able to kill over 30 000 French militia with only 100 English casualties. C - The end of the medieval period was brought upon by the Renaissance. The Renaissance came about through the rediscovery of Greek philosophy. As such‚ the Renaissance had a humanist approach‚ which would reflect all aspects of the Renaissance‚ from its art to its politics. The Renaissance bridged the gap between modern and medieval thinking‚ and some of the most prolific artists from history were active during the
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The Crusade is a series of events that occurred to the end of the 11th Century to the late 12th Century that consisted of thousands of devout christian followers. There were seven Crusades in total that had been established by Pope Urban II in 1095 as a response to the advance of Muslim forces in the “Holy Land” known as the Mediterranean or middle east in today’s society. These Crusades were an attempt to cleanse or stop the advancement of Muslims in the Mediterranean‚ many christians fled to Pope
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to look like‚ and the themes were usually religious or biblical. Medieval art was decorative‚ flat‚ and two-dimensional and did not depict the world or human beings very realistic‚ but a thriving commercial economy distributed wealth not just to the people but also‚ to merchants and bankers who were eager to show their status by purchasing art pieces. New cultural movements gave inspiration to artists‚ while Italy’s trade with Europe produced wealth that created a large market for art. Artists were
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Europe in Turmoil: Foreign Influences on Tenth Century Europe The aptly named “Dark Ages” of European History is now reflected upon as being a pivotal moment in Western Civilization. The dark ages are defined as a moment when the great Roman civilization had fallen‚ and Europe slipped into a period of retrograde. Complex societies collapsed and all the achievements of the Greek and Roman periods were forgotten. Europe declined intellectually‚ artistically‚ philosophically as well as politically
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The Sex Trade of Eastern Europe “VELESTA‚ Macedonia - Olga winced as she drew back the bandage on her right breast‚ revealing an infected puncture wound that hadn’t healed since a man bit her in a fit of sexual rage. But the wound‚ for which the 19-year-old Moldovan lacked even basic medicine‚ is only a small part of Olga’s daily agony. For more than a year she has been held as a sex slave in this town in western Macedonia‚ where human trafficking flourishes and young girls are forced to endure
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Journal Entry 1099 – Christian Crusader The year is 1099. The rest of the crusaders and I are traveling to Jerusalem. It’s been a long‚ brutal journey. We have no clean drinking water. We’ve often had to resort to drinking our own urine to survive. The very little food we have has been brought to us by the townsfolk we passed on our journey‚ and they’ve been sold to us at abominable prices. I pray to the Holy Father‚ that we reach our destination soon. We have finally reached Jerusalem
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Operation Paperclip: postwar/Cold War; recruit Nazi scientists‚ deny USSR and UK scientific advances; hinder German military W.T. Stead: invest. Journalist; 1885 “Maidens Tribute of Modern Babylon”: child sex traffic‚ prostitution; bought girl to prove point‚ jailed; urban voyeurism Battle of Verdun: 1916 WWI: France v Germany; deplete France’s resources‚ food‚ weaponry/soldiers; railway gun & rain transport for soldiers (FR); Schlieffen Plan ruined; Russia mobilizes; (DE) not as powerful
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INDUSTRY PROFILE Food Retail in Europe Reference Code: 0201-2058 Publication Date: June 2010 www.datamonitor.com Datamonitor USA 245 Fifth Avenue 4th Floor New York‚ NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Europe 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7675 7500 e: eurinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Middle East and North America Datamonitor PO Box 24893 Dubai‚ UAE t: +49 69 9754 4517 f: +49 69 9754
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A Review of “The Summoning of Everyman” Summary Everyman is a play which was written to express the importance of morality‚ to whoever read it or experienced it being performed on stage. Some scholars say that it was written sometime in the late 1400’s‚ while others insist that it is a translation of a Flemish work called “Elckerlijc”‚ which was written by Peter van Diest in 1495. Everyman is an allegory play which is heavily based upon Christian
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Negative Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) In the Body. The use of illegal drugs in the twenty-first century is very common. Cannabis‚ also known as marijuana‚ and other well-known names‚ are among the most frequently used drugs today. Marijuana comes from cannabis sativa‚ which is a hemp plant. The plant contains a chemical which is known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Some people smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes or in pipes or water pipes while other mix marijuana in foods such as brownies
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