battle field‚ but he did not spread the Greek ideals as he overthrew powerful tyrants. In many cases he admired the standing culture and religion‚ Alexander even contributed and took part in their beliefs and traditions. He quickly accepted the Egyptian culture when he found that the pharaoh was also viewed as a god‚ and was eager to take part in this practice. Alexander was not the best support or spreader Hellenization has seen. “Neither in Egypt‚ Iran‚ nor India did Greek culture arguably
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Water from the Tiber river was badly affected by pollution and waterborne diseases that’s when the cities first aqueduct was built. They used ceramic pipe to build the aqueducts because the led pipes had a higher amount of led in the water then in local spring water. The cocreate used for the lining of the aqueduct was usually waterproof which led to lasting a longer amount of time. Which it prevented erosion of the channel and less repair so they could keep the water flowing. Regular inspections
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Why did henry break with Rome? In this essay‚ I’m going to explain why henry broke with Rome. This means that Henry made himself head of England. In the first few years‚ Henry didn’t mind the pope being the head of the church and Henry was even praised by the Pope for defending him from the criticism given to him by a protestant called Martin Luther. But this all changed when him and the pope had a fight about the divorce over Henry VIII and Catherine Of Aragon who failed to give him the son
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Why Italy entered WWII? After WWI‚ Italy was awarded small lands of Austrian territories from the Treaty of Versailles‚ but not Dalmatia which it had coveted. Italy was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy
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wealthy woman and I had to choose one between the two I would choose to live in Sparta‚ because they would value me more than people in Athens would. The first reason why I would prefer Sparta is because of their education system. In Sparta I would be trained from a young age in arts and athletics‚ I would have a strong body and I would be able to learn various things related with art and other topics. Besides this‚ not only my family but the government would encouraged my to develope my intellect. In the
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enough concrete‚ 4.5 million cubic yards‚ to build a two-lane highway from Seattle‚ Washington to Miami‚ Florida.More than 8.5 million pounds of dynamite was used to blast the foundation for the dam and 8 miles of tunnels through the canyon walls. Why did they build the Hoover Dam?The main reason for building the Hoover Dam was to supply the electrical power necessary to transport 4.4 million acre-feet—over a quarter of the Colorado River’s average annual flow to California. Soon‚ the dam also would
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change. Even though democracy keeps an individual or a group take power the people of the government will not be taken advantage of or be mistreated. Many things is not about an idea being or bad‚ sometimes change is not fair to all the people. But why did the Athenian democracy fail in about 100 years if it was a government made for the people. Before democracy the people in ancient Greece were run by the people on top of the wealth and power pyramid. Everything from laws to ideas were given by the
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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because they were untouched and Hiroshima had a military plant close by‚ also it “ranked as Japan’s eighth largest city‚ with 250000 people.”2 Not only were there many factors to be considered in how and where to use the atomic weapon but also reasons why. The main reason President Truman stated was to end the war quickly and to save American lives; he saw the land invasion planned
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Why did Negroponte do what he did? Why was this necessary? The idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was born in 1999‚ as Professor Nicholas Negroponte was visiting a Cambodian rural village school previously established by him and his wife. By letting children play with some Panasonic “Toughbook” laptops‚ Negroponte experienced the power of change that could be brought about by laptops. He was impressed by how “it changed their lives in several ways‚ improving self-esteem and empowerment and fulfilling
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