been able to create a great colonial realm one hundred years before the Europeans explored and expanded‚ from China’s navy of some three thousand ships. The chief purpose of the fleet was diplomatic in nature. Zhu Di’s intent to make known his ascension to the dragon throne to the rest of the world‚ was to make it known by the most superb way possible: a vast fleet of massive ships bringing gifts. These ships in his fleet were over four hundred feet long and could carry a load of up to three thousand
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Macbeth ‚ who planned the murderer of Duncan‚ undermined Macbeth’s manliness‚ and mocked his humanity‚ led to the downfall of Macbeth as a good person. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth receives a prophecy from the Weird Sisters foretelling his ascension to the throne of Scotland. This news of the prophecy‚ along with news of a visit from the king prompt Lady Macbeth to call upon spirits to take away all of her womanly traits. “Come‚ you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ And fill
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The Brutality‚ Injustice‚ and Institution of Slavery is Wrong in any Age The idea and horrendous act of one human owning another is a plague etched in history from the colonization of the New World to its abolishment during the Civil War. The exemplification being referenced is slavery. Slavery placed man-kind in a position of power where the depravity of personal liberties and rights were not only apparent but generally accepted. There was an ideology that slaves were less than human; their
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Macbeth Essay In the Elizabethan Era‚ people’s lives were governed by a concept called: The great chain of being. The great chain of being is the idea that God has dictated the role and duties of every person‚ but when people stray from their roles or duties‚ they are punished by God. As this idea was generally accepted‚ it is likely that Shakespeare incorporated the idea of the great chain of being into his play‚ Macbeth. The story centers upon a lord named Macbeth‚ thane of Glamis and
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In Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ a dialogue between two men‚ Socrates and Glaucon‚ reveals that our senses are not completely reliable. Socrates tells the story of a prisoner who has been chained for his whole life‚ able to see only shadows cast on a wall. The prisoner believed that the shadows were reality‚ but when he is released and dragged out of the cave‚ he finds a more important‚ more authentic reality. Socrates arrives to the conclusion that our senses are limited‚ just like the prisoner’s
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ANGLO SAXON CHRISTIAN POETRY In the old English period‚ religious poetry seems to a flourished in northern England throughout the 8th century. Though‚ most of it has survived only in West-Saxon transcription of the 10 century. Old epic models no longer sweated the changed spirit of the age‚ new models were sought after. In the Christian poetry‚ we have variety of subjective note‚ as in “THE DREAM OF THE RUDE”. Prayer and praise of the lord‚ as we find in Caedmon‚ and the love for quite beauty
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STUDIES OF RELIGION II CHRISTIANITY DEPTH STUDY: Christianity is more than a belief in one God. It isn’t just something a person is baptised into to. Christianity is a source of hope for those who doubt‚ it is a guide for those who are lost and it provides answers for those who wonder. Christianity is the belief in one true God and from there come various interpretations that religions such as Anglicanism‚ Christianity and Lutheranism have taken and formed a more specific faith. In this
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Like in Luke 1:32-33‚ the angel Gabriel announces that Jesus will one day assume the throne of David and presents Jesus’ resurrection as proof that he is the Messiah‚ then in Acts 2:30-36 it is Peter who identifies “Jesus’ ascension as a Davidic enthronement (and so fulfills Luke 1:32-33)” (Ibid) The two books share the same common theological themes and
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The house in which Peter lived in‚ in Capernaum‚ is still standing‚ however‚ in the 5th century AD‚ a Christian church was constructed over it. It was Peter who preached to the masses in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost following the Lord’s ascension to heaven and it is his message which is recorded in the New Testament of the Bible‚ the book of Acts‚ chapter 2. In fact‚ much is written about the apostle Peter in the first 12 chapters of the book of Acts in the New Testament. Peter asked Jesus
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from the French word for rebirth. During the renaissance art‚ literature‚ and philosophies were influenced by those of the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The end of the Battle of Bosworth marked the beginning of the renaissance and the ascension of King Henry VII. Henry won the throne through the victory against Richard III. Henry VII also marked the last of the monarchy who gained the crown through means of bloodshed. It was under his ruling that the feudal system was abolished. The feudal
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