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- 3571: Christian Evidences
- ... all forms of misery in the world, and he was given all of the pleasures that the world could offer. He was to be shielded from any contact with sickness, decrepitude, or death. However, one day, despite the best efforts of the servants of the king, he saw an old man who was decrepit, broken-toothed, gray-haired, and bent of body, leaning on a staff, and trembling. From this, he ... of the things of the world. At the age of 29, he secretly left his father's kingdom to begin a search for enlightenment. He learned from two of the foremost Hindu masters of his day, and, after six years, joined a band of ascetics. This taught him the futility of asceticism, and he therefore devoted himself to a combination of rigorous thought and mystic concentration along the lines of the ... not arise until he had attained illumination. He felt that his being was transformed, and he emerged awakened. He was filled with rapture, and he therefore could not leave for seven days. On the eighth day he tried to arise, but he was lost again in bliss, and was not able to rise up for another 41 days. He experienced what he considered to be a speech-defying revelation that ...
- 3572: Caesar 2
- Many people associate the Ides of March with the play Julius Caesar. That particular day, March 15th in 44 BC, Rome lost not only a future king, but also a strong political and military leader. Julius Caesar s life, his accomplishments, and his unfortunate assassination have etched out a place ... leave them defenseless, but instead did the opposite. Caesar used his army to invade Britain twice in 55 and 54 BC. He won this battle to lead to the conquering of Gaul, which included present day France and Belgium, as well as parts of Holland, Germany, and Switzerland in 50 BC. (Dunn 184). Caesar then led his army of 5000 soldiers across the Rubicon, a stream that separated his provinces from ... that faced Caesar. He dreamt of floating to the skies to be received by Jupiter, while his wife dreamt of him being stabbed to death by a robber. The following morning on March 15, a day referred to as the Ides of March, Caesar was called to a meeting at the senate house. Calpurnia urged Caesar not to attend the meeting because she feared something terrible would take place. Caesar ...
- 3573: Bus Boycott 2
- ... weren t served they would just sit at lunch counter and engage with the manage or who ever was in charge in conversation how it was immoral to have segregated lunch counters. Then the next day they would go back, and then the day after that they would go back again. The sit-ins would keep going back everyday until the lunch counters were integrated. Then they would move on to the movie theatres and libraries. The unification of ... were students doing sit-ins in 11 cities. The sit-its started to become an organized movement. They started boycotting certain stores, and doing sit-ins at the same chain of stores on the same day. The stores started losing more money because the students were either not being served or boycotting the stores. The sit-ins were becoming so large that when police decided to arrest members of the ...
- 3574: Buddhism 2
- ... how we can be released from it. In the depths of India in C.563 b.c., a child was born. His parents named him Siddartha Guatama, and it was prophesized that he would one day become a universal emperor or teacher. Siddartha s father was a wealthy ruler of an important tribe called shakya 1 Young Siddartha spent his early life enclosed within the walls of the palace, where he ... pain, and misery. He would also teach that suffering has a cause, and can be overcome through the destroying of selfish craving. People who chose to be Buddhist Monks (men and women) were run every day by meditation, prayer, and sacred rituals. These customs were believed to keep them on the eightfold path. Serious Buddhist monks disregard any difference between humans and animals, and they believe equal compassion should be given ... They believed in no form of private property, except ones own cloak. Monks also believed that the only way food can be obtained is by begging for it. They needed to gather alms 4 each day so they could eat. The Buddhist Monk rejected things that might be very tempting to a regular person. They believed that they could only grow spiritually stronger by refusing such things. Buddha was a ...
- 3575: British Castles
- ... but brick and rubble were often used to fill walls at times. These towers were freestanding and the stone led to a better defense if needed. A later development of the design was a Welsh D-Tower which is a combined square keep with a round tower that made the masonry tower even stronger. The Tower of London is the most famous of these Towers (Remfry, Types of castle 2). A ... castles and sieges became part of history (Mcfeinberg, siege warfare 2). The lord and lady of a castle wore beautiful garments. They would sleep naked and put on linen under garments when rising for the day. After they bathed in cold water, which was only once a week, they would put on their outer garments. Their garments were basically the same. A long sleeved tunic slipped over the head and fastened ...
- 3576: Boccaccio
- ... fourteenth century through 10 days of stories told by various characters. He covers all topics and even though he writes in fiction, the characters are similar to actual people of that period. In the "Eighth Day" of The Decameron, Boccaccio accurately depicts women's submissive role in the family, male dominance in society, and sexual promiscuity of the fourteenth century. In the "Eighth Day", a majority of the stories told represent women as submissive wives to what their husbands say. In the second story told, Boccaccio tells of a woman who had asked the priest for his cloak as ... acceptance of extramarital sex. When writing The Decameron, Boccaccio made many references to sex outside of marriage and was possibly attempting to bring attention the fact that it had become so overlooked. Througout the Eighth day of The Decameron, Boccaccio uses specific examples in displaying characteristics of people. These characteristics are not merely fictional depictions, but accurate observances of people in the fourteenth century Europe. He shows that women were ...
- 3577: Battle Of Vicksburg
- ... Grant was forced to retreat when his supply lines were cut by the confederate calvary. There were also naval expeditions commanded by Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. The Union army appeared below the city. The next day , Two frigates and six gunboats attempted to defeat Confederate river fortifications. The attack failed , as did several other attempts to bypass Vicksburg by river. General Grant next decided to move most of his force down ... The loss of Vicksburg, Mississippi was perhaps the Confederacy's costliest defeat in the western portion of the United States during the Civil War. In General Grant's memoirs, he discusses what took place the day when Vicksburg was surrendered: "At about 10:00 A.M., white flags appeared on a portion of the rebel works. Hostilities along that part of the line ceased at once. Soon two persons were seen ... terms for the capitulation of Vicksburg. To this end, if agreeable to you, I will appoint three commissioners to meet a like number, to be named by yourseld, at such a place and hour to-day as you may find convienient. I make this proposition to save the further effusion of blood, which must otherwise be shed to a frightful extent, feeling myself fully able to maintain my position for ...
- 3578: Babylonia A Great Civilization
- ... was so effective. Daily life in Babylonia was very "down-to-earth". Law and justice were key concepts in the Babylonian way of life. People did a lot of farming in this ancient civilization. Each day people would go to work for a living. The slaves would help out or do the chores. The Babylonian women had certain legal rights. She could hold property, engage in business, and qualify as a ... only two shekels. Thus, I have shown you how advanced and civilized the Babylonian society was, although they had slaves. But, the slaves were treated with respect in contrast with other civilizations. Aren't modern day servants just modern day "slaves" too in a sense?! This shows that the Babylonian civilization had an effective way of life. That is why it required little change within a period of about 1200 years-the Code of ...
- 3579: Assess The Importance Of The P
- ... this decision was reached, however several factors indicate there were hesitations within the Soviet party about what approach to take towards Czechoslovakia. On May 17th Kosygin (the Soviet Prime Minister) visited Dubcek for a ten-day work-and-cure meeting at Karlovy-Vary, while simultaneously Marshall Grechko was meeting for a six-day round of conversations with defense officials in Czechoslovakia. T.W. Wolfe believes Kosygin s surprise visit and his desire to assess the current situation suggested that at least some elements of the Soviet leadership were ... became a major pressure tool. Nonetheless reforms continued. On June 27th, National Assembly voted to abolish censorship, one of the key promises of the Action Program was now realized. As well as that the same day a manifesto calling for more radical reform was published: The 2000 Words . According to T.W. Wolfe, The 2000 Words confirmed the soviet fear of what would happen to the press once censorship was ...
- 3580: Analyse The Historical And Cur
- ... as ideas of worker democracy, Mitterrand as presidential candidate was able to build a wider coalition of support including left-leaning Catholics, and ex-gaulists. Mitterrand came within a hair s breadth of beating Giscard d Estaing getting 49.2% of the vote and the PS did very well in local elections in 1976 and 1977 (Forbes and Hewlett, 1998, p.16). All this led to Mitterrand s position to be ... whose increasingly bitter personality rivalries will continue to sap their credibility and prevent them from acting as a unified opposition force. Through the years from when the PS was created in 1969 to the present day it has enjoyed long periods of great significance interspersed with periods of lesser significance, such as the four years after its loss in 1986. So far the year 2000 has been relatively bright for the ...
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