objects in the collection. The recordings were made by the Royal College of Music especially for the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries thanks to an award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Ivory comb with scene of lovers in a garden‚ Paris‚ France‚ 1325-50. Museum no. A.560-1910 Ivory comb with scene of lovers in a garden‚ Paris‚ France‚ 1325-50. Museum no. A.560-1910 O Rosa bella Songs which reflected the heartbreak and pain of love were extremely popular in the 14th and 15th
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the Danube River in the east and in the caves of southern France and Spain. The sculpture of the Palaeolithic period is characterised by engraved bones and ivory‚ with the subject (usually animals like bison or reindeer) lightly incised with fluid‚ curving lines. Other sculpture of this era includes small female statuettes‚ carved in ivory or stone. These are believed to have a religious significance relating to a cult of nature worship. They seem to indicate a great concern with fertility
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During the years of 1880-1913s European empires started to expand into the unexplored land mass of Africa. The exploration of Africa started with Liberia and Ethiopia. Later on Africa would be carved between several major players which were the British‚ French‚ Portugal‚ Germany‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ and Spain. Who were motivated by economical‚ and political supremacy over other European countries. The Europeans did this through the use of aggression‚ diplomatic pressure‚ military invasions‚ and eventually
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Renee H. Lucier Financial Statement Analysis Course Project – Week II Nestle (NSRGY) and Hershey Foods (HSY) I. Choice of Companies and an Overview of Their Operations and Industry – briefly outline what the company does and its industry. (5 pts) Nestle (NSRGY) is the largest food and beverage company in the world operating within the global food and beverage industry. It provides nutrition‚ health‚ wellness products‚ baby foods‚ bottled water‚ cereal‚ chocolate‚ coffee‚ pet care products and
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“Genocide is a crime under international law” as reported by the United Nations December 9 1948. However‚ repeatedly throughout history‚ the international government has neglected the needs of the dying and helpless and only after the calamity reached seismic proportions did the government act against the terrorists. The Congo Genocide‚ the silent mass murder‚ is one of the most atrocious‚ violent acts of history and the majority
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Forgive My Guilt Poem Analysis Who was the poet who wrote the poem “Forgive my Guilt”? Well the poet who wrote the poem “Forgive my Guilt” was the American poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin. Robert was born on March 18‚ 1892 at Brunswick‚ Maine. Robert won the Pulitzer Prize for his poem “Strange Holiness” in 1936. His poems were based on New England farm and his voyage life. His poems were committed to cheerful acts for the world. Sadly Robert died on January 20‚ 1955 at Portland‚ Maine. In the poem
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To what extent does Conrad challenge or endorse the values of the colonisers in Heart of Darkness? Conrad‚ in Heart of Darkness‚ challenges the values of colonialism‚ but at the same time he conforms to the constraints of popular culture of the time in which he wrote. In this way‚ the extent to which he challenges mainstream ideas is limited in regards to the angles of his criticism. Conrad’s detailed descriptions of the Europeans in Heart of Darkness implicate his discontent towards colonial
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excessive violence on the screen is associated with aggression and violent behavior among children and teenagers” (98). More recently‚ "studies have measured changes in behavior and emotional responses to video games‚ ranging from assertiveness" (Ivory‚ James D.‚ and Sriram Kalyanaraman 3). and withdrawal (Möller‚ Ingrid‚ and Barbara Krahé. 2 )to “aggression‚ anger‚ and hostility” (Lam‚ Lawrence T.‚ ZaoHuo Cheng‚ and XinMin Liu.1). While Mediascope‚ the publication of a nonprofit research organization
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in the Congo. Originally they were there for the ivory but as industrialization came into full swing‚ rubber became the most profitable resource found. There were great injustices with the native people in the Congo; people were basically slaves for Leopold and his colony only being used for the free labor‚ which is the exact opposite of the reasons Leopold was supposedly there. Leopold also set up the brutal ‘Force Publique” who ran the ivory and subsequent rubber siege. Some estimates of the
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p. 159] I will explain the delicacies of the trade agreements of the Yao‚ Kilwa-based Swahili Trade Lineage‚ and of the Zanzibari Indian Trading Lineage. After taking control of Kilwa in the mid-1780s‚ Oman transferred the bulk of the slave and ivory trade there.2 [Islam’s Black Slaves‚ p. 146] The Swahili Trading Lineage of Kilwa were pleased‚ as it leveled the playing field and enabled trade to be profitable for everyone of the area. If you are wondering how these slaves could have put up with
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