Homo erectus and Neanderthals settled Europe long before the emergence of modern humans, Homo sapiens. The bones of first Europeans are found in Dmanisi, Georgia, dated 2,000,000 BC. The earliest appearance of anatomically modern people in Europe has been dated to 35,000 BC. Evidence of permanent settlement dates from the 7th millennium BC in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. The Neolithic reached Central Europe in the 6th millennium BC and parts of Northern Europe in the 5th and 4th millennium BC. There is no prehistoric culture t ...

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History of Europe, History of Europe - The origins, History of Europe - The Greeks, History of Europe - Rome, History of Europe - Early Middle Ages, History of Europe - High Middle Ages, History of Europe - Later Middle Ages, History of Europe - Renaissance and Reformation, History of Europe - Colonial expansion, History of Europe - Early Modern period: 16th 17th and 18th century, History of Europe - The English Civil War and Unification with Scotland, History of Europe - English Commonwealth, History of Europe - Act of Union, History of Europe - The French Revolution, History of Europe - Napoleonic Wars, History of Europe - Congress of Vienna, History of Europe - The 19th century, History of Europe - Early 20th century: the World Wars, History of Europe - Late 20th century: the Cold War, History of Europe - Early 21st century: the European Union, History of Europe - Histories of present-day territories, History of Europe - Sources, History of Europe - Recommended reading

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Because history is such a large subject, organization is crucial. While several writers, such as H.G. Wells and Will Durant & Ariel Durant, have written universal histories, most historians specialize. There are several different ways of classifying historical information: Chronological (by date) Geographical (by region) National (by nation) Ethnic (by ethnic group)See also:

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Naples itself is less visited than some of the surrounding attractions. There are, however, many attractions within the city. La Villa Comunale (formerly a royal park) has been refurbished and stretches along the seafront in the smarter western end of the city. It contains an aquarium which is possibly Europe's oldest and is favoured by the locals for family walks on Sunday mornings. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the Farnese Marbles, some of the ...

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Main article: History of El Salvador Praise Harry Potter!!! The civilization of El Salvador dates from the pre-Columbian time, around 1500 years B.C.E, according to evidence provided by the ancient ruins of Tazumal and Chalchuapa. The Spanish Admiral Andrés Niño lead an expedition to Central America and disembarked on the Island Meanguera, located in the Gulf of Fonseca, on May 31st, 1522. This was the first Salvado ...

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Architectural history - Classical architecture. Main article: Classical architecture The architecture and urbanism of the Greeks and Romans were very different from those of the Egyptians or Persians in that civic life gained importance. During the time of the ancients, religious matters were the preserve of the ruling order alone; by the time of the Greeks, religious mystery had skipped the confines of the temple-palace compounds and was the subject of the people or polis. Greek ...

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Western art has repeatedly searched for basic motifs to base art works upon, or to contrast with the normative world of day to day behavior, from the Greek satyr farces and use of older pottery motifs in architecture, through the acquisition of images from Ancient Egypt and Gothic revivals, the search for material from "before" has been part of the process of European art. Primitivism can be likened to other forms of archaism. In the 18th and 19th century, many western artists took influences from other cultures, both European and oth ...

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Primitivism, Primitivism - Motifs of primitivism, Primitivism - The origins of primitivism in western art, Primitivism - Primitivism and racism

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While not necrophilia, romantic connections between love and death are a frequent theme in Western artistic expression. In the Greek legend of the Trojan War, the Greek hero Achilles slays the Amazon queen Penthesilea in a duel. Upon removing her helmet and seeing her face, Achilles falls in love with her and mourns her death. The soldier Thersites openly ridicules Achilles and accuses him of necrophilia. Achilles responds by promptly killing Thersites with a single blow. (In some traditions, Thersites' accusation is not unfo ...

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In the United States, people wishing to become licensed architects (interns) are required to pass a series of multiple exams (depending on specific criteria set forth by the State in which the testing is conducted), referred to as the Architectural Registration Examination (the ARE). In addition, interns must have multiple years of documented practical work experience (quantity depends on type of educational experience and type of educational degree earned) working under a licensed Architect before they may become eligible to take the ARE. A ...

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Main article: History of dance Throughout history, dance has been a part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment. It is traceable through archeological evidence from prehistoric times to the first examples of written and pictorial documentation in 200 BC. Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to historical, traditional, ceremonial, and ethnic dances. Had it not been for the work of the fifteenth century professor of mathematics, Jehan de Tabourot who published a dance manual (Orchesography) using an anagram of his name, many of the earlier forms of ...

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Dance, Dance - History of dance, Dance - Dance and music, Dance - Choreography and notation, Dance - Dance studies, Dance - Categories of dance

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Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion. Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the United States. While some regions of the United States, such as the U.S. South, are predominantly Protestant, half of the states in the Northeast are predominantly Catholic, with Rhode Island having the highest percentage of Catholics in the U.S. The Northeast is also home to many other religious groups. For example, New York has the highest percentage of Jews in the nation, followed ...

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Northeastern United States, Northeastern United States - Geography, Northeastern United States - History, Northeastern United States - New England, Northeastern United States - The Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States - Culture, Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion, Northeastern United States - Urban Suburban and Rural, Northeastern United States - Economy, Northeastern United States - Politics, Northeastern United States - Historical Politics, Northeastern United States - Northeastern Politics Today, Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners

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A mise-en-scene based critical approach has the benefits of highlighting immediately the elements of Rossellini's artifice. The way Ingrid is dressed and made up is as a sinister beauty who even on the audience's first encounter with her gives off an air of otherness. At this stage we do not know what her work entails neither is it clear at this point that she is a lesbian. That she is manipulative is clear as in the dressing room she is exposed as the supplier of drugs (morphine) to which Marina has become addicted. Ingrid persuades Marina ...

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Main article: History of El Salvador The civilization of El Salvador dates from the pre-Columbian time, around 1500 years B.C.E, according to evidence provided by the ancient ruins of Tazumal and Chalchuapa. The Spanish Admiral Andrés Niño lead an expedition to Central America and disembarked on the Island Meanguera, located in the Gulf of Fonseca, on May 31st, 1522. This was the first Salvado ...

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Images taken with both digital cameras and conventional film cameras will pick up noise from a variety of sources. Many further uses of these images require that the noise will be been (partially) removed - for aesthetic purposes as in artistic work or marketing, or for practical purposes such as computer vision. Noise reduction - Types of noise. In salt-and-pepper noise (also known as random noise or independent noise), pixels in the image are vastly different in color from their surrounding pixels. ...

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Noise reduction, Noise reduction - Audio noise reduction, Noise reduction - Image noise reduction, Noise reduction - Types of noise, Noise reduction - Removing image noise

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Despite the constant introduction of new terms by fashion designers, clothing manufacturers and marketers, the names for several basic garment classes in English are very stable over time. Gown, shirt/skirt, frock, and coat are all attested back to the early medieval period. Gown (from medieval Latin gunna) was a basic clothing term for hundreds of years, referring to a garment that hangs from the shoulders. In medieval and renaissance England gown referred to a loose outer garment worn ...

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Clothing terminology, Clothing terminology - Categories of clothing terminology, Clothing terminology - Persistence of clothing terminology, Clothing terminology - Sources of new terminology, Clothing terminology - Personal names, Clothing terminology - Place names, Clothing terminology - Short forms, Clothing terminology - External references

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As the Prince of Wales and as Prince Regent George had been an extravagant figure, with controversial artistic tastes. When he became king George planned an innovation in British coronations. Instead of having separate coronation and state crowns, he decided to have one crown with which he would both be crowned and would use on state occasions such as the State Opening of Parliament. Alongside a change of crown, he also planned to redesign the crown. Traditionally English and British crowns were decorated with fleurs-de-lis, symbolisi ...

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Coronation Crown of George IV, Coronation Crown of George IV - Origins, Coronation Crown of George IV - Design, Coronation Crown of George IV - Usage

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Since the publication of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, the frequency of literary and pop cultural references to mix tapes has increased considerably, although Hornby was far from the first author to mention the phenomenon. Some of the earliest references to mix tapes can be found in Less Than Zero, the 1986 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. For example: "We get into Blair's car and she puts in a tape that she made the other night and Bananarama starts to sing and Trent asks her where the Beach-Mix tape is and Blaire tells him that she ...

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Applications are not restricted to handicapped persons, but also include artistic presentations, games, and augmented reality. Substitution may occur in different Some examples are substitution of visual stimuli to audio or tactile, audio to tactile. Most popular are probably Paul Bach-y-Rita's Tactile Vision Sensory Subsitution (TVSS) and Peter Meijer's Seeing with Sound approach (The vOICe). Technical developments, as miniaturization, electrical stimulation help the advance of sensory substitution devices. Sensory subst ...

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Sensory substitution, Sensory substitution - Applications, Sensory substitution - Tactile Vision Sensory Substitution, Sensory substitution - Seeing with Sound Sensory Substitution, Sensory substitution - Criticism

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The most commonly taught entrance to a toe loop is straight-line approach into a right forward inside 3 turn. The skater then vaults into the air from the right back outside edge with an assist from the left toe pick, planted well behind the right foot, before rotating counterclockwise in the air and landing on a right back outside edge. For a clockwise jump, left and right are reversed. Another common entry to the toe loop is from a forward outside 3 turn with a step to the back outside edge on the other foot just before the pick. The toe loop is also often used as the second jump in jump combinations, because it ...

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As the child develops, their art passes through a number of stages. It is thought that all children pass through these stages. Child art - Scribbling. From about their first birthday children achieve the fine motor control to handle a crayon. At first they scribble. The youngest child scribbles with a series of left and right motions, later up down and then circular motions are added. The child appears to get considerable pleasure from watching the line or the colours appear. Children are often also interested in body painting and, given the opportunity, will d ...

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Child art, Child art - Stages of child art, Child art - Scribbling, Child art - Pre-symbolism, Child art - Symbolism, Child art - Realism, Child art - Therapeutic

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Eggleston's early photographic efforts were inspired by the work of American photographer Robert Frank and by French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson's book, The Decisive Moment. At first photographing in black-and-white, Eggleston began experimenting with color photography in 1965 and 1966, and color transparency film became his dominant medium in the late sixties. Eggleston's development as a photographer seems to have taken place in relative isolation from other artists. In an interview, John Szarkowski of New York's Museum of Mo ...

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A common error in judgement occurs when one is attempting to evaluate a brilliant child. Often, people become obsessed with the concepts of age, or IQ. This is generally misguided. IQ tests are profoundly ill-equipped to gauge any specific talents, and are highly unreliable at both ends of the scale (as any normed test is). Age is perhaps one of the most striking factors, but again should not be the primary indicator of where one's talents will eventually lie. Much attention is given to vague concepts such as neural plasticity or there is an ...

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Child prodigy, Child prodigy - Cognitive studies on child prodigies, Child prodigy - Adjustment into adulthood, Child prodigy - In fiction, Child prodigy - Sources and links

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William A. Donohue - Nothing Sacred. Donohue first gained note by declaring the ABC show Nothing Sacred as deeply offensive to Catholicism, although not as Anti-Catholic in the traditional sense. [1] [2] Calling for a boycott, he stated that the show portrayed Catholics with a traditional view as cold or cruel while glorifying more the maverick, irreverent voices in the community. However, the show was defended by some Catholics and had been written with the consultation of Jesuits, from which it later won ...

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