... about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. Said, Orientalism). The term, "Orientalism," has been used for centuries by scholars, historians, and librarians alike in reference to the Middle East and the Near East. More often than not ... aim of propagating enlightenment values in Egypt through interdisciplinary work. Napoleon's discoveries in Egypt gave birth to the fascination with Ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptology in Europe. Ho...

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... (also known as the United Kingdom) recorded the coastlines and harbours, plants and animals, and local people of the new colony for official accounts; these painters were Thomas Watling, John Eyre, John Glover Conrad Martens and ST Gill. Most of the early Australian painters were amateur artists. The traditionally English aspects of these topographical paintings were, trees or rocks framing the ... and diggers. He was best known for drawings of life on the goldfields of Victoria during the 1850's. I couldn't find a painting by S.T. Gill. John Eyre was a popular convict artist who also d...

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... where Lord and Lady Arlington, and their son Edward, lived at Arlington Castle in Ireland outside of town, Killarney. Edward was born and raised in Great Britain and is looking for a wife, but not just any wife, he wants one that doesn't like to spend money. Edward is soon married and moves into Arlington Castle with ... his new bride, now they are referred to as Lady and Lord since Edward's parents died. Turns out she isn't all she is suppose to be and almost puts him ... into debt. They have a son, Theodore Percival, and when he is about 2, Edward divorces and sues his wife for all th...

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... the Scots, Celtic invaders from northern Ireland, who established the kingdom that became known in history as Dalriada. The first phase of the Scottish war of independence ended victoriously for Edward, who crushed Baliol's army at Dunbar in April 1296 and decreed the annexation of Scotland to England. Baliol was deposed, and his kingdom was placed under military occupation. England government ... nobles of Scotland could not agree on who should be the next king. They asked Edward I of England for advice, and he chose John Balliol. Balliol then accepted Edward as his overlord. Edward wa...

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... place settlers from the Untied Kingdom in North America." Selkirk saw an opportunity to colonize the Red River area in 1802, but was offered a grant of land on Prince-Edward-Island instead. Nevertheless, when Selkirk married Jean Wedderburn Colvile in 1807, he reconsidered the Red River area as a legitimate region for settlement, since Jean's family was prominent in the affairs ... proprietors, forty to "persons actually employed in conducting the trade in North America," ten held in reserve, for to Lord Selkirk's heir, and five to Simon McGillivray and Edward Ellice, two NWC partners, ...

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... the British North American Act took effect. It comprised of four provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec. Provision were made for the subsequent inclusion of British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. Gradually, as a consequence of settlement and economic growth, the federation was completed. A new province of Manitoba was created in the former Hudson's Bay Company lands around the ... Red River in 1870. British Columbia entered the union in 1871 after being promised a transcontinental railroad. Prince Edward Island agreed to join in 1873. In 1905 the pr...

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... question that the main course of British foreign investment was in accord with the main national purposes" as defined by the state. On 10 July 1914 the foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, told the Commons: "I regard it as our duty, wherever bona fide British capital is forthcoming in any part of the world, and is applying for concessions... that we should ... known member of the government, it is he that the public holds to be accountable when things go wrong. Anthony Eden was held responsible for the Suez episode in 1956; Edward Heath was seen as the person responsible for the 1974 min...

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... second child of Joseph Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy, who would eventually have nine children--JFK's older brother Joe Jr., and his younger siblings Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert and Edward. This generation of Kennedys would eventually become one of America's most famous political families. Childhood in the Kennedy household was shaped largely by the influence of JFK's father, Joseph, an ... disastrous for Johnson's presidency and late 1960s America. Meanwhile, tragedy continued to plague the Kennedy clan. Robert F. Kennedy was elected to the Senate from New York, and JFK...

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... of depression and tension he committed suicide by shooting himself. Moderate republicans drew support from the Catholic right against socialist parties. Panama Canal Scandal under Ferdinand de Lesseps. In 1892 Edward Drumont publishes in the La-Libre Parole concerning the scandal. However, Jewish financiers were planning to dominate France as they saw an opportunity to gain more wealth and at the ... ...

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... Dail , finally secured passage of legislation abolishing the Saenad. The Dail functioned as a unicameral legislature for the remainder of its term. In connection with the events surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII, king of Great Britain, the Dail enacted a bill that deleted all references to the king from the constitution of the Free State and abolished the office of a governor-general ... ...

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... by discrimination between British and colonial officers in rank and pay, he resigned his commission near the end of 1754. The next year however, he volunteered to joined British general Edward Braddock's expedition against the French. When the French and their Indian allies ambushed Braddock on the Monongahela River, Washington although seriously ill, tried to rally the Virginia troops. Whatever public ... ...

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... , Great Britain developed and grew their military simultaneously. This led to heightened tension and competition between the two nations. The man responsible for Britain's foreign policy in 1914 was Sir Edward Grey. Diplomacy and intervention on the part of Sir Grey could have helped to halt the war before it started. When it became obvious that Austria-Hungary leaders were looking ... ...

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... question that the main course of British foreign investment was in accord with the main national purposes" as defined by the state. On 10 July 1914 the foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, told the Commons: "I regard it as our duty, wherever bona fide British capital is forthcoming in any part of the world, and is applying for concessions... that we should ... ...

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