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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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History of Technology Timeline

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Magnus Felix Ennodius

Italian bishop and writer

Venantius Fortunatus

French poet and bishop

Theodulf of Orléans

bishop and poet

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

Italian Christian theologian and philosopher

Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Horace

Roman poet

Cicero

Cicero

Roman statesman, scholar, and writer

mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene

Virgil

Roman poet

Petrarch

Petrarch

Italian poet

Ovid

Ovid

Roman poet

Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.

Catullus

Roman poet

Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Sextus Propertius

Roman poet

Lucretius

Lucretius

Latin poet and philosopher

Martial

Roman poet

Juvenal

Juvenal

Roman poet

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose

bishop of Milan

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Poliziano

Italian poet and humanist

Albius Tibullus

Roman poet

Quintus Ennius

Roman author

Godfrey of Saint-Victor

French philosopher

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Omar Ali Saifuddin mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

World Religions & Traditions

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

Christianity Quiz

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry