the Holy Land. The founding of the hospital was funded by rich German brothers and knights‚ which was led by Duke Frederick Hohenstaufen‚ son of Frederick Barbarossa‚ Emperor of Germany. After the Jerusalem conquest of Saladin‚ this establishment was soon broken up due to the foul control of the retched Heathens. During the Third Crusade‚ German pilgrims from Bremen and Lübec and the Duke of Holstein established a temporary hospital under the besieged walls of Acre. The port city of Acre was under
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 Geography of Lebanon Lebanon is today a small republic stretching approximately 160 kilometers along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea with a total area of 10‚452 kilometers square and an estimated population of 3‚874‚050 according to an independent 2006 estimate‚ including Palestinian refugees and foreign workers‚ mainly Syrian. Lebanese territory is dominated mostly by mountains which consist of the parallel ranges of the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon. Between the Lebanon
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Richard Neville‚ 16th Earl of Warwick who was also known as the "Kingmaker" and Lady Anne of Beauchamp‚ 16th countess of Warwick. Anne’s family was the most wealthy and powerful family in the kingdom. Anne’s father‚ Richard Neville was a nephew of the Duke of York’s wife‚ Cecily Neville. Richard became very wealthy when he married Anne Beauchamp who was the Beauchamp heiress.
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Garrett Eugair AP European History Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Rejects an Earth-Centered Universe Biographical information Polish priest and scientist educated at the University of Krakow wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 Commissioned to find astronomical justification so that the papacy could change the calendar so that it could correctly calculate the date of Easter‚ Copernicus’s
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Abstract The dissertation entitled ROBERT BROWNING AS A POET OF LOVE: A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT is an examination of different aspects of love represented in the poems of Robert Browning. Browning has presented love with all its natural fire and earnest truth. His love poems are the perfect equilibrium of faith that happens to be the nectar of ecstasy in human life. His art and artifice of creating love lyrics is unlimited‚ infinite and ever revolving. Browning considered love to be the basic principle
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Setting aside their differences in the past‚ the men unite in finding out that they shared a common resentment for the rich who hypocritically undermine the poor. The Duke brothers symbolize a society of privileged social class and the unequal distribution of wealth earned via capitalism‚ and on the basis of birthright rather than nurtured skill. Together with Ophelia‚ they bankrupt the brothers and thus debunk the maxim
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Louis XIV of France Louis XIV‚ France’s Sun King‚ had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). During this time he brought absolute monarchy to its height‚ established a glittering court at Versailles‚ and fought most of the other European countries in four wars. The early part of his reign (1643-61)‚ while Louis was young‚ was dominated by the chief minister Cardinal Mazarin. In the middle period (1661-85) Louis reigned personally and innovatively‚ but the last years of his personal
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becomes diluted. Because of high acidity and light body when people produce wine‚ they need to blend with other grapes to give sangivoese a bit more structure. Regions of Chianti Tuscany is the most famous country side in Italy‚ producing its most famous wine—Chianti. Thirty years ago‚ the region was a mess‚ but today Tuscany produces some of the best red wines in the world. As a matter of fact‚ Chianti is divided in 8 sub-zones‚ each one producing its own Chianti wine. The area most highly regarded
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The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ human populations (including slaves)‚ communicable disease‚ technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1]:163 The term was coined in 1972 by Alfred W. Crosby‚ a historian at the University of Texas at Austin‚ in his eponymous work of environmental history.[2][3]:27 The contact between the two areas circulated a wide variety
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SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOWN ALL MEN THESE PRESENTS: I AUDILOU CANING FABRICANTE‚ of legal age‚ Filipino‚ single‚ residence of Unit S-B‚ Ground floor‚ The Makati Tuscany Condominium‚ I am the principal owner of Happy Hippo Launderette at Unit C-D‚ Ground floor‚ The Makati Tuscany Condo. Corp. 6751 Ayala Avenue‚ Makati City‚ do hereby appoint‚ name and constitute SALVE BERNAS‚ of legal age‚ Filipino‚ SINGLE‚ __________________________; my true and lawful for me and my name place and stead
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