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    The Baroque Era

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    exactly how it was with the Baroque Era of Music. When Was the Baroque Era? The official company line on when the Baroque Era started‚ which you will find in every book‚ encyclopedia‚ or bubble-gum wrapper on the subject‚ was the year 1600. The event which earned 1600 this enviable distinction‚ as far as I can tell‚ was the simple fact that it has two zeros stuck on the end of it‚ thus making it fairly easy to remember. In contrast‚ the end of the Baroque Era was definitively set by Johann Sebastian

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    Katsu Kokichi in Musui’s Story and Sasahara Isaburo in the Samurai Rebellion both reflect on what it means to be a samurai in the nineteenth century Japan. The samurais were a faction of the military nobility that constituted a large part of the culture of Japan. The origins of the term in the early parts of the tenth century signified those who were serving closely to the nobility of the land. Samurais offered assistance to the early leaders of both Japan and China‚ with their knowledge and fighting

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    everyone’s heads who’s better a knight or a samurai. Both these warriors lived in the Middle Ages. Samurai and the Knights fought for power‚ people‚ etc. Both knights and samurai used martial arts in their battles and training. Each one of these warriors favor either Zen Buddhism or Amida Buddhism depending on their cultural diffusion. So‚ does anybody know if you would rather be a knight or a samurai. In this essay I will compare the weapons and armor of samurai and knights‚ the code of conduct of both

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    If Knights and Samurai were going to engage in battle‚ who would win? Imagine yourself as a Samurai‚ you are in the middle of defeating the European knights who are covered in plated armor. You begin to worry but then‚ you win‚ these are the reasons why a Samurai is better than a knight. Feudalism in Europe and Japan were both very similar. They both has rulers‚ and they both had rulers who hired nobles‚ and they both had nobles who hired landowners‚ and they both had landowners who hired warriors

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    how it was with the Baroque Era of Music. To put this into perspective‚ try and remember that the Renaissance was a "re-birth" of good art and music and the Classical era was that birth coming into its maturity. The Baroque Era—which happened to come directly after the Renaissance and before the Classical Era—coincided nicely with those awkward and highly emotional teenage years that everyone goes through on the pathway called growing up. When Was the Baroque Era? The official company line

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    Reading for Understanding/ Response The movie “The Last Samurai” is about a broken man who goes to Japan to train the army. During an attack from the samurai warriors Algren shows courage and the will to fight. He’s brought to the samurai leader Ausomoto as a prisoner. Over time he learns the way of the samurai and aids his new found friends to fight against the empire. Concerning the meaning of this story‚ looking at the guiding question “What makes us who we are?” this story has to do with what

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    The Baroque Era

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    developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The violin family‚ violin‚ viola‚ cello and bass‚ replaced the viols that were previously used in the renaissance era‚ and this new kind of string

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    The Steroid Era

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    word “pill” took on a much more literal meaning. This “Steroid Era” would end abruptly in 2007 with the publication of an independent report commissioned by Major League Baseball in which United States Senator George Mitchell uncovered wide-spread and pervasive abuse of performance enhancing drugs in the sport (Mitchell‚ 2007). The Mitchell Report confirmed the suspicions of many fans that the game had been tainted and the Steroid Era is looked upon as a blight on Major League Baseball

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    Midterm Essay #2 Music Appreciation. Baroque Era saw the eruption of the opera‚ concerto and oratorio genre. Opera begun to spread throughout Europe becoming the ultimate multimedia experience of the day. Concerto became the most important orchestral genre during the period. While oratorio remained glued to its beginning of sacred religious vocal music. Each genre adding great composers to the already hefty list. Composer George Handel is most famous for the oratorio Messiah as well his opera Julius

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    Progressive Era

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    Prompt: Compare and contrast the programs and policies designed by reformers of the Progressive era to those designed by reformers of the New Deal period. Confine your answers to programs and policies that addressed the needs of those living in poverty. Thesis: Although both the New Deal and Progressive Reformers had the common goal of trying to better America and push it in the new direction‚ New Deal reformers focused on getting the economy back and running by providing jobs; whereas‚ the Progressive

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