This is an extract from: Byzantine Garden Culture edited by Antony Littlewood‚ Henry Maguire‚ and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington‚ D.C. © 2002 Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University Washington‚ D.C. Printed in the United States of America www.doaks.org/etexts.html The Vienna Dioskorides and Anicia Juliana Leslie Brubaker Dioskorides of Anazarbos‚ a physician and pharmacologist‚ wrote the Materia medica
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------------------------------------------------- Empire of the Sun ------------------------------------------------- An analysis of “Empire of the Sun” focusing on the supporting roles occurring in the four matrices of the film. The film “Empire of the Sun” tells the story of Jamie “Jim” Graham‚ a young boy who goes from living in a British‚ wealthy family in the suburb of Shanghai‚ to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. The Japanese Empire had been at war with China since
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In the late Islamic period (16th -18th)‚ perhaps even more so than in preceding periods‚ art was an instrument of dynastic expression in this great age of empires. Spurred by royal patronage‚ the arts flourished under the Ottomans and Safavids. Ottoman art was a vibrant synthesis of Turkish and Persian-Islamic‚ Byzantine‚ and Mediterranean culture and styles through conquest‚ through direct invitation of artisans‚ or through the migration of peoples. The Ottoman Turks were renowned for their
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Shaka Zulu There are many different story’s of Shaka Zulu but I’m going to tell you about his life and how created the Zulu Empire. Shaka was born in 1787.Shaka father name is senzangakhona. His father was a minor chief of one of the Zulu speaking clans. His mother name is Nandi she was the daughter of chief Mbhengi and the rival clan. Zulu family was from different clans so they considered it as a sin‚ so they separated. His mother went back to Elangeni and had Shaka. When he was born he was harassed
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the Ottoman Empire proved to be the most successful and enduring of the early-modern Islamic empires. From its emergence as an empire in the fourteenth century‚ the Ottoman Empire conquered and expanded its reign throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa until its fall in the nineteenth century. This essay will examine the driving factors of Ottoman success in its conquest‚ and the dynasty system and law of the Ottomans which‚ arguably‚ was a core ingredient in the enduring reign of the Ottoman Empire
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of this dynasty‚ Nero‚ murdered people that got in his way‚ which eventually led to a revolt by the Roman army and to Nero’s suicide in 68 C.E. Many years after the Julio-Claudian dynasty ended‚ the Pax Romana began in 96 C.E. The Pax Romana was a period of peace and prosperity in Rome that ended in 180 C.E. This time was especially notable for “the five good emperors.” These emperors were
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The Empire in Transition Explain the importance of the series of crises from the Sugar Act through the Coercive Acts. How did each crisis change colonial attitudes toward the mother country? In the pre-Revolutionary era‚ outrage was rampant throughout the colonies‚ as the British‚ seeking to correct their debts from the costly French and Indian War‚ decided to make good on direct taxation in the colonies‚ thus monopolizing the trade industry‚ and eventually‚ vying for total control of the
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Kevin Paltoo EUH 1000 Mr. Rogers 04/10/2010 The Lex Oppia was a law established in ancient Rome in 215 BC‚ at the height of the Second Punic War during the days of national catastrophe after the Battle of Cannae. This law was designed to limit the rights of women. The law was also passed to tap into wealthy women fortunes by the state in order to pay for the costs of the war. This law basically stripped the rights of women. Marcus Porcius Cato also known as the censor is one of the statesmen
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The development of the columbian exchange and the spanish empire created major population changes‚ brought new crops‚ and created wealth and power. Diseases wiped out some populations in the new world‚ while new crops increased other populations in the old world. New crops also became staple foods of some european countries. Wealth and power was exchanged from the new world to create the spanish empire. All of these things combined resulted in extensive changes in the old world and the new world
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Comparison Essay Empire-building in both the Spanish and Russian empires occurred during the New Imperialism Age; while both empires were politically and socially different‚ both desired to expand to further their economies and strengthen their international role. While Spain conquered territories across the Atlantic Ocean in the New World‚ Russia began expanding east is search of a warm-water port and farmable land. Both exhibited strict Christian monarchies‚ the effects of which were visible in
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