A race was systematically destroyed, but what's behind this astonishing number of deaths is something even scarier - the racism ideology carried in countless people's mind and influencing their view of society. ... In Islamic world, Gypsies were considered as Christian because of their different religion believes and culture; but their dark skin and foreign-looking faces made them "Islam" in Christian society. Many Europeans associated their dark skin with the devil; others claimed that they were expiating the sin committed by their ancestor. ... They were alienated in the early deve...

• Word Count: 1319
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The focal point in this work is Christ on a donkey, with the most light in the center, around the faces of the people with the most darkness, really the only darkness, on the bottom. ... The ominous feelings of "judgement day", the fear of the "black death" created a basis for what may seem grotesque. ... Camille also introduced me to the idea that Gothic art has a dark side. ...

• Word Count: 1980
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Europe without a super power like Rome was like a dark room without a light. The Germanic tribes were eventually made civilized, but the idea that Rome was dead still placed Europe in the dark ages. ... Europe would stay in the dark ages for 300 years, until the birth of a new king, a new emperor, a man named, Charlemagne. ... Charlemagne held the title of Holy Roman Empire until his death. ...

• Word Count: 1906
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This was also another way of dealing with wrongdoers in society, instead of implementing severe punishment- one could be sent out to the "dark continent." as most Europeans tended to see Africa. 2 The three reasons mentioned earlier are not the only definite reasons; these reasons are like the others that happen to be interrelated. ... Racist Ideas In the past, the English had equated blackness with death and evil with their interactions of diseases and biblical writings. The first reaction towards people with dark skin was to assume that all dark skinned people inherently are evil or are ...

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Much of what emerged was known as Gothic- generally crude and dark in the styles of music, art, and architecture (Corbishley 42). ... People generally lived in fear of disease and chaos- plague, death, and plundering were very common, and did not precipitate a climate for creative and economic expansion (Rowling 56). ...

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The rites, which fundamentally celebrated the abduction and return of Persephone, symbolized the annual cycle of death and rebirth in nature as well as the immortality of the soul"(CEE, 1). ... In order to illustrate such ideas, here are some positions as described in the Kama Sutra: Catching your penis, the lady with dark eyes like upturned lotus petals guides it into her yoni, clings to you and shakes her buttocks: this is "Charunarik*censored*a" (Lovely Lady in Control). ...

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Gothic Cathedrals "Throughout the earlier half of this millennium, one of the grandest stories in European history was written primarily in stone,"" (Gothic Dreams 1). The Gothic age was a time of overwhelming change in the area of architecture. The origin of intellectual and religious life...

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After the Middle Ages passed, Europe went into what was called The Dark Ages, and fencing took a back seat because many people were actually dying by being struck with the blades and a lot of the blades and equipment that was used during this time was very unsafe. Men fought with thick long swords which led to many cases of impalement which often resulted in the victim bleeding to death. ...

• Word Count: 2383
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• Grade Level: High School