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The Middle Ages: birth of an idea The expression “Middle Ages” tells us more about the Renaissance who followed him than about the era itself. Starting around the 14th century, European thinkers, writers, and artists began to look back and celebrate their country’s art and culture. ancient Greece And Rome. As a result, they viewed the period after the fall of Rome as a “middle” or even “dark” age, in which no scientific achievements had been made, no great art had been produced, no great leaders. was born. According to this argument, medieval peoples had squandered the progress of their…
In recent years, the Syrian civil war has sparked increasing sectarian violence in Lebanon and among its regional neighbors. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, son of the late Hariri, resigned suddenly in November 2017 during a trip to Saudi Arabia. Both countries support opposing sides in the conflict and Lebanon itself is in the middle of a crisis. greater regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Lebanon hosts more than a million refugees, according to the United Nationsthe third highest figure in the world after Türkiye And Pakistan.National political paralysis and fallout from the Syrian conflict have hurt the country’s…
Was Hercules a God?Hercules was not a god but was born a mortal, although, like many mythical heroes, he had a complicated family tree. According to legend, her father was Zeus, ruler of all the Greek gods of Mount Olympus and all mortals on earth, and her mother was Alcmene, the granddaughter of the hero Perseus. (Perseus, who was also considered one of the sons of Zeus, beheaded the Gorgon Medusa with snake hair.)Did you know? The constellation Hercules is the fifth largest constellation in the sky.Then, after Hercules was born, Hera sent two serpents to kill him in his…
Are you wondering what to do now that retirement is approaching? What if you started a business? Seriously.The 55 to 64 age group represented 26% of new entrepreneurs in 2017, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This is a significant increase from 15% in 1996. A study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor shows that the same age group has the highest business start-up rate in the world over the past decade .
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A former Republican Party official and strategist and former communications chief under President George W. Bush, he is one of the new co-hosts of the popular morning television show The View. Welcome Nicolle Wallace! Nicole Wallace, who was also a senior advisor during the ill-fated McCain-Palin presidential campaign, joined the ABC show this week, alongside Rosie O’Donnel, Rosie Perez and Whoopie Goldberg. Wallace’s Greek character came up several times during his appearance yesterday, during an interview with Kirsten Dunst on her new film “Two Faces of January” which was filmed on location in Greece. The two exchanged jokes about Greece…
Women’s History Month aims to elevate the voices and experiences of women around the world. And these four entrepreneurs and small business owners are no exception, blazing a trail in their respective fields, encouraging other women to stand up for themselves, and in some cases helping the environment and breaking barriers in the process. Check out their stories below. Sandra Velasquez as NopaleraCourtesy of Sandra VelasquezSandra Velázquez Sandra Velasquez, 46, said she started Nopalera to focus on the beauty of its Latin heritage. “I love seeing the impact our brand has on the community,” she said. “It galvanized them and…
By Nick Beake in Larissa and Kathryn Armstrong in LondonBBC NewsMarch 2, 2023To read this content, please enable JavaScript or try another browserVideo caption, Watch: Police fire tear gas at protesters in AthensThe death toll in Tuesday’s train crash in Greece has risen to 57 people, a coroner told the BBC. Eleni Zaggelidou, one of ten coroners working on the investigation, said DNA was taken from 57 intact bodies.A government minister said austerity during Greece’s economic crisis of the 2000s contributed to a lack of investment in the rail sector.Railway workers staged a one-day strike on Thursday following the disaster,…
Byzantium The term “Byzantine” derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named Byzas. Located on the European side of the Bosphorus (the strait connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean), the site of Byzantium was ideally located to serve as a point of transit and trade between Europe and Asia.In 330 AD, Roman Emperor Constantine I chose Byzantium as the site of a “New Rome” with an eponymous capital, Constantinople. Five years earlier, Council of NicaeaConstantine had established Christianity – formerly an obscure Jewish sect – as the official religion of Rome.Citizens of Constantinople and the…