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million people in Europe. They are to be found in almost all Council of Europe member states and indeed, in some central and east European countries, they represent over 5% of the population. Yet, although they have been in Europe since the 14th…

Greek Drama, Euripides who lived from 485 -406 B.C., is generally considered the most tragic and least polite of the major dramatists. Like other Greek dramatists of the era, he was a man of his times, participating enthusiastically in the social and…

architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, probably the supreme example of Renaissance genius. Born in Vinci, Tuscany, he was the illegitimate son of a Florentine notary and a peasant girl. His precocious artistic talent brought him to Verrocchio's…

impacted the fate of the country, but the nature and style of the leadership meant that the revolution consistent with the Marxist model that it was supposedly based on. The Bolshevik Party manipulated the revolution to their individual goals, and…

dictatorship to democracy and from virtual world isolation to membership in the European Union. The actual transition (1973-1982) took place from the assasination of Carrero Blanco, heir to the regime, to the 1982 democratic elections (3rd after…

autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was preserved by my unforgettable dead father.' (Nicholas II) In spite of the Czar's decrees and declarations, Russia, by the beginning of the 20th century, was overripe for revolution,' is supported…

and no one worked harder - or more visibly - than he did. He spent days touring the province, escorted by a claque of blackshirted Fascist Party functionaries, a small army of body guards and a train of journalists and photographers convincing…

descendants of Abraham. It is said that whoever is a descendant of Abraham was blessed. The Jews were first started in Canaan a long time ago. They lived there for a while, but famine and drought came so they had to move to Egypt. They lived…

revolution was a period(1760-1800) when the working conditions changed by going from the domestic system to the factory system. The factory system involves new technologies and an overall growth in the economy. England encouraged radical change…

of King Alfred depend very much upon what we believe about his early education. If we are content to accept the stories of Asser, the famous biographer of Alfred, that he reached his twelfth birthday before he learned to read (Keynes 75), then…