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    lionheart”‚ was admired and loved by his people and the spoke very highly of him. Johns brother was intended to rule the empire. This would be changed after Richard had an incident during a siege‚ ‘the lionheart’ died of ganurene after he was shot with a crossbow bolt. Because of the death of “the lionheart”‚ unfortunately the throne was passed down to Richards brother John. The Plantagenet dynasty‚ had no choice now but to hope that John will be a good King. There hope was crushed almost immediately after

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    The Wrong Arrow

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    perfectly at shoulder length‚ one short curl escaping the twirled bunch and resting on his smooth pale forehead. Thick blonde eyelashes with high outlined cheekbones‚ a protruding jaw line and a slim mouth. Golden runes in the shapes of arrows‚ crossbows and hearts engraved in his toned bare chest. It was like wearing a shirt for cupid was forbidden. ‘Now I’ll never get my wings’‚ he said through mumbles while slowly sinking back into the cloud. Yesterday Wholemeal bread‚ cheese slices‚ salmon

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    Warfare During the Renaissance Warfare did not get invented during the Renaissance‚ but there were some significant innovations. Feudal cavalry lost its strength of the battlefield‚ infantry gained in stature‚ states learned how to field large armies for long periods of time. Most important of all‚ however‚ was the use of gunpowder. The chief result of these innovations was that warfare once and for all was taken out of the hands of private individuals (the nobility) and was taken over by the

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    Sin‚ Penance‚ and Redemption in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” In the history of ancient poets‚ there emerged great writers who correlated the underpinning lifestyles on social life they believed in. Merited information on their writing remains tangible and historical based to disseminate the realities of many beliefs and conducts made in different scenarios people found themselves in. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is one of the longest poems in writing history written by Samuel Coleridge

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    Why Should I Be Paid?

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    I am in no way more special than anyone around me‚ and I am not very different in most ways. I’m just a teenager trying to figure out how my life is going to play out. So‚ why should I get a free sum of $25‚000? I don’t have my own apartment bills to pay‚ I don’t have a kid‚ and I have no abnormally large responsibilities. Many kids have much more need for the money than I do. However‚ I am the best candidate to give the money to‚ and I will tell you why. If I received $25‚000 with no conditions

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    After the death of Murad II‚ his son succeeded to the throne at the age of nineteen and vowed to his father that he will conquer Constantinople in order to surpass the glory that all his ancestors had. On the 30th of June 1453‚ “He seized the city by force of arms‚ killed the emperor of Constantinople‚ cut off the heads of many noble‚ gave the entire city over to plunder‚ and cruelly tortured many”‚ stated by the Letter of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes found on: https://apps.carleton.edu/cur

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    The Odontodactylus Scyllarus‚ more colloquially referred to as the peacock mantis shrimp‚ gets its name from its bright peacock-like coloration‚ its shrimp-like size‚ and its mantis-like body structure. The mantis shrimp belongs to the kingdom Animalia‚ the phylum Arthropoda‚ the subphylum Crustacea‚ the class Malacostraca‚ the order Stomatopoda‚ the family Odontodactylidae‚ and the genus Odontodactylus (Wikipedia). This species‚ the Odontodactylus Scyllarus‚ belongs to a group of 400 other types

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    artist played a large role toward his inventions. Da Vinci’s sketchbooks show that he visualized many inventions way before technology was used to build them. Da Vinci’s inventions included the flying machine‚ anemometer‚ helicopter‚ parachute‚ giant crossbows‚ a clock‚ etc. Da Vinci’s most famous invention was the flying machine. His imagination to create a flying machine was influenced by winged animals‚ bats‚ kites‚ and birds. The bat caught his eye the most‚ the wings on the flying machine were shaped

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    If we are all insane‚ then sanity becomes a matter of degree. Words said by a man many people know of‚ Stephen King. A lot of King’s short stories and books fall under the same category or genre of horror. Nationwide‚ King sells over a million copies of his books a year. Why? People love getting the shit scared out of them. Does that mean humans are psychotic? Possibly. But what we don’t really pay attention to is why we enjoy it so much. The best parts of a horror film are when creepy things pop

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    12 Mar 2012 Technological Diffusion During the European Renaissance The innovations discussed here represent revolutions in warfare‚ society‚ and art that saw a rapid diffusion through the societies of Europe during the renaissance for varying reasons. Whether for survival‚ economic gain‚ or aesthetic pleasure they were eventually embraced throughout Europe laying down some of the bedrock that modern western society would be built on. The spread of firearms throughout renaissance Europe had

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