The Aquino Family Servillano Aquino Benigno Aquino‚ Sr. (former Tarlac assemblyman); son of Servillano Benigno Aquino‚ Jr. "Ninoy" (former senator); son of Benigno Sr. Benigno Aquino III "Noynoy" (former congressman and senator‚ current president); son of Ninoy Agapito Aquino "Butz" (former senator); son of Benigno Sr. Teresa Aquino-Oreta "Tessie" (former Malabon congresswoman and senator); daughter of Benigno Sr. Paul Aquino‚ son of Benigno‚ Sr. Bam Aquino‚ (incoming senator); son of
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AD 1320. The nobles‚ who were tired of the chaos and confusion‚ raised Ghias-ud-din tuglaq‚ also called Ghazi Malik‚ to the throne in AD 1320. Ghias-ud-din Tuglaq Ghias-ud-din built a new city near Delhi‚ which was named Tughlaqabad‚ after the dynasty. He carried out military campaigns against Pratap Rudra Dev of Warangal who was defeated and his empire was annexed. Bengal was also invaded and some part of it was annexed to the empire. He introduced a few administrative reforms. He removed corrupt
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the allied victory‚ Iran was subsequently called "The Bridge of Victory" by Winston Churchill. By the 1950s‚ the Shah was engaged in a power struggle with Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq‚ an immediate descendant of the previous monarchy‚ the Qajar dynasty. In 1953‚ the British and U.S. spy agencies deposed the democratically-elected government of Mossadegh in a military coup d ’état codenamed Operation Ajax‚ and restored the Shah as an absolute monarch. The anti-democratic coup
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In terms of influence‚ no two civilizations are more prominent than that of the Mesopotamians and the Shang Dynasty. Two great empires‚ which grew and flourished in the clever hands of the people who lived there‚ who used the geography of their land to their advantage and became strong enough to govern and conquer masses. To this day‚ their legacies leave their mark on the culture‚ the traditions‚ and the lives of modern people. The Mesopotamians had a unique and prominent culture‚ as did the Shang
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different from any other nation‚ we are tons more progressive‚ and that is just the way it works. In ancient civilizations they too had their own culture. In comparing and contrasting the Ancient Civilations of the Indus River Valley and the Chinese Dynasties the differences their cultures contain are clear including their Religious views‚ the way they express themselves artistically and most importantly how they communicated socially. Some of the religious differences that the Indus and Chinese were
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step back and find peace even in an imperfect world. Japanese rock gardens were carefully constructed to display the beauty of nature in which the viewer is meant to discover the landscapes meaning. Chinese landscape painters of the Northern Song Dynasty sought to capture the forever changing spirit‚ form and image of nature in their large landscapes.
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the Stammerer‚ the monk of St. Gall‚ wrote these words in AD 844 to describe the reign of the most influential Frankish king Charlemagne ( Lectures 1). Charlemagne‚ son of Pepin the Short‚ ruled the Franks for 47 years (Koeller 1). The Carolingian Dynasty‚ of which Charlemagne was a member‚ was established in AD 751 when Pepin dethroned the last Merovingian king. The Carolingians ruled a land that "spoke several different tongues‚ had different cultural and historical traditions‚ and different institutions
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Shang Dynasty and Han Dynasty Due Date: 11/29/11 For the past five thousand years‚ human civilizations have existed on the earth and constantly reforming and contributing to our society. The excellences human made are unprecedented‚ and the experience theses civilizations cumulated can also be continuously studied by the people nowadays. This year‚ we learnt many great civilizations‚ among the civilizations in ancient China‚ the Shang dynasty and the Han dynasty are the most outstanding
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Two major elements in European culture a. Greco-Roman element b. Judeo-Christian element Division One Greek Culture and Roman Culture Ⅰ. Greek Culture Why should we study the Ancient Greeks? The Greek culture is an origin of western culture Greek culture has made to western society in the areas of art‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ architecture and politics‚ astronomy It shape today’s western culture with notions of democracy and personal freedom The most important reason to study
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Song dynasty and its significance in Chinese History In this article‚ I would like to introduce the "Culture History" of Song dynasty. I will mainly talk about "Literature"‚ which will be divided into 4 parts that are: 1)Poetry; 2)Prose; 3) Ci(詞); and 4)History. After introducing the Literature‚ I would like to explain Song dynasty ’s significance in Chinese History. In Zhen Zong period‚ Xi Kun Ti became popular among the high officials. The representative of the Xi Kun Ti were Yang
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