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Kublai Khan
Number of Words: 381 / Number of Pages: 2
... of literature and arts as well. He was a
devout Buddhist. Kublai also made Buddhism the state religion during his
dynasty. Although Buddhism was the main religion, during his reign many
other religions evolved and were tolerated.
Kublai moved the Mongol capital from Cambulac to the place closer
to Beijing. From then on he ruled and empire that extended from eastern
Europe to Korea. Him and his successors took over much of the
administrative machinery that existed under the Song. The reign of Kublai
was one of the highest points of the Mongol power.
Kublai had many major achiev ...
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The Work Of Poet And Philosoher Archibald Lampman
Number of Words: 1734 / Number of Pages: 7
... influenced him to
write such popular pieces as "Heat" and "A sunset at Les Eboulements" and yet in
his darkest moments we get the main topic of this essay "The City of The End of
Things". Like most great poets, Lampmans moods and feelings had a direct effect
on the nature and topic of his poetry. Lampman chief poetry was done after a
great joy in his life, or a great sadness. Sadly, Archibald was not a rich man
and lived not a happy life, and most of his poetry reflects that. "The City of
The End of Things" was written in a time of great sadness and hate for the world.
Published one year after hi ...
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William Shakespeare And His Life
Number of Words: 469 / Number of Pages: 2
... learned from his work.
Shakespeare also had a major impact on the English drama. He changed it from the stiff formalism of the Greco-Roman tradition to something more realistic. His plays are more dynamic than the medieval morality plays that he use to watch as a child. However, they are more sophisticated than the plays written by his contemporaries. His most popular plays were his first four history pieces, Henry VI parts 1,2,3, and Richard III.
Shakespeare is part of Renaissance England and included in it. In the Elizabethan Era, the social classes are what marked the medieval period. People ...
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Andy Warhol 3
Number of Words: 1239 / Number of Pages: 5
... You will see quite a few examples of this in some of his work. (Grolier 1996) Warhol did most of his well-know works in a four year span from 1960 to 1964. He started out by reproducing images such as comic strips on much larger canvases. Some examples of these would be Nancy, Dick Tracy, Superman, and Popeye. He later became much more interested in reproducing labels of products and some people. This became a standard procedure for Warhol during this period. He later began to make movies and photography. (Coplans pg 47-48)
At the beginning of his work, he started out with the making comic ...
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Sojourner Truth
Number of Words: 362 / Number of Pages: 2
... when New York emancipated slaves. She heard voices she believed were god. She preached to people in the streets of New York in 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name . In 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name . She then preached on the eastern seaboard. Later that year she became an abolitionist and went around the country preaching for the Abolitionist Movement. When she met up with the Woman’s Rights Movement in 1850 she also helped them by preaching around the country. During the civil war she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments and went to the ...
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Stephen King: The King Of Terror
Number of Words: 2018 / Number of Pages: 8
... and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact
on King's life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, Stephen King
recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother,
struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn't see a great
deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low
paying jobs.” Stephen's first outlooks on life were influenced by his older
brother and what he figured out on his own. While young Stephen and his family
moved around the North Eastern and Central United States. When ...
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Emily Dickinson
Number of Words: 1398 / Number of Pages: 6
... Emily's younger sister. She didn't marry anyone so she stayed in the family house. The three siblings shared a very close relationship. Their parents didn't have a close relationship with them, but they did love and care for them. Emily's parents made sure she had a good education. She went to a primary school for four years then she attended Amherst Academy from eighteen hundred forty through eighteen hundred forty-seven. After that she went to Mary Lyon's Female Seminary ( Mount Holyoke Female Seminary ) for only a year. [ 7. http://www.gale.com/library/resrcs/poets_cn/*censored*nbio.htm ] The sem ...
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Hudson Taylor
Number of Words: 1088 / Number of Pages: 4
... God. He was described as many of the fruits of the Spirit that God shows in the Word. Sacrifice became a daily thing for Hudson, as God molded and shaped Hudson for His will.
was just that sort of man, one who you could call a saint. He would go where no one would want to go. And do what no one would want to do. He willed to do Gods will, and that was to go to china and spread the good news of salvation to all the lost and hurting people in china. He was to a fairly financially stable family. Except he was not saved yet when he was just a lad. Yet his mother prayed earnestly for a long time for the s ...
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Bill Gates
Number of Words: 1294 / Number of Pages: 5
... third type of book."
The book that I was able to read was Gates by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews.
It was about how man named Bill Gates became the foundation of computing
industry and how he reinvented an industry- and made himself the richest man in
America.
William (Bill) Gates is the computer industry's youngest billionaire. As
president and CEO of Microsoft, he has made several important contributions to
the world of technology. Most people would probably picture him as being a
computer programmer but not with holding the position of chair and chief
executive officer (CEO) of a corporation ...
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Charles Darwin: His Life Story Of Dicovery
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... manufacturer. His grandfather, infact, was the
great English poet Erasmus Darwin. His early school training was at a small
school house in Shrewsbury. After which his father put him into Edinburgh
University in 1825 to 1827 for medical studies. Darwin showed no interest in
being a physician after witnessing several major operations without anesthesia.
He was then sent to be a pastor in the Church of England. He studied at Christ
College at Cambridge University in 1828.
He lost his interest in Holy order by the and became interested in
something never before, Natural History. In 1831 he gra ...
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