Under Darius’ rule‚ the Achaemenid Empire‚ the largest empire of its time‚ depended on a balance between central initiative and local administration. Divided into twenty three satrapies spread over thousands of miles‚ Achaemenid rulers needed methods to discourage local groups from becoming independent and seceding from the empire. Military forces and tax collectors were used to check the power and independence of the satraps who governed each territory. Spies‚ “the eyes and ears of the king‚” were
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They were starved‚ exhausted‚ beaten‚ and killed due to their ethnicity. During World War II‚ the Nazi party gathered Jews‚ stripped them of their rights and properties and forced them to live in terrible conditions. In 1933‚ Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and less than half a year later he began using his dictatorial rights to abuse Jews. Hitler set up concentration camps and extermination camps for the Jewish‚ homosexuals‚ the homeless‚ and the disabled to be killed or used as
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There are many characteristics that prove that Helena is a foil for Hermia. First‚ Hermia is always loyal to her friend‚ while Helena is not. Helena betrayed her friend (Hermia) by telling Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander’s plan to run away. This shows that she does not care about their friendship very much‚ since she was throwing it away just to get a bit closer to Demetrius. Hermia‚ on the other hand‚ was trying to help Helena when she told her friend her plans‚ since she wanted to reassure
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Write three paragraphs‚ which combined will be at least 500 words‚ explaining why you will or will not use definitions and compare and contrast paragraphs in your final paper I do not think that definitions will be required in my persuasive essay. My essay is about why I think that renting a home is better than buying a home. There are not any terms in my essay that I feel I will need to define. So‚ for this reason I will not be using any type of definition in my essay. A definition essay concentrates
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Writing 2 paragraphs about an object that symbolizes me An object that would describe me would be a rubber band. A rubber band is a short length of rubber‚ elastic in nature and formed in the shape of a circle which is commonly used to hold things together. Traditionally‚ rubber bands were brown in colour‚ making them difficult to spot‚ however in 2004‚ due to several complaints from the general public about postal carriers creating litter by discarding the rubber bands which they used
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Before The Hunger Games‚ there was Sir William Golding’s novel‚ The Lord of the Flies. When a group of English school boys is stranded on an island‚ Golding muses the idea that violent human tendencies will break through the shell of civilization and innocence surrounding each child. As their time on the island increases the boys’ civility and logic decreases until they commit the unthinkable. Fighting in World War II‚ Golding saw first-hand how brutal man can be to one another. To be exact‚ being
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In Homer’s classical epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ and Wolfgang Petersen’s post classical film Troy (2004)‚ many important relationships‚ different and similar‚ were portrayed in both texts. Achilles and Briseis’ relationship‚ which depicted how women were seen in that time as opposed to how they are seen nowadays. The relationship between Helen and Paris and how love‚ in that way‚ have serious consequences that follow with it‚ and sometimes result in war and death. The Iliad and the film‚ Troy‚ portray
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Advertisement Advertising is one of the best ways to get consumers’ attention. When the ad is spiced up with handsome men and beautiful women enjoying the great outdoors‚ people are likely to take a look at the ad‚ thinking it may be for a nice vacation or possibly for something healthy‚ but to the consumers’ surprise‚ it’s an ad for “Newport” cigarettes. How does this affect the audience? By creating an environment on the ad that is bright‚ lively and colorful‚ along with attractive men and women
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narrator of Black Men and Public Space‚ an essay in which he tells the reader examples of his own experiences that occurred because of stereotype-based fear coming from mainly Caucasians towards him‚ an African-American male. In his essay’s opening paragraph Staples uses alliteration‚ determiners‚ unusual word choice and variation in sentence length to simultaneously confuse and tell the reader about his own experiences with race stereotypes. The tone of the essay is instantly set in the first sentence
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2. Review V. F.’s corporate website. Prepare a two-paragraph memo to the company’s CEO outlining whether V. F. should more broadly adopt Timberland’s CSR reporting‚ identifying which of its brands would most likely benefit the most from sustainability reporting. VF took a strategic step by buying Timberland with its CSR policies. They chose to be one of the sustainable companies whose products perfectly match their target audience. VF owns North Face‚ i.e. a premium outdoor brand that can perfectly
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