From this intense obsession of Harry Potter‚ she began to dabble in the art of fanfiction with the main attraction to be Draco and Hermione. She strongly supports them as individuals and ships them since she believes that they would have more chemistry due to their hatred toward each other. They also were light and dark‚ and opposites do attract. As she began writing the
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Ancient Greece Sparta‚ one of the powerful city-states‚ retains this name for good reason. They took over Messenia and used the land wisely‚ by making a government using the Code of Lycurgus. The Spartan women were given a lot more freedom compared to other Greek city-states; thus‚ every person provided a part in the development of their city. They represented duty‚ strength‚ discipline‚ beauty‚ and freedom of thought. Spartans valued power and built their city-state to protect themselves
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With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners. In 621 b.c.e.‚ Draco‚ an Athenian lawmaker wrote the first legal code. In the legal code Draco dealt with contract and property ownership‚ it also included debt slavery. In classical Greece‚ citizens were also allowed to bring charges of wrong doing with a trial by jury. Direct democracy was a new innovation
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second novel in the Harry Potter series. This book continues Harry Potter and his friends’ journey during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After coming home from Hogwarts for the summer‚ his miserable stay with the Dursleys makes him want to leave immediately. However while packing to leave‚ Harry receives a message from an elf‚ Dobby‚ warning him that terrible things will happen
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“tyrants” in Greece weren’t the malicious leaders like the future tyrants such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. One of the tyrants during the reign of tyranny was a man named Solon. Solon once said‚ “Society is well governed when its people obey magistrates‚ and the magistrates obey the law.” This quote shows that Solon‚ unlike other tyrants‚ did not believe that he was above the law. This is extremely essential for a leader to realize he is held at the same standard as his people. It is like a
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higher class and lower class. People who were affluent and had power could vote‚ had rights to access to the laws and participate important ceremonies. People who were in poverty and did not have power were not able to access to these. The Law of Solon was very essential throughout the Greece that underlined “that and adulterer may be put to death by the man who catches him. As and example‚ Euphiletus was put on trial after killing his wife’s lover. You might ask a question‚ “Why he was on trial
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Atlantis is the subject of a legend about an advanced island civilization that was destroyed or lost. Stories about Atlantis are first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias‚ in which characters say it was destroyed by an earthquake or a tsunami about 9‚000 years before the time in which Plato wrote. The story claims Atlantis was somewhere outside the Pillars of Hercules. According to Plato‚ the story originated with Ancient Egyptian priests. Some people believe that the stories are
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English 101 Section 125 11 December 2012 Atlantis: The Lost Civilization The legend of the Lost Civilization of Atlantis has intrigued people from all walks of life for centuries… over two millennia actually. From Plato’s writings the story may have actually been written in stone being as the story was passed on from ancient Egyptians. Atlantis is probably one of the most inspirational “lost civilizations” in recorded history. It doesn’t matter which story you’ve read or what documentary
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Exam 1 review sheet History 1100 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa‚ into the Near East‚ Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone‚ agriculture and domesticated animals. Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200‚000 b.c.-10‚000 b.c. Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10‚000 b.c.-4‚000 b.c. PALEOLITHIC AGE: Hunter-gatherers-
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war are more important than those of peace; but this opinion needs to be corrected.” He supports his point that peace is more important and the work done to get peace will last longer than the outcome of war with the accomplishments of Solon and Themistocles. Solon created the Areopagus and laws that stayed in place for a long time and Themistocles does not have anything memorable about him. Cicero talks about how one should conduct themselves in times of peril and how to be
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