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   "The legation to Cesare Borgia" by Machiavelli is a set of letters sent to The Ten describing and informing his lords of the actions he is taking while on a diplomatic mission for Ceasare Borgia.  In Machiavelli's The Prince In the chapters talking about the character and personality traits of princes it is much derived and even stated to be partially based on Cesare.  The article is made up of letters from Machiavelli's diplomatic mission detailing his experience with Cesare.  The main point of these letters is to outline the source of Machiavelli's source for the prince and how he wrote parts of it.  Because of the many diplomatic missions, he took as secretary to The Ten  he garnered much experience with many lords and princes influencing his book "The Prince" A prime example is when he remarked " I had left my own horses and servants behind, I presented myself immediately, in my Traveling clothes. To his excellency, who greeted me warmly, and

  T he focus of this week's blog post will be covering the text The Early Renaissance.  As stated, the text will be about the renaissance but the blog itself will be focused on Brunelleschi and his work on the Florence cathedral specifically the dome.  The Dome itself is a marvel of architecture from the Renaissance era as he "The technical brilliance of the dome cannot be overpraised, but his real architectural achievements lie in the building design"(Cunnigham,272).  He use of mathematics and artistry combined together to create a marvel of a Dome that sits upon the Florence Cathedral. Filippo Brunelleschi (1337-1446) The cathedral itself was not constructed by Filippo but instead by the architect Arnolfo di Cambio but after its construction the domes design was handed over to Flippo to design a dome that could work for the Cathedral.  He incorporated designs such as "combine the buttressing method of the gothic church and classical vaulting techniques. . .  putti

< In this week's blog post, I will be going over two different Civilizations and how they are discussed in their respective works.  Awakening by Patrick S. Bresnan details the early civilization of Indian society and its structure.  While in the documentary Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization  it goes into great detail about the early civilizations along the Indus valley.  Over the course of this blog, I will compare and contrast multiple ideas and sections from the works.  Awakening  briefly goes over the social structure of early Indian civilization and highlights a few theories as to how the Indian civilization derived from the early Indus civilization.  While in the documentary it goes over the early finding, mysteries and development of the Indus civilizations and its culture. Harappan Drainage system early Indus Irrigation      In the documentary within section that interested me the most that wasn't mentioned in the book was the use of irrigation within the Indus valley

  Enjoyments of the Greek, Roman, Christian, Islamic and Middle Ages:      The Parthenon Constructed in 447 BC By Ictinus and Callicrates My favorite ideas when learning about the examples of religions and empires that occurred before the renaissance was actually the Greek democracy and its architecture.  Because of the architecture style and the way, they made temples Greek architecture is easily recognized around the world and its history is seen in many famous buildings.  The use of the Doric order " The Doric order is characterized by a plain, unadorned column capital and a column that rests directly on the stylobate of the temple without a base." (Becker, 2).  The inception of the Doric order built upon classic Mediterranean design already and in classical Greek fashion made it beautiful when finished and remembered for ages to come.  The complex construction of the Parthenon can also be seen in the following video highlighting the creation behind this famous temple. New