Ionian Revolt: Ionian Revolt: The Ionian Revolt began began 499 BC was a series of military revolts from the people of ionia against the persian empire ‚ancient Greek colonies Mysia ‚Lydia‚Caria and Lycia that rebelled against the geographical enormous persian empire. During the arcade age a lot of Greek cities sent out expeditions to colonise the mediterranean‚Herodotus the father of western history‚gives the only greek historian text about the only persian wars written at the time of the period
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The Arab Revolt of World War I can be said to be a key battle in the Arab world‚ with reinforcement from the West. The key countries that were involved with the Revolt included the Kingdom of Hejaz‚ Britain‚ France and the Ottoman Empire (Lecture on Bahrain and Syria). The Ottoman Empire had assumed authority over most of the Middle East‚ and their government was mostly dominated by Turkish officials. The Arab population within the Ottoman Empire wanted to create an independent Arab state without
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Ashley Baxter Professor Vallee English 1A December 6th 2012 True Happiness Happiness is a word that has been thrown around for centuries. The term means something different to everyone. To Henry David Thoreau it means not being locked down to the rules of society. To be free from social slaughter of word of mouth. Free from taxes that society is forced to pay and why? Because some big shot said so? Thoreau was a man in a natural world‚ he knew true happiness‚ he didn’t care
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unsuccessful‚ and that he died without enough funds to institute beneficial organizations such as Henry Ford Hospital or the Mott Foundation. Despite this Durant was one of the most influential businessmen of his time‚ and he remains historically significant in both Michigan and the nation’s history. William Crapo Durant was born December 8th‚ 1861 to Rebecca Crapo‚ the daughter of Michigan Governor Henry Crapo‚ and William Clark Durant a man who met and began courting Rebecca as a clerk for a bank
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HENRY PURCELL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WyxbwU82A – The Fairy Queen Another great hit was Dido and Aeneaus The Fairy Queen: * Secular * The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. * First performed in 1692‚ The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell’s death * Consists of two recorders‚ two oboes‚ two trumpets‚ kettledrums‚ string instruments and harpsichord continuo. Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November
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A Desire for Freedom Patrick Henry once said‚ “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people‚ it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Henry was very passionate and heartfelt about his desire for freedom and liberty. He believed the Constitution of The United States was not going to be used to rule over the people‚ but the people would take control of their own lives. The Constitution was
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Digging deeper into the meaning of Henry Moore’s sculptures Moore’s sculptures are exhibited all around the world. In Moore’s homeland‚ the sculptures are exhibited in Kew Botanical Gardens‚ the natural suuroundings of the gardens compliment the sculptures. It feels as if the sculptures are different during the different times of the day. In the morning‚ when the sculptures are wrapped in mist‚ or during middag when the blue sky and sunshine makes them shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures
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Though K’ang Hsi and King Henry the 8th ruled in different generations and in different continents both had their similarities and also their differences. K’ang Hsi Was emperor of the Qing dynasty ruled from 1661 to 1722. He was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty‚ was the first to be born on Chinese south of the Pass‚ and the second Qing emperor to rule over China Proper. His reign of sixty one years makes him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history and one of the longest-reigning
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Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River‚ Hudson Strait‚ and Hudson Bay are all named after Hudson. Little is known about Hudson’s early life. Hudson was hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607‚ to find a waterway from Europe to Asia. Hudson made two trips (in 1607 and 1608)‚ but failed to find a route to China. In 1607‚ he sailed to Spitzbergen (an island north of Scandinavia in the Arctic
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Phillip Henry Sheridan’s youth and early childhood‚ followed by his rise to Calvary Commander‚ leading to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign‚ brought along by the Battle of Five Forks‚ transcending into his post-civil war life and death. Philip Henry Sheridan was born to Irish immigrants in March of 1831. Some historians contemplate that he was born in New York‚ where his family lived concisely before settling in Ohio. Sheridan worked as an accountant in a goods store during his teen years‚
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