The Four Great Inventions, which originated in China, also helped set the stage for the Renaissance to occur, and usher in the Age of Sail after they were relayed to Europe. As Francis Bacon, a British philosopher, has observed, "Printing, gunpowder and the compass ... whence have followed...
Why is Francesco Petrarca so important to the Renaissance? Why is the second half of the Aeneid more important? Why did Dostoevsky use comedy and tragedy in his writing? Why is the theme of fate important in the Aeneid? Why was Boccaccio in his own work?
Why was the Venerable Bede important? Why were the Baths of Trajan important? Why is Cleopatra VII important? Why are the Middle Ages important? Why were the Punic Wars important? Why is Petrarch important to the Renaissance? Why was Sobekneferu important?
The above is a cautionary tale of the power and importance of calendars in driving economic, political, and social interest. In this article, I want to share why calendars are important, why the Islamic lunar calendar matters (beyond calculating Ramadan, Eid, and Hajj), and how to align you...
The symmetrical face with a strong direct gaze became the standard way to represent the Holy Face in Western art of the Renaissance, both north and south of the Alps (Morgan,2012: 55–62). In the East, we have a corresponding history of King Abgar (6th c.; Edessa, Syria; today Urfa...
Shakespeare the poet responds to the Ficino thread of Renaissance discourse in words he assigns to Hamlet:What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like ...
Before the 2025 GRAMMYs,Beyoncéalready held the record for the most GRAMMY wins of any artist in history.She achieved the featat the2023 GRAMMYs, when shetook home the GRAMMY for Best Dance/Electronic Music Albumfor her 2022 album,RENAISSANCEto bring her total GRAMMY count to 32. Not only ...
During his reign Charlemagne built a kingdom that included almost all of western and central Europe and he started Carolingian Renaissance. His empire had two main territories, East and west Francia that is now the major parts of two important European entities. West Francia is modern-day France...
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