear perspective. This allowed
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