Miguel De Cervantes The son of a deaf surgeon‚ Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in 1547. He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575‚ de Cervantes spent five years in prison. He was freed in 1580 and returned home. De Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years‚ publishing the first part of Don Quixote in 1605. He died in 1616. For nearly his entire life‚ Miguel de Cervantes struggled financially. His father
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The church’s unyielding grip on religious expression shattered as medieval society transitioned into a period known as the Reformation. Characterized by the rejection of common ritual and ideology‚ the Reformation sparked a different degree of religious curiosity. The Reformation forced the church to adhere to religious tolerance‚ allowing Europeans to discern for themselves what they believed. Hence‚ it was natural that an era considered the Age of Enlightenment followed the period of rejection
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HASANOV VUSAL Azerbaijani – Armenian CONFLICT Historical roots of the conflict. From the middle of the XVIII century Azerbaijan went through the period of feudal division and was made up of independent khanates. Upper Karabakh inhabited mainly by Azerbaijanis formed a part of the Azerbaijani Karabakh khanate that included the territories between the Kur and the Araz. When owing to their strategic and geopolitical situation Azerbaijani khanates got involved into the stratagem of fight which
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destroyed the castle‚ and killed everyone. Candide helped Pangloss back to health‚ and they traveled to Lisbon. When they arrived‚ an earthquake struck‚ killing thousands. They survive but are overheard discussing philological reasoning of these events. They are accused of denying original sin and free will‚ which are important elements of Catholic doctrine. The religious scholars of Lisbon determine that an auto-da-fé‚ a contemporary ritual for the punishment of sinners and heretics‚ is the best
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Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer and navigator. He discovered the “New world” of the Americas on an expedition that was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but never did. Instead‚ he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. His journeys kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. He was born in what is now Italy. His parents’ names were Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa
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Examination of Latin America: Brazil The first European settlers to arrive to Brazil were the Portuguese‚ which were led by Pedro Cabral‚ who began to colonies in the region. The Europeans found approximately 7 million native Indians living in the region. Portuguese explorers came in search of valuable goods for European trade‚ unsettled land‚ and opportunities to escape poverty in Portugal. The only item they discovered at the time of value was the Brazil wood tree (pau do brasil) from which they
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1) Key theoretical approaches to the European Integration Background – Intellectual context -‐ to understand the theories of European integration‚ it is important to consider the intellectual context from which the idea of European integration emerged Federalism – Altiero Spinelli -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐ Spinelli:
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10/7/12 Mrs Holly Core 4 Born in 1450‚ Bartolomeu Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and he was in charge of the Royal Warehouse in Lisbon. He sailed through the west coast of Africa. Since he did that he opened the sea route to asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Bartolomeu Dias was sent in this voyage to reach two main purposes‚ first to reach and find a new rout to India and
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Optimism as a Theme for Candide Just as on the title‚ Candide‚ or Optimism‚ Optimism is also used as a major theme. Voltaire’s satire of philosophical optimism is one of the major issues of Candide. Throughout the story‚ satirical references to "the best of all possible worlds" contrast with natural catastrophes and human wrongdoing. According to Wikipedia‚ "optimism‚ the opposite of pessimism‚ is a lifeview where the world is looked upon the as a positive place. Optimists generally believe that
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v=wkVpZhQGsV4 • What’s Next? Issue 2: European integration Issue 2.1 The EU integration process • European Integration: Deepening the Union? • EU Constitutional Treaty 2004 – Rejected • EU Treaties: – Rome 1957 (’TEC’) – Maastricht 1992 (’TEU’) – Lisbon 2007 • Economic crisis drove financial integration forward • (new agencies‚ Stability Fund EFSF) Timeline 1952: Treaty of Paris:European Coal and Steel Community 1957: Treaty of Rome: European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community
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