Qin Shi Huang‚ First Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang (or Shi Huangdi) was the First Emperor of a unified China‚ who ruled from 246 BCE to 210 BCE. In his 35-year reign‚ he managed to create magnificent and enormous construction projects. He also caused both incredible cultural and intellectual growth‚ and much destruction within China. Whether he should be remembered more for his creations or his tyranny is a matter of dispute‚ but everyone agrees that Qin Shi Huang‚ the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty
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Prehistorical Music Spanish music begins singing and knocking or percuting different objects. Adding pieces of skins to vessels‚ whistling on pipes or rubbing strings offer interesting effects. Painting on walls in caves prove it‚ specially in Mediterranean area. Roman Hispanic literature presents allusions to instruments‚ andalouisan dancer girls or habitudes‚ but we cannot always imagine the way in wich performing was made. [pic] Painting on Walls: dancers? [pic] Beatus
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Persepolis; Perceptions of the veil [Satrapi‚ (b) p52] “And say to the believing woman that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty...that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty...” Sūrah 24:31 The autobiographical novel “Persepolis” depicts the early stages of its author‚ Marjane Satrapi’s life. It shows her growing up in Iran‚ to her studies in Vienna‚ and her return. In an interview in 2008‚ she stated that she composed
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Idiophone An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings ormembranes. It is the first of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. The early classification of Victor-Charles Mahillon called this group of instruments autophones. Most percussion instruments that are not drums are idiophones. Hornbostel-Sachs divides idiophones into four main sub-categories
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How significant is Act 2 Scene 1 to the Taming of the Shrew as a whole and how does this scene contribute to the play’s comic potential? William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ follows two rather different sisters and their fathers attempt to marry them off. Bianca is the beautiful sister‚ fair and virtuous‚ a symbol of purity backed up by the fact her name means white in Italian. Kate on the other hand is the older sister‚ foul and bad tempered‚ a women no man would
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Galileo Galilei an Italian man with an amazing intellect. He had many contributions to astronomy‚ physics‚ mathematics‚ engineering‚ and philosophy. Galileo is known as the “father of modern science”‚ and his many inventions and findings that are still being referenced today. The knowledge provided by him set forth some of the greatest inventions and theories of our time. The world would not be where it is today if it wasn’t for the incredible mind of Galileo. Galileo was born in Pisa‚ Italy on the
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Greek and Roman Influence in Psychology Virtually every branch of knowledge‚ as we know it today‚ came from particularly two powerful empires of the ancient past‚ which are the Greek and Roman Empire. Although there were other civilizations‚ such as the Arabs and the Mayans‚ that made progress in knowledge‚ especially mathematics‚ the Greeks and Romans have been more recognized for the development of other branches of knowledge. The Greeks and Romans have been known to be the promoters of the natural
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his social name Zhongni‚ all appear connected to the miraculous circumstances of his birth. We do not know how Confucius himself was educated‚ but tradition has it that he studied ritual with the Daoist Master Lao Dan‚ music with Chang Hong‚ and the lute with Music-master Xiang. At the age of fifty‚ when Duke Ding of Lu was on the throne‚
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Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her
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Ethnic Cultural Diversity Emily Aboosamra CLS 100 Mrs. Daniels December 14th‚ 2012 Throughout my weeks of researching Ethnic Cultural Diversity‚ i’ve found that trying to define the words ethnicity and culture aren’t in any way easy‚ but are significantly easier that trying to define the word diversity. When I began this project‚ in my CLS 100 class a few weeks prior to now‚ I hadn’t really gone into depth on the topic of diversity in any way‚ shape‚ or form. When I say “...in any
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