“Fountain of Youth” During his twilight years‚ American author Mark Twain noted that "life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18." Twain’s quip was only one of many complaints about aging that have been recorded for as long as humans have dreaded the downside of a long life. The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age "loathsome‚" and William Shakespeare termed it "hideous winter." So it’s not hard to understand why there have always been
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Magellan was born around 1480 either at Vila Nova de Gaia‚ near Porto‚ in Douro Litoral Province‚ or at Sabrosa‚ near Vila Real‚ in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province‚ in Portugal. He was the son of Rodrigo de Magalhães‚ alcaide-mór of Aveiro (1433–1500) (son of Pedro Afonso de Magalhães and wife Quinta de Sousa) and wife Alda de Mesquita and brother of Leonor or Genebra de Magalhães‚ wife with issue of João Fernandes Barbosa.[3] After the death of his parents during his tenth year he became a
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Festivals in the Philippines 1. BULAKLAKAN FESTIVAL January 01 / Muntinlupa City‚ Metro Manila (45 minutes from Manila) Annual procession‚ parade of flowers and costumes. 2. COCONUT FESTIVAL January 11-15 / San Pablo City‚ Laguna (2 hours from Manila by land) A grand mardi-gras celebration which pays homage to Laguna Province’s most ubiquitous crop. 3. CARACOL FESTIVAL January 19 / Glorietta 4 Park‚ Makati City‚ Metro Manila (30 minutes from Manila ) "Caracol" is Spanish for
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The protestant reformation was primarily an economic event because the entire idea of reforming the church started with the validity of the sale of indulgences. Indulgences were purely for economic gain when it came to the catholic church. Because of this sale of indulgences protestants and other anti-pope figures such as Savonarola‚ Hus‚ Wycliffe‚ and Luther‚ began speaking out of the corruptions and abuses of the church. It it was for the sale of indulgences (purely economic) there would be no
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Mexico has a lot of history behind it. Like all other countries‚ Mexico’s history began centuries ago. There are four early civilizations; the Olmecs‚ Mayans‚ Toltec‚ and the Aztecs (history.com). These early civilizations helped impact Mexico’s history today. They developed how to hunt and later they learned how to farm. Mexico has a lot of tradition and culture behind it. The Olmecs was the earliest civilization to developed in Mexico. They settled on the Gulf Coast near what is today‚ Veracruz
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The beginning and later growth of the Protestant Reformation was originally aimed towards the improvement of many beliefs and practices that came from the Roman Catholic Church‚ and it was also known as a major 16th century European movement. Many actions that taken place was increased by striving more political rulers who agreed to extend the power and control of the expense at the Church. Another thing the Protestant Reformation was notified as was it was a new challenge to religious authority
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Rajni Devraj Mrs. Lukon Western Civ. 20/11/12 Martin Luther Martin Luther was born on November 10 and was one of the most renowned leaders of the protestant reformation. Luther was from Eisleben in the Holy Roman Empire (present day East Germany)‚ and was born into a family of small but free landowners. He received his education in a cathedral school at Eisenach. After his master’s degree‚ he began studying law. His father was very dedicated to make Luther a lawyer‚ and was ready to use
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wealth they needed to be superior to one another. Instead they stumbled upon the Americas. Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) founded San Salvador (located in the Bahamas) and Cortes founded Mexico and eventually came to conquer the Aztec empire in 1521. The idea of exploration and enlightenment eventually arrived in other parts of Europe. In England‚ King Henry VIII only decided to follow the trend due to the profit Spain gained by going to the Americas. Europe at the time was going through the Protestant
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Starting with the Christopher Columbus’ voyages to the Americas in the late 15th century‚ European powers sought to explore‚ colonize‚ and find valuable resources within the New World. This source‚ a letter‚ was written in 1519 in the city of Tascalteca by the Conquistador Hernan Cortes to the Spanish King Charles IV. At first it seems unusual that he would be writing to the king as his expedition was called off; Cortes is practically writing to his superiors about how he is defying orders given
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On 13 August 1521 the Aztec capital‚ Tenochtitlan‚ had fallen to the Spanish conquistadors. Cortes and his followers had only landed in Mexico in April 1519. By the time of Cortes’ last departure form Spain in 1540; Mexico City had become a powerful colonial metropolis‚ the capital of a Spanish territory extending south into Central America and North to or beyond the Gulf of California. The campaign waged by Cortes was so successful that all ensuing campaigns were modelled upon the Aztec conquest
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