Maria Theresa was born May 13‚ 1717 in Vienna‚ Austria‚ Died in 1780‚ was Austrian and an Empress. Specifically‚ an Austrian archduchess‚ and Holy Roman Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty. She was the only woman ruler in the 650 history of the Habsburg dynasty. Many historians think of the eighteenth century as a time when monarchical government represented a forward thinking force in economics‚ politics‚ and society. Maria Theresa was a great success on the throne which may have been a surprise.
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Queen Victoria Queen Victoria served as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837‚ and as empress of India from 1877‚ until her death in 1901. She was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24‚ 1819‚ in London‚ England‚she was an only child. Victoria’s father died when she was eight months old and her mother became a domineering influence in her life. As a child‚ she was said to be warmhearted and lively. Educated at the Royal Palace by a governess‚ she had a gift for drawing and painting and developed
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Jessica Post Baker History 14 Research Paper 10 October 2014 Theodora Sex. Something that now a days controls the world we live in. It’s something that some people consider sacred and save to do until marriage but also it is something that people give away for free. In California prostitution is illegal but starting around 18th century BCE prostitution became popular. Later on in history the Roman Catholic Church even started allowing it. Theodora was a very important part of the prostitution
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the television broadcast was not cut off until after Harrison was shot whereas the the movies it was cut off right away. Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina die as a climax for both the movie and the book. “She fired twice‚ and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” pg.26. In the movie the handicap general walked in and shot the ballerina and Harrison the same way as the book. In both the book and the movie
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December 1853 German and Irish immigrants continued to flood into the city of Cincinnati during the fall and early winter of 1853 to the consternation of the original Ohio settlers. Tensions between the Ohio “Nativists” as they were called and the immigrants were becoming more and more hostile and the breaking point would come when word came that Archbishop Bedini‚ an emissary of Pope Pius IX‚ would be coming to Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ during his visit to the United States. The German Protestant immigrants
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Account of Ancient Matters") (711-712) a historical record that also chronicles ancient Japanese mythology and folk songs. Ō no Yasumaro (Died on August 15‚ 723) was a Japanese nobleman‚ bureaucrat‚ and chronicler. Empress Genmei (Genmei-tennō 660 – December 29‚ 721)‚ also known as Empress Genmyō‚ was the 43rd monarch of Japan‚ according to the traditional order of succession Urashima Tarō is a Japanese legend. Nihon Shoki - sometimes translated as “The Chronicles of Japan”‚ is the second oldest book
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life. Sometimes life is not how you plan it to be but that is alright. For example‚ during the post-classical China era‚ women began to gain more intellectual freedom and when empresses Wu and Wei were ruling it was a joyous time for women. But then Empress Wei killed Wu and women began to sink lower in the social ladder. Along with this was foot binding. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf asdfjasld;fjaskld jlwektj ijakfdskffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff- ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-
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In the dystopian short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ the setting is based on achieving a society where everyone is equal in looks and talent. In order to limit people’s talents and looks‚ there are handicaps such as sacks to weigh people down‚ masks to cover pretty faces‚ and earpieces to distract people with a high intellectual ability. George and Hazel Bergeron’s son‚ Harrison‚ is redeemed as a dangerous person for being incredibly strong‚ smart‚ and handsome. When Harrison escapes
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In “Harrison Bergeron‚” written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ it is the year 2081 and every American if completely equal due to new amendments to the Constitution. The Handicapper General mainly makes sure that these laws of equality are enforced in that if someone is “above average” in society‚ they will be handicapped in some way‚ shape or form. George and Hazel Bergeron have a son named Harrison and the government takes him away from his parents when he was just fourteen years old for the reason that he
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#JiWJ . 1990. 1:86-90. Liu‚ Houbin §!jJ5^ Liu‚ Su MM. Da TangXin Yu ^Jllfftn. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju‚ 1983. Liu‚ Su i ’Jtt Liu‚ Xu §ijB6j. Jiu Tang Shu ff JSlU‚ "Old Tang History History". Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju‚ 1975. Lu‚ Rong Ji&H Paul‚ Diana. Empress Wu and the Historians: A Tyrant and Saint of Classical China‚ in Falk and Gross ed.‚ Unspoken Worlds: Women ’s Religious Lives in Non-Western Cultures. San Francisco: Harper and Row‚ 1980. Peng‚ Dingqiu et al Rothschild‚ N. Harry. Wu Zhao - China
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