Emperor Alexius Comenus‚ to assist in the defense of Constantinople. 4 There were of course factors other than the political ambition of Urban‚ and the Popes who succeeded him‚ that made the wars of the crusades possible. The middle ages were a time when life was brutal even in peace time and the Church was able to use the promise of escaping poverty‚ and the practice of indulgences to forgive mortal sins to the warriors who went on crusade . Another aspect of the history of the Crusades that can be easily
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person who granted someone a fief became lord over them and the person who was granted a fief became a vassal (Smith‚ Andrew 1). The most important role of vassals was serving their
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Most Important Person In My Life In 2007 the most important‚ the most inspiring man I have ever met was taken from me. My Dad died unexpectedly from a heart condition that he was suppose to recover from in five days. My Dad was so amazing. He had read so many books all his life that I can’t ever match what he read. He was a High School graduate from Brooklyn who was elegant and highly intelligent. He was wise‚ kind and extremely funny. Everyone respected and loved him. He took such
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The role of telecommunication in our life Telecommunication plays an important role in our life today. Generally telecommunication is the transmission of signal over a distance for purpose of sending information. By sharing information‚ human can get such a development today. information is even considered to be one of standard criteria to assess life quality of a man. Life quality of a man is assessed according to the amount of information he get and means of approaching information. In earlier
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A role of the Environmental Ethics in the modern society The inspiration for environmental ethics was the first Earth Day in 1970 when environmentalists started urging philosophers who were involved with environmental groups to do something about environmental ethics. An intellectual climate had developed in the last few years of the 1960s in large part because of the publication of two papers in Science: Lynn White`s “The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis” (March 1967) and Garett Hardin`s
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How the Environment Plays a Role in Learning Introduction According to the constructivism theory of learning‚ human beings learn through establishing meaning in their present knowledge structures. According to proponents of this theory‚ children learn by the process of assimilation and accommodation. Accommodation refers to the process by which failure leads to further learning; where a new experience that is contrary to one’s expectations causes one to change their mental representations. On
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Clinton. Today there is still so much work to be done to improve the rights and equality of gender. Even though the role of women has dramatically changed since early modern we still face problems of inequality. It is almost hard to believe how different the role of a woman in early modern Europe was compared to today when we are still not satisfied with the role that women are allowed to play. However‚ it is arguable that Ariosto would agree with Hillary Clinton. He believed that by the sixteenth century
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Vegetarianism; A Healthier Way Of Life In today’s society‚ one in which obesity is hugely prevalent and cancer incidents increase exponentially compared to the fewer numbers of past generations‚ we must open our eyes to the frightening truths about our unhealthy lifestyles. Our lifestyle choices not only cause damage to the human body but to the environment as well. One of the largest factors relating to the general decline of people’s health as well as contributing to the decline of the environment
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impact of Shakespeare can be seen in various aspects of modern life. Shakespeare notably standardized the English language and created over 2‚000 words that are currently in use today‚ as well as a multitude of phrases such as the popular‚ “be all and end all” and “forever and a day”. As arguably the best playwright in history‚ Shakespeare completely re-vitalized the work of plays into multi-dimensional masterpieces. To explain‚ with regards to plays‚ the playwright was the first to merge genres‚ which
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How the Environment Plays A Role In Learning Learning is an important skill that is essential for everyone to succeed in life which includes school‚ work and our community. By being able to learn we are able to obtain basic knowledge‚ develop skills and abilities. Whether the environment that we are in is stressful‚ combative or stress free; the tiniest thing in our environment is important to how we are able to learn. The environment that we are in as children and adults can affect our learning
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