History (Arts & Humanities) - October 2006

Hey there,
I studying the end of WW1(World war one) i was just wondering if anyone could tell anything about the treaty of versailles?

With Thanks

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2006-10-11 08:30:42 · 8 answers · asked by Emo.Outkast.Undercover...</3 1

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How is the Great Exhibition linked to 'Empire'?

2006-10-11 07:58:26 · 3 answers · asked by Teffers 1

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Did you know that Napoleon's stepmother was the daughter of a Pope ?

Napoleons Step Mother ?

The Pope's Daughter !

The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a world of popes and princes.

Using a wide variety of sources, including Felice's personal correspondence, as well as diaries, account books, and chronicles of Renaissance Rome, Murphy skillfully weaves a compelling portrait of this remarkable woman. Felice della Rovere was to witness Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, watch her father Pope Julius II lay the foundation stone for the new Saint Peter's, and see herself immortalized by Raphael in his Vatican frescos.

With her marriage to Gian Giordano Orsini--arranged, though not attended, by her father the Pope--she came to possess great wealth and power, assetswhich she turned to her advantage. While her father lived, Felice exercised much influence in the affairs of Rome--even negotiating for peace with the Queen of France--and after his death, Felice persevered, making allies of the cardinals and clerics of St. Peter's and maintaining her control of theOrsini land through tenacity, ingenuity, and carefully cultivated political savvy. She survived the Sack of Rome in 1527, but her greatest enemy proved to be her own stepson Napoleone.

The rivalry between him and her son Girolamo had a sudden and violent end, and brought her perilously close to
losing everything she had spent her life acquiring.

With a marvelous cast of characters, this is a spellbinding biography set against the brilliant backdrop of Renaissance Rome.

Caesar J. B. Squitti

2006-10-11 07:50:08 · 6 answers · asked by Caesar J. B. Squitti 1

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Empire? Great Exhibition? 1849?

2006-10-11 07:48:42 · 2 answers · asked by Teffers 1

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Who wrote The Confessions Of Nat Turner and won a Pulitzer Prize for it?

2006-10-11 07:42:01 · 2 answers · asked by starlight_504gyrl 2

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were did the colonist justify to declare independance from britain?

2006-10-11 07:23:49 · 6 answers · asked by lauren m 1

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In March 1871, after an attempt by the National Assembly in Versailles to disown the Paris National Guard was?

unsuccessful, a provisional government called the Paris Commune was established and held power until May of that year. This provisional government is important in history for a particular reason why?

2006-10-11 07:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by CoolVj 1

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A gilded metal alloy of copper, tin and zinc, was used in France since the 17th Century for candelabra, clocks

and other decorative luxury objects. What is the alloy

2006-10-11 07:04:49 · 4 answers · asked by CoolVj 1

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Which Spanish explorer sailed from Puerto Rico around the coast of Florda?

2006-10-11 06:51:25 · 4 answers · asked by New New 1

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I have an old button of a woman holding a pitchfork and pickaxe over her left shoulder.What does it represent?

2006-10-11 06:51:17 · 2 answers · asked by larry h 2

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What do you feel are the three most important puzzles regarding the genesis and development of Cro-Magnon man?

I'm having trouble thinking up anything for this essay topic. I'm sure there are a lot of puzzles spawned by preHistoric humans, I just can't find any.

2006-10-11 06:37:47 · 3 answers · asked by Bennn 1

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