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    Ponce de Leon for all of his services by getting the chance to go and discover new land for Spain. This land was referred to by natives of Puerto Rico as “Benimy”. As said in David Marley’s book (2008)‚ “Wars of the Americas: A chronology of armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere‚ 1492 to the present”‚ “Ponce de León readily agreed to a new venture‚ and in February 1512 a royal contract was dispatched outlining his rights and authorities to search for "the Islands of Benimy".”. Ponce de Leon was given

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    Describe the nature of lev’s relationship with his parents As parents‚ David and Anna Bronstein were generally too preoccupied with the work of the far to devote any significant time to their children. In fact the chief mechanic at Yanovka spent more time with Lev then anyone else. 3. Give examples of how Lev was exposed to the daily life of the local peasants? As he grew up‚ Lev was exposed daily to the miserable existence of the peasants who’s came from the surrounding districts to work. Lev

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    Leon Koury’s sculpture titled Compress Worker was made in 1941 and is currently located in Memphis Brooks Museum of art. The Compress Worker is a sculpture of a cotton compress worker‚ that capture a strong physicality of labors who worked in cotton production. The sculpture is a topless African American man‚ who is ungroomed‚ barely clothed‚ and without a haircut to show that his job does not allow him keep a manicured appearance. The artist gives the man a look of exhaustion and strength at the

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    themselves and Leon Band to the best of their ability. In my opinion‚ I was a successful leader this year and I qualify again this year. During the whole year I worked hard in my position as a leader and had the motivation to continue pushing myself to reach perfection. Also‚ during marching season I maintained a positive attitude and pushed my section to be the best group that they can be in marching band. I practiced my music and marching outside of rehearsals so that we could spend more learning time

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    Snowball from Animal Farm is an important character who symbolizes an important person in the Russian Revolution‚ Leon Trotsky. They have many similarities like the fact that they were both exiled from the country or farm and were attacked by the tyrant that came after them. There are many similarities and differences between the two. The similarities outweigh the differences because Animal Farm was based off of the Russian Revolution. They both supported a revolution before it even happened

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    effects. The paintings are a colorful representation what seem to be high ranking soldiers in uniform. The first painting named Bashi-Bazouk of a soldier in a turning manner is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art is by the artist‚ Jean-Leon Gerome of France. Gerome created an oil base painting on a 31 3/4 x 26-inch canvas in 1868 and completed it in 1869. The artist Gerome makes the viewer observe the composition at eye level in a triangular manner emphasizing the soldier from the waist

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    Slavery was a harsh and terrible way of life for all slaves. However there were differences in class among slaves. Lower class slaves were “field slaves”. Upper class slaves were “house slaves”. The daily routines of these slaves differed greatly. Field slaves sole purpose was production. Their duties were raising‚ planting and cultivation of crops‚ clearing land‚ burning underbrush‚ rolling logs‚ splitting rails‚ carrying water‚ mending fences‚ spreading fertilizer‚ and breaking soil. Working from

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    African Slavery and the Slave Trade African Slavery and the Slave Trade was one of the most devastating events that took place between us African Americans. African slavery all began back in 1482 when the Portuguese built their first permanent trading post on the Western Coast of present day Ghana. The Elimina castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637 and traded slaves there until 1872 when they

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    Another critic named George L. Cowgill‚ a professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts‚ argued that Leon-Portilla’s use of sources mostly came from Sahagun’s Codex Florentino and other numerous native sources that fit well to create the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico. Cowgill felt that Leon-Portilla’s book did a successful job in achieving its purpose of telling the story through the account of the natives and the overall story seemed to flow very well as a narrative. Cowgill felt

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    on intellect and artistic values reminiscent of the past. The humanist ideals of this movement focused on education with emphasizing literary aptitude‚ human experience and potential‚ and producing upstanding citizens. These ideals are reflected in Leon Battista Alberti’s concept of the role a proper family and the importance he places on raising children of good character and morals. The main end goal of a humanist approach to education was the cultivation of citizens with exemplary moral values

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