The period between the 4th century and 6th century CE is known as the Golden Age of India because of the large achievements Indians made in the fields of science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ art‚ dialectic‚ literature‚ logic‚ mathematics‚ astronomy‚ religion and philosophy during the Gupta Empire. The decimal numeral system‚ including the concept of zero‚ was invented in India during this period. The peace and prosperity created under leadership of Guptas enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic
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The Parthenon temple (448-432 BCE) was the product of rebuilding Acropolis in Greece after the Persian invasion by Ruler Pericles. The chief architects were Ictinus‚ Callicrates‚ and Mnesicles The decorative sculptures on the Parthenon was made by sculptor Phidias. They were located in three main areas of the temple- in the pediments at each end of the building‚ on the metopes‚ or the square panels between the beam ends under the roof‚ and on the frieze that runs across the top of the outer wall
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This sculpture titled “Head of an Akkadian Ruler” was found at Nineveh somewhere between 2250 and 2200 BCB. Although‚ there is no evidence or proof that says the head was a particular king‚ most believe the head was indeed a powerful ruler. This twelve inch copper head is currently at the Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad. This piece has significant damage which is assumed to be caused during the Medes’ invasion on Nineveh in 612 BCE. There is no absolute proof this was a purposeful act. This sculpture is
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Louis XIV also known as “The Sun King” was one of the most absolute of rulers that ever ruled France. His primary goals as king were “One King‚ One Law‚ One Faith.” He achieved this in such ways; he declared himself his own prime minister “I am the state”‚ he kept the nobility in check‚ disbanded the General Assembly‚ and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. However‚ his great ambitions and lavish lifestyle would ultimately lead France into dept‚ and set the building blocks for the French Revolution
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The Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is an adventurous story about a naughty wooden puppet who wanted to be a real boy and how he became more and more wise throughout his adventures. Mr. Cherry‚ who is a carpenter‚ found a piece of wood that laughed and cried like a child. Since he can’t control this naughty wood he gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto who plans to make a marvelous puppet that can dance‚ fence and turn somersaults in the air. Geppetto goes home and makes his puppet. He
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On "The Young Housewife" Peter Baker The details of this poem are so unassuming that they may easily be missed. The young woman is not in a negligee‚ she is "in negligee." One also must do a sort of double-take to figure out how the speaker could know this if she is behind the walls of a house. Though the standard line on Williams is that he freezes moments of perception (language used to render perceptive instants)‚ this poem‚ while apparently simple‚ utilizes a three-part temporal framework
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sources to support his theories of how a good ruler should rule by laying out a good model. Petrarch emphasizes the first quality of a good leader should be friendly to the good citizens. He believed that nothing was worse for the state than to use fear and cruelty to maintain power. He used the case of the barbaric emperor by the name of Maxminus‚ claiming that it is far better for a lord to be loved than to be feared. He also advised the ruler to love the subjects like one’s own children.
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Individual the Ruler Education - General Education EDU 320 Week 1 Individual Personal Philosophy Paper EDU 320 Week 2 Individual Classroom Arrangement and Rationale EDU 320 Week 2 Individual Classroom Management Models Brochure EDU 320 Week 3 Individual Lesson Plans for Classroom Management EDU 320 Week 3 Individual Pumpkins-Life Cycle of a Plant EDU 320 Week 3 Individual Science on Skeletal Bones EDU 320 Week 3 Individual The Ruler EDU
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Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most influential rulers or history not only because she was a strong‚ independent woman‚ but because she ruled despite all the struggles and she proved everyone wrong. One reason that Queen Elizabeth I is considered influential is because from birth she was faced with struggle. When Elizabeth was born into the Tudor family on September 7th‚ 1553‚ her parents thought she was a disappointment. “The son she had hoped so confidently to bear the man child‚ who would save
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government‚ Caesar was a good ruler because he conquered land for Rome and he made reforms to help the “state.” When he was ruler‚ he made a couple reforms that helped the soldiers and the poor. Caesar gave land to the poor‚ he gave soldiers of the civil war small farms in Anatolia and Sicily‚ he cut debts by 25%‚ and he used a new system of taxation. When Caesar made an alliance with Pompey and Crassus‚ they helped him get elected consul in 59 BC. Caesar was a good ruler when he was consul because
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