survived‚ but there were descriptions from which artists tried to copy them. Those two centuries which we now refer to as the Renaissance (Rinascimento) was given this name (French for ’rebirth’) as a result of La Renaissance - a famous volume of history written by the historian Jules Michelet (1798-1874) in 1855. And it was better understood after the publication in 1860 of the landmark book "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" (Die Kultarr der Renaissance in Italien)‚ by Jacob Burckhardt
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“National boundaries have far less meaning now than they did in the past.” How far do you agree/disagree? A dividing line. This is the most fundamental definition of a boundary‚ but while we often take it to be a physical line in between two areas‚ a boundary is so much more than that. Boundaries can be anything from regional‚ to ethnic‚ to religious‚ to lingual. National boundaries have defined people since the first civilizations thousands of years ago. From the Roman Empire in the BC
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Mazzini was an important figurehead for the unification of Italy‚ historians such as Pearce and Stiles state that that ’no one else campaigned for so long or so tirelessly in the cause of a united Italy’. He had extremely radical and liberal ideas about how Italy should be unified‚ and some historians Mazzini’s ideal was that Italy should be unified ‘from below’. He wanted the people of Italy to rise up from their high-powered oppressors‚ while still maintaining the opinion that if monarchs were
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telecommunication becomes so advanced‚ information can reach even the furthest corner of the world speedily. It in turn‚ sparks more curiousity within more people and the desire to travel increases. Leading to more natural environment in peril. Therefore I agree to a large extent that for the sake of our planet and to protect more natural environment‚ tourism should be discouraged but not totally as there are still advantages to tourism which would be discussed. Tourism directly and indirectly causes great
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The separation of powers is a theory of government whereby political power is distributed among three branches of government; the legislature‚ the executive and the judiciary. The doctrine of the separation of powers embodies three basic principles; limited government‚ which means that the government’s power over its citizens is limited by the Bill of Rights. Secondly is the separation of personnel‚ meaning that no one person can hold office in separate branches of the government at the same time
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able to find their information from internet for their studies. As for the adults‚ they are also able to get information from the internet for their work. Internet can also let some students to relax after studying for the whole week by playing some games online. Therefore‚ I think internet will do good to both the young and old. It is because for the young‚ like the kids‚ they can learn some information from those educational websites. They can learn beforehand and they will benefit from the internet
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How far do you think industrialisation and technology have impacted on the family institution? Technology and industrialisation have a great impact on the family institution to large extents. Technology has contributed to the growth of industries. It is the growth of a society in which a major role is played by manufacturing industry. Technology is affecting quality time. Functionalists believe that industrialisation led to an increase in the nuclear family type. The nuclear family is a type
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Stalin was more effective than any other ruler of Russia in the period 1855 – 1964 in dealing with opposition. How far do you agree? During the second half of the 1920s‚ Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party. The machinery of coercion had previously been used only against opponents of Bolshevism‚ not against party members themselves. The first victims were Politburo members Leon Trotskii‚ Grigorii
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To what extent do you agree with the view that the period 1815-48 constituted a ’time when nothing happened’ in ’Germany’? The term “a time when nothing happened in Germany” is defined by in terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’
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is bound to be fraught with issues. TS1: There is certainly some truth to the adage that lifestyle is the passport to good health. Considering the soaring number of fitness centres in many city-centres and the burgeoning health-food craze‚ many do believe eating the proverbial ‘apple’ does help ‘keep the doctor away’. An endless number of studies have also shown that living and eating well significantly reduces the need for pharmaceutical remedies in the first place. TS2: Yet‚ this belief
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