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 Adolph Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. He was in the army during World War I and he advanced to the rank of corporal. Then, he got a job as a political officer in Germany and he talked to soldiers about politics. He then became a spy and was sent to a German Worker's Party meeting, but he agreed with their ideas and ended up joining. He was appointed to propaganda manager. He made extremely influential speeches and ended up becoming very important to the Party. Soon the Party was renamed the Nazi Party and Hitler was appointed the leader. He created his own army called the SA. On November 8, 1923, HItler took over Germany. He was an extreme nationalist who was very anti-Semitic and against virtually anyone who was different. He believed in a perfect race called the Aryan race. He wanted for Germany to be the only superpower and to rid the world of Jews and other different minorities. He was named Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and created a dictatorship called the Third Reich. He started to exterminate minorities and burn books. This eventually led to WWII.

Although Columbus is probably the most famous explorer, there is a dispute over whether we should honor him or not. During his time in the new world he was very cruel to the native peoples or "Indians". He named them this because he thought that he landed in India and not in the Caribbean Sea. Not much is known about his childhood; nobody even knows where he was born. Although we do not know about his childhood, we do know that he sailed for Spain in his expeditions to the Americas. His first exploration was in 1492 when he thought that Japan was 4,000 kilometers west of Spain, with nothing in between but the Atlantic Ocean. This proved to be incredibly wrong, when he landed in the Caribbean Sea. He claimed this land for Spain, even though there were already native peoples there. Christopher Columbus was the first European explorer to reach the New World.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Netherlandish Proverbs

This is a picture called Netherlandish Proverbs by Peter Bruegel the Elder. This oil on oak-panel painting depicts many different Netherlandish proverbs, most of which were never translated to English. Each component of this picture depicts a different proverb. Over 100 of them have been confirmed. Proverbs are not meant to be taken literally, and that is why many of the people look as if they are doing stupid or foolish things. Some of the proverbs were never even translated to English. In addition, there are many qualities of Renaissance Art in this work. It shows a great deal of realism, beacuse almost every person in this work of art is showing some sort of expression or feeling. Although there is not a main character, there is a lot of indivualism because every one is different. Also, two painting techniques called chiaroscuro and sfumato are used in this work of art. You can tell that this picture was not from the Middle Ages, but from the Renaissance because it shows a great deal of humanism. People are not worried about the church and religion anymore, like they were in the Middle Ages. They wanted to learn. This picture shows ancient Netherlandish proverbs, which implies that these people wanted to learn about their past. Also, the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans was a big part of the Renaissance, and they used a lot of proverbs as well. Most people do not know what these proverbs mean now, but back when this was first painted, the proverbs on this painting gave great advice to all who saw it.