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The famous portrait of which president is only 1/8 written off from himself?

The famous portrait of Lincoln in full growth - photomontage. Only the head of the president is on it, and everything else, including the interior of the cabinet, is copied from a portrait of former vice president John Caldwell Calhoun. Ironically, Calhoun was a strong supporter of the slave policy and the formation of the Southern Confederation. The artist who made the collage showed attention to detail: in the portrait of Calhoun, the left hand is on the documents on free trade and sovereignty, and the same hand of Lincoln is on the constitution and the emancipation proclamation.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who built the first castle?

The idea of building a castle was connected with defense. In fact, the English word "castle" comes from the Latin word for "fortress". Therefore, a castle is the home of a ruler or lord that could be defended. Even in ancient Egypt, royal palaces were fortified with towers and parapets and looked like castles. In ancient Greece, chiefs also fortified their palaces. But castles, as we now think of them, began to appear in the Middle Ages in Western Europe in 1000-1500 AD. The reason for this was the feudal system.

Individual nobles ruled over their own part of the country and people. They often attacked neighboring lands and captured them in order to strengthen their power. Of course, they could also be attacked in response. Therefore, they turned their houses into strong fortresses and thus built what we call castles. Since the development conditions in most of Europe were the same, the castles built were very similar, whether in France, Germany, Spain or England.

One of the first such structures was the Tower of London, founded in 1078 by William the Conqueror. There were several floors, double walls, small windows and spiral staircases at the corners of the tower. The Lord and his military garrison lived in the Tower. Another ancient castle - Gedingham - was built in Essex in 1130. The stone walls in it were 6 meters thick, and even thicker in the corners. The castle had a huge two-story central hall. The only source of light was a few small windows high up in the wall. This was done for the needs of defense.

Later castles were built around courtyards to provide more space and amenities for the people living there.

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