At the age of six Michelangelo’s mother passed away and initially his father did not approve of his chose career path. At the young age of thirteen‚ Michelangelo became an apprentice of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio who was well known for his murals. After a year of apprenticing Mr. Ghirlandaio‚ Michelangelo begin to catch the
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Harriet set out for the free state of Philadelphia alone and by foot‚ later making use of the underground railroad‚ traveling almost 90 miles to reach freedom. “When I found I had crossed that line‚ I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees‚ and over the fields‚ and I felt like I was in Heaven” (Bradford). Rather than stay in the safety of the north‚ Harriet returned to the south‚ first for her niece and
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the greatest mass movements in the World’s history. As a leader‚ Gandhi utilised religious principles in order to inspire people to fight colonial oppression in India. Mohandas demanded to study law in Great Britain; however‚ his caste (social rank) did not allow him to travel abroad‚ so when he refused to comply he was expelled from the caste of merchants. Despite the fact that Gandhi was expelled from the caste‚ he still kept continuing with his first step to becoming a lawyer to help gain independence
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When he lived: Georges Cuvier was a famous French naturalist and zoologist who lived from 1769 to 1832. Where he was raised‚ educated‚ and employed: Son of an upper class Swiss Guard Lieutenant Jean Georges Cuvier‚ Georges was born to Anne Clémence Chatel in Montbéliard with the formal name Jéan Leopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier. Georges was taught at home by his mother and excelled academically. As a ten year-old‚ his interest in natural history was sparked by a copy of Gesner’s Historie Animalium
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Mesopotamia and its Contributions to History Many Western historians refer Mesopotamia as the cradle of civilization. Mesopotamia was a region located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean where the rivers provided the means of survival. While other lives traveled to survive‚ Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations documented to be able to settle down‚ populate‚ and make the transition from being farmers and laborers to other jobs that have been the stepping stone for societies today
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When the Renaissance comes to mind‚ who is mainly thought of? The rich‚ white‚ Christian‚ “Renaissance man‚” but in truth‚ there are many Renaissance men who weren’t white‚ Christian‚ or even men at all. The Renaissance was a time of invention‚ learning‚ and humanist thinking. Many of the contributors to the Renaissance were minorities who‚ despite being mistreated and oppressed‚ found ways to further thinking and art. Countless Jews‚ Africans‚ and women helped further the Renaissance. Many Africans
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Augustine was born in 354‚ he had a Christian mother named Monica and a pagan father‚ Patricius‚ who was a Roman official. Even though he grew up in a Christian household he still managed to stray away from Christianity and was not baptized until he became an adult. For that to happen he had to go on his own journey‚ which had a big impact on his decision of converting to Christianity. Some of these influences hold more weight than others but on Easter vigil‚ April 24–25‚ 387 he converted himself
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The thinkers of the Enlightenment‚ influenced by the scientific revolutions of the previous century‚ believed in shedding the light of science and reason on the world in order to question traditional ideas and ways of doing things. The scientific revolution gave the impression that the universe behaved according to universal and unchanging laws. This provided a model for looking rationally on human institutions as well as nature. Denis Diderot should always be remembered as one of the great
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science and how the world worked. Bacon created world changing ideas about how the world worked‚ and how science should be carried out. He modernized the idea of the scientific theory. Previously‚ many scientists who lived before him believed that you should only make a hypothesis based on logical reasoning and arguments. Bacon disagreed with them‚ saying that people should first collect data about their question‚ then form a hypothesis. While preaching his idea of the new scientific method‚ he majorly
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commitment to nonviolence continues to be an inspiration and source of hope for oppressed people around the globe. His mission is continued during present day and the impact he had on India is still felt. Gandhi strived above all for Indian Independence “I did all this in the full belief that acts such as mine must gain my country an equal status in the Empire”(Lerner). Satyagraha remains one of the most prominent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today‚ and Gandhi’s actions inspired
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