Louie, among other things, was quite the tyrant, stressing taxes and failing to complete his imperial goals as king, so much so, that France was literally yanked out his control. ... After much hope was lost, there, rising from the ashes like phoenix, was the great Napoleon Bonaparte. ... The noble, peasants, and clergy all had a vital part in the revolution, from starting wars, to declaring independence, and altering the government and its officials. ... France had since moved on from its early revolution days, and was now attempting a rebirth, putting all of its experience into play, lookin...

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The Thirty Years War was a series of European conflicts that lasted from 1618 to 1648. ... England, France, and other western European powers were alarmed at the increasing might of the Habsburgs, but France who was catholic and England who was protestant, were then allies against Spain and refrained from immediate intervention in the war because of domestic difficulties. ... The combined imperial armies overran all of northern Germany, leaving many pillaged towns and villages in their wake. ... This document nullified Protestant titles to all Roman Catholic property expropriated since the Pe...

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It was all the more broad than the prior restoration and had suggestions past the field of writing, above all in building design, the visual expressions, and the recovery of Roman law. ... Anyway it was in Florence, especially among the patrician class, that Petrarch's formality was most emphatically gotten, most quite through his companion and devotee Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 "1375). ... The investigation of aged Greek was essentially obscure in western Europe from the fifth century c.e. ahead. ... They additionally brought with them numerous Greek messages that had been for all in...

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In beginning of the second decade in the twentieth century, a very popular drink suffered that same fate, after a few decades of debate, Absinthe was made illegal, and banned in most of the western world. ... What I experience is quite simple: a refreshing, liquorice-like cocktail with an alluring milky-green glow no different than any other drink. ... It must be more than a coincidence that some of the most famous art we have comes from the Age of Absinthe. In my humble opinion, the best music we have heard comes from those that were influenced by certain inebriants. The most famous Rock an...

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Since the workers were mostly from the same town and village, the relations between the employers and the employees were close and quite personal. ... Also, the family relations were very tight and close because the family members were working in the same village and were not scattered all around the country trying to find a job in different houses. ... As more and more factories were built, the family members had to be scattered all around the place to find the right place for them to work, so the their relations were becoming worse. ... Many people died from the pollution of the nature and t...

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In addition, we also found out the documentation required for entry as we all held Indian passports. ... From the Pantheon to St. ... The climate of Italy is highly diversified, with extremes ranging from frigid, in the higher elevations of the Alps and Apennines, to semitropical along the coast of the Ligurian Sea and the western coast of the lower peninsula. ... As soon as we checked into the hotel and dumped our luggage in the room, we all head out to get something to eat. ... It was around 12.30pm when we decided to buy some souvenirs from the "souvenir shop- on the top platform of the Eif...

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In the 1550s the Popol Vuh, an elaborate account of the history and mythology of the Quiché people in Mexico, was recorded in Spanish. 2 In the older civilizations, as in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China, historical records appear immediately after the appearance of writing, for conquering kings wished to record their triumphs for all posterity. ... Thus the early historical sections of the Bible are concerned with the manifestation of God's will in the events of human existence, while they show the same genealogical interests as the king lists of other peoples. 3 Wester...

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He argued that natural rights should be applied to all human beings, without distinctions of gender, because in nature all persons are equal. ... Her devotion to achieving sexual equality resulted from her belief in the capacities women and her dedication to the principals of the Revolution. ... Her ideas were born from the contradiction that existed between the fundamental nature of the Revolutions principals and the blatant exclusion of the female sex from their application. ... In the October days of 1789 the role of women was quite decisive. ... A second prong of marchers threatened to ope...

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