Venice and the east Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Wendi - correct answer First emperor of the Sui dynasty Sui dynasty - correct answer only lasted two emperors 581-618 Sui emperors - correct answer Finished the completion of Grand canal and expanded great wall. Wendi Sui labor - correct answer millions of peasants worked for 5 years to create a grand canal. ...

(Lady) Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978 -c. 1015): Novelist, diarist, and courtesan. She was the author of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), the first known novel; the diary nikki; and a collection of tanka poems. The daughter of the court official Fujiwara Tametoki, she sat in on the classical Chinese literature lessons that her brother received, in spite of the Heian traditions against higher education for women. (Sei) Shonagan (c. 966 - c. 1013): Like Lady Murasaki, was a lady-in-waiting of th...

AQA A-Level History: Henry VII 1. Definition: Usurper A person who takes power by force/illegally, usually through conquest (e.g. Richard III) 2. Why did many think Henry had a weak claim (three reasons)? - Was a 'bastard'; came from illegitimate child (Margaret born before marriage). - Edmund Tudor descended from a chamber servant. - Descent from John of Gaunt was through maternal line. 3. What was Henry Tudor's claim to the throne? John of Gaunt (Lancaster) had chil...

Kappa Sigma Pledge Test 2 | 100% Correct | Verified | 2024 Version Write the Star & Crescent with proper punctuation. - "The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worthy to wear it. He must be a gentleman...a man of honor and courage...a man of zeal, yet humble...an intelligent man...a man of truth...one who tempers action with wisdom and, above all else, one who walks in the light of God." Who is Manuel Chrysoloras (in detail)? When and where was...

COMPLETE - Elaborated Test Bank for Art-A Brief History Revel 7E Marilyn Stokstad & Michael Cothren. ALL Chapters Included 1-20. 631 Pages of Content- A+ Graded for 2023 COMPLETE - Elaborated Test Bank for Art-A Brief History Revel 7E Marilyn Stokstad & Michael Cothren. ALL Chapters Included 1-20. 631 Pages of Content- A+ Graded for 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Prehistoric Art in Europe 2. Art of the Ancient Near East 3. Art of Ancient Egypt 4. Early Asian Art 5. Art...

TSI Testing 126 Questions with Verified Answers In 2010, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and novelist Jonathan Franzen kissed and made up after a nine-year feud. In 2001, Franzen was disinvited from appearing on Winfrey's TV show to pitch his novel The Corrections after he made it clear that he was unhappy about the book's being chosen for the Oprah Book Club. Describing his work as "in the high-art literary tradition," Franzen said he didn't want to be associated with the Club, which he a...

NOTES FOR MEDIEVAL VENICE. INCLUDES: ORIGINS AND RISE OF CHRISTIANITY, CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE AND THE CONSEQUENCES, CHRISTIANIZATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, INTRODUCTION TO THE RISE OF THE POPE'S POWER, DIVIDE OF EAST AND WEST CHRISTIANITY AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE, RISE OF VENICE AND ITS DOMINANCE, MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGES AND THW HIGH MIDDLE AGES, THE MONGOL EXPANSION AND VENICE TRADE, AND THE END OF PEACE

Fromkin Article Notes: This article discusses how the modern middle east map came to be drawn. When the ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, the british created new boarders; and rulers to keep the peace and protect their interests. In 1961 iraqi dictator said that Kuwait belonged to Iraq. Page 1 This pushed to a invasion. In 1973 a deal was struck when other arab states supported Kuwait and tropps withdrew. August 2nd 1990 at 2 am saddam inaided Kuwait again On page 2 it seems as thoug...

Poli 395 notes. Fromkin Article Notes: This article discusses how the modern middle east map came to be drawn. When the ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, the british created new boarders; and rulers to keep the peace and protect their interests. In 1961 iraqi dictator said that Kuwait belonged to Iraq. Page 1 This pushed to a invasion. In 1973 a deal was struck when other arab states supported Kuwait and tropps withdrew. August 2nd 1990 at 2 am saddam inaided Kuwait again On page ...

AP European History Exam Review Questions and Answers Already Graded A *Jacob Burkhardt* a Swiss writer that wrote Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy in 1860. He was the first to coin the Renaissance as a period of rebirth. Hanseatic League a commercial and defensive league of many merchant guilds and their market towns that were made up of many German States against trade that prevented a lot of commerce for a time The Medici a banking family of Florence that controlled much p...