The book "The Great Encounter of China and the West‚ 1500-1800" was written by History Professor D.E.Mungello. His work provides us many information and ideas of the intercultural exchanges and interactions between Ming‚ Manchu and the West‚ through the last two dynasties of China. This book also shows us the acceptance and rejection of cultures‚ Christianity‚ and Confucianism of Chinese and Europeans. The book was divided into five chapters: (1) Historical Overview‚ (2) Chinese Acceptance of Western
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30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci by Marina Wallace is a well written‚ informing book. One main idea from the book is that Leonardo’s “most celebrated”‚ page 111‚ work is the “Mona Lisa”. On page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is the “...most celebrated‚ most imitated” of his works‚ also on page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is a “… iconic example of Leonardo’s genius. A second main idea from the story is that Leonardo was very ahead of his time in reference to warfare. On page 102
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University of Basil studying philosophy and theology. He completed these studies in 1726. Leonhard Euler: The first St Petersburg years by R. Calinger summarizes this time period flawlessly. “... after 1730 he carried out state projects dealing with cartography‚ science education‚ magnetism‚ fire engines‚ machines‚ and ship building. ... The core of his research program was now set in place: number theory; infinitary analysis including its emerging branches‚ differential equations and the calculus of variations;
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The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC‚ but remained a matter of philosophical speculation until the 3rd century BC when Hellenistic astronomy established the spherical shape of the earth as a physical given. The Hellenistic paradigm was gradually adopted throughout the Old World during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. A practical demonstration of Earth’s sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano’s expedition’s
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An adjustable user usually attack with a destination in mind. Therefore‚ an adjustable user’s abutting breadth and dispatch are able to be activated with its able and acclimatized breadth and velocity. Accretion broadly acclimated avant-garde archetypal in cellular acclimation appraisement is the fluid-flow archetypal [32]‚ [33]. The fluid-flow archetypal is able for car cartage on highways but for not blah movements with acclimatized “stop-and-go” behavior. The Gauss–Markov action has appeared in
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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda JOB OBJECTIVES: To contribute to the nationalism and patriotism of the Filipino people; to inspire the Filipino youth of today. PERSONAL IDENTITY: Sex: Male Place/Date of Birth: Calamba‚ Laguna/ June 19‚1861 Religion: Roman Catholic Marital Status: Single Address: Calamba‚ Laguna‚ Philippines Mother’s Name: Teodora Alonzo y Quintos Father’s Name: Francisco Mercado Rizal EDUCATION: (1869 – 1872)
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accomplished. Ever since he was a young lad‚ Magellan was interested in navigation and exploration. At age 10‚ Ferdinand’s parents passed away and in the same year he became a page for the queen. Ferdinand studied mapmaking‚ celestial navigation‚ cartography‚ and astronomy at Queen Leonora’s School of Pages in Lisbon. After years of studying‚ Ferdinand united with a fleet from Portugal that was heading to East Africa. Two years
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illustrating for him. Many other scientists ignored Leonardo Da Vinci because he did not know Latin or algebra. Leonardo studied‚ hydraulics‚ pyrotechnics‚ science‚ acoustics‚ optics‚ medicine‚ biology‚ anatomy‚ natural history‚ zoology‚ cartography‚ philosophy and botany. Leonardo Da Vinci was so fascinated by human anatomy‚ that he would sneak into hospitals at night‚ and dissect human bodies. He only studied anatomy for 20 years‚ and then moved on. Leonardo Da Vinci was the first
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Essay on Tang and Ming Although both the Tang and Ming dynasties were Asian in origin they varied greatly in the way that they effected the development and progression in Asia. Although the Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty shared religious‚ technological‚ and economical similarities‚ they had their own unique differences in the ways they portrayed them on historical society. The Tang and Ming dynasties were greatly similar in their religious beliefs with faint differences in that they were both
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Champlain Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer. He was born in 1567 in Bourage‚ France. He was a Protestant who converted to Catholicism and fought in the religious war for King Henry VII. Samuel learned skills of sailing‚ navigation‚ and cartography at a young age. Champlain became a famous explorer and is known because he founded Quebec and a lot of Canada‚ which was New France at the time. In 1603 Champlain was invited by Francis Grave Du Point to sail and visit the River of Canada. He
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