Lisbon

Candide by Voltaire is satire criticizing optimistic views on the world events or the saying that, “this is the best of all possible worlds” and everything happens for the best. Voltaire saddened by two major world events: the Seven years’ war and Lisbon earthquake questioned the reason behind these events. These events killed thousands of people for no reason and still philosophers like Leibniz, continued to believe that this was the best of all possible worlds and behind all evil lied God’s…

started to question his own beliefs and, with time, shifted from a positive view of the world to a rather negative view. Especially after the Lisbon earthquake, which occurred in Portugal, on November 1, 1755. This incident affected Voltaire so deeply, he incorporated this real life event into Candide. Based on Joyce Moss and her article Candide, The Lisbon earthquake horrified people across Europe. Many thinkers and philosophers reevaluated their positions in the wake of the catastrophe.…

treated like a minor traffic violation”(NORML). Opponents still beg the question:Why make our current laws on the use of illicit drugs lax ? According to the research and result from the Portuguese decriminalization effort, Nuno Capez, a member of the Lisbon Disuassion Comission, reported that “[the commission] came to the conclusion that the criminal system was not best suited to deal with [drug use and addiction]…The best option should be referring them to treatment...” From its adoption of…

Gama returned. After all, da Gama would have been the logical choice to lead such an expedition but apparently, he still needed to recover from his last voyage and perhaps, his suggestion was Cabral to take his place to lead. Cabral left the city Lisbon on March 9, 1500 with a fleet of 13 ships, much larger than da Gama fleet. As a result, the 13 ships accidently reached Brazil by mistake, rather than India for…

Burgundy. The Duke liked him plenty and supported him sufficiently so that he wouldn’t leave because the duke feared he would never find someone as talented as him. It is recorded that van Eyck went on many visits on Phillips behalf, such as a trip to Lisbon in 1428 to arrange the Duke's marriage contract with Isabella of Portugal. This…

This research paper will describe the first few Crusades and how they happened.The Crusades were a series of many battles caused by different religions fighting over their differences.In these battles, the religions fought to try to make their religion the superior religion and bring the other religions down.The sides of these battles consisted of Muslims, Jews, and Christians.Many things happened in each Crusade including the capturing of Jerusalem, the fall of the county Edessa, the treaty of…

known as the only circulating US coin to feature braille. The Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama is in dedication to her. There are streets named after Helen Keller in Zürich, Switzerland, in the USA, in Getafe, Spain, in Lod, Israel, in Lisbon, Portugal and in Caen, France. A stamp was issued in 1980 by the United States Postal Service depicting Keller and Sullivan, to mark the centennial of Keller's birth.…

The Printing press started an era of education and freedom, starting in Mainz, Germany with its creator Gutenberg. The Printing press was the first mechanical printing system that allowed the general public, and even the lower classes, access to books. Locations of the printing press boomed from 1471 to 1500 showing all of the information being spread in different locations. (DOC A) Due to the printing press, many changes and new discoveries were able to happen. Two important consequences of the…

all crimes, 8 have abolished it for normal crimes, and 36 do not execute the death penalty but it still remains in their law as of March of 2012 (Dammer, 2014).Countries that have decided to abolish the death penalty have the right to. The Treaty of Lisbon was passed on December 1, 2009 to refuse the exchange of goods from Europe with countries that still use the death penalty. There are international standards that are related to capital punishment even though it is not customary law. The…

Great Britain Exits the European Union The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union where each of the countries within the Union is independent, but they agree to trade under the agreements made between the nations. The purpose of the EU is to operate as a single market that allows free movement of goods, capital, services and people between member states. Great Britain had a big decision to make, whether or not to stay in the EU or go it alone. On June 23, 2016 with over 33…