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    The Fall of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire, at its highest, was prosperous and extremely powerful. Its extensive territories, strong economy and government structures, and huge bureaucracy, formed a stable empire of utmost greatness. Augustus formally started the Roman Empire in 27 BC and it was a mighty empire for a long time until it eventually fell in 476 AD. The fall of the Roman Empire was gradual and caused by a variety of factors, however leadership failure was the major contributor overall

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    stretches equally as far back as the violin because they are the same, they have the same past, future and present. The story of the violin is a long evolution of instruments, the violin or fiddle, in its modern form can be traced back to Italy in Cremona in the early 1500s. The modern violin was crafted originally by Andrea Andrea Amati. This string instrument, that is bowed, found

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    brought a new standard of living through social correlations. In an example to prove Globalization has benefited the people he uses the history of mathematics, “In his history of mathematics, Howard Eves explains that around 1150 A.D., Gherardo of Cremona, in his translations from the Arabic, rendered jaib as the Latin sinus, the corresponding word for a cove or a bay.” (Sen 2012, 18). Math is one language that is the same in any country across the globe, Sen was referring to the concept sine and

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    Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian symphonist of the late Renaissance and the Early Baroque. "Monteverdi was born on May 15, 1567, in Cremona Italy" (Arnold). His collection of music is what I desired to listen to. Monteverdi music brought delightful meaning from the music that he produced and made a dramatic statement. He incorporated corresponding patterns with his work in various styles. Monteverdi was noted as the first composer of the operas and was successful with his melodies that he introduced

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    The Renaissance was an important event in human history that caused us to realise how important being individual is. When the black plague occurred, it made people think that there may not be a god because of how tragic it was. Many important people such as Leonardo Da Vinci began making art and literature that were less religious and more in this world. Also the city states had changes that were necessary for the Renaissance. Without the changes Europe experienced we would still be under the rule

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    Versailles has also laid prohibitions on clicking selfies. It has been noticed that people taking selfies often lead up to huge problems like going to the edge of the sea to click selfie and being drowned in the water. In May 2015, two tourists in Cremona, Italy, damaged a 300 year old Italian statue whilst taking selfies and are now facing criminal charges. With time, the craze of selfies have been creating a havoc across the globe. Experts say that selfies and smartphones are no longer a convenience

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    The Aeneid and the Odyssey are perhaps two of the most famous epic poems to come out of the ancient world. Both stories involve acts of heroism, divine intervention, and ultimately, victory. They both offer insights into the cultures of Rome and Greece at the time of their writings. Additionally, both works stem from the same event (the Trojan War) but follow different characters, touching on different aspects of the idealized hero in Roman and Greek culture. We must first start by discussing who

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    Short Story Analysis

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    about the accident, the women looked out the window and realizes two people are stealing a car in her driveway, and she just hopes they don’t hit her mailbox. Lastly, the story ends with her sitting at the table stirring her coffee, worried that the Cremona will not dissolve into her coffee. Throughout this whole story this woman is being bombarded with some of the most awful things, and she acts as though there is nothing wrong. Not only has her whole family died, but then Timmy gets kidnapped, she

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    Unease. Thrilling. Surprise. These are simply three feelings tossed at the reader in a one-page story. Short-short stories often have the effect of making the reader feel uneasy. When stories are short, a writer tends to jump directly into the story with something interesting or alarming to grab the reader’s attention. Quite often, the more uneasy the writing, the more it leaves an effect on the reader. Sudden Fiction is a book filled with a collection of short stories from different authors; the

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    Web instrument paper History-Manufacturers The paying of strings instruments has begun in Europe in the century 9th. Before the violin or the “fiddle” became more popular, lyre and harp was the primary instrument played. The cellos, one of the instruments that come from the violin’s family, got popular in the 16th century. The cellos came alive for musician and composer felt the need of a new tone that can be lower than the one the violin could play. As the instrument has being used, royal families

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