The period of their rule is considered a golden age, when the caliphs were consciously guided by Muhammad’s practices. The period saw the establishment of Arab Muslim rule over the heartlands of the Middle East and preparation for conquests and expansion carried out under subsequent dynasties. The period of their…
Pelé: Birth of a Legend. The film stars Kevin de Paula, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta, with Colm Meaney, and a cameo of Pelé himself. Pelé: Birth of a Legend is an American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé and his journey with Brazil to…
The arrival of US Commodore Matthew Perry’s squadron of four ships into Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853, is one of those great watershed moments of modern history. This event led to the rapid transformation of Japan from a weak isolated nation into one of the world’s major world powers…
Desiderius Erasmus translated the New Testament into Greek-Latin 3. John Wycliffe translated the Bible into English 4. Jan Hus translated Wycliffe’s works in Czech Pair The Bible was written originally in Hebrew and Greek. Martin Luther was a Protestant Reformer and translated the Bible into German, he also believed that…
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo CristoforiBartolomeo CristoforiBartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bartolomeo_CristoforiBartolomeo Cristofori – Wikipedia (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by…
Description. Dante’s Divine Comedy in Early Renaissance England compares the intellectual, emotional, and religious world of Dante in 13th-century Florence with that of a group of English intellectuals gathered around Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the King, Henry VI. The Divine Comedy ( Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is…
He is a former head writer at VIVA Travel Guides. The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: Plan de Ayala) was a document written by Mexican Revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata and his supporters in November of 1911, in response to Francisco I. Madero and his Plan of San Luís. History & Culture.…
Why was Florence so powerful during the Renaissance? Florence became a very wealthy city because of the trade of textiles, especially the trade of wool. Culture also flourished during this time in Florence. Its artists and writers became very well known. As a result of these factors, Florence was an…
1- 1.1 Tempera. 2- 1.2 Oil Paint. 3- 1.3 Acrylic Paint. 4- 1.4 Watercolors. 5- 1.5 Charcoal. 6- 1.6 Pastels. 7- 1.7 Chalk. 8- 1.8 Graphite Pencils. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used.…
The Renaissance was much more secular than Christian because of the secular ideas in political writings of humanists and because of Greek and Roman influence in art and architecture. The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as…