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- 20131: Marco Polo
- ... China, joined them. Fearing the hard journey ahead, however, the monks soon turned back. The Polos crossed the deserts of Persia (Iran) and Afghanistan. They mounted the heights of the Pamirs, the "roof of the world," descending to the trading cities of Kashgar (Shufu) and Yarkand (Soche). They crossed the dry stretches of The Gobi. Early in 1275 they arrived at Kublai Khan's court at Cambaluc (Peking). At that time ...
- 20132: Editha
- ... matched up. Just like she promised, Editha got up out of sick and distraught bed and went to check on Georges mother. Edithas father offered to go with her and they traveled from New York to Iowa to Georges funeral. Georges mother blamed Editha for everything. The letter that Editha had given George had made its way back to the states and into the hands of George ...
- 20133: Educating Rita
- ... scene of the play Rita says "I'm gonna take ten years off you..." and then proceeds to cut Frank's hair. The movie takes us a little further. We get to see Frank's new haircut when he is at the airport and Rita has come to see him off. They hug tenderly and part as friends with smiles on their faces. What is perhaps even more important for the ...
- 20134: Book Report On Thomas Jefferson
- ... in Goochland County on the western edge. The narrative continues on to show Jefferson graduating from William and Mary College, then entering politics in Virginians House of Burgesses in 1769. Jefferson married Martha Skelton on New Year's Day, 1772. With the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1779, Jefferson formed the groundwork for abolition of entail and primogeniture, for the establishment of religious freedom, and not for the public school system ...
- 20135: Educating Rita
- ... not seem to be as close as it was previously. In a love story, the lovers stay together as much as possible. In this case, the Rita seems to have a liking to meet other new people, and expand her interests. In view of the fact that Rita has changed, she thinks that Frank should change too. For example when she sees that he still drinks, she tells him that he ...
- 20136: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... barrister-at-law. There were several important influences that he encountered here: the Western material style of life, which he decided not to follow, and in the simple Russian way of living he found: the New Testament, and the Bhagavadgita, the bible of the Hare Krishna movement. It was here that he developed a sense of the presence of God in his life and the lives of men. Gandhi then returned ...
- 20137: Notes on Emily Murphy
- ... School in Toronto. In 1904 she and her husband moved to Winnipeg where Mrs. Murphy conducted the literary section of the Winnipeg Tribune for a few years before moving to Alberta in 1907. In her new home Mrs. Murphy came very active in civic affairs, especially in the attainment of las for the betterment of conditions for women and children. On June 13, 1916 she was appointed a police magistrate for ...
- 20138: Elizabethan Sonnets
- In Elizabethan Age, the sonnets had advanced into a form with new metric and rhyme scheme that was departing from Petrarchan sonnets. Yet, Elizabethan sonnets still carried the tradition of Petrarchan conceit. Petrarchan conceit was a figure used in love poems consisting detailed yet exaggerated comparisons to ...
- 20139: Desiderius Erasmus
- ... be more of a Muslim than a Catholic. Writing this had to take considerable courage, for, though the Church was in decline, it still had considerable power. He also published the Greek version of the New Testament in Latin, so Europeans could read it. Erasmus was a traveller. He lived in many places in Europe at different times. He had lived in Rome, Paris, England, and many other European countries. His ...
- 20140: Queen Elizabeth I
- ... showed signs of increasing debility. As Sir Walter Raleigh remarked, "a lady surprised by time." On march 24, 1603, having reportedly indicated JAMES VI as her successor, Queen Elizabeth died quietly. The nation accepted the new King quite enthusiastically. But long before her death, she had transformed herself into a powerful image of female authority.
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