Mr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 10 Outline: Renaissance and Discovery Section One: The Renaissance in Italy * Section Overview * Jacob Burckhardt‚ a Swiss historian‚ described the Renaissance as the “prototype of the modern world” in his book Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) * In Italy blossomed new secular and scientific views * People became to approach the world empirically and draw rational conclusions based on observation
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Sir Thomas More and Utopia One of my favorite movies of all time is Ever After: A Cinderella Story. It is a 1998 film adaption of the fairy tale Cinderella and stars Drew Barrymore as the lead female character named Danielle de Barbarac. Danielle’s mother dies very early in her life and as a result Danielle and her father are very close. Her father remarries a baroness with two daughters. Shortly after‚ her father dies of a heart attack. Danielle now has very few possessions to call her own: a beautiful
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MCQs in Criminal Law Choose the best answer. 1. Sailor Kriseth is a merchant ship registered in Puerto Rico and owned by Seta Alcantara‚ a Filipino citizen. The Captain of the Ship is Captain Amerigo who is an American citizen. While passing through Laguna bay‚ the ship was searched by customs officials and they found 10 kilos of prohibited drugs. The owner and the captain of the ship were charged in the Regional Trial Court for possession of illegal drugs. Does the Philippine Courts have
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In the year 1538 Gerard Mercator was a young cartographer who was on his way to becoming an influential figure in not only cartography but in his history as well. Gerard Mercator is responsible for many new ideas in the fields of cartography‚ geography‚ and cosmography. In 1538 he created a piece labeled World Map 1538. This double cordiform map shows a differentiating style for maps during the 16th century. This map has influences from previous maps and cartographers. But also has many things that
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• The “new world” that Columbus boasted of to the Spanish monarchs in 1500 was neither an expanse of empty space nor a replica of European culture‚ tools‚ textiles‚ and religion‚ but a combination of Native‚ European‚ and African people living in complex relation to one another. »full text • The Native cultures Columbus found in the New World displayed a huge variety of languages‚ social customs‚ and creative expressions‚ with a common practice of oral literature without parallel east of the Atlantic
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Daniela Mota Exam 1 Chapter 1) Before the arrival of the Europeans to the Americas‚ Indians had lived and eventually developed different types of societies. The first and most simple of the type of society were called “nomadic societies”. These usually consisted of about fifteen to fifty people and usually no more than that. Men were primarily the hunters and women were the gatherers. These societies were also equalitarian which was a system based on everyone in the community contributing equally
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FEATURE The Role of Technology in National Development Emmanuel O. Egbogah Executive Chairman Emerald Energy Resources F rom the beginning of time‚ man has strived to improve his way and quality of life. The caveman discovered how to make and use tools‚ developed a logical sequence for activities‚ and evolved processes that added value to his life. The totality of the use and application of his knowledge‚ skills‚ tools‚ and materials constitutes what we today describe as “technology
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The notion of renaissance era being regulated by medieval era is also applied to the field of cartography. Renaissance Universalis Cosmographia‚ Ribeiro’s map‚ Mercator’s projection and map had remarkable resemblance to medieval mappamundi. Although mappamundi looked way too disparate in comparison to the other three‚ the ideas behind and the premises on which the 16th century maps were created were inherently swayed by the mappamundi. The key distinctions between these arose from the circumstances
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Vito decides to call a meeting in his office with his oldest son‚ Sonny‚ and his adopted son/family lawyer‚ Tom Hagen. During the meeting multiple people goes into his office asking for favors. One of the men who were asking Vito for favors was Amerigo Bonasera‚ who was seeking revenge to the two men that had raped and beaten his daughter and only got a minimal amount of punishment. Although Vito was disappointed in Bonasera for avoiding him‚ Vito agrees to punish the two men. Johnny Fontane also
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Account for Mussolini’s rise and fall to power. Through his reputation as having potential as a strong political leader to improve aspects of Italian society‚ Benito Mussolini came into power as the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922‚ following the March on Rome. He was a steadfast dictator that was able to continuously increase his level of power and influence by implementing many furtive tactics to ensure that his position remained in place and unchallenged in Italy. However Italy’s involvement
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