.... transcribe and edit what is preserved, but also to reconstruct what is lost between fragments and reconstruct the whole. Most fragments of literature derive from rolls of papyrus, which could extend up to 35 feet in length. Papyrus was the most important writing material of the ancient world and perhaps ancient Egypt's most important legacy; alongside it were used other (often cheaper) materials, like wood and clay (broken pottery sherds with writing are called ostraca). On these materials were recorded everything from high literature to the myriad of Nine of ten published texts are private letters or documents of every conceivable documents and ot .....

.... features, in fact between 1959-63 over 170 French directors made their debut films. These films were very different to anything French and American cinema had ever produced both in film style and film form and would change the shape of cinema to come for years. To understand how and why this nouvelle vague happened we must first look at the historical, social, economical and political aspects of France and the French film industry leading up to the onset of the nouvelle vague. After the Second World War much of Europe was in ruins. 35 million people had died and most European countries were hugely in debt. 1947s Marshall plan saw billions of American dolla .....

.... as a vehicle for religious and social identity, but even more as a mode of personal, aesthetic expression. The term early renaissance characterizes virtually all the art of the 15th century. Early renaissance artist sought to create art forms consistent with the appearance of the natural world and with their experience of human personality and behavior. These artists made an effort to go beyond straightforward transcription of nature, to instill the work of art with ideal, intangible qualities, endowing it with a beauty and significance greater and more permanent than that actually found in nature. Artists such as Donatello in sculpture, Masaccio in painting .....

.... just very concerned of her son's well being away from home, as any other mother on the globe would be. Nevertheless, neither his father's lecture, nor his mother's concern did take his passion away; he went on a voyage. This first voyage was not very successful one, as the ship and her crew were encountered with a violent storm. After the voyage, he did not give up his dream of being out in the sea. Instead, he went on another journey and another after that. After terrible experiences of being a slave in some foreign country and shipwreck, he settled for a while. However, this "settlement" did not last long, as he went on another journey. This journey .....

.... Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" Berkeley states that for some thing to become an essence that thing must be perceived by any of the 5 senses (touch, smell, hear, taste, or hear). For example a chair, the chair can be seen and touched so it can become an essence only if those senses can perceive the chair. If those 5 senses can not perceive the object than the object is not an essence but an idea of the mind in which, that idea is a belief that can only be proven by the 5 senses. The Idea of Occam's Razor was another idea that became main stream during the . Occam's Razor is an idea that states "when you have 2 competing theories that make ex .....

.... on the grounds of the Fourteen Points. On January 12, 1919, 27 nations met in Paris, which later became known as the Paris Peace Conference. Up until this time, there had never been such a diplomatic gathering of this size in history. At first there were five leading countries that lead the conference. They are as follows Great Britain, Italy, France, Japan, and the United States. Not long after things got started, Japan left the Big Five so it became known as the Big four. Considering that the country of France was not there much, it was really only the Big Three. These three countries made the major decisions for all the allies. President Wilson .....

.... law, morality, and culture. In the area of law, this image is supplemented by lurid accounts of witch trials and corporal public punishments. The best example of this was during the seventeenth century. The Salem witch trials began in 1692, and lasted less than a year. The first arrests were made on March 1, 1692 and the final hanging day was September 22, 1692. The first noted arrest, was of Tituba, a Carib Indian from Barbados. She was Reverend Samuel Parris' slave. Her role in the witch trials includes the arrest and confession of witchcraft on March 1, 1692. In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became very ill. When she fai .....

.... Protestant Reformation. 1555 The Peace of Augsburg recognized the right of princes to choose Lutheranism or Catholicism for their lands. 1648 The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War. 1740 Frederick the Great became king of Prussia and began building Prussia into a great power. 1806 The Holy Roman Empire came to an end with the establishment of the Confederation of the Rhine. 1815 The German Confederation was formed at the Congress of Vienna. 1848 Revolutions swept across Germany. The first German national assembly met at Frankfurt in the hopes of creating a more united country. 1871 Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck realized h .....