12. THE RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT IN EUROPE. THE RECULIARITIES OF ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. DRAMA AS THE MAIN MANIFESTATION OF THE RENAISSANCE SPIRIT. The word Renaissance comes from the Latin word Rinascere‚ which means to be reborn. This period dates from 14th to 17th c. and is usually opposed to Middle Ages on the basis of the fact that it gave us a multiperspective vision of the human being. Features of the R in Europe: Realization of national identity (European nations began to realize their national
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If I were to compare and contrast about fascism and communism then I would start off by saying that they are 2 different styles of having power over everyone. For example‚ in North Korea they have a fascism leader in Kim Jong Un and how he basically controls all of North Korea. Communism as you can tell would be the exact opposite. So in communism you would get only what you need to live. That means that if there was a family of four and then a family of two‚ then the family of four would get
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In the aftermath of World War II‚ countries such as India‚ Vietnam‚ Cuba‚ China‚ and Ghana had independence movements to change who was in power. The changes that had come were compared to a raging hurricane that the old orders could not stand against. As a result of this‚ the people who had been exploited revolted against their governments who had kept them in subjection. The communist dictators of Cuba‚ Fidel Castro‚ and China‚ Mao Zedong‚ lead revolutions to overthrow their governments and
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Communism and capitalism are two forms of government that are vastly different but used by many nations. The United States and the former Soviet Union were ran by two economic systems that were on two different sides of the spectrum because of how vastly different they were. The Soviet Union used a political system that would allow government to control everything‚ including the means of production‚ where people were allowed to live‚ and even what career people were allowed to go into to. Communism
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The decline of medieval societies was caused by a number of people and events. With the decline of the medieval frontier because of the bubonic plague or “Black Death” as it’s know‚ led to many civilians spreading out to a rural style of living. The more populated cities and state’s were more vulnerable to infection because of so many living so close together many who survived took there chance leaving the cities and the more rural areas had less infected. No longer being able to obtain all the necessities
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Medieval torture was used by people of the Medieval ages like William the Conqueror and his Norman allies when he was crowned king of England in 1066. They used torture to extract gold from Anglo Saxons in the new kings kingdom. Higher class people would practice torture to get gold and silver from peasants. Punishments would vary depending on the social status of the person and the crime they committed. Criminals who were already sentenced to death were sometimes tortured to give up the names of
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Communism. A form of a classless government. Created my Karl Marx in the 18th century communism has become one of the most controversial forms of government out there. It all started from a book called “The Communist Manifesto”‚ written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In this book‚ they coveted to end free enterprise feeling that it was the social class framework that prompted to the abuse of workers. The workers that were abused would create class cognizance. At that point there would be a
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The Physics and Components of Medieval Projectile Launchers Before the age of cannons‚ gunpowder‚ and modern warfare‚ projectiles were fired using machines generally identified as catapults. Civilizations in the middle ages were the ones to use the catapult the most‚ utilizing basic laws of physics to hit their target. We will look at different designs in catapults and how they function. Even today‚ launching projectiles is a lesson in physics. Catapults are no exception. From the great minds of
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"Political systems in Europe post World War I were terribly shaken if not completely destroyed. This is especially true in Eastern Europe where national boundaries were disputed and once powerful cities were virtually obliterated. In countries like Germany and Russia people had finally grown tired of being repressed not only as a nation by foreign enemies but individually by a wealthy ruling class of their fellow citizens. Finding themselves among political‚ economic and social ruin‚ these same people
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Country | Britain | Social | * East India Trading Co encouraged many Christian missionaries to convert Indian people‚ creating social-cultural imperialism * New cartridges utilizing animal fat caused disputes with both Hindu and Muslims in the British sepoys‚ leading to the Sepoy rebellion * The Indian Civil Service attempts to create a legitimate authority by giving British rulers the luxury and pompous lifestyle of previous Indian princes. * New sewage and water supplies were installed
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