A. Answer the following questions in not more than 20 words. 1. How did the Mughal Empire get its name? Ans: The Mughal Empire was founded by Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. The term ’Mughal’ can be traced to Babur’s ancestors- the Mongol chief Chenghiz Khan on his mother’s side and the Turco-Mongol chief Timur of central Asia on his father’s side. 2. How did Akbar win over Rajput Chiefs? Name one Rajut ruler who resisted Akbar. Ans: Akbar showed religious tolerance and cleverly won over
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The characters in “Rip Van Winkle” are exaggerated and strange. For the most part‚ Irving uses Rip Van Winkle & Dame Van Winkle to show exaggeration in the characters. People in their town view Rip Van Winkle as someone who is friendly & loves to help everyone. His wife‚ Dame Van Winkle‚ only saw him as being lazy due to Rip not doing much work around his house. Dame Van Winkle spends most of her time in this story criticizing him and Rip just “….shrugged his shoulders‚ shook his head‚ cast up his
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James Van Der Zee In case there is someone out there looking forward to become a celebrity‚ then he or she must be able to remain focused in life by emulating James Van Der Zee. This is a man who defied all odds and today is renowned for his great performance in photographic art. His work revolved around the culture of the Africans Americans. This artist was popular because of the way he captured the lifestyles of the middle class blacks using his camera especially during the Harlem renaissance
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“The Man to Send Rain Clouds”‚ is a short story taking place in 1969 in New Mexico‚ a Native American Reserve. The story dates itself with the mention of Catholic modernism versus Native American traditions and well descriptive spiritual backgrounds. Leslie Silko uses her Laguna Pueblo heritage to give meaning towards different conflicts among Native Americans converting to Christians. Many cultures interacting and compromising with one another portrays their customs and traditions in different ways
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in order to make their work appear life like‚ considering fifteenth century art‚ both Piero della Francesca and Jan van Eyck are masters for this. Piero‚ an Italian painter‚ mathematician‚ and geometer‚ fixated on presenting an accurate depiction of physical space and this is made obvious by his masterpiece‚ The Legend of the True Cross: Constantine’s Dream‚ c.1455. Opposed to van Eyck‚ a Dutchman‚ who prioritized furnishing his painting with a ride array of textures‚ as seen in his masterpiece
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Rip Van Winkle was considered a happy‚ careless‚ and foolish man who was unconcerned with his own life‚ but would help help his neighbors who are in need with their daily tasks. He is one to sit on a bench and smoke his pipe incessantly‚ rather than help out his wife‚ Dame Van Winkle. One day Rip takes a walk with his dog up into the mountain and comes across some strange people‚ they offer him a drink‚ and the next thing Rip knows‚ he is waking up at the stump of a tree‚ with his dog nowhere to
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After Rip Van Winkle awakes from his twenty-year long slumber‚ he realizes that his dog and his gun are unable to be found. He is determined to revisit the spot that he was at the night before to demand his gun and dog back. Due to the forests long years of growing‚ he could not again find where he was before‚ so he decides to walk back to his village‚ fearing what Dame Van Winkle would say to him. As Rip approaches his village‚ he sees many people‚ none of which he recognizes. They were all pointing
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The painter‚ Jan Van Eyck was “first Netherlandish painter to achieve international fame” and he uses oil painting (Gardner 221). First of all‚ his family was into art also including his family members. According to the ArtHistory.net‚ “he was taught art by his older brother Hubert van Eyck; later‚ the two brothers would collaborate on The Ghent Altarpiece (1425-1432) which Jan would be obliged to complete alone after his brother’s death” (arthistory.net). His brother started teaching him about art
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Why We Should Send a Manned Mission to Mars Nowaday the topic in discussion is if it is posible to live in Mars because scientists will demostrate that Mars has similar qualities to our planet‚ or it is possible to find a new kind of life that helps us to improve our technology. Also‚ differnt countries like U.S.‚ China‚ Russia and European Union are interested in spends and takes risk to send a special mission to Mars in order to find evidence that proves their theories. Although
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• Luis Van Isschot explores human rights activism in Colombia’s oil capital‚ Barrancabermeja • Explores several aspects o Development of Barrancabermeja as a city o Nationalization of the oil industry in Colombia o Emergence of social movements in response to several conflicts The shifts of these movements • Meeting the demands of the public o Human rights activism in response to violence Thesis - Luis Van Isschot approaches the topic of human rights activism in Colombia‚ by exploring the origins
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