The French Revolution truly has a huge impact on many countries in the world when the news of a revolution was made. One document that proves this was in Haiti when a colony called Saint Dominguq started to develop in the place. It was said that they did this for the "declaration of the rights of man and the citizen". However, lots of Africans were enslaved during that time even if thye were "freed" during that era. The French revolution truly sparked a massive reaction from the world especially when Napoleon rose to power - where he needed more slaves - once again, in Haiti - to power up his military might.
Union and Central Pacific Lines
A flattened, abstracted style of art
A plague of insects over all of Egypt
changing the water to blood
darkness over Egypt except for the land of Goshen
making his hand leprous and whole again
death of all of the firstborn in Egypt who didn't have the sign in their doorway
changing his rod to a serpent and back to his rod
Generally speaking, yes, it is true that a person will understand the compressed language of a poem better if she brings her knowledge of areas such as history and mythology to that poem, since this will help her understand potential "hidden" themes.