Western Civilizations HMS-301 Section A Project Topic: Futurism Prepared By: Bassel Paoli (12110518) Instructor: Dr. Karim Tannous Introduction Futurism Futurism is an artistic and social movement that began in Italy Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The movement launched under the name Futurist Manifesto‚ written by Filippo‚ was published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell ’Emilia in Bologna on 5 February 1909‚ and later on in French on 20
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“1492” A Year that Changed History In the year 1492 many of the settlers that began establishing colonies in the New World were from the European cultures. Great Britain‚ in that period was one of the stronger‚ more developed Monarchs in the European region. Once the other European Monarchs ascertained that Spain had found‚ not only new wealth‚ but land and the prominence that came with it‚ did the later Monarchs begin to establish their own trade routes‚ ports‚ and colonies in the New World.
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Upon becoming the joint monarchs of Castile and Aragon‚ one of the main challenges that Ferdinand and Isabella faced was to extend the crown’s authority over the Iberian peninsula thus increasing the stability of the kingdom and power of the crown. This was a daunting task‚ especially given the power of grandees such as Mendoza and Carillo at the time. The Catholic kings had some considerable success in consolidating royal authority‚ but there were limitations on this success and compromises were
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Diary entry Lecture 1 The first lecture was a start to a large topic known as the imperial capital world city: London 1750-1914. As an introduction‚ the lecture started with a question as to what the British empire and what variables is affected its strength. The question directed acted as method of reviewing my own personal knowledge on the Empire‚ I needed to understand the aspects involved. The trading that occurred which to gave the empire new materials to support its military and riches to support
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such as the Pope‚ of whom I had never heard‚ allusions to church and chapel of which I had no experience or reference to food I had never eaten. I vividly remember (at the age of about 8) the intense worry that if I mentioned an everyday thing from my home life‚ such as visiting relatives in America (a common Jewish diaspora experience) or eating chopped liver‚ that I would feel embarrassed by having to explain what I was saying. As I grew up‚ my increasing awareness of the Holocaust and of
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group with give some information and supporting to complete this task. Last but not least‚ thanks also to all the members of this group for their cooperation during make this task until finish with successful. However‚ without the help and support from
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The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal‚ the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch‚ French‚ and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas‚ the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia. Religion played a major role in expansion for both the Portuguese and the Spanish due
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Major Turning Points in U.S. History (1492-1820) Throughout documented United States history‚ immense changes in social‚ political‚ and economic establishments have been brought about by perplexing people or conditions. Often‚ these changes mark a turning point in the progress of civilization as new ideas are formed‚ new governments raised‚ or new discoveries put to use in the interest of progress. Whether these pivotal moments in history may be triggered due to a single nonconforming individual
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Maria Tumanyan History 117 Ms. Fishman 10.04.2013 Essay #1 The concept of freedom in Americas during 1600-1750 mostly dealt with freedom of religion. Settlers from powerful and prosperous empires immigrated to the New World seeking spiritual freedom and religious toleration‚ they could not possess in their own countries. Usually once a new colony formed‚ a new church was built and sponsored by the government. That church was an essential part of the government‚ the colony‚ and the people. Other
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something unreal to imagine that something that was worth hundred dollars to be made can be worth now thousands of dollars because of its religious value or even intrinsic value. It can really be a billionaire business. Even though it might be reckless from my side‚ I would rather have calculated a piece of art price by interpretative approaches such as formalism‚ iconography‚ Marxism‚ feminism‚ semiology biographical‚ deconstruction‚ and psychoanalysis. Moving on to the language of art‚ it makes more
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