A few months before he died‚ Chekhov told the writer Ivan Bunin he thought people might go on reading him for seven years. "Why seven?" asked Bunin. "Well‚ seven and a half‚" Chekhov replied. "That’s not bad. I’ve got six years to live."[85] Always modest‚ Chekhov could hardly have imagined the extent of his posthumous reputation. The ovations for The Cherry Orchard in the year of his death showed him how high he had risen in the affection of the Russian public—by then he was second in literary
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Thomas Jefferson was an American founding father who was born in April 13‚ 1743 and died in July 4‚ 1826. With his good 83 years of life Thomas became a third President of the United States‚ his father died when Thomas was 14‚ his mother decided to move to Tuckahoe Plantation. Thomas inherited 5‚000 acers of land by the age of 21. Jefferson got educated at a collage called Wren Building‚ by age nine Jefferson new how to speak Latin‚ Greek‚ and French. By age 25 Jefferson had married his third-cousin
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“In 1888 Du Bois enrolled at Harvard as a junior. He received a B.A. cum laude‚ in 1890‚ an M.A. in 1891‚ and a Ph.D.” ( Holt‚ Thomas C) In 1896 he was invited by the University of Pennsylvania to conduct a study of the seventh ward in Philadelphia. Thereafter an estimated 835 hours of door-to-door interviews in 2‚500 households‚ Du Bois completed the monumental study‚ The Philadelphia Negro (1899). The Philadelphia study was both highly empirical and hortatory‚ a combination that prefigured much
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JJ waas a great man Jesse Woodson James (September 5‚ 1847 – April 3‚ 1882) was an American outlaw‚ gang leader‚ bank robber‚ train robber‚ and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. Already a celebrity when he was alive‚ he became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death. Some recent scholars place him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the American Civil War rather than a manifestation of frontier lawlessness
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Early American Civilizations Early American civilizations were composed of four different groups of people. These four groups were composed of the Mayas‚ Aztecs‚ Incas‚ and the North Americans. These groups were the same in many ways‚ but had some differences that would distinguish their group from the others. These civilizations ruled the Americas for long period of time. These civilizations were the same in almost every way‚ but they had their differences to show that they were a totally
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well known for its rule‚ is also wildly known for art. This also includes many architecture feats‚ just for example “The Roman Arch”. Also made famous by the Romans is the Colosseum‚ which was a monumental accomplishment for the roman people. Before Rome there was ancient Greece‚ which helped make these thing possible for the Romans. The Greeks had devised pillars‚ which the Romans took note of. The pillars‚ known as Greek Orders‚ these which were divided into three different orders‚ Doric‚ iconic
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Slavery has been a mean and cruel way of getting people to work without a paycheck. Now sure it has changed a lot since then but just the thought makes some people sick. In ancient Rome they had sex slaves and regular slaves. To this day the a United States has a main problem with the sex industry. Research will show how Rome got slaves and what could happen to the economy back then because of slaves. Research will also show how much slaves in ancient Rome cost compared to in the United States sex
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Roman Numerals advancing the knowledge of mathematics‚ more organized cities through grid plans‚ and strong roman structures from roman concrete‚ are three artifacts that are some of the most historically significant developments in the civilization of ancient Rome. Roman Numerals‚ symbols that represent numbers‚ originated around 8th century B.C. to 2nd Century AD‚ to help record numbers in coins‚ art and stones. They are one of the most significantly important artifacts not only for Rome but the
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Legacy is one of the most important aspects when looking back at the greatest players in professional sports history. All fans have these everlasting images in their heads about the all-time great players‚ that can be positive--Michael Jordan hitting the winning shot over Bryon Russell‚ John Elway winning back-to-back Super Bowls to finish his career-or negative--whatever has happened to Tiger Woods‚ Brett Favre’s last season in Minnesota. These images drastically affect how we remember legends of
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The Roman military was the first successful professional full time military‚ which was partly because the Roman generals paid an immense attention to detail. “Roman generals paid close attention to camp layouts‚ soldier’s equipment and most crucially‚ logistics. Often it was a the details that gave the Romans the edge‚ the depth of a ditch dug around a camp or having a warm breakfast before a battle were all considerations made by Roman commanders” (“The Roman Military”). Legionaries typically
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