North Europe and South Europe There are many countries that are considered by many people to be alike‚ but honestly they are totally different. The examples are easy to find in western countries where it seems that they share common qualities like language origins‚ appearance and so on. However in detail‚ it is hard to tell that they are similar. The countries‚ in particular‚ North Europe and South Europe are the best example. They both are appertained by many countries but the difference
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erhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t2w34ussrbreakup.htm http://www.studymode.com/essays/Changes-In-Europe-Since-The-Fall-563015.html The Fall of the Berlin Wall The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. There had been signs that the Communist bloc was weakening‚ but the East German Communist leaders insisted that East Germany just needed a moderate change rather than a drastic revolution. East German citizens did not agree. As Communism began to falter in Poland‚ Hungary
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Amber Burgermeister Development of the Madrigal Essay The madrigal became popular and started developing effectively by Pieto Bembo‚ an influential Italian poet‚ because he was striving for a different and more heartfelt way of singing poetry. His idea was that the text should reflect in the music on a deeper level‚ hence the concept of “word-painting” and also madrigalism. Madrigals were often written about pastoral or mythological ideas. Also‚ they were mostly homophonic‚ with a common
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Humanism and the Renaissance Founded on the ideals of Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca during the late fourteenth century‚ Renaissance humanism centered itself on humanity ’s potential for achievement. Although God is credited for creating the universe‚ human beings are the ones credited for developing and sustaining it. The shift was away from understanding the world through faith and towards a broader intellectual and scientific understanding of it. A humanist‚ in this context‚ was
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The grape varietal commonly known as “prosecco” or more traditionally known as “glera” is used to produce a fruity‚ simple‚ and refreshing sparkling wine that comes form northern Italy and is called “prosecco.” The steep slopes of northern Italy lead to the production of a light and fruity bubbling wine‚ often compared to champagne. The areas of Italy that are known for the production of prosecco are Valdobbiadene and Conegliano‚ which are part of the larger region of Veneto (Mionetto Prosecco
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Daniel Yu The Renaissance The changes in peoples values‚ beliefs‚ and behavior beginning in the late 1400s became to be known as the English Renaissance. Renaissance is an appropriate term for this historical period in time‚ Renaissance meaning "rebirth" in French. People had become to be more curious about themselves and their world‚ so gradually there was a renewal of curiosity and creativity. A few of the extraordinary people in this period include Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Christopher
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Renaissance Content The Renaissance was knows as the “rebirth”‚ the revival of the culture of classical Greece and Rome. People started taking interest in learning classical Greece and Roman texts‚ therefore there was a rebirth of learning (also because the Medieval times lacked education). It transformed economics and trade‚ knowledge and learning‚ and the arts. It begins in Italy in the 1350s after the Crusades and later spread to Northern Europe. Italy became the birthplace because
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Changes of the patronage system during Renaissance Different from the fully developed art market today‚ there were few individual traders of art works in the Renaissance period. Historically‚ artists rarely undertook major artworks without a patron’s concrete commission. The patron could be a civic group‚ religious entity‚ private individual‚ or even the artists’ guild itself. Art patrons before the Renaissance period tended to be either royalty or clergy. Kings from various kingdoms commissioned
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The renaissance and humanism The middle ages were a time of ignorance and lack of progress. The church had taken over the majority of power in the western world‚ and feudalism kept everyone in their place so that a time continued where the people of Europe made practically no progress. Humanism is the belief that a person has the power and duty to be the best person they can be. The middle ages could have stretched on loner‚ but due to the black plague exterminating a third of the population
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Italian Colonization and the Impact of the Sanussi in Libya The Italian occupation of Libya is an often-overlooked period of time in the history of Africa colonization by western powers. The Italians were as brutal as any other nation in their nation during their reign and justified it with orientalist rhetoric. Historically‚ Libya has always been a part of another empire. The Greeks were the first to conquer the trading posts of Libya‚ followed by the Romans‚ than the Islamic Empire under
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