Haile Selassie was born Tafari Mekanon in the late 1800’s in the African country Ethiopia. He was crowned king‚ or "Ras" Tafari in the 1930’s‚ thus fulfilling the prophecy of Marcus Garvey decades earlier has he proclaimed‚ "look to the east for the coming of a black king." Marcus Garvey is looked at in the Rastafarian movement as the biblical Moses since he was not only one of the greatest advocates for black repatriation in the Western World but also since he prophetically introduced and announced
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On December 6‚ 1913‚ a team led by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt discovered a sculpture buried upside-down in the sandy rubble on the floor of the excavated workshop of the royal sculptor Thutmose in Amarna. The painted figure featured a slender neck‚ gracefully proportioned face and a curious blue cylindrical headpiece of a style only seen in images of Nefertiti. Borchardt’s team had an agreement to split its artifacts with the Egyptian government‚ so the bust was shipped as part of Germany’s
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Akhenaten- means beneficial to the Aten (the disk of the sun)‚ sought to make Aten the supreme deity‚ he closed temples of other gods and challenged the supremacy of chief god Amon‚ he is sometimes credited with the creation of monotheism however it most likely a claim for power‚ built a new capital at modern day Amarna‚ halfway between Memphis and Thebes‚ created a new style of art‚ women were depicted with elongated heads and limbs with swollen abdomens‚ reforms were resented‚ after his death everything
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Grade Details - All Questions Page: 1 2 3 4 Question 1. Question : Which of the following musicals were based on classic plays and literature? Student Answer: Showboat‚ South Pacific and The King and I South Pacific‚ The Sound of Music‚ and Pal Joey Candide‚ Carousel‚ and Porgy and Bess Candide‚ My Fair Lady‚ and West Side Story Points Received: 0 of 3 Comments: Question 2. Question : These small instrumental ensembles were used as military bands in the Revolutionary
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or seven tongues‚ hair that stands on end like flares‚ three legs‚ and seven arms. He is additionally joined by a smash‚ the typical conciliatory creature. Agni is the most prominent divine force of the Rigveda as is apparent from the quantity of psalms routed
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Genesis: The genre of Genesis is a Narrative History‚ and Genealogies. It was written by Moses about 1450-1410 B.C. The key personalities of Genesis include Adam‚ Eve‚ Noah‚ Abraham‚ Sarah‚ Isaac‚ Rebekah‚ Jacob‚ and Joseph. This book was written to record God’s creation of the world and to demonstrate His love for everything that He created. The book of Genesis explains the actual events of one of the origin of life. Genesis describes the Lord God creating everything that exists. Because of the
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WHAT IS AMERICAN LITERATURE? AN OVERVIEW When the English preacher and writer Sidney Smith asked in 1820‚ “In the four quarters of the globe‚ who reads an American book?” little did he suspect that less than two hundred years later the answer in literate quarters would be “just about everyone.” Indeed‚ just a few years after Smith posed his inflammatory question‚ the American writer Samuel Knapp would begin to assemble one of the first histories of American literature as part of a lecture series
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chant as it is known today is an 8th- or 9th-century Gallican interpretation of Roman chant‚ but it is difficult to distinguish the Gallican work from its Roman basis. It has been said that the basic theory of the trope (an outburst in a preexistent hymn) is Gallican and that the surviving body of medieval tropes and sequences had a French influence. The French were not just popular for their Church influences; they were also popular for the varieties that they introduced later on. Amongst the
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In the expect of Joinville’s Life of St. Louis much information and detail is given about King Louis IX of France’s first crusade through the perspective of John‚ Lord of Joinville‚ nobleman and companion of Louis. In his chronicles‚ Lord John of Joinville gives insight of the crusade from its inception until till its bitter end. Joinville’s document gives a personal and historical perspective of the mentality of the crusaders and insight of their struggles‚ aspiration‚ and thoughts as they endured
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verse that tells us‚ “God created the Heavens and the Earth.” This shows the believers that God is the creator of all things. God is proud of everything that He has created and wants these creations to be a follower of Him and to multiply the Earth. Psalms 104:31 are one of my favorite verses‚ “May the Lord rejoice in His works” because I like to remind myself that He takes in pride in what He creates‚ and He created me and every one else with so much love. This verse is a good reminder of how God rejoices
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