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    the two wars. The play was thought as a comedy to most Christian; on the other hand‚ people thought the play was presented extremely races‚ as a Jew (Shylock) was the only villain and having all the punishments. In Act 3 Scene 1‚ Shylock was so depressed because his “own flesh and blood to rebel (Jessica eloped with a lot of money)” He was depressed for losing his own “blood” (Jessica) and angry because she stole everything from him. But two Christians (Salerio and Solanio) was being extremely disrespected

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    controversial parts of the book The Great Gatsby is whether Gatsby was really great after all. He really isn’t great at all but he works hard to try to me others believe he really truly is great. He live is a world of fairy tales‚ over romanticized details‚ and surrounds him self with people who puss up his over sized ego. Being a great‚ good honest person was not at all Gatsby. I think Gatsby was great to the people that got to know him‚ but to most Gatsby was just a GREAT mystery. Gatsby become obsessed

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    Mercantilism

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    Mercantilism Mercantilism is a political and economic system that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries. The definition of this system can be explained as economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state. It purports that a country ’s economic strength is directly related to the maintenance of a positive balance of trade. This theory also claims that a country must export more than it imports. Such a positive balance of trade‚ according to mercantilist thought

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    WW1 was a great lie

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    The Great War Is The Great Lie WWI was spawned in 1914 and lasted until 1918‚ four years. The way people mainly got sucked into doing this crazy war is that the government would print these posters that persuaded people to join the army by it looking nice‚ otherwise known as false advertising if you wish. The main cause of WWI was in 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. The war started the same year and conflict spread across the world very quickly. On the outbreak of war in

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    Great Britain Household Worker Trips up Britain’s Immigration Minister By: JENNY ANDERSON The British immigration minister has resigned after revealing that his house cleaner of six years was living in the country illegally. A man name Mr. Harper‚ who had been leading a restriction on illegal immigration in Britainwas an important part of a “go home” campaign. Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigration is an increasingly fractious issue in

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    WORKING PAPER N° Mots clés : Codes JEL : 1 Was the Great War a Watershed ? The economics of World War One in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Matisse) and DELTA (joint research unit CNRS-EHESS-ENS) This paper has been prepared for a book edited by M. Harrisson and S. Broadberry on The Economics of World War One‚ forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. Abstract This paper presents a broad‚ quantitatively documented‚ overview of the French economy

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    Why was the opposition to the state more often unsuccessful than successful in the period 1855 – 1964? Divided opposition. One reason why opposition to the state between 1855 and 1964 was mostly unsuccessful is the divided nature of oppositional forces. One example of this is the Civil War of 1918 where Richard Pipes argued it was a ‘foregone conclusion’ that the Reds would win. The Whites were made up of many different oppositional groups such as the SRs‚ Liberals looking for a tsarist revival

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    Was Alexander the Great really ‘Great’? Alexander of Macedon was perceived as ‘great’ by his contemporaries. His achievements in early life indicated that he had every chance of becoming ‘great’. To consider how ‘great’ he really was one must define greatness. Firstly‚ let us consider military innovation. The aim of military innovation is to improve military effectiveness. This uses lots of ideas to try and produce the best army using the best tactics. Alexander’s main tactic was the phalanx

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    Commander in Chief of all Greeks and Emperor of Persia‚ was not a follower. He was the person leading society; the moulder‚ the shaper. Through his instantaneous reaction and actuation‚ he was able to make to important decisions‚ and it was evident that Alexander was a large influence on his people through the observations of his unconditional courage and bravery. The vicissitude he bequeathed to military tactics made it perceptible that he was not an asset of the society he lived in‚ but a ruler.

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    very important because after each warrior was made the artist was killed to protect Qin’s privacy. Why was Qins privacy valued more than there life? Why was Qin so heartless and only cared about himself? These questions have multiple answers and there’s not one simple answer. However‚ the most important thing is these Terracotta warriors individuality drawn one closer to the statue and see them more than just a piece of art. The placement of the warriors was not only to protect Qin in his afterlife

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