History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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Before the advent of the Industrial Revolution‚ the economy of many nations was based on the cottage-industry and the putting-out system. However after the 17th century‚ people revolutionized the energy potential of a man by inventing the steam engine. This machine allowed for an explosion of growth in cities throughout Europe. Also‚ the introduction of laissez-fare capitalism was beginning to be adopted by many governments giving an unjust power to the wealthy in control of their employees. As a
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Revolutionaries Right To Execute Their King? Over the years since the execution of Louis 16th there have been several different discussions as to whether it was right for the French revolutionaries to execute their king. There are a number of reasons to lead people to think that it was right that Louis 16th was beheaded by the blood stained blade of the guillotine. The defendants of the revolutionaries state that Louis 16th was a horrific traitor to the majority of his people. The first was that he believed
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Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of all-time. Abe was born on February 12th‚ 1809‚ in Hardin Country‚ Kentucky. His childhood was very rough‚ his family war not a rich family at all‚ they lived in a one room log cabin for a little bit of Abe’s life. After that his father moved the family from Kentucky to Indiana because‚ slavery was a big thing in Kentucky‚ and his father hated slavery. His mother died when Abe
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accounting occupations‚ mostly for practical reasons. The work of Leonardo Fibonacci is remarkable for the Middle Ages; for the first time‚ he proves how Arabic figures can be used‚ by drawing up an account using these figures. 2. The fifteenth century The year 1494 marks a special moment in the history of accountancy. Luca Paciolo’s work “Summa de arithmetica‚
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Penh We can inference about the shift of city based on Chines`s evidence which tell us about the reasons that made the king change the city from Angkor to Phnom Penh. The first reason was Cambodia`s geographical center of gravity in fourteenth century connected with the rapid expansion of Chiness`s maritime trading. Then declining of Angkor after king Jayavarman VII death and the failure of nerve and major losses of population. Other related with rise of Ayudhya to the west and connected with complicated
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"forbidden areas" of women were in politics‚ religion and education. Fortunately‚ the times have changed and evaluated. In recent centuries‚ the image of women has been upgraded to its fair value. Thanks to the large amount of means and fights bestowed to defend the gender equality‚ women succeed in improving their status. This struggle began in the fifteenth century at the time of Joan of Arc and is still current. Joan of Arc was a woman who pretended to be a man in order to have the same rights
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still found in the North of Spain (the Iberia Peninsula). We don’t know much about these early people. We can learn something from there skeletons‚ their weapons. The Iberians used stone weapons and tools. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century BC‚ a people called Celts‚ spread across Europe from the East to the West. During the iron age the Celtic tribes invaded Britain. Celtic tribes called the Picts and the Scots inhabited the north of the country. The Britons a powerful Celtic tribe
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The possibility that microorganisms exist was discussed for many centuries before their actual discovery in the 17th century. The existence of unseen microbiological life was postulated by Jainism‚ which is based on Mahavira’s teachings as early as 6th century BCE.[19] Paul Dundas notes that Mahavira asserted existence of unseen microbiological creatures living in earth‚ water‚ air and fire.[20] Jain scriptures also describe nigodas‚ which are sub-microscopic creatures living in large clusters and
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The Heavy Plough 5th Century AD In the basic mouldboard plough the depth of the cut is adjusted by lifting against the runner in the furrow which limited the weight of the plough to what the ploughman could easily lift. These ploughs were fragile and were unsuitable for breaking up the heavier soils of northern Europe. The introduction of wheels to replace the runner allowed the weight of the plough to increase and in turn allowed the use of a much larger mouldboard that was faced with metal. These
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