It's compiled of numbers, roman numerals, use of metaphors and biblical quotations. ... This played a vital role in Diaspora and in the whole Diaspora Trilogy. ... On the top right and bottom left section of Diaspora, there are the combination of roman numerals and numbers of 1 - 14. Throughout Diaspora, the fact that Tillers adopted "I" instead of "1" and "I" in the roman numerals and numbers appears to intensify the feeling of self and of his family history, making Diaspora more personal than his previous oeuvres. ... In Diaspora, the numbers and roman numbers from Colin McCahon'...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Charles V(Charles I of Spain) 1516-1556 abdicates and divided his possessions between his son Philip II, 1556 - 1598, who got Spain, Spanish colonies, and the Netherlands while his brother Ferdinand I, 1556 - 1564, who got Austria and also the nominal title of Holy Roman Emperor. ... The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 The Thirty Years war was fought essentially within the Holy Roman Empire. The Catholic side, led by the Austrian Holy Roman Emperors, failed in destroying the Lutherans and unifying the Holy Roman Empire under Austrian, Habsburg, Catholic domination. ... Britain played the role...

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He promised to rebuild Italy and recreate the Roman Empire. ... The conception of the Liberal State is not that of a directing force, guiding the play and development, both material and spiritual, of a collective body, but merely a force limited to the function of recording results: on the other hand, the Fascist State is itself conscious and has itself a will and a personality -- thus it may be called the "ethic" State.... ...

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Europe can be given credit for the birth of democracy, dating back to the Greek polis in the fifth century, and the fundamental concepts achieved by the Roman's still remain the backbone of modern law. ... Our recreational time is spent playing traditional European games like cricket, football and soccer, which also serves as a bond between Europe and Australia. ... It is however, the European way towards democracy, liberalism and capitalism that we have adopted into our own culture, but once again we mustn't forget that America played a role in influencing the Europe continent to ...

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Their origins can be traced back thousands of years, especially in ancient Roman and Greek mythology. ... Because anti-heroes lack a true identity, they will often play both the good and the bad guy, which makes them less predictable than the traditional hero. ...

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The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed her form government. ... The British were deeply indebted to the United States in the form of loans, so American initiative came into play. ...

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But with the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union and the unanticipated decline of the Japanese and German economies, the United States has inherited a degree of unipolarity not seen since the high point of the Roman Empire. ...

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