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    would hit the paper and mark it with the text.      Although many people feel that the first book Johann Gutenberg printed was the bible some believe that this is not true. There has shown to be a 28 page Latin book on making speeches that was first printed on the printing press. The little book was printed in 1450. The bible came after that.      Some people today believed that Johann Gutenberg was not the first to create the printing press. One man

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    School The creator and founder of tessellations is a Dutch artist named M.C. Escher. His real name is Maurits Cornelis Escher. He was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. He was able to pick out spatial patterns since he was a child. He then went to Haarlem School for Architectural and Decorative Arts. He decided to study graphic arts with the recommendation of his mentor, Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.(The Biography. Com Editors). His early works included nudes and innovative portraiture captured in

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    conclude that the person that closed the door was angry at the people that the door was being closed upon. This example of diction shows definitively how the author brings emotion and feeling into the book. Syntax is what makes the reader think about why the author wrote something the way

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    christian felt that it was right to lead an anti- Nazi operation, in helping to hide her Jewish friends inside of her house. Homeowners during World War Two were able to help the Jewish people hide from the Nazis, knowing the serious consequences if they were caught in the act. Although, she helped many Jewish people survive, the living conditions were awful for most. Jewish citizens of the Netherlands were hidden anywhere that they could be in order to evade deportation. As the Nazis proceeded , many

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    men dominated this field. Although they have this in common, their unique talents contributed to the Baroque art period in different ways. The 16th and 17th century consisted of Baroque art, in everything from paintings, statues and architecture. The term was thought to have derived from the portugese word "barroco" which meant "irregularly shaped pearl." It was orginally used to criticise something, so anything that looked unusual or preposterous was considered Baroque. Baroque art was dynamic

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    Gradually Fall Into Decay

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    years even though their power and influence has waned. In the known world the architecture of Ancient Greece flourished throughout the Greek mainland and Peloponnesus and in its colonies for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC. Ancient Greek architecture manifested on temples and was renowned for its highly ceremonious characteristics, both of structure and decoration. The architectural techniques they used to

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    "IN MEMORIAM A. H. H” ANALYSIS USING AN ACADEMIC SOURCE WHAT MY SOURCE SAYS: The wanton waste of the nature of potential life. 'fifty seeds often allow only. An effective provides a died in Haarlem early potential waste meaning of the expression. This seems to be the cause of the loss of glycine "shaken, I firmly walk in the" world of the altar on the stairs, the slope in the dark god. In this first his appeal to emotion, it is assumed that the close of the scientific discovery, he vaguely

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    Corrie Ten Boom Outline

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    person who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” These words of Christopher Reeve perfectly describe the essence and soul of Corrie Ten Boom – a devout Christian watchmaker who saved nearly 800 individuals from the horrors of World War II, and as a result was placed in a concentration camp herself. Tentative Thesis Statement: The four main characteristics that characterized Corrie Ten Boom as a hero are the following: selflessness, loyalty, and resilience

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    Most Americans see Islam as an Arab religion, and because of that many neglected the Muslim identity of these Black immigrants. Still, Harlem is viewed as the Black place where African Muslims show a new blues people with their own unique story to tell. There has even been a street sing at a hot spot in Harlem on the corner of 12th which is “ African Square”. Also, there are some places are renamed by Africans, such as “ Fouta Twon”, a heavy Fulani Muslim

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    Willem. Her father did most of the work with the watch shop, and her mother died when she was a little girl. In 1940 when the Nazis started invading the Netherlands, they would often find people praying in their shop because they were scared. The Ten Boom family begins taking in Jews and giving them a place to hide from the invading Nazis. Later on, the family was caught and arrested

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