knelling at a prie-dieu clothed in a luxurious elaborate robe of gold lined with fur trimmings‚ before him the Virgin Mary and baby Christ. Between the two central figures is several arched openings revelling the detailed background showing the city of Ghent and all of the surrounding country. The detailing of the background is so finely painted every detail‚ human figures‚ animals‚ mountains and all daily activity from the city behind the foreground is not absent. Standing at four feet wide and two and
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On 15 May 1940‚ Holland surrendered to Nazi Germany and the Royal Family of Holland fled and went into exile in London. Holland’s original plans were to stay neutral throughout the war in Europe‚ which Holland declared when the war first broke out. Nazi Germany‚ Canada‚ France‚ England‚ America were involved in one of the most important tasks during the war‚ Liberating Holland from the control of the Nazi’s. German Invasion of Holland In Holland‚ in the morning of May 10‚ 1940 was a sorrowful
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were (1) life was unbearable in Europe because of his political differences with M.H. del Pilar and other Filipinos in Spain (2) to be near his idolized Philippines and family · October 3‚ 1891-two weeks after the publication of Fili‚ Rizal left Ghent for Paris‚ where he stayed a few days to say goodbye to the Lunas‚ the Pardo de Taveras‚ the Venturas and other friends; Rizal proceeded by train to Marseilles · October 18‚ 1891- Rizal boarded the steamer Melbourne bound for Hong Kong · Father
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with M.H. del Pilar and other Filipino in Spain. * To lead the propaganda movement in Hongkong * To be near to his beloved Philippines and family Farewell to Europe * On Oct. 3‚ 1891 (2 weeks after Fili‟s publication)‚ he left Ghent for Paris‚ bade farewell to his friends‚ he proceeded by train to Marseilles and boarded steamer Melbourne for Hongkong (HK). * On Oct 18‚ bringing recommendation letter by Juan Luna for Manuel Camus with 600 copies of Fili * Rizal befriended
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Chapter 14 By Lucas Knoll Market Revolution Industrial Revolution Transportation Revolution with roads‚ canals‚ steamboats‚ railroad There was a Change to large-scale cash crop farming from the old subsistence farming Regions started to specify in different things (East‚ West‚ and South) More immigration especially with Irish and German more westward movements‚ and growth of cities Immigration in 1840 and 1850 immigration skyrockets because of opportunity‚ abundance of land‚ and diseases throughout
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Secretary of War and helped steer the United States into war with Great Britain. John C. Calhoun was elected into Congress in 1811. Calhoun supported state’s rights and defended slavery. Calhoun strongly supported the War of 1812. After the treaty of Ghent‚ which ended the War of 1812‚ Calhoun was responsible for creating the Second Bank of the United States. Calhoun wanted to be president
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Orleans saw British troops defeated by Andrew Jackson’s soldiers (plus Indians and pirates). * One result of the American naval victories during the War of 1812 was a British naval blockade of the American coast. * At the peace conference at Ghent‚ the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following reasons: * reverses in upper New York‚ * a loss at Baltimore‚ * increasing war weariness in Britain‚ and * concern about the
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March 7‚ 2013 Humanities The Silk Road Rome_____________Central Asia______________Han China | India The Nomads The Silk Road crossed nomadic territory Extreme Agriculture: humans + omega animals Sparce population in a large area Calorie Exchange: 90‚000 calories * Plants- 100‚000 calories * Animals- 10‚000 calories Horse= mobility No borders (territorial imperative )= pastures War; Secure pastures Archery Who are they? Scythians Altaic people * Turks * Mongols
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James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States of America. He was a very intelligent man and was a good candidate to run the country. He was able to do many great things while he was the president. James Monroe was born on April 28‚ 1758‚ in Westmoreland‚ Virginia. Monroe was the son of Spence Monroe‚ who was a carpenter‚ and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. Monroe was one of five children. When Monroe was young he attended the school of Parson Campbell. To get to the school he had to walk several
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science and arts Rizal was most effective in his campaign for freedom as a writer. His novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo were scratching indictments of Spanish Tyranny and church which came to acquire immense political power. In Ghent‚ Belgium 1891 as Rizal narrates while he is writing the chapter of Simoun in his novel El Filibusterismo “My country has a social cancer that should be exposed to all Filipinos and to this; I intend to record your condition faithfully without
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