I have decided to do my speech on the powerful political leader‚ Warrior Queen Artemisia II of Halicarnassus. Queen Artemisia ruled over Halicarnassus‚ now Bodrum from 377 to 353 B.C with her husband and brother‚ King Mausolus. It was common custom in Caria for nobility to intermarry in their family. Both were the children of Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ a local satrap to the Persians‚ who had been ambitious and had taken control of several of the neighbouring cities and districts. Mausolus and Artemisia
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Christian Gutierrez Dr. Wendy Slatkin ART 213 19 November 2012 The Portrait of Marten Looten There have been many great artists throughout the history of mankind. World famous and household names such as Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Picasso may be the first to come to mind. However there is one artist who perhaps surpasses the aforementioned names in terms of technical skill; a man who is incredibly proficient in the fields of painting and especially etching; a man who’s work symbolizes
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misunderstood because other monarchs executed far more people than her but in other ways‚ anyway it was normal in the 16th century to punish anyone who disagreed with you by executing them the punishment for stealing was hanging. Mary’s sister‚ Elizabeth‚ executed 300 people at once after they rebelled against her and Mary’s father Henry VIII executed 70‚000 people for challenging his authority‚ also the book which tells us how horrible Mary’s executions were is written by a protestant. He wanted
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The Queen The Queen is a movie that shows a great display of the death of Princess Diana‚ and reveals what really happened in the house of Windsor‚ and how Diana’s death almost abolished the monarchy. The movie starts with Tony Blair who is running for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1997 walking up to the voting stations with his family. Tony Blair is a modernist‚ and many people admire him for his fresh views‚ people believe he is going to bring a modern change to the British
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God Save the Queen: Emotional Analysis of Queen Elizabeth’s Speech By: Reed Bailey On August 31‚ 1997‚ in the early hours‚ Princess Diana was rushed to a hospital in London where she was soon announced dead. This tragic event brought the world to its knees. Having such a young‚ well-loved woman die and leave the world so suddenly was proven more for some British citizens to handle. In this time of grief and sorrow the country looked to one person to give advice on how to handle the tragedy
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Lessons From a Queen Lesson One: Learn to Love the Old and the New It wasn’t long before Rania was invited to meet her future father-in-law. "In a situation like this‚ you have to wait for him to make the first move because he was who he was and I just didn’t want to make any assumptions‚" said Rania. When King Hussein first invited her for lunch‚ Rania expected something very formal like a banquet. But when the two did meet it was much more casual -- falafel sandwiches from a takeout joint
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Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl
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Social cliques are made up of a group of people all becoming friends. In her essay‚ “Queen Bee and Her Court‚” Rosalind Wiseman states “cliques are sophisticated‚ complex‚ and multilayered‚ and every girl has a role within them.” In high school‚ everyone struggles to be themselves and find their place; therefore; some comply with being in a social clique and follow the path of others. Moreover‚ every high schooler has dealt with peer pressure within their cliques. Peer pressure is the influence from
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Elizabeth Tudor‚ who later became Elizabeth I or England‚ was born on September 7‚ 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the second daughter of King Henry VII‚ a ruler engrossed with the requirement of a male heir. Her mother was Anne Boleyn‚ the second of Henry’s six wives. When Elizabeth was merely two years old‚ her father‚ in desperation of a male heir and upset had Anne executed. Queen Elizabeth I became the ruler of England at the age of twenty-five. Her coronation took place on January 15
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The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry‚ music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished‚ and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad‚ while back
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