Essays on Medieval Europe

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Art Experience: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3 pages / 1264 words

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s most prestigious art museums. It all started in 1866 in Paris, France. People from all over the world, especially Americans, wanted to begin a 'national institution and gallery of art' to allow people to view...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum Renaissance

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The Concept of Chivalry and Its Existence in Modern Times

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While chivalry was characterized as an ethical, religious social code of noble and courtly conduct in medieval times, it has changed over time to be something less formal but still very relevant. The origin of chivalry “derives from old French as chevalerie, which is loosely...

Beowulf Chivalry

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Themes of Romanticism in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of The Red Death

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Introduction Edgar Allan Poe was a very mysterious man who objected to what was socially acceptable back in his time. Poe had a love for writing and not so much anything else. His work mainly centered around the literary movement known as Romanticism, having a...

Edgar Allan Poe Romanticism The Masque of The Red Death

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The Effect of The French Revolution on Art

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Introduction The French Revolution lasted around 10 years. It was a time of turmoil, despair, bravery, patriotism and violence. While the public of all classes (except the higher wealthier classes of course) were suffering and it was quite a dampening milieu, art was still a...

French Revolution

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Differences Between Ranks in The French Revolution of 1848

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The French Revolution of 1848 was the first of the revolutions happening all across Europe during the year 1848. The goal of these revolutions was to remove the old governments and create independent nations throughout Europe. The French revolution ended the July Monarchy (Louis Philippe)...

French Revolution World History

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The Causes of Imperialism in Africa

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Imperialism is defined as one country’s domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. In the late 1800s, Europeans colonized countries, traded slaves, gold, and many other various resources. One of the countries the Europeans colonized was Africa since Africa had an...

African American Imperialism

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Imperialistic Ideals in The "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness was a novella written by Joseph Conrad in 1899. This novella mainly talks about Marlow an introspective sailor, and his journey up to the Congo River to meet Kurts known as idealistic man of great abilities which he represent the European as...

Heart of Darkness Imperialism White Privilege

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Analyzing The Main Aspects in The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, a story of a sailor who travels up the Congo River in search of the ambiguous and infamous Mr. Kurtz. During his journey up the river Marlow learns of the hypocrisy of imperialism and the truth of the white...

Heart of Darkness Imperialism

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Effects of Colonialism in Africa: Nigeria and The Congo

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Colonization in Nigeria and the Congo is one of the greatest atrocities committed by humankind. The system imposed by European powers, at its very own core, fomented all kind of abuses and violations, through policies that were dictated to comply with the economic demands from...

Imperialism Nigeria

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Parallels of Imperialism in The Film Avatar

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Imperialism began during the 19th century as a way to expand territories and continue the Industrial Revolution. Powerful nations like the United States and Britain took over less developed areas for several reasons. This age of Imperialism shaped the current world and is the sole...

Avatar Imperialism Racial Discrimination

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The Biggest Pandemics in History and How They Affected People’s Lifes

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The Biggest Pandemics in History are diseases that had a massive outbreak and killed a lot of people. It’s a disease that spreads worldwide and I’ll be talking about a couple that I found interesting, there are tons more pandemics that won’t be talked about....

AIDS Black Death

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How The Black Death Pandemic Affected The Lifes of People

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Within the years 1346 and 1352, a lethal epidemic swept throughout Europe at an alarming rate. Centuries later, the pandemic was named the Black Death. This title originated from a mistranslation of the Latin expression ‘atra’ meaning both ‘black’ and ‘terrible’. Caused by the bacterium...

Black Death

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The Protestant Reformation and How It Affected European Countries and America

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The Protestant Reformation was a major movement in sixteenth century Europe initially aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church’s religious ambitions were supplemented with motivated political rulers who wanted to extend their power and control at the expense...

Catholic Church The Protestant Reformation

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Mongols’ Wars and Influences in China and Persia

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Mongols’s proclaimed influence upon China and Persia during 1205 through 1223, was an immense wreck at first towards the two regions, but as mongol’s took more control, people were led to being under one influence within the Mongol’s regions. The Mongols were an up and...

China Mongols’ War

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Tracing The Roots of The French Revolution: Main Causes & Consequences

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Introduction Did you know that a loaf of bread cost a week’s salary for 98% of the population, which mainly included peasants, in France during the French Revolution? The French Revolution, one of the major revolutions in all of Europe highlighting the concept of inequality,...

French Revolution World History

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Influence of The French Revolution on The Course of History

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Introduction It is argued that the great historical milestone that shook France between 1787 and 1799, known as the French Revolution, is one of the most important events of modern history due to the huge influence it had on human society and the momentous impact...

French Revolution World History

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Unpacking The Causes of The French Revolution

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A number of revolutions took place in history; many came up in the 18th and 19th centuries across the West. The French Revolution can be considered the most significant of all due to the “extreme causes” and violence related to it; along with the general...

French Revolution

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French Revolution: The Origin of Modern Totalitarianism

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The French Revolution was an effort to transform France from an unequal rule by the monarchy into an ideal republican form of government that was based on Enlightenment concepts such as natural rights and legal egalitarianism. In its ambitious attempt to do so, it disregarded...

French Revolution Totalitarianism

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William Shakespeare and His Contribution to The Renaissance

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During the 14th century until the 17th century, the renaissance era was happening. This time gave birth to many artists, poets, and musicians and new ways to express their arts. In the mid-16th century, one of the most known poets was born. His name was...

Renaissance William Shakespeare