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- 3501: Significant Woman - Cleopatra
- ... to be taken to Cleopatra. He died in her arms and was buried as a King. Octavian entered Alexandria in 30 BC. Cleopatra was captured and taken to him, and the Roman Emperor had no interest in any relation, reconciliation, or even negotiation with the Egyptian Queen. Realizing that her end is close, she decided to put an end to her life. It is not known for sure how she killed ...
- 3502: Sacraments According To St. Th
- ... Ages. His Summa Theologica (c.1266-1273) was a provincial document of scholastic philosophy. Summa Theologica explored all facets of medieval life, philosophy and theology, political theory, and morality1. The medieval church had a particular interest in the sacraments because they manifest salvation to an individual in a tangible form and tied the individual to the church2. Specifically, I am going to address the importance of the sacraments as defined by ...
- 3503: President Millard Fillmore
- ... the President strove wholeheartedly to enforce. His first annual message on December 2, 1850 contained an affirmation of states’ rights. Aside from its stand on the Compromise, Fillmore’s administration was chiefly noteworthy for its interest in the nation’s economic development. Fillmore had earlier cooperated with Senator Stephen A. Douglas in arranging the first federal land grants for railroad construction, and as president he encouraged internal improvements and the expansion ...
- 3504: Picasso - Life Stile
- ... he is. Cézanne would never have interested me a bit if he had lived and thought like Jacques Emile Blanche, even if the apple he painted had been ten times as beautiful. What forces our interest is Cézanne's anxiety - that's Cézanne's lesson... - that is the actual drama of the man. The rest is a sham (Barnes). Although these artists did not stylistically influence Picasso, they spiritually influenced him ...
- 3505: Peter The Great
- ... Great adopted Western dress. Two of Peter's close foreign friendships were with Patrick Gordon and Franz Lefort. Their education and their information about ways of life, science, and Western institutions were always of great interest for Peter. He was attracted and enjoyed the company of foreigners mostly because of the greater social, sexual, and intellectual freedom. He recognized his own drives and energy among the ambitious and adventurous foreigners who ...
- 3506: Gailileo
- ... great verbal as well as mathematical skill. He seemed to make a lot of by making his opponents look like fools. Moreover not all of them were fools. -2- These eventually followed some expressions of interest by the Inquisition. Prima facie, Copernicanism was in contradiction with Scripture, and in 1616 Galileo was given some kind of secret, but official, warning that he was not to defend Copernicanism. Just what was said ...
- 3507: Political Policies Between The
- ... s idea that the Soviets were using expansionist moves and covering any conflict by détente. However, in the interests of America, this expansionist move by the Soviets would be detrimental because it represented vital Western interest, i.e. access to oil from the Persian Gulf. In this case, the Soviets perception and the American's perception were entirely different. The Soviets didn't see themselves as seizing an opportunity; there were ...
- 3508: Political Momentum
- ... spreading to a nearby tree! Soon, nearby trees have caught fire, and thus the momentum that results in a forest fire of gigantic proportions begins from a single spark. Such is the case with recent interest in campaign finance reform. Only the momentum it has gained in recent months is anything but detrimental! So, to answer the question, "WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IN THIS SESSION OF ...
- 3509: Prophet Muhammad
- ... from danger and had him arrive to Medina safely and unharmed. The event now is known as Hijra (migration), and the Islamic Calendar starts from this event. . The people of Medina greeted him with great interest in accordance with their pledge made less than a year ago during the annual pilgrimage. One by one those Muslims (men and women) of Mecca who were not physically restrained, and who could make a ...
- 3510: Polygamy
- ... to persuade the members to obey the law of the land. [The laws forbidding plural marriage had been confirmed constitutional by the United States Supreme court some 11 1/2 years previous, why the sudden interest in being law abiding? The church had defiantly broken the law for more than a decade, forcing the hand of the government to make stronger laws to do all they could to get the Mormons ...
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