Killian Alawi Ms. Disston P5 3 October 2014 Alexander the Great Hero or Villain? Alexander the Great‚ a king‚ commander‚ politician‚ explorer‚ and a scholar; a hero or a villain. Tutored by Aristotle himself in philosophy‚ politics‚ history‚ literature and medicine. Inherited his father’s‚ king Philip II of Macedon‚ kingdom and became king of Macedonia. Alexander the great is called the ‘greatest military leader of all time’ by many historians. While conquering different empires‚ Alexander learned
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Ibn Battuta’s remarks of his travels say a great deal about his own culture and norms. Almost every place he travels to he brings up women and how they are treated‚ as well as what their status is in that society. He is also very amused with the décor of the buildings in terms of gold and silver decorations. It seems as though he does not come from a wealthy society or his family is not on the wealthy status level. Battuta also seems to bring up the cleanliness of each area he travels to. Ibn
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Standing Up For What Is right If you were to make one mistake in you life that changed almost everything in your life because you knew that you could have done something to stop it‚ would you try to find a way to make up for your mistakes? In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini; it is about a man named Amir and his different challenges he has to face on his way to try and redeem himself from one big mistake he made in his childhood that hunted him for years because he knew he could have
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Leader analysis: Name of leader: Ashoka country/region: India Lifespan: 304 BC- 232 BC Title: Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty years in power: 269 BC to 232 BC Political conditions prior to leader’s gaining power: The Mauryan Empire was perhaps the largest empire ever to dominate the Indian subcontinent. Administration of Mauryan dynasty emote a stupendous instance‚ in which the top order established solemn groundwork
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Mengjie Qi 01:356:155:13 Paper#1 Draft2 Professor Emily M. Renaud Date: 09.15.2014 Language shapes thoughts Language has developed thousands of years‚ and it has different types‚ different words ‚ and different people who use the different languages. As a result‚ language plays a very important role in the world. However‚ language is not only different in many ways‚ but also combines the past on the present and future. From Leslie’s story we can see this. Leslie‚ who wrote the
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i am just a growing up persom in the eastern district of kandadah i love my parent and i want to be the beast i want to be if you allow mw i will I actually need your assistance and it is important i discuss it with you. Recently‚ our encounter in this region of Kabul is highly exclusive due to insurgents everyday and several deadly car bomb attack disturbing our peaceful mission. By the help of the Afghan government‚ i was able to secure funds for successful conduct on a secret mission within the
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“I AM MALALA.” “I Am Malala” is a breathtaking novel based on a true story of a young sixteen year old girl’s life. This memoir written by Malala Yousafzai and co written by Christina Lamb was published in October 2013 by ‘Little‚ Brown and Company’ and has become a very popular novel all around the world. This book contains 265 pages and costs Indian Rs. 399 and I found it worth reading. This courageous young girl wrote this book fearlessly to spread the awareness about the rights of education
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What is courage? Courage is the thing that is needed in the world to overcome what frightens one the most. Having courage and not having courage is what makes the difference in whether or not there will be change or not. In I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai‚ Malala’s courage is displayed throughout her autobiography. Despite the dangerous environment where she resides and constant threats that Malala receives‚ she did not stop advocating for women’s rights to an education. Because Malala continued
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The Kite Runner is an Afghan American fiction novel written by Khaled Hosseini. In the text the story of a man‚ named Amir’s‚ past is told. In continuation‚ a reader of the novel may get the impression‚ at the beginning of the book‚ that Amir is just an ungrateful child that receives everything he wants‚ but in reality that is not the case. Throughout his journey he dealt with various hardships that inflicted drastic alterations on it. As readers explore a journey down memory lane with Amir‚ a magnitude
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“I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” Author: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb Conflict -“Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don’t think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long‚ and gives birth to their children‚” Page 116. Women in the Middle East are only seen as care takers for their family‚ and nothing more. They cook‚ they clean‚ and they take care of children‚ and
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