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- 781: Rock And Roll
- ... In May of 1957, Holly released ‘That’ll Be The Day” and within four months it was number 1. Holly’s antics on stage were far different from the ones of other rock and roll stars. “He was a musician, not a rock star, and with his popularity, he proved that sleek, sexy looks were not essential for rock success.”13 The Beatles, among other rock sensations would later copy Holly ...
- 782: EGYPT
- ... holes, you see two eyes retuning your stare, the blank gaze of a life size statue of Djoser sitting on the throne. The holes are there for the pharaoh to look out perhaps at the stars in the northern sky called the Imperishables because they never set. Many believe that the building of Djoser's pyramid complex, which was accomplished by hundreds of workers from across the land, served to join ...
- 783: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... the time of Raphael´s death in 1520. It was given fullest expression during the decade 1500 to 1510, and the names of Leonardo, Michelangelou, Raphael, Bramante, Giorgone and Titian, round which legions of minor stars of considerable brilliance revolve, indicate its climax. Modern interpreters have excentially analyzed the truly classical qualities of this style which combine, like Greek art of the fifth and fourth centuries BC, a spiritual and formal ...
- 784: Langston Hughes Voice Of A Tim
- ... love for his people. Hughes was proud of being black. This is illustrated in such poems as “My People.” In this poem, Hughes writes, “The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.” (Hughes, 13) Here, Hughes shows his unabashed pride at being black. He speaks simply ...
- 785: Knights Of The Middle Ages
- ... the weapons and armor of the Middle Ages. Bows and arrows and long sticks with a blade on the end were the usual weapons of peasants (foot soldiers.) Knights preferred lances and swords and morning stars. Riding at a full gallop on a hoarse in the battlefield, a knight tried to knock his opponent to the ground with a 10-foot metal-tipped pole (lance.) On his feet a knight used ...
- 786: K.k.k.
- ... man. I believe in the eternal separation of Church and State. I hold not allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king or any Other foreign, political or religious power. I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my Allegiance to God alone. I believe in just laws and liberty. I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United States. I believe that our Free Public School ...
- 787: Incas
- ... for tools and ornaments was widespread. Religion among the Inca was highly formalized. The supreme Inca deity was Viracocha, creator and ruler of all living things. Other major deities were the gods of the sun, stars, and weather and the goddesses of the moon, earth, and sea. Incan ceremonies and rituals, numerous and frequently elaborate, primarily centered on agricultural and health concerns, particularly the growing and harvesting of food crops and ...
- 788: How Did Athens Take Over The L
- ... Athenians successfully took over the leadership and took in hand all important decisions about the war, quantity of money or number of ships that every country was required to contribute. Difficulty of understanding these events stars with the question how good the relationship between Sparta and Athens really was after the Persian war. Thucudydes insisted that Sparta peacefully accepted Athens’ taking over of political power, citing the defensive speeches of Athens ...
- 789: History Guidelines
- ... the earth wasn’t flat, and that it was indeed round. He also wrote a whole new book for maritime exploration. What was the price for this. I will tell you. Countless lives, as many stars that are in the galaxy wasted. Slavery brought to a whole new mountaintop, which used to lie flat on a plane. Yes Columbus made progress. What about the Indian’s that when they didn’t ...
- 790: How Athens Took Over The Leade
- ... Athenians successfully took over the leadership and took in hand all important decisions about the war, quantity of money or number of ships that every country was required to contribute. Difficulty of understanding these events stars with the question how good the relationship between Sparta and Athens really was after the Persian war. Thucudydes insisted that Sparta peacefully accepted Athens’ taking over of political power, citing the defensive speeches of Athens ...
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