The renaissance period and ideologies The renaissance period was highly influenced by artists who promoted religious ideologies. The word Renaissance in itself is means ‘rebirth’ or ‘reconstruction’. It refers specifically to the revitalization of the early renaissance in Italy in the fourteenth century‚ which eventually spread to England in the sixteenth and further north in the seventeenth. Christianity was the leading religion at that period of time‚ artists such as Michelangelo‚ Leonardo
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The Spirit of the Classical Era : The Classical Era saw the convergence of two opposing schools of thought in society. The first was the leftover from the Baroque Era‚ which said that the nobility had absolute power of society. The second was from the middle class‚ who said that the nobility had gone too far with their power and should give some of their power over to the middle class. The result of this was many opportunities for composers. Not only could they have theirtraditional occupations
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revenge is n Euripides is cynical about the gods power or will to intervene‚ so they never appear as physical characters in his stories and characters mention them less often. His archetypes are all petty‚ cowardly or excessively violent. Euripides ’s "Electra"‚ "Medea" and "Hecuba" all focus on wicked revenge in an immoral world to question whether or not the gods can or will influence mortal affairs. In Aeschylus and Sophocles‚ ‚ furthermore‚ the gods motivate the main characters to commit their
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AMERICAN PERIOD Philippines TheSpanish-Americanwar which startedin Cuba‚ changed the history of thePhilippines. On May 1‚ 1898‚ theAmericans led by U.S.Navy AdmiralGeorge Dewey‚ in participation of EmilioAguinaldo‚ attacked the Spanish Navy inManila Bay. Faced with defeat‚ thePhilippines was ceded to theUnited Statesby Spain in 1898 after a paymentof US$ 20 million to Spain in accordancewith the "Treaty of Paris" ending theSpanish-American War. U.S. colony Civil government was established
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about but rather the management of the company‚ and the tactics and behaviors that would ultimately lead to the downfall and closure of the company. One of the most famous was Enron‚ but another well known failure was that of WorldCom. WorldCom was a big player in the telecommunications industry‚ being the largest telecom carrier of Internet traffic. In 2002‚ WorldCom joined the ranks of failed companies mostly because of the tactics that management and its accountants used to show that the company
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Nevertheless‚ about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English were derived from Old English words. Some example of words taken from Old English are be‚ strong and water. Old English was popular until around 1100. When the Romans withdrew from England in the early 5th century‚ they left a political vacuum. The Celts of the south were attacked by tribes from the north and with no more hope asked help from others. There are moments like this at other points in the history of the British Isles
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States before the opposing troops met in New Orleans. The battle had been a terrible waste. People died because information about the peace treaty traveled so slowly. From the beginning of human history‚ information traveled only as fast as a ship could sail. Or a horse could run. Or a person could walk. People experimented with other ways to send messages. Some people tried using birds to carry messages. Then they discovered it was not always a safe way to send or receive information. A faster
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I am honored to be chosen as one of the medieval time travelers to witness the history in the Fifth Century. I found out that the people during that time suffered greatly due to disease and war. They studied‚ worked‚ and they played‚ just like we do today. I discovered also a huge gap between rich and poor. They had highly organized system of government and religion. There’s no doubt that our today’s modern society is developed from the past. Europe in the Middle Age saw a mix of Roman‚ Germanic
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The Pre-Spanish Period Historical Background Long before the Spaniards and other foreigners landed or set foot on Philippine shores‚ our forefathers already had their own literature stamped in the history of our race. Our ancient literature shows our customs and traditions in everyday life as traced in our folk stories‚ old plays and short stories. Our ancestors also had their own alphabet which was different from that brought by the Spaniards. The first alphabet used by our ancestor was
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was set in the time period of the Vietnam War. It goes from the war killings to freedom and peace and they are represented through “Gimme Shelter”‚ “Bring’em Home”‚ “Blowin’ in the Wind”‚ “The Unknown Soldier”‚ “My Generation” and “All along the Watchtower”. The musicians who composed and sang also worked as social activist representing the anti-Vietnam movement. The song “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones shows the political and social unrest of the Vietnam Time period. Gimme Shelter
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