When the Vikings attacked the holy land of Lindisfarne in 793‚ it was the earliest recorded Viking raid in the west. Lindisfarne‚ located of the coast of Northumberland‚ was a monastery founded by Saint Aiden in 630. In Lindisfarne was the monastery named " Saint Cuthbert "‚ one of the most sacred places in Britain. Is it there that the sacred Lindisfarne gospels were located. For more than 150 years Lindisfarne had collected many riches in the monastery from people donating to the church. These
Premium England Viking Europe
In the movie In the Land of Blood and Honey‚ Ajla and Daniel become beloved during the Bosnian war. Being in love is complicated for the two sweethearts. Ajla and Daniel have obstacles they face due to the two different religions. Daniel is the son of the Serbian Colonel and Ajla is a Muslim. Two detached religion who has hatred for each other. While Ajla is captured‚ Daniel was the commander of the detention camp where Ajla was staying. That’s where their affection for each other flourish as the
Premium English-language films Family Mother
Part I‚ "The Burial of the Dead‚" is itself a significant figure of speech‚ also a metaphor‚ that establishes the central idea of the work. For Eliot‚ following World War I (1914-1918)‚ Earth itself was ravaged‚ torn and dead‚ "Lilacs out of the dead land ...." This figure of speech signifies that death resulting from WWI encompasses the dead who died in battle and the dead who still breath though dead inside from horror and from the loss of dead Earth: A crowd flowed over London
Premium Figure of speech Rhetoric Phrase
The Land of the Cyclops Well my prayer didn’t come true. We had another very strange couple of days. Our ship came upon an island of Cyclops. What strange creatures they are. Once again Odysseus only had a few men go onto the island and the others stay on the ship. Once again I was chosen to go. Once we climbed on the island we went into the very first cave we saw. There was no Cyclops in there so I told Odysseus that we should take what we need and go. But no‚ he wanted to see the creature and
Premium Odysseus
Candy Land Once upon a time there lived a simple girl who lived a simple life. Her name was Elena brooks and she lived in a small town of Freeport‚ Kansas. Elena lived with her mom‚ Adriana and her dad‚ Chris. She was a star student and was on the tennis‚ track‚ and debate team for her school. One day Elena was walking to her house when she saw a guy from her school named Eliot‚ they talked for a while and he decided to invite Elena to a party he was having this evening before their school’s football
Premium Family Mother English-language films
Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow‚ published by Currency Press in 1986. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986‚ it tells the story of three internally conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas‚ 1968. It has become one of the most widely produced Australian plays of all time and is part of the Higher School Certificate syllabi or general High School Curriculum in many states‚ including Western Australia‚ New South Wales‚ Queensland and
Premium Australia New South Wales
VEHICLES The First Remote Control Vehicle I Precision Guided Weapon: This propeller-driven radio controlled boat‚ built by Nikola Tesla in 1898‚ is the original prototype of all modern-day uninhabited aerial vehicles in air‚ land or sea. Powered by lead-acid batteries and an electric
Premium Remote control Nikola Tesla Unmanned vehicles
------------------------------------------------- Arunachal Pradesh It is the land of breathtakingly beautiful sunrises between skyrocketing mountains‚ sparkling rivers‚ lakes‚ and ample of snow. It is the Arunachal Pradesh; the vast expanse of rolling plains‚ hills‚ and beautiful water bodies at the far eastern edge of India. India shows diversity in every aspect‚ including its population distribution. Arunachal Pradesh is the Indian state with the least population density‚ with just over 13 lacs
Premium
In the article written by James Harold called“ A Moral Never- Never Land: Identifying with Tony Soprano” author questions to the moral effects of TV on human life. Harold’s main claim in this article is that TV shows like The Sopranos combines both sympathetic and repulsive elements of life and ultimately its good for to invite the viewers to think deeply about the nature of good and evil. Also the author questions that there is nothing wrong with loving characters such as Tony Soprano because this
Premium Human The Sopranos Good and evil
LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS In this article by Shaunna Miller‚ We learn about the American service members who have unfortunately committed suicide. Yearly‚ more than 6‚500 service members lose their lives due to suicide cases. What most individuals fail to realize is that the number by far exceeds that of those soldiers killed in both Afghanistan and Iraq combined over the last six years. Even those who are against the idea of committing suicide are at high risks of meeting another
Premium Homelessness Posttraumatic stress disorder Suicide