... Woad (Latin: Guastrum, Vitrum, Isatis, Waida) and the Indigo (small trees which leaves give the indigo color). Those plants were used to tinge clothes. The garments of the time reflected both the color's signification and importance in a society, during the Middle Age the color blue remained discreet. Yet, ... some villages had more blue clothes than some others due to the proximity of the Indigo trees. The arising of the second millennium witnessed the passage of Blue from a "background color ... blue are the clothing's color reserved for high social classes. Someone from a lower class...

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... wore linen upper garments. Gambeson are worn for upper protection. Knights wear body armor to defend themselves. What kind of clothes you wore showed you what type of class you were in. Nobles wore appealing clothes and jewelry. Carpenters and other guilds didn't have enough money to buy all those clothes. They wore simpler clothing. Monks and nuns wore black and white clothing. ...

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... . Along with singing, the Guarani Indians constructed violins that were also foreign prior to the birth of the Columbian Exchange. Along with music and religion the Guarani also received arts, clothes, and livestock that was unknown to them until their contact with Europeans. However, it was an exchange, and in effect Europeans also received practices, ideas, etc. they often got exotic ... to be naked. The Jesuits on the other hand were from Europe and in Europe winters are cold and summers are mostly mild. The Jesuit priests were accustomed to wearing clothes because of their surroundin...

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... magazine, as well as Paris Match, and the British edition of Vogue. During Twiggy's peak success in Europe, De Villeneuve set up Twiggy Enterprises, Ltd., where he gathered a line of clothes, false eyelashes, cosmetics, dolls, and posters all endorsed by Twiggy ("The Twig-). The enterprising aspect of being a top model began with Twiggy and her influence is commonly seen in the ... revolutionary. By doing exactly that, Twiggy paved the way for models like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, all of whom opened highly successful restaurants and endorsed exercise tapes, c...

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... vehicle maintenance needed because less mileage/kilometers driven. iv. May be able to sell vehicle or buy a smaller one. c. Less purchases of business clothing; would wear casual clothes more often. d. Lower dry cleaning costs; casual clothes are generally more washable at home. e. Lower personal grooming costs: less makeup & hair cutting / tinting, etc. 9. Reduced child or elder care because drop-off and/or ... ...

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... his primary allegiance. Peter forcibly changed all of these ideas. In the order to reform customs, gentlemen, merchants, and toher subjects were forced to shave their beards or pay tax. Clothes were also altered to look more European rather then Oriental. These influences led St. Petersburg to become the host to Russian's Golden Age and a mecca to some of the world ... western values. Westerners wore no beards therefore beards should be shaven of, if this was not followed he had a tax on beards, also he encourages smoking but taxed tobacco. Western clothes were encouraged and the nobili...

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... were large deposits of gifts. There were 263 objects at this burial mound. Objects consisted of silver bowls, spoons with Christian symbols on them, weapons, coins and a large wardrobe of clothes. They later discovered that the body had been cremated. This process took place some area away from the burial mound. The site was one of the richest sites ever found ... for their past king. This is inaccurate according to history in Scandinavia, According to history, before the Viking Age 789-1100, when people died they would be cremated in their clothes, and cremated with any other good that...

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... . However, the British refused to grant them free land. The Europeans thought of the Eastern people as "savages" (11) only because they did not know how to make clothes and furniture, seeking Europe's help. This is extremely offensive and rude to say while directed towards a particular group of people. Even if the Arabs aren't able to "stand by ... ...

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... monarchy continued with their frivolous expenses at the expense of the peasants. An example of this was Queen Marie Antoinette, nicknamed Madame Deficit. She spent absurd amounts of money in clothes and outrageous hair styles. Her blatant disregard and ignorance to the situation of her people and country further outraged the peasants. All the peasants rage manifested itself into the Storming ... ...

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... of filthy clothing and causing men to itch unceasingly. Even when clothing was periodically washed and deloused, lice eggs invariably remained hidden in the seams; within a few hours of the clothes being re-worn the body heat generated would cause the eggs to hatch. Lice caused Trench Fever, a particularly painful disease that began suddenly with severe pain followed by high fever ... ...

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... to existence in Europe. Likewise in Jamaica, most of the men worked in the factories, creating a very large working class. Whoever worked in a factory found themselves wearing all the same clothes and with their heads shaven to avoid lice due to poor living conditions. The men and women started making of this their uniform and they called themselves rude boy/girl ... ...

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... away in distress. According to the letter that Cortés had sent to King Charles I of Spain, he thought the people were really strange with all their piercings and curious clothes. Cortés and his Conquistadores had never seen anything like these people and he didn't like anything about them. He describes in the letter how the Indians would sacrifice women ... ...

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... and cropping, by 1921 the Puritans had their first successful harvest. The men worked many of the fields while the women and children cleaned the hunted meat and washed the clothes. The women and children had their job in the families of the landowners. Many of the young men would work for other families doing work for no expense. This kind ... ...

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... of these cities were built along the Baltic Sea, where trade amongst cities was easier. The northern cities offered items like lumber, fur, and fish. The southern cities sent spices, clothes, and medicines. Trade, agriculture, and population were all on the rise. Everyone in the cities had work and opportunity, the contracts with lords were slowly going away and Europe was ... ...

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... of homosexuality, and what defines a man or woman. The European people understand that some men may like to have their hair styled, and that some like to go shopping for clothes, which may seem normal for some American women, however, our society sees it as an infidelity towards the responsibilities of that man. Being Americans, we have the ability to set ... ...

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... Multi-cultural affairs. In more recent years multiculturalism has thrived. We can see the effects it has had on our society in our everyday life; the food we eat, the clothes we wear and the entertainment we enjoy. During a census taken in 1996 it was revealed that 14.6% of Australians, 26.4% of Sydney residents and 25.4% of Melbourne residents speak a language ... ...

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... , with certain groups having more power and wealth than others. The lifestyles of the gentry differed from the artisan and the tradespeople, for example. These differences could be seen in clothes, houses, and manners. The gentry were the most important members in colonial society. To be a part of the "gentle" folk, one had to be wealthy. The gentry set themselves apart ... ...

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... . A life of pleasure, love and joy. Gauguin decided to live in Brittany, still in France, an artist colony where he could live as a peasant. In Brittany the landowners wore traditional clothes and grew agriculture for their food. Some of this display of traditional living was to attract tourism. Gauguin uses the traditional costume in many of his paintings, Especially the head ... ...

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... 's of Chinese came to Australia in search of gold. The Chinese men brought no women with them. They wore long pigtails, spoke a different language, had different customs, religion, wore different clothes etc. to the Europeans. The Chinese worked hard and were often successful at finding gold frequently in places where European diggers had given up. All these factors eventuated in such ... ...

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... us wonder what to expect, if we are going to be alive by tomorrow or not, by next week, may be? And if so, should we buy a new car, a house, clothes or even food? Should we think positive and keep living a normal life? Or should we just stay at home waiting for the worse to happen? Yes! It is tough to ... ...

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... prestige throughout the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries in European history. Church leaders not only practiced their religion, but they also lived in great mansions, threw parties, and wore nice clothes, all of which are things that officials in the Middle Ages would not consider doing. Unlike secularism, the idea of the artist as a genius was a relatively new concept to Europeans ... ...

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Brought back stories that led to an interest in other cultures. Brought back spices that led to food lasting longer. Brought back clothes that everyone wanted. The crusaders weakened the feudal nobility since they lost many of their lands to go on expeditions. The Byzantine power also decreased with the powerful attacks from ... ...

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... classes themselves. While European society remained more hierarchical than that in the United States, there began to be both greater social mobility and fewer blatant class differences as expressed in clothes, behavior, and speech. A'mass society?? began to share mass pleasures. Apparent homogeneity, both vertically within societies and horizontally between them, was accelerated by the cinema, radio, and television, each offering ... ...

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... . Society before the turning point occurred was very simple. During the mid-1700s, most people lived and worked in small farming villages. Most people were farmers and made their own clothes and grew their own food. They worked the land using simple hand tools. Not many people traveled. As a result, they did not know much about the outside world. The Industrial ... ...

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... the rate of the Japanese, and other more consumer oriented versions are very much in the development phase. Even so, industry sources believe that the use of robots to make clothes and other consumer goods will be common by the turn of the century. This general trend (the use of robotics) is likely to change, perhaps dramatically, in the next two ... ...

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