Christian Dior The Dior Couture fashion house was founded in 1946 by the French designer Christian Dior. Dior was the most influential designer in the 1950’s and held his first couture fashion show on 12th February 1947. The collection consisted of a range of luxurious clothes‚ soft shoulders‚ narrow waists and full flowing skirts. This was to be named the New Look. (Fig 1) ‘The New Look’ 1950’s The New Look was a new concept on life for the post-war era. Dior was correct to assume people
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“Define the term Muslim and Islam?” In Arabic‚ the word “Islam” means submission or surrender to God. However‚ it was derived from the root word “salam”. From this root word‚ you can also derive the word peace. Many people feel that Islam implies some sort of enslavement to Allah‚ but others find it more helpful to define the word “Islam” as surrender. Many religions have a concept of surrender to God. In Jewish history‚ when the ancient Hebrews obeyed God’s commands‚ they had a long period of
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The Roaring Twenties was an economically sound time which meant people were happy with everything that was going on in politics and society. People wanted to grow and develop new ideas making life seem as though nothing was impossible. Everything looked like it was going good but then in 1929 the stock market crashed. The events that followed gave Americans a rude awakening that they were not prepared for. The people during the Late Middle Ages probably felt the same way. Europe was still on the
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Francisco Pg. 640 1. Almost three thousand years ago‚ people who lived in the starkly beautiful part of the world we now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan War fought
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Between 1450 and 1750‚ three great Muslim empires arose—the Ottomans‚ the Safavids‚ and the Mughals. The Ottomans arose after the Seljuk Turkic kingdom of Rum in Eastern Anatolia collapsed‚ which occurred because of a Mongol invasion in 1243. The area fell into a chaotic period after that because the Mongols did not directly rule it. In search of riches‚ Turkic peoples‚ including the Ottomans who dominated the rest‚ flooded into the area. By the 1350s‚ the Ottomans were advancing from their Asia Minor
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Patricia Al-Masri 201004181 Figure 1 Christian Dior fixing the dress he designed on a model. Figure 1 Christian Dior fixing the dress he designed on a model. On February 2‚ 1947‚ Christian Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring/Summer 1947‚ “Carolle”‚ thus putting an end to the wartime styles that had dominated the fashion world ever since 1939. The new collection went down in the fashion history and got to be known by the name of the “New Look”. During World War II
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the second worldview its power is exercised and respect is commanded. In this worldview the world is like “a dog-eat-dog place” they show power at all times‚ they control other and manipulate situation and dominate people. They only think as to what they can benefit from someone irrespective of their evil tendencies. They command sex and take it to satisfy their selfish motives. Even though they know that they have HIVs/AIDS they still continue having sexual contacts without protection. The believers
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Muslim and Arab Americans are often mistaken for one another when in fact they are two different groups of people‚ although there are some cases where they overlap. Muslims are a religious group and follow the Islam religion. Arabs are an ethnic group. When we speak of an Arab we are referring to what part of the world they came from. When speaking of a Muslim we speak of the religion that they follow. In the past two years‚ there have been no changes made in US policy regarding the treatment
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Life after Death; Christian view Introduction Human kind has all along longed to understand what lies ahead of death. While many shun the subject‚ Christians must sooner or later address the question. There are many contending answers to this inquiry. Most worldviews must acknowledge their belief in the afterlife on untried faith‚ but the Christian hope is sure on two grounds; the resurrection of Christ and the proof of God ’s Word. The Bible provides the true sight of what happens after passing
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some ways the Christian gospel perceived in our culture? There seems to be a few different ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture. Some people embrace it while others question whether or not it exists. Naturalism is a view that God does not exist‚ and is divided into two parts: What is knowledge and how can it be known‚ and what exist and what does not exist. Pantheism denies the existence of a personal God‚ and that everything goes thru a cycle of birth‚ life‚ death‚ and rebirth
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