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    Chapter 10 The Sui and Tang Empires‚ 581-755 * After the fall of the Han China was fragmented for several centuries. * China was reunified with the Sui dynasty‚ father and son rulers who held power from 581 until Turks from Inner Asia defeated the son * Small kingdoms of northern China and Inner Asia that had come and gone structured themselves around a variety of political ideas and institution. * People preferred having an emperor‚ a bureaucracy using the Chinese language‚ and

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    Running Head: A Compare and Contrast of Two Statuettes A Compare and Contrast of Two Statuettes Mary Karr ART 205 – Art Appreciation November 24‚ 2007 A Compare and Contrast of Two Statuettes I have chosen as the subject of my essay to contrast and compare two female statuettes from ancient cultures. The first is an ancient Egyptian statuette named The Offering Bearer which was discovered about 1920 in the tomb of Meketre in Thebes and appears to have been made around 1985 B.C.E. by an

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    Intro: Although the big empires‚ Europe and Japan were really successful feudalist empires and both had some similarities and differences during the 9th to 13th century‚ which made them unique empires in the world. Both of the empires have a similar concept of elite warriors‚ different treatment of women during the post-classical era‚ and a similar political structure of a hereditary caste system‚ which were the main reasons they became successful empires. Body Paragraph#1: Both the Europeans and

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    IAN MITTON Compare and contrast two similarly themed (i.e. two Madonnas‚ two Crucifixion scenes etc.) Renaissance altarpieces (Italian and / or Northern). Focusing on the central panel‚ discuss the selected works in terms of subject matter‚ technique‚ composition‚ treatment of the figure and patronage. Use specific visual references to support your answer. The Christian altar contains the surface upon which the Eucharist is offered and presented to the congregation or gathering of worshipers.

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    New England and the Chesapeake Colonies were two very distinct colonies. The colonist came to the Americas in order to escape religious toleration and economic prosperity. As time passed the colonist were changed by their different surroundings. Although the New England and Chesapeake colonies both had English immigrants‚ they differentiated due to economic‚ social‚ and religious causes. In contrast the colonies were very different societies. There is many differences between the New England and

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    Jingyi Jenny Tan Period 1 / 12.3.12 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration Turkish Migrations and Imperial Expansion - Early Political Organization o Never formed single group o Organized in clans/tribes o Bitter fights with one another o Turkish clans & identity emerge after breakup of Xiongnu confederation 0-100 CE - Speak related languages - Nomads or descendants of them Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186 CE) - Initially interested only

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    The significant motive for early European explorations across the Atlantic was the dream of enormous riches. Initially‚ Portuguese and Spanish explorers and merchants were interested in exploiting lands in Africa search of silver and gold. In order to this they had to develop new vessel technology to take them there. This started a chain of happy accidents that would later help Atlantic Europe discover and conquer the new world. As more exploration was done‚ the Spanish were able to locate material

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    1. What were the two phases of Reconstruction? What policies or decisions helped to shape each phase? • One phase of the Reconstruction era was the presidential era which started after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ the man to take his place was Andrew Johnson. But as stated in the textbook “Johnson was a bitter racist” (411) he was against the idea of black equality. In May 1865 a lenient policy toward the South was designed to try and re-establish the southern state governments. The second

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    Roman Empire and Persian Empire were some of the greatest civilizations of all time. There were many similarities in how these civilizations rose to power and how they fell from it. Among these were the over-expansion of territory which led to many problems that built up to their downfall and a similar political system that made local rebellions minimal. However the way in which these civilizations chose to try and correct their flaws is quite different. One of the biggest factors in the

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    roles played in the economic success of the New England colonies. This paper will highlight how the colonial women affected economy and contributed to the success of the British colonies. Women have always played a major role in history and the economics of the colonial period is no different. Additionally‚ one will see how women contributed to the economy of the time by suppling many of the material goods used at the time. However‚ one will also see how despite all of the economic contributions women

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