To what extent was religion a major issue for the combatants of the Thirty Years War? A series of wars in central Europe beginning in 1618 that stemmed from conflict between Protestants and Catholics and political struggles between the Holy Roman Empire and other powers. It ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/thirty-years-war#ixzz38kVKtFWu Thirty Years War (1618-48). The Thirty Years War had its roots in the dynastic and imperial ambitions of
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The Iranian Revolution 1979‚ often referred as the Islamic Revolution gives an impression of a religious movement against a non-religious regime‚ especially for having a religion mentioned in its name‚ “Islam” in the “Islamic Revolution”. How correctly does this statement describe the Iranian Revolution? How do we define religious movement and non-religious regime? I would define “religious movement” as the movement or revolution by a religious group to defend their beliefs which were challenged
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The two tribes in Chinua Achebe’s book‚ Things Fall Apart‚ must solve their differences after a member of the Mbaino tribe killed the wife of a member of the Umuofia tribe. Their solution to this problem was to take a virgin to replace the killed woman‚ and a young man named Ikemefuna from Mbaino. Eventually‚ the young boy was killed as a sacrifice by Okonkwo and his fellow tribesmen. This event was both surprising and unnecessary. There are a few other steps these tribes could have taken to restore
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The logic-what role does logic play in your everyday life? Does it include common sense? Who decides if “something” is logical or not? When interacting with others‚ do you have the time and/or knowledge to determine the logic in their statements? As you might think in answering these few basic questions‚ logic plays a role in almost everything we do; but logic is not always common sense or easily attained. Sometimes we’re going to have to hunt and seek to attain the imprecise logic we pursue
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1. Which one‚ genetics (nature) or the environment (nurture)‚ do you think plays a larger role in the development of who you are? Please provide me with what percentage you think each contributes‚ for example‚ 50% genetics/50% environment. I personally feel like most of the habits you develop are from the environment (nurture). I would say it’s about 70% nurture and 30% nature. I believe that most of the habits people pick up are because they have seen it done by someone else. Now I do know of
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in charge of the assassination was‚ ironically‚ Marcus Brutus‚ a servant and close friend to Julius Caesar. But what would cause a person to kill a close friend? After examining Brutus’ relationship to Caesar‚ his involvement in the conspiracy‚ and his importance to the plot‚ the truth can be revealed. <br><br>Marcus Brutus‚ a servant and close friend to Caesar‚ has
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EQ: What role does electrons play in the formation of chemical bonds? Valence electrons are the electrons that are on the outermost shell of the atom’s electrons which are can be either given away‚ added‚ or to be shared. When these electrons are given away‚ added to or shared‚ there is a chemical change occurring and the compound that is formed is changed from the original elements. This is called bonding which is pretty much the realm of the electrons. It is the sharing of electrons from
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What roles did religion and nationalism play in the Belgian Revolution of 1830? Nergiz De Baere FYE: Legacy of the Mediterranean Sonam Singh In world politics‚ Belgium is not a powerful player. It does not have a major army and its divided government is‚ at the moment‚ unable to make important decisions regarding its own country‚ That being said‚ its geographical location has made sure that Belgium was not ignored in history‚ and it now hosts EU and NATO headquarters. Division of cultures and conflict
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that he works with fairly consistently. One of these actors is Winona Ryder. She plays the daughter of the new owners of the main character’s house in Beetlejuice. She also plays as the daughter of the family that takes in Edward Scissorhands and the eventual love interest of Edward Scissorhands. Another actor that Tim Burton favors is Johnny Depp. He played in Edward Scissorhands as Edward. He also played a role in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows as Barnabas Collins and he played as the Mad Hatter
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What role does the written word play in Animal Farm? The commandments are a key example of written word; to understand this we must first go back to the origins of the commandments‚ The Old Major’s speech. When Old Major made this speech he had mentioned what animals should and shouldn’t do‚ and of course this made the seven commandments after the revolution. As we know the commandments make up the novel‚ they provide a means in which the animals must abide by‚ they represent authority
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