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- 1491: Macbeth: The Three Witches
- ... is considered the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, but not less powerful in its depiction of evil, greed, jealousy, and the madness these emotions bring to a person. (Shakespeare, pg. v) In any work of literature or drama there is usually foreshadowing. Foreshadow can be defined to be, "a sign of something to come: indicate or suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage." (Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia) Playwrights use this technique to give the ...
- 1492: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- ... he founded (1991 BC), worked hard to restore royal prestige, seriously damaged by civil war and periodic famine. Its kings, living near Memphis, reduced provincial power and developed a loyal central elite, using subtly propagandistic literature to encourage recruitment and transform the royal image from insecure war leader to confident, semidivine ruler. The external situation remained dangerous. The northern Nubian and Sinai buffer zones were reoccupied and, for the first time ...
- 1493: Austria
- ... Austria. About 2% of the population speak languages other than German, chiefly Turkish, Croatian, Slovene, or Czech. Culture Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Vienna was a world center of culture, particularly in music and literature. Austrian fine art usually is considered with the art of southern Germany. A distinctive Austrian style, however, is manifested in the refined baroque architecture and sculpture of the 17th and 18th centuries, notably in Vienna ...
- 1494: Ireland or United Kingdom?
- ... groups and is supported by state funds. The Irish people are deeply religious. Most of the inhabitants of the republic are Roman Catholic. As a result, laws on divorce and on censorship of films and literature are more restrictive than in most other countries. The Constitution of Ireland guarantees freedom of worship to all religions. There are small Protestant communities whose members are prominent in the professions and in industry. Ireland ...
- 1495: Ancient Greece
- ... after him , which requires them to act ethically and morally . Anaxagras , an astronomer explained that a solar eclipse is caused by the moon passing between the earth and the sun blocking out the suns light . Literature was made up of myths and poems . The most famous Greek poet was Homer , who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey . A Greek theater which began in the marketplace with dances and songs was the ...
- 1496: Mexico
- ... by dealing with questions of universal significance, as did Samuel Ramos. Octavio Paz is the foremost poet of Latin America. Carlos Fuentes is honored throughout the world, Gustavo Sainz is a leader in Spanish-language literature, and Juan Jose Arreola's fantasies are widely admired. Among dramatists Rodolfo Usigli was extremely influential during his lifetime, but more recently Luisa Josefina Hernandez and Emilio Carballido have made significant contributions to Mexican drama ...
- 1497: Spain
- ... is beginning to emerge as a spoken tongue in the province's larger towns. Catalan is another language that enjoys a special status under Spain's constitution. It is a "romance" language with highly developed literature. Most of the seven million people who speak Catalan are located in El este. It is the official language in the three communities Catalonia, Valencia, and Balearics. Catalan Speakers also live in the eastern fringe ...
- 1498: Mexico
- ... Mixtec culture conquered the Zapotecs. Remarkably, these two ancient cultures still survive today. The Aztec culture was very advanced in many ways. They were warlike people who had advanced warfare systems. They had advanced art, literature, writing and music. They had a very complex structure in which there were lower, middle and upper class peoples. They had their own language and mathematical system. They used pictographs to communicate through writing. Their ...
- 1499: Rome
- ... il ole road" by moder n standards." Aqueducts brought water to cities, underground sewers removed waste. Some of the sewers were so well built, they are still in use today.(2:715) Roman art and literature were derivative of Greek models. Innovations were made in scul pture (naturalistic busts and equestrian statues), decorative wall painting (as at Pompeii), satire (Juvenal, 60-127), history (Tacitus, 56-120), prose romance (Petronius, d. 66 ...
- 1500: Central America
- ... into effect and the fact that social classes and living conditions of many Central Americans are deteriorating rapidly leads some to rebellion. Some have taken a path of Passive rebellion. This can be seen in literature and popular music which questions the government. Others exercise their right to vote (even if it doesn't really matter because the results are fraudulently attained). For example, "the 1974, 1978, and 1982 presidential elections ...
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