On May 12, 1949, one of the first Cold War crises came to an end. The Soviet Union decides to lift the 11-month-long blockade against West Berlin. The three western sectors of Berlin were unified as West Berlin and placed under West German administration.
The general price drastically increases.
The Dutch were not anymore keen to admit
their deterioration than any nation, because their scarcity and feebleness were
obviously trading the affluence of their earlier times. The Spanish Armada was
a Spanish taskforce of 130 ships that navigated from La Coruna, under the thorough
knowledge of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the tenacity of escorting an army
from Flanders to conquer the England.
The passage shows the idea of Humanism where the man was made the center of the universe. The passage refers to Greek classical literature which had focused on the human and human values and had made him the most valuable asset. Everything centered around the benefits and development of the individual.