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In order to understand the relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the foundation, development and overall intention of these separate sets of laws must be explored. International Humanitarian Law or IHL, is a set of international rules that has been established by treaties or customs for the intention of solving the humanitarian problems that arise directly from international or non-international armed conflicts. This universal body of law began…

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577/79 Domenikos Theotokopoulos, also known as El Greco, was born on 1541 in Greece. El Grecos painting of the Assumption of the Virgin was surely a central element inside one of the many art gallery rooms at the Art Institue of Chicago. It was El Greco’s first major commission in Toledo. It illustrates Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, being uplifted from her tomb, into heaven. Its approximate size stands nearly 12-13ft x 6.5-7ft. The style of technique used of this…

The vision quest was an important rite of initiation into adult status for warriors in traditional Plains Societies. Besides marking entry into manhood, this rite of passage put the initiate into contact with the spirits who would protect him throughout his career as warrior. In your essay, identify the types of forms of art that results from the individual’s vision quest and the architectural form employed by the Lakota and other Plains groups as settings for part of the initiation rite. How…

• The historical significance of the term Fertile Crescent is that this is the piece of land the Mesopotamians depended on agriculture. The reason was that in the region the Mesopotamian’s lived in; there was only an arc of land that was the only adequate farming land near Mesopotamia. • The historical importance of the word Mesopotamia is that this was one of the first city-states ever built. The reason for that is every year the Tigris and Euphrates River will flood Mesopotamia which will…

The beach is different for everyone, different memories and feelings. My favorite memory is of the sun being replaces by the moon. This moment gave me a sense of calm in the storm that is my life. My mom was different, she loved to watch the sky erupt with warm colors as far as the eye can see. She loved life and everything beautiful so she cherished every morning she woke up. My dad and sister were the perfect median between my mom and me. They liked noon as it was when the place was erupted…

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“LAERTES: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews and bulk, but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal” (I.iii.11-14). This is important because it further shows that there are many people who think that Hamlet is still young…

Exhibition. Numerous buildings were based on Moorish and Islamic inspired architecture. One such building was the Indo-Islamic Mechanics arts building. The building featured a large mosque-like entry, minarets topped with stars, and a dome topped with a crescent moon. Another building of the exhibition was a combination of Moorish architecture and Spanish Colonial Revival…

worldwide from 8,000 to 12,000 BCE. The orthodox theory was also the end of the last glacial epic, or last time when people were solely dependent on hunting for food production. One societal change that is a result of the orthodox theory is the Fertile Crescent, a region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa and the origin of the earliest domesticated plants and…

What if blood were poison to the body? Imagine going through countless blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. Many people are blessed never to have to worry about those things their entire lives, but that life is a reality for a person with sickle cell disease. Some compare sickle cell to cancer, but they are very different. Similarly both have severe effects on the body from the diseases themselves and from the strenuous treatment procedures. Through all the hardships sufferers, have…