Though many empires have come and gone some seem to endure through time longer than others while some dissolve even before they have a chance to get established. To understand this discrepancy‚ I will endeavor to show how an empires ability to establish standardization in every aspect of life and governance determines its longevity and stability and why large empires like the Hellenistic empire of Alexander the Great in contrast did not endure after his death. When considering the longest ruling
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In your own words‚ explain how Donatello has told the story of The Annunciation in sculpture and why contemporaries were so impressed with his achievement. Donatello is considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 15th century. A member of the innovative group of painters‚ architects and sculptors that revolutionised art in Florence at the beginning of the 15th century‚ he succeeded in becoming perhaps the most successful in his field due to his understanding of the
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Popular Culture and the Arts Student Name University of Phoenix ARTS/125-Pop Culture and the Arts Popular Culture and the Arts The purpose of this paper is to analyze my perceptions of Popular Culture and the Arts. My very own definitions of “art‚†“fine art‚†“artifacts‚†and how they influence my cultural perception of the world will be discussed. My definitions of “culture‚†“elite culture‚†“pop culture‚†“ethnocentrism
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[pic] English Language Unit Pre-sessional 2010 THE EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING The experiential marketing in entrainment and tourism industry Written Project By Qi Mi Student ID: 200744344 2nd September 2010 Supervisor: Lucia Brandi Declaration The work contained in this project is my own and has not been submitted for any other qualification. All sentences and passages quoted from published sources have been specifically acknowledged by referencing to author‚ work and
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San Vitale Ravenna‚ Italy The Church of San Vitale remains one of the earliest and most prized structures of Byzantine Art. Built in the Etruscan and later Roman city of Ravenna‚ Italy‚ San Vitale stands to be one of the city’s most celebrated possessions. Two-hundred years after Constantine‚ the creator of Byzantium‚ Ostrogoth ruler Theodoric the Great made Ravenna the capital of his kingdom. Theodoric was of Arian faith where Christ was seen as a creation of God the Father and was subordinate
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DREAM HOUSE My dream house‚ what would it be what would it look like it‚ and most important where will I build it. I like the countryside wide open areas‚ maybe farm lands with some animals. But I do like the city life with the nose‚ rude people‚ and heavy traffic on the high way. There is pros and cons to both environment‚ the countryside close to no air pollution‚ but less services you need to travel more to access services. The pros and cons of the city life more cultural opportunities‚ more
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unified‚ multi-ethnic state in Chinese history. He founded the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). During his reign‚ he began the reconstruction of the Great Wall of China. Ying Zheng is best known for building a large palace/ tomb complex which houses the Terracotta Army. The Qin Dynasty came to an end when Liu Bang‚ a peasant leader‚ overthrew it. Liu then founded the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220). During the Han Dynasty era‚ China expanded west as far as India‚ where it opened trade along the Silk Road
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The last thing you see before you die is the most terrible‚ horrific face with hair of snakes and scary red eyes‚ you know it’s not human‚ it’s a Gorgon. The idea of Gorgons dates back all the way to the Greek times. The Gorgons can be found in Greek art and are included in epics often‚ Medusa was the most common out of the Gorgons but there are many discrepancies about who she was‚ and Perseus was ultimately the one to defeat Medusa. The Gorgons were monsters of Greek mythology‚ showing up in culture
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GEOGRAPHY China is located in East Asia. Ancient China is surrounded by Gobi Desert in the north‚ the Pacific Ocean in the east‚ the Himalayan Mountains in the southwest‚ and the Taklimakan desert in the west. This land has a wide variation of animals because of the different habitats provided for them. Most farming was done in the very fertile lands of the Yangtze valley. Present China is much bigger than Ancient China‚ which means that over time‚ the kings and different dynasties went gaining
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* Civilization Features of civilization: * government * jobs * art/arcitecture * laws * religion * cities * WRITING (very important) * social classes * technology At this time‚ all governments are monarchies. The king usually had divine and unquestionable power until the area over which he rules starts failing. Then people rebel. The earliest writing is in pictures‚ mostly caligraphy and such. The first to develop writing is most
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