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infected fleas and rats. These pests were very common in medieval Europe but they were even more popular aboard ships. This is how the disease made its way through one European city to another. The Plague first struck Messina, and then made it through Marseilles and into Tunis in North Africa. Then it made it to Rome and Florence, which were two cities in the center of all of the trade. In 1348, the plague hit Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, and London. At the time, there was no reasonable explanation…

Angels & Demon and the The Vinci Code? Do you know the Secret of the Holy Grail that discussed in the Book 'The Vinci Code'? Usually in Holy Mass Catholics they would raise this so-called Holly Grail and inside this Grail is the Chalice which they refer as the blood of Jesus. But of course people will think of it so hard until they will seek an answer is that what Jesus really meant? Take a look at the picture I posted with this. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Leonardo we all…

pioneer of his time, Peter Paul Reuben created multiple works for the Medici family that utilized classical subjects which he observed in his time in Rome from 1604-1608 (Kleiner and Gardner 697). Reuben’s masterpiece “Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles” (Kleiner and Gardner 699) and the “Consequences of War” (Kleiner and Gardner 700) implemented figures from mythology to emphasis…

Modernism has largely shaped todays built environment. The buildings inhabited, the furniture used, the surrounding graphic design, has all been influenced by the aesthetics and the ideology of Modernist design. The Modernists believed in technology as the key means to achieve social improvement and in the machine as a symbol of that aspiration. They fostered a utopian desire to create a better world. These principles were frequently combined with social and largely left-leaning political…

Languge is imperative since it's one of the fundamental approaches to convey and communicate with other individuals around us. Dialect reflects character it uncovers our identity both personally and socially. In Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan, Tan talks about the social battles she encountered through her mom, and her combat of identity in her written work. In the article If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? James Baldwin attempted to clarify that despite the fact that…

The Safavid empire, located in the center of Iran, is known widely for their Islamic adaptation culturally speaking and their complicated interactions with neighboring empires. The Safavids have definitely created enemies, as well as allies, during their power reign over the span of multiple centuries. The Safavids have faced defeat in addition to walking away from battle victoriously. Through this constant loop of failure and success the Safavids have managed to build a long lasting empire that…

Byzantine Empire, which was a Christian empire, and slowly walked their way into it: “…Muslim forces had conquered Sicily, parts of the southern Italy, and the Balearic Islands, and they had made successful raids on Sardinia, Corsica, and the cities of Marseilles and Rome. (Backman 304) Here, the Turks was expanding their territory to further build their military strength and prepare for the fateful conquest of Byzantium. They had even set up their capital approximately a hundred miles away from…

radical and nearly totalitarian in its order and symmetry, Le Corbusier used the utopian ideal formed the basis of a number of urban plans during the 1930s and 1940s culminating in the design and construction of the first Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles in 1952. Unité d'Habitation have 337 apartments in every single building, along with open facilities on the ground floor and roof. Due to the costing of steel production after the war economy, the Unité d’Habitation was constructed of exposed…

the priest. Abbe Busoni collects information about his father, Mercedes, Morrel, and just how he was betrayed. Edmond learns all the information he needed to verify who he needed to seek revenge on, paid Caderousse with a diamond, and left for Marseilles. Before Dantes can start his path to revenge, he has one last deed to perform. Dantes now changes to Lord Wilmore an Englishman who works for the head of Thomas and French. Dantes’s heart may be filled with hatred towards his enemies, but…

Introduction Did you know that in France you can marry someone who is deceased? Or that in 1915, the French army was the first militia to use camouflage? Were you aware that the first every artificial heart and face transplant occurred in France? The country of France is filled with many intriguing facts. France is said to be a Western European country. Since the beginning, France has displayed that it is a dominant country. In 1792, France was turned from a kingdom into a republic due to the…