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    Valery Umana Po. 3 1\30\15 The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires The Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires were forces to be reckoned with back in the day. Being powerful entities‚ their rise was paved with military prowess‚ religious tolerance‚ and having meritocratic systems‚ though this is not always the case. Their fall‚ however‚ was the result of their treatment of peasants‚ a plague of horrid rulers‚ and shortsighted economic handling. The Ottomans were blessed for

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    Heroism in the Illiad

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    each with their own distinctive quality and purpose. Heroes all have an important thing in common; as they go‚ so go their soldiers. The main heroes of the epic make their claim to fame in different ways. A common theme amongst heroes is their prowess in battle. Coinciding with the glorification of war‚ those who can fight at an above average level gain more respect and acquire hero status. Hector and Achilles are the two most highly regarded heroes in the Iliad and are the two best fighters

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    love‚ obedience‚ chastity and life. In contrast‚ Morgan le Fay and Lady Bertilak are the epitome of courtly love‚ disobedience‚ lust and death. In the poem‚ women are given great power: the Virgin Mary‚ when properly worshipped‚ gives Gawain his prowess; Morgan le Fay instigates the entire plot‚ wielding enough power and Lady Bertilak takes the role of hunter and aggressor in the scenes of the bedroom. She is a real temptress testing Gawain’s chastity and a real object of courtly love‚ testing his

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    NCAA sports integrity In the area of collegiate sports‚ there have been numerous heated debates about the integrity of many things concerning the NCAA and how it handles legal and ethical issues. In this paper I will not do a standard report by simply regurgitating the information I read. Instead I will try my best to give you my opinion of the issues previously mentioned‚ and finally what the authors feel should be done to remedy this dilemma as well as my own opinion on the matter‚ but first

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    wife and son would be in good hands. Of what significance is Barry’s athletic prowess? He is becoming a man. How does it help reveal his character? In the beginning of the story it talked about him being small “a few years back” and at the end of the story it talked of his “small” hands “not very long ago”. Barry was shown as growing from a small boy to man in several places in this story. Barry’s athletic prowess was significant because this shows he is maturing into a man that can accept his

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    During the thirteenth century‚ the Mongolian Empire dominated Eurasia through theconquests of Ghenis Khan‚ and the victories over vast regions of people and land allowed for theestablishment of trade routes across great distances. This merger of lands permitted the beginning of trade between the oriental and occidental; therefore‚ the Mongolian Empire became an agent for theunprecedented exchange of ideas‚ goods‚ and political gestures on an international scale. There weremultiple causes that lead

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    Illiteracy In America

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    The battle for change is but loud and clear. Yet our people seem to act dumb to care. Everyday people struggle for improvement in their lives‚ in their beliefs in their dreams. It is a prolonging debate that this country is in great distress .Illiteracy regarding our situation is what makes it more difficult to battle with. The responsibility to not just see through the deep-seated problems of our time but to also act at its expense is vested heavily on the youth. It is a great wonder how

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    Kpop

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    big difference is that K-pop artists have to look so postcard-pretty that some of them are required to undergo medical procedures to alter their faces. Also‚ there was no need for a Motown concert to have fancy stages because the artists’ vocal prowess and the music’s pulsating rhythms were enough to drive fans wild. For avid followers‚ watching K-pop concerts is the culmination of dreamy‚ idol-worshipping days in which a lot of time is spent drooling over photos‚ videos and merchandise of their

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    In the book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo is depicted as a hero in many ways‚ however he can also be depicted as a villain. I believe that Okonkwo possesses characteristics of both a hero and a villain. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo is described as a villain‚ a villian can be described as a cruelly malicious person. These qualities are seen through the qoute “His wives‚ especially the youngest‚ lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper”. This quote show that he beats

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    commonly‚ remembered in the recording of Bach in the year 1939. He is termed more Catalonian than Spanish since he spent all his time in Catalonia where he was born. Compared to other‚ like Andres Segovia who was a Spaniard and was well known for his prowess in a guitar‚ they both were in the same genre of art but Casals was Catalonian. It is noted that Andres Segovia is one of the prominent guitarists in the whole world‚ and many are students to him (Kohen‚ pg33).

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