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441: George Frideric Handel: ... though. Of the many, his one that he is most famous for is the Messiah for it is not so much dramatic as Meditative. I have included a few pages from his play Israel in Egypt. The most famous instrument of his time was a mixture of things, but he preferred the Violin while making the operas and oratorios. My impression on Handel is that he was a very creative person ...

442: Earthquakes, Armageddon, and The Dead Sea Scrolls: ... the Holy Land. Mr. Nur gave three reasons for this: 1.) because of religious and biblical connotations 2.) what is discovered is very complicated 3.) the location (only place horses and chariots could cross into Egypt, so, very important in battles. He stated that structures at Armageddon had been built over and over again, leading him to believe that the constant rebuilding was because of earthquakes. There is a fault that ...

443: The History Of The Olympic Games: ... deceased heroes. From the beginning, the games at Olympia served to strenghthen the Greek sense of national unity. During the Hellenistic period, Greeks who came to live in foreign surroundings such as Syria, Asia, and Egypt, strove to hold on to their culture. One of the ways they did this was to build athletic facilities and continue their athletic traditions. They organized competitions , and sent competitors from their towns to compete ...

444: Medieval Castles: ... in England. Historically the palace antedates the castle by several centuries. Although the word derives from the Palatine Hill in Rome, where the emperors built their residences, palaces were built for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt as early as the 16th century BC. Much larger than the Egyptian palaces were those built in Assyria, which today is Iraq. The palace at Khorsabad of Sargon II, who ruled from 721 to 705 ...

445: First Civilization Arose In Asia: ... Eastern Hemisphere would remain Asia-centered. The civilization of Mesopotamia arose around 3500BCE and its livelihood was based on the Tigris-Euphrates River. This event marked the emergence of many other civilizations. Soon thereafter, arose Egypt (Africa), the Indus Valley (Asia) in 2500BCE, and the Yellow River Valley in China in 1500BCE. These four agrarian societies could support much larger populations and were centered around rivers. The rivers played a major ...

446: The Archaeological Sites In the Aegean: ... history could only be traced back to 776BC ( the first day of the Olympics.) In this we also found that "To understand ancient Greece, you have to understand the regional perspective, to the east are Egypt, Syria, Palestine, the lands of Asia Minor, and the Mesopotamia valley." These areas do give us a understanding and show us the definite impact on Greece and the Aegean, but how much? That’s a ...

447: Did Napoleon Preserve Or Pervert The Gains Of The Revolution: ... fraternity—it was liberty which suffered most under Napoleon. Bonaparte can be reproached for not having established liberty; he cannot be accused of having destroyed it, for the excellent reason that on his return from Egypt he did not find it anywhere in France. The French desiring to safeguard what that had acquired during the Revolution, be it rights or property, wanted these guaranteed. Many felt that guarantee could come only ...

448: Israeli Arab Conflict: ... the stated objective of redeeming Palestine"(Peretz). Yet another terrorist attack was carried out against Israel, but this time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in West Germany eleven Israeli athletes were killed. In October 1973 Egypt and Syria joined forces on a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur its most holiest holiday, there objective was to gain back the territories that were lost in the Six Day War. Israel suffered ...

449: The Moche Period: ... wealth of pottery. The pottery crafted by the Moche opened a window to the life and times in which they lived, giving future generations accounts of everyday and spiritual life similar to that of Ancient Egypt’s wall illustrations.

450: The Root Of Western Civilization: ... period so this religion dominated. In the Western Civilization Society, the Hebrews were a culture that kept their maintenance in effect. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh chose Moses to guide the slaved people in Egypt to Palestine. Yahweh destroyed the pursuing Egyptian army, a sign of his great presence. Moses was also given the Ten Commandments and other laws which was the basis for the Jewish beliefs. Yahweh had guaranteed ...

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