Athens‚ roughly from 461 to 429 BC. This period is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles"‚ which happened as early as the Persian Wars. Pericles is considered to have been the first politician to attribute importance to philosophy. He enjoyed the company of the philosophers Protagoras‚ Zeno of Elea‚ and Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras and Pericles became close friends. He also influenced him greatly. Many believed that Pericles’ calmness and self-control are because of Anaxagoras’ emphasis on emotional calm
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Describe the developments and shifts in thought in Europe between 1450 and 1750. Use the following cultural movements to discuss the causes of the changes as well as the reasons for the continuities. -Reformation -Renaissance -Enlightenment -Scientific Revolution There were many significant changes during the reformation‚ renaissance‚ enlightenment‚ and the scientific revolution. The development of the Protestant and Catholic reformation was duo to the corruption of Church leaders and
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technology in the world. There was no such thing as a motorized vehicle until one man and one company came along and changed all that. 1902 was the start of new century; it was a century of many technology advancements like the first telephone‚ computer‚ and first radio. Also including transportation advancements like steam boats‚ trains and a horse and carriage. What started the 20th century was the Model T. The Ford Motoring company was founded in 1902 by Henry Ford. By 1908 he showed the world a car that
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photographers. His work in portrait photography is some of the most recognizable in history. Not only are his works great‚ but the story of his life and how he became a photographer is very interesting. This essay will cover why he was so important‚ and will show how he became one of the most famous photographers in existence. First of all‚ Yousuf Karsh’s life‚ and how he became one of the greatest photographers. Yousuf Karsh was born on December 23‚ 1908 in Mardin‚ Ottoman Empire‚ or what is now present-day
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one could dream of‚ but lost it. Power can be seen in many ways‚ of course depending on the person. Al Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahri is a paradigm of those people who let power corrupt them. Once man is exposed to certain types of power‚ he is blind to how his decisions can affect the lives of so many other people. Al-Zawahiri is regarded as Al Qaeda ’s top boss since the assassination of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces ("Al-Zawahiri appointed al Qaeda ’s new leader"). Al-Zawahiri is
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hip-hop and rap seem to be the current musical infatuation in our era. Yet we’re forgetting that somewhere in that time frame‚ around the 1970’s a music form known as reggae emerged from the little island of Jamaica‚ and with it came a man that will never be forgotten. His name was Robert Nesta Marley although he was better known to us as Bob Marley and he changed our world forever. Marley’s music was unleashed on America and the world in the mid to late ‘70’s with explosive popularity. For unlike much
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1. Describe three factors that would cause a company to continue doing business in traditional ways and avoid electronic commerce. * Traditional commerce is a better way to sell items or services when personal selling skills are a factor‚ as in commercial real estate sales; or when the condition of the products is difficult to determine without making a personal inspection‚ as in the purchases of high-fashion clothing‚ antiques or perishable food items. 2. Figure 1-5 lists roommate-matching
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During the early modern era (1492-1750)‚ Africa and the Atlantic World were affected by Western Europe both socially and economically because of the exploration by the Europeans during the Age of Exploration‚ leading to a shift in their government to autonomous states and a desire to create trade growth. While Christianity and patriarchal views spread through the Columbian Exchange‚ slavery within triangular trade created a change in demographics in both Africa and the Atlantic World because of the movement
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Consumer behavior chapter 1 - introduction In our ever-increasing global market‚ attention needs to be paid to the global consumer in order to identify who they are. Marketers and consumer behaviour researchers are constantly attempting to determine the similarities and the differences of the multifaceted global consumer. Some general theory about the sociological and psychological influences on consumer behaviour may be common to all Western cultures‚ but there are still strong regional consumption
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Trends in Postwar American Culture and Society by Roland Marchand Roland basically created this chart to show some of the cultural trends after the postwar. He uses this chart to argue his claim that a more similar popular culture than anything Americans had ever known emerged in the postwar period and the similarity often appeared as a “decline of class and regional differences in clothing and recreation”. The results from the chart show that there was a rapid change in the number of under age
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