“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things‚” (Leonardo da Vinci). Hans Holbein accomplished much in his lifetime‚ and as da Vinci said‚ he didn’t sit back‚ but instead approached what he wanted to achieve in life head on. Holbein the Younger learned from his father‚ who was a skilled painter himself. He grew up in Basle‚ a center of learning that was well known in that time. He soon rose
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I was just browsing TED Talks and saw a video tilted “The best stats you’ve ever seen” by Hans Rosling and it just caught my attention. It became clear very quickly that this was a fantastic speech. I knew absolutely nothing before clicking on the video. I was just looking for something that would be interesting. The late Hans Rosling was born in Uppsala Sweden‚ on 27 July 1948 and dies on 7 February 2017 at the age of 68. He studied statistics‚ medicine and public health. He investigated an outbreak
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The Conrad-Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles for the Roman‚ Han Chinese‚ and Gupta Empires Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: State-level government: Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place Gupta: decentralized; regionalism High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs Gupta: cotton‚ wool‚ calico (chief revenue – tax on agriculture) An environmental mosaic
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Model of Empire: Basic Principles for the Roman‚ Han Chinese I. Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: a. State-level government: Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place b. High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs c. An environmental mosaic Rome: Alps‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ forests‚ Tiber and other rivers‚ hills Han: Tianshan mountains‚ Yellow and Yangtze Rivers‚ loess
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Jessica Chan Patterson AP World History 11 Oct. 2012 Compare and Contrast: Techniques of Imperial Administration I. The Han (of China) and the Gupta (of India) were both empires that used various techniques of imperial administration to make their empires succeed. Although the Han Empire and Gupta Empire share their receiving of rewards for temporarily succeeding‚ antagonisms among their states‚ and their failure‚ they differ in their state-level government‚ types of adequate military resources
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The Book Thief; the book is placed in Nazi Germany. Hans’ ability to avoid death has often left Hans’ depressed or feeling like “It should have been me” (Zusak 477). This state of mind leads him to make the decision to Shelter Max‚ who is the son of his Jewish friend‚ Erik‚ who saved his life during the war. Hans Hubermann is an uncommon person‚ one who will accept death‚ although he has miraculously avoided death three times in the book. Hans’ ability to survive and his particular readiness for
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Evaluation of Little Hans (Freud‚ 1909) in terms of the research method used The aim of the study conducted by Freud was to report the findings of the treatment of a five-year-old boy for his phobia or horses. Freud used a case study method to investigate Little Hans’ phobia. However‚ the case study was carried out not by Freud himself‚ but by the boy’s father who was a friend and supporter of Freud. It was said that Freud had only actually met Little Hans once. The father reported to Freud
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Athens and Han China were two great civilizations that were successful. Both Athens and Han China had different philosophers that influenced their civilization. Though Athens and Han China were almost five-hundred years and a continent apart‚ they both made similar successful communities with their citizens‚ government‚ geography‚ and lifestyle. Even though Athens and Han Chinas’ population is very different they both managed the population really well. “Athens’ population was a mere 315‚000 and
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deconstruction in the Han culture and the Mongolian culture this study will elucidate cultural diversity contributes to the design atmosphere‚ adding a unique appreciation of diversity. To demonstrating how the Han culture and the Mongolian culture occupy a unique place and how both are shrinking in the past and contemporary time respectively‚ this research will initially ascertain the root of the Han culture and the Mongolian culture‚ which focalizes in design territory. The Han culture originates
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- INTRODUCTION - What makes a good leader? In Chinese philosophy‚ the works of Mozi and Han Feizi are at odds with this question‚ with the former advocating for a benevolent and righteous sage-king and the latter offering a harsh disciplinarian as a more viable alternative. While these two models seem to be in total opposition‚ one could suggest that Niccolò Machiavelli proposes an even more drastic option focused almost entirely on the individual self-interest and preservation of the ruler.
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