The iconoclastic controversy began in mid 700 A.D. It was a religious dispute between Christians on whether icons‚ paintings‚ mosaics‚ statues‚ etc. should be allowed in the church. One side felt there was a need for icons in the church while the other side felt that icons in the church turned the focus of worship away from God and into idolatry. Both sides had a point but there was much dispute in the early church as to what was the correct theology. Icons had been a large part of the church
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Abraham Lincoln: Sectional President as Preserver of the Union Before Lincoln became president‚ there was already much sectional tension between the North and the South‚ mostly over slavery. While slavery was illegal in most Northern states‚ it was still the basis of the South’s economy. The main issue was over slavery in the new territories gained through compromises and the Mexican war. At first‚ the Missouri Compromise temporarily solved the problem‚ by making it so that in every territory
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The Awakening: Public Controversy The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ was a book that was truly ahead of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right‚ but yet she was seen as a scoundrel. At the time‚ it was "a world that values only her performance as a mother‚ whose highest expectations for women are self sacrifice and self-effacement." ( ? ) The people of that era were not ready to admit or accept the simple but hidden feelings of intimacy or sexuality and the true nature
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Where My World Began ‘The sky is not the limit‚’ my father said. Every time I talked to him about something related to studies‚ he used to give this dialogue. He also added every time‚ ‘I have limited myself till the skies‚ but I want my son to reach above the sky.’ My father himself is an airline pilot but he wanted his son to be something better. He always wanted me to become an aerospace engineer. I always believed from the childhood to look at the topmost‚ at least you will reach to something
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How to grow onions Today‚ most people simply eat onions raw or cooked‚ in about a thousand different ways. Onions are warm-season veggies and‚ however you plan to use them‚ you can grow them anywhere following the following easy steps: a) Buy started plants at the nursery. Otherwise‚ start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last expected frost (see "How to Start Vegetable Seeds Indoors"). b) Choose a site that gets at least 6 hours of sun a day and has soil with a pH of 6.0 to 7.5. Onions
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"Green Grow the Rashes" Robert Burns’ poem‚ "Green Grow the Rashes" is a very simple poem. The main theme to the poem is the praise of the female gender. Throughout the poem Burns comments on what females mean to him‚ and how wonderful they are. "The sweetest hours that e’er I spend‚ Are spent among the lasses‚ O. (Robert Burns) With this statement in the first stanza of the poem‚ Burns attempts to make his point on females. The happiest times of his life are spent
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Jazmin Jupiter Language and Literature 9 112/01 Sept. 14‚ 2012 Essay No. 1 In the book‚ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‚ Francie Nolan lives in a world where she has trouble finding who she is‚ but eventually finds a way of discovering who she wants to be. Francie is an eleven-year-old girl living in Williamsburg‚ Brooklyn. You can find Francie sitting on her fire escape reading book‚ while imagining that she lives in the Tree of Heaven. The narrator says: “An eleven-year-old girl sitting on this
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The 20th century is replete with personages who helped set the standards or defined the course of national or international history. In the artistic world‚ many great individuals contributed to making the period interesting‚ revolutionary and creative. Literature: William Butler YeatsIn the literary world‚ among the 20th century giants is William Butler Yeats. An Irish-born dramatist‚ poet and prose writer‚ Yeats is regarded as one of the towering giants of English-language writing for the century
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The Zulu Empire began their rise to power by Shaka Zulu. He was born in 1787‚ but was not accepted by his father‚ Senzangakona‚ so he and his mother were exiled. They lived with the Mthethwa people and Shaka fought for them as well. When Senzangakona died‚ Dingiswayo‚ leader of the Mthethwa‚ helped Shaka become the rightful leader of the Zulu. After the death of Dingiswayo‚ Shaka also became the ruler of the Mthethwa people as well. Shaka was a born leader and a brilliant general. He was the Napoleon
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of wars‚ known as the Crusades‚ to take the holy land‚ Jerusalem‚ back from the Arabs. Although it is still a question whether helping the emperor was truly the motive of the pope. At this time the pope was also struggling with the Investiture Controversy‚ a power struggle between the king and pope that lasted for about 50 years. Therefore‚ many historians believe that because of the power struggle the pope was hungry for power. Scholars also have found many differing views from years of research
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