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The construction of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France took place from 1664 to 1710 under King Louis XIV’s rule. Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart supervised the building of the Hall of Mirrors during the third phase in 1678. This famous room, known worldwide, had multiple functions such as hosting family gatherings and court events throughout…

Before World War I, the cinema was largely an international affair. The war, however, disrupted the free flow of films across borders. Domestic production rose in countries like Germany and Russia. Cinema became largely influenced by the prominence of fine arts (e.g. painting) movements, referred to collectively as Avant-garde. Avant-grade contained styles that rejected the…

Cultural Analysis of Spain Arizona was written as the first stage of analyzing Spain for the introduction of a In the beginning, Spain endured a diversified number of cultures. Around 1600 B. C. , the Iberian arrived in Spain. Migration into Spain continued from Europe beyond the Pyroxenes, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. Following the…

For thirteen years the Treaty of Zaragoza was signed, Spain respected the provision of this treaty and set no expedition to Asia. But from 1538 to 1541, King Charles I Of Spain entered into an agreement with Pedro de Alvarado, his viceroy in Mexico, regarding the fitting out of colonial expeditions to the Far East….

I always have respected Olympic athletes, for they spend all their timetraining. Victorious athletes were professionals in the sense that they livedoff the glory of their achievement ever afterwards. Their hometowns might rewardthem with: free meals for the rest of their lives, honorary appointments, orleadership positions in the community. The victors were memorialized in statuesand…

Maybe, in the heat of evening, comes a wind from Mexico, Laden with the heat of seven Hells, And the rattler in the yucca and the buzzard dark and slow Hear and understand the grisly tales it tells. – Robert E. Howard, “The Grim Land” (AMTF1.178; CL2.218-219) From 1930 until his death, H. P. Lovecraft…

  In their first few letters, Howard and Lovecraft spent considerable time on Gaelic history, a favorite subject for Howard (cf. CL2.4-5), with Howard holding that they had come up through Spain. (AMTF1.18-19, 22, 29, 33, 36; CL2.53, 56, 62, 65-66) The conversation drifted at one point to the possibility of Egyptian influence on the…

                Almost every culture has its own idea and manifestation of humanism. However, because of a highly developed “warrior code”, the Greek idea of humanism is primarily based on human excellence and the qualities of loyalty, courage, honor and strength. Thales himself uttered the words “know thy self” as Greek philosophers gradually think of freedom…

Why was Germany dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles? There are many reasons why Germany was dissatisfied with the decisions made at Versailles in 1919. Germany had to sign a “war guilt” clause saying that they were responsible for the war. They found this unfair because the German leaders believed that they had only agreed…

1583 — The beginning of “The Moon of Skulls” describes how Solomon Kane comes at last to Negari. He finds Marylin Taferal alive. She is now eighteen. The story describes her as “only a girl, little more than a child” but that may be Kane’s sentimental response. Eighteen was reckoned fully a woman in Elizabethan…