1413. From this unpromising position‚ the son and grandson of Mehmed (Murad II and Mehmed II‚ whose combined reigns span nearly seventy years) achieve an astonishing recovery for the Ottoman state - posing an ever greater threat to the Byzantine empire. Murad patiently reasserts control over much of western Anatolia‚ and makes equivalent headway in the Balkans. Serbia is brought back into the Ottoman fold (Murad marries a Serbian princess in 1433). Much of Bulgaria also is recovered. A strong
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so‚" I said‚ and then my father said‚ in that way he has of saying something that cuts you down to half of your size or less: "Slow to start and quick to finish." So went the character Adam about his life‚ and so went the book‚ April Morning‚ by Howard Fast. Throughout the book‚ an underlying theme of starting a task slowly and finishing the task quickly. The character Adam is slow to start his chores‚ but quick to finish his responsibilities; Adam’s father‚ Moses Cooper is slow to begin to let
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900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people by the 5th century. They built urban centers‚ studied astronomy‚ and created an elaborate writing system. Constant warfare with neighboring tribes and an inadequate food supply lead to their demise
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Composition #2: Describing Howard “Sundanze” Dunston is one of those suave smooth talking blues musicians‚ like in the movies from the 1920’s where people would go to juke joints and speakeasies for a good time. When he speaks‚ words flow from his lips like a melody‚ in a low husky tone‚ drawing his listeners in for more. Danze is a tall lean black man in his early 60’s with a smooth milk chocolate complexion‚ a shinny bald head that he always has a blue bandana wrapped around‚ and a full silver
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Lifespan Development of Howard Hughes Psychology 300 December 4‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Lifespan Development of Howard Hughes Howard Hughes‚ aviator‚ businessman‚ and film director‚ was born December 24‚ 1905 in Houston‚ Texas‚ to Howard Hughes Sr. and Allene Gano Hughes. Although Hughes is largely known for being one of the wealthiest yet famously recluse men‚ Hughes possessed an abundance of professional
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societies of people. Some of these people who are indigenous originate in and possess characteristics of a particular region or country. In 1498‚ Christopher Columbus said‚” I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which is hitherto unknown… Your Highness have Other World here‚” when he discovered the Americas and its native people. The Great Ice Age contributed to the origins of the continent’s human history. Debatable evidence has indicated that some of the early people may have reached
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At its height‚ the Ottoman empire (ca. 1299–1922) spread from Anatolia and the Caucasus across North Africa and into Syria‚ Arabia‚ and Iraq. Its size rivaled that of the great cAbbasid empire (750–1258)‚ and it united many disparate parts of the Islamic world. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ottoman conquests allowed them control of many ports and sole access to the Black Sea‚ from which even Russian vessels were excluded‚ and trade among the provinces increased greatly. As the largest city
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Love and Compassion The final scene of Empire of the Sun demonstrates the gathering between the separated children and their parents. Everyone seems very happy to finally reunite with their loved ones and realize how much they have missed them. Jamie‚ the boy in the movie‚ seems to have forgotten what his mother looks like because they have been separated for so long. This final scene demonstrates the importance of our loved ones‚ and how we should always cherish them because you may be separated
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Shaka Zulu There are many different story’s of Shaka Zulu but I’m going to tell you about his life and how created the Zulu Empire. Shaka was born in 1787.Shaka father name is senzangakhona. His father was a minor chief of one of the Zulu speaking clans. His mother name is Nandi she was the daughter of chief Mbhengi and the rival clan. Zulu family was from different clans so they considered it as a sin‚ so they separated. His mother went back to Elangeni and had Shaka. When he was born he was harassed
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This is an extract from: Byzantine Garden Culture edited by Antony Littlewood‚ Henry Maguire‚ and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington‚ D.C. © 2002 Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University Washington‚ D.C. Printed in the United States of America www.doaks.org/etexts.html The Vienna Dioskorides and Anicia Juliana Leslie Brubaker Dioskorides of Anazarbos‚ a physician and pharmacologist‚ wrote the Materia medica
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