The Medici family controlled Florence throughout most of the Renaissance. In 1397 Giovanni de Medici established the Medici Bank‚ which quickly became the largest bank in Europe. He was a banker to the Papal Court‚ and a wealthy businessman who held many political offices. In 1429‚ Giovanni died‚ and left the business and fortune to his son Cosimo. Cosimo de’Medici was born September 27‚ 1389. At the age of 40‚ he took over the family business and fortune. Although he “clung to his position as
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La popularización de la fotografía: invención de la placa seca Consigna: Análisis de la trascendencia de la invención de la placa seca‚ tomando como eje la importancia del documentalismo como denuncia‚ información o conocimiento. Placa Seca La placa seca‚ también conocida como gelatino-bromuro‚ es el primer medio fotográfico exitoso económico y duradero. Fue inventada por el Dr. Richard Leach Maddox en 1871‚ y en 1879 estaba tan bien introducida que la primera fábrica de placa seca se había
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| One Woman’s Story of War‚ Loss & Love | Magdalene De Lancey: A Week at Waterloo | | lwilsonide | 7/20/2010 | History 112 - OLA: Western Civilization II | Magdalene Hall and William De Lancey had a fast tracked romance and remained married for three months prior to the devastating battle of Waterloo. The marriage was mutually beneficial‚ both socially & financially‚ for both sides; as was common in marriages of its time. The existence of true love is present throughout
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renowned physicists of all time and it was a huge success. Almost three decades later‚ this show received a remake‚ with another celebrated physicist‚ Neil de Grass Tyson. The show aired first on the 9th of March 2014. And this new version of the cosmos was also a tremendous success. This show comprises of thirteen episodes and is presented by Neil de Grass Tyson. Neil is a scientist who has always been known to promote scientific literacy. When in an interview‚ Neil was asked about his daughter’s career
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Notre Dame de Paris‚ Ile de la Cite (1163-1345) The building that has taken my interest is Notre Dame de Paris‚ which literally means “Our Lady of Paris” in French. When one thinks of Gothic architecture‚ majority will think of Notre Dame as it is one the most significant French catholic cathedral that is distinctively Gothic. Because Notre Dame has seen many reconstruction in its days‚ its early construction in the period 1160s is characterized as Early Gothic and adopt similar pointed arch
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Alain de Botton claimed that humorists entertain‚ but can also say things without punishment. I agree with him because we have freedom of speech in America. Even though‚ everyone might not agree with what’s being said‚ it is good to voice your own opinion and not just follow the crowd. Humorists can sometimes say some bad jokes. It is best to ignore these jokes if you don’t agree with them. For example‚ Saturday Night Live gets away with saying stuff about our government or our media. The humor on
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Due to increasing competition in the field of medical testing it has become prudent for Laboratorio De Analisis Argentina (LAA) to evaluate its process and identify strengths and weaknesses to improve the operations of their laboratories. An in-depth investigation into day-to-day‚ step-by-step breakdown of activities has uncovered where‚ and how LAA can achieve efficient operations. From the original collection of samples to the final step of communicating the test results to the patients‚ LAA
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in 1090. He was given the nickname "El Cid"‚ which is derived from the Arabic word sayyid or “sir”. El Cid inspired the writing of “Cantar Del Mio Cid” or The Poem of The Cid. There are many speculations as to who the real writer of the Poem of the Cid‚ however the real author or authors are unknown. The Poem of The Cid is the oldest Spanish epic and is one of the four most important Spanish books of all time. Although it is inspired by the the real Cid‚ who was a
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Name: Isidoros Priftis Pieles de La Garriga Summary In the Pieles de La Garriga case study we have to decide whether we are going to accept the offer of Comerpiel and under which conditions. In order to make our decision we have to consider some criteria. The criteria that I identified as the most important are the lack of capacity for the first month if we decide to take the whole order‚ the profit or loss‚ the risk that Comerpiel will back out the contract‚ and the strategic implications
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