Martin Luther was a prime example of a man of faith and being obedient to the Holy Spirit. He defied the Catholic church to bring the gospel to all the people. Taking a gigantic step to disagree with the Catholic church was extremely courageous. Since the Catholics were using indulgences to help pay for the church‚ which was like blackmail‚ Luther had put up with the last straw that broke the camel’s back‚ so to speak. Luther wanted this insane way of using the Christians to finally stop. By exposing
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church and its sacraments. Threats of excommunication were a big deal because basically everybody believed that to get to heaven you needed sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Since Luther believed that he didn’t need to pay for salvation‚ he did not care if he was excommunicated. Luther publicly burned the Pope’s letter and broke all connections with the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther was summoned to a conference of religious leaders in Germany and they demanded him to recant his acts
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Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11‚ 1847 that means just last month he would have been 172 years old. He was an american inventor and businessman that is responsible for many inventions that we still use in our everyday lives. Inventions such as the lightbulb‚ the phonograph also known as the telephone‚ the movie camera and many more. He developed many inventions that influenced life around the world. He has often been referred to as the world’s greatest inventor. Thomas Edison was one of
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Onobrakpeya started his art unwittingly by engraving on wood thorn found in the forest of his environment‚ little did he know that the engraved images he used to stamp on paper constituted an art. The little boy followed his father to Benin City at a very tender age; he attended Baptist primary school in Oke Eruvbi‚ a river Valley‚ in the rural area of Benin City (and now‚ only a few kilometres to Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin). He had his Standards 3-6 education in Sapele; later‚ he returned
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Blues‚ work songs‚ ragtime‚ spirituals‚ and minstrel songs were‚ in their own ways‚ all part of the great "Africanization of American music" that was originated by enslaved Africans in the southern United States. But the greatest of the musical forms developed in this process was jazz--one of the major American contributions to world culture. Each of these forms of music made essential contributions to the development of jazz itself but each‚ more or less‚ retained its own integrity and none could
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from the last source; source one shows British imperialism from the point of view of a resisting China‚ where this source provides the thoughts of the British. This quote is extremely pro-imperialism. In the final source‚ John Stuart Mill explains how Britain’s global empire is beneficial to everyone involved‚ comparing the empire to woven fabric; the connections between countries‚ thanks to Britain‚ allows the countries in the empire to learn from the other countries. This connects to the last line
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In theory‚ he personally supervised all the affairs of state. In this case‚ since Tutankhamun was only nine when he was instated as a pharaoh‚ he had advisors to help him deal with businesses like these‚ where mostly his chief minister Ay did all the work. There are also wall paintings on Tutankhamun’s wall‚ where there is a picture of two officials accompanying the chief minister called viziers to rule upper and Lower Egypt. They supervised all the taxes‚ laws and construction since obviously
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In his speech that he gives he talks about how humans have evolved over time starting as apes and transforming into what now is known as humans. People might think well what about the church. That is why Bill Nye went to this debate. Everyone thinks that humans were just created by their religious
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Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was an english philosopher in the 17th century. He was born in a time were the church ruled. He was known for his book Leviathan and for his view on politics and social behavior. He said that having a government was a must for us humans because they set rules for us. If there weren’t ruled people would act according to what they like‚ what they want and that is often killing. This means that he believed we needed the government in order to not be in war. Thomas Hobbes
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The woman behind the character of Daisy Buchanan Lives stories were always an option for writers. It represented the mean to embody their experiences and their bellowed‚ as in the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author added a personal touch with each work‚ with his bellowed‚ Ginevra King. She was the woman behind his characters as in Judy Jones in "Winter Dreams" ;in Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise; most notably‚ Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby . Fitzgerald also recreated
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