Introduction The presents of Her Grace‚ Georgiana Cavendish the duchess of Devonshire‚ was a hot topic‚ a celebrity‚ amongst her peers of the eighteenth century in England. Most recognizes her as a fashion innovator‚ a devoted mother‚ a lover‚ a drunken gambler‚ a lavish hostess of the grandest parties and most of all a main supporter of the Whig Party. Intelligent‚ charming‚ and beautiful‚ a woman equipped with such characteristics is bound to be a “prize”‚ for her mother had feared. “Georgiana
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The origins of comedy are in the 5th Century BC. So this was in the Greek era- these plays were performed in Classical Athens as parts of festivals called Dionysia. These were performed on different days to tragedies. Greek comedies would be zany and would mock both political and philosophical ideas. Aristophanes a prolific writer of comedy during the 4th and 5th century BC he is first and foremost a political writer; a satirist most commonly known for mocking the politicians of the time. Aristophanes
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The History of the British Isles. Around 3000 years BC many parts of Europe including the British Isles‚ were inhabited by a people called the Iberians. Some of their descendants are still found in the North of Spain (the Iberia Peninsula). We don’t know much about these early people. We can learn something from there skeletons‚ their weapons. The Iberians used stone weapons and tools. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century BC‚ a people called Celts‚ spread across Europe from the East
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------------------------------------------------- Religious art Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.[1]Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization within the artist’s religious tradition. ------------------------------------------------- Christian art Christian sacred art is produced in an attempt to
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Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone was used as a flux. Sand was used to create
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a long and distinguished history There is good evidence for assuming high demand: The last three competitive England home games were sold-out2 Attendance figures for club matches are consistently high3 Recent cup finals at Cardiff Millennium Stadium were sold-out4 Actual demand varies between market segments but can be found from market research‚ e.g. membership schemes and studying events at similar grounds. 4 Market Segmentation The table below shows the range of customers
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Abstract * Historians take national states as focus (since mid-19th century) * Realize importance of large-scale historical process * Sea/ocean basins as framework for analysis * Not well for absolute/definitive category * Contour/characteristics change dramatically over time * Useful to bring focus to exchange * For > century European/Euro-American treat history almost exclusively to national states * Leopold focus on institution‚ constitution
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Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful and well known cities among all the Greek nations. Both Athens and Sparta had many similarities and differences whether it is culturally or politically. For instance the way that these cities were governed and their political procedures and functions are similar yet much different from each other. There were many differences and similarities between Athens and Sparta both culturally politically. One major difference between the two major cities was
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Pericles Funeral Oration In the fifth century BCE the city of Athens was lead by a man named Pericles. Funerals after great battles were held as a public event where any citizen of Athens‚ stranger or relative to the fallen heroes‚ was invited to take place. A major difference between funerals in Athens and funerals held in present day is the fact that in Athens the cost of the funeral fell on the public rather than the family of the deceased. The fallen heroes are laid in a public sepulcher
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John Mulderig HIS_121_N*CTN*CTN2 Athens and Sparta: Opposites do not Attract Athens and Sparta‚ two civilizations of equal power‚ yet unequal mindsets: their societal views caused these two great empires to face a divide unlike any other in history. Sparta‚ with their cold iron and colder hearts left enemies in ruin. Athens was intelligent‚ yet militaristically inferior to Sparta. Allies during the 1000 years war‚ the two faced increasing animosity that eventually climaxed in ancient Greece
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