The Middle Ages‚ despite also being referred to as the Dark Ages‚ was a time of high creativity. The misconception that it was "dark" is most likely due to the two periods directly before‚ and after it‚ which had more advancement and focus on learning and education. This period of creativity would not last. A series of crises would strike the people of medieval Europe in a manner extremely similar to those foretold in the Bible‚ brought by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was so similar in
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The Age of Exploration began in the 1400’s. Europeans were urgent to get various spices from Asia. Flavours were utilized to preserve different foods and keep them away from rotting. However‚ many spices were costly and unsafe to get. Many traders needed to travel parts of the risky Silk Road (an unsafe way from Europe to Asia) to get them. Since the Silk Road was often closed because of different wars‚ European rulers started to pay for various explorations to discover a way to get to Asia so they
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ancient Greeks‚ including Hippocrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Galen. A Byzantine physician was Alexander of Tralles‚ whose medical books were used throughout Europe in the following centuries. Institutional medicine was unknown in Europe during the early Middle Ages. Within the Byzantine state‚ however‚ hospitals-where the sick and injured could receive care-were established as parts of monastic communities. The study of medical books originating in the Byzantine world had a strong influence on the practice
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is widely discussed on what kind of action should people after 50 put their emphasis. It is often said that after 50 years old it is extremely hard to find a proper job‚ even though they have got a lot of experience. It is likely that people at that age are caused to be giving up their job and got retired. There might be two arguments to explain why it is happening. First of all‚ people after 50s are not so goal orientated due to the fact that they have already achieved a lot of in their life and
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In Medieval Europe‚ attitudes toward homosexuality varied by era and region. Generally‚ by at least the twelfth century‚ homosexuality was considered sodomy and was punishable by death. Before the Medieval period early Romans tolerated alternative sexual practices‚ such as masturbation in males and females and homosexuality. Homosexuality was generally more accepted for males than for females; male elites were able to recruit slaves or hire household boys for their sexual pleasures‚ while males saw
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Although it may seem like serfs didn’t do much in the Middle Ages‚ they were actually the ones who kept both knights and nobles alive. The serfs were just like peasants‚ except for the fact that they served under a lord. The serfs would farm their lord’s land - one strip of the field’s crops were for themselves and their family‚ while the rest of the field and their crops belonged to the lord. In exchange‚ the lord would protect his serfs from robbery and any other kinds of harm. The serfs
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Firstly‚ Age is the period of time whereby technological events or successes help achieve the progress or decline of a civilization or the world. These ages of time are like the Stone Age‚ Bronze Age‚ and Iron Age or like the Agrarian age and Modern Age where technology or societies depended on the method of technology they achieved during their periods. Technology is closely associated with innovation‚ the transformation of ideas into new and products or processes
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In India more than 8.1 crore population is above 60 years of age. Its sums up to 8 percent of the total population of India. Uttar Pradesh has the largest population of senior citizens with 1.5 crore‚ followed by Maharastra with 85 Lac‚ West Bengal with 57 Lac and Bihar with 55 Lac. More than 30% of this population is neglected and 48% of the neglected citizens are neglected and suffer at the hands of their own families. Only 15% of them registers complaints on an average. About 90% of the problems
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ESSAY QUESTIONS RENAISSANCE 1. ’77: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. ’81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic‚ philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo ’s David and Giacometti ’s Man Pointing 1947). 3. ’82: Compare and contrast the cultural
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as granting unimaginable fortune to the owners and leaders of the businesses. They controlled the resources and might have very well controlled the prices of items itself; the huge drop in Document A is clear evidence of their influence. The Gilded Age witnessed the expansion of the scale and scope of American industry. Old industries like iron transformed into modern industries‚ such as U.S. Steel. The expansion of the nation’s rail system in the decades following the Civil War played a vital role
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