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    Philosophiae and his ideas about gravity and the invention of the telescope. Isaac Newton was born on January 4‚ 1643 and his first contribution to the enlightenment was making the telescope. In 1668 he created the telescope for optics and this invention proved the idea of color and light. He proved that light was the composite of all other colors and that light is made up of particles. A little bit later a scientists named Robert Hooke came into play. Him and Newton did not like each other

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    Pivotal Events in Western Civilization Start of the Crusades – 1096 The Crusades were events that were sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church in order to regain what they felt was Holy Land unjustly occupied by Muslims. Many battles were fought to remove the Muslims and after nearly 200 years of constant conflict‚ only Granada remained as a Muslim stronghold. There were several crusades and each was fought for various political‚ economical‚ and religious reasons. The Crusades in their

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    Ancient Greek culture was full of different types of art. Ancient Greeks decorated almost every part of their lives‚ from their buildings and city’s streets to the inside of there homes‚ many objects in Greek life were created with beauty in mind. Greek artists created masterpieces in painting‚ metal work‚ mosaic‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ literature‚ and pottery. Until recently‚ archaeologists only knew about Greek paintings through Ancient Greek stories. These stories‚ which were written by authors

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    The Fall of Rome The early Roman state was founded in 509 B.C after the romans drove out the Etruscan king. Rome was known to be the center of the world which lasted for several centuries and the thought of such a worldwide power could decline was unheard of. Rome started out from a cluster of villages and into a great empire. It covered most of Europe‚ North Africa and parts of Asia. It was so powerful and seemingly unstoppable but as the aspects that made Rome so dominant started to fade

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    paddle that increased his swimming speed. At the age of 12 Benjamin was apprenticed to his brother james‚ a printer. He mastered printing in his early times. He achieved this between 1718 and 1723 which also the same time that he learned how to effectively write and he read tirelessly. Benjamin Franklin first had his attention in poetry but when he tried it he got discouraged because of his own writing.In 1722 benjamin wrote a series of 14 essays

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    The Most Successful Civilization Introduction The Roman people were the most successful ancient civilization. One reason why the Romans were a great civilization is that they conquered a lot of land with their great military‚ and weapons. My second reason is that Romans had a really good numbers. My last reason is that they had really good inventions. Roman Army The land the Romans conquered was Britannia‚ Egypt‚ Spain‚ France‚ Greece‚ the Middle East‚ and the North African coastal region

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    that assist in defining the atom. There could have been numerous ways for Dalton to disarray the theories‚ and yet he did not.

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    convention. He did not compromise when it comes to his political views. He truly wished a strong centralized government by the replacement of the Articles of Confederation. Alexander did not participate in the debates concerning this matter though. However‚ on June 18‚ 1787‚ when he was given the chance to deliver his speech‚ he presented ideas of an ideal national government. According to him‚ the national government should have unlimited power over the states. Unfortunately‚ Alexander’s ideas did not move

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    Carol Nguyen Phil103: Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics Reading Questions (1) In the Meno‚ Plato argued that it was impossible for us to learn something genuinely new: if you know x‚ you needn’t inquire about x‚ and if you don’t know x‚ you won’t recognize it when you find it. Thus‚ Plato argued‚ all learning is really recollection. Aristotle is trying to give a different answer to the Meno problem‚ one that doesn’t involve reincarnating or Platonic Forms

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    Western Civilization characterized the start of humanity‚ and the evolution of mankind from the manner of survival techniques to the urbanization of human civilization. Continuously‚ we see the repeated themes of religion‚ the simultaneous tie of divide and conquer in relation to expansion‚ intellectual awakening in the arts and philosophy‚ death‚ and the shift of governmental power as it transfers in the hands of an individual monarch‚ democracy‚ and so on. The present and the future are set and

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