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    goods like clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ and guns. Japanses merchants and the Daimyo welcomed them at first. Christian missionaries arrived in 1549‚ some missionaries scorned traditional Japanese beliefs and destroyed local thrines‚ though. Hideyoshi issued an edict in 1587 prohibiting Christians activities in his lands. Over the next 20 years or so‚ Japan managed to get rid the country of all Christians‚ and Japnese Christians were persecuted. This effort became part of a larger plan to protect the country from

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    of his father while his mother and sister were killed. The Jews’ freedom‚ identity‚ and sense of hope were taken from them to make the Jews feel less than human. Is freedom really free? In Night‚ they lost their freedom when the Germans made a new edict that stated‚ “All Jews are prohibited from leaving their house for three days under penalty of death (page 10).” Also‚ the Germans stated that‚ “From this moment on‚ you [Jews] are under the authority of the German Army (pages 23-24)”. Without the

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    1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ? Answer: Muhammad Iqbal 2. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ? Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar 3. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ? Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse) 4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ? Answer: Chloroacetophenone 5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ? Answer: Ham Radio 6. What is the national flower of Pakistan ? Answer: Jasmine 7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach

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    Stadtholder‚ but he needed the support of the regents. After some events in the favour of William‚ the opposition supported William. It was not that difficult to persuade the people for an invasion of England‚ because of some ‘help’ of France. The Edict of Nantes (1685) made the people angry against France‚ a religious motive and Louis started the tariff war‚ very striking for a trading nation like the United Provinces. Since James was a known enmemy of the United Provinces and an enemy of the Protestant

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    Equally important‚ The Poem of the Cid tells the story of a heroic knight and military leader known as the Cid that is banned from Christian Spain by royal edict that is issued by King Alfonso VI. Eventually‚ while battling against the Morrish armies the Cid manages to conquer Valencia. Because of his gesture of gifting the Moroccan’s tent to King Alfonso‚ the Cid is allowed to return to Spain but only under the conditions of marrying off his daughters to the princes of Carrión. Eventually‚ both

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    Eyck 4. Ulrich Zwingli --- John Knox --- The Institutes of Christian Religion 5. Archbishop Cranmer --- Henry VIII --- Elizabethan Settlement 6. Pope Paul III --- Council of Trent --- Angela Merici 7. Huguenots ---Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre --- Edict of Nantes 8. Peace of Augsburg --- Thirty Years’ War --- Peace of Westphalia 9. Hernando Cortez ---Corregidores ---Mercantilism 10. Absolutism ---Cardinal Richelieu --- Fronde 11. Constitutionalism --- Charles I of England --- Oliver Cromwell 12. Moliere

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    In 1624‚ 30 families had arrived in North America establishing a settlement on modern-day Manhattan. The setting was around fertile soil‚ a river‚ and access to wildlife. Unlike other colonies‚ the Dutch didn’t take much interest in agriculture like most of the colonies. More so‚ that they were the first colony to do a more profitable fur trade. In 1626‚ the Director Peter Minuit arrived and was placed in charge of running the small struggling colony. New Netherlands was slowly expanding and this

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    said that he was too powerful for his own good. Caesar could have been dictator for life. Was this what the Republic needed? He constantly undermined this Senate. When Bibulus was his co-consul‚ Bibulis was driven to staying at home‚ simply issuing edicts that the omens were unfavourable. Our laws call for two consuls‚ not for one to simply out power the other and become a consul on his own. The conspirators may not have shown the best way to issue their

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    Fairness means treating people equivalently deprived of favoritism or discrimination. It emphases on how impartially or unfairly our actions deliver benefits and afflictions among the members of a group. Fairness obliges evenness in the way people are preserved. Examples of what is offered as ethically justifiable reasons for treating people contrarily: need‚ merit‚ effort‚ fault‚ etc. Fairness regularly has been used with regard to an aptitude to critic without reference to one’s feelings or interests;

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    The classical Civilization of Rome experienced many cultural and political changes as well as continuities from 100-600 C.E. The bisection of the Roman Empire into western and eastern divisions during this classical era was the most prominent political change this civilization experienced. Before‚ during‚ and after the separation of Rome‚ Christianity was a fixture in Roman culture but it drastically evolved during the Classical period. Although the Roman Empire or Empires evolved greatly within

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