military response to newly encountered enemies created an overseas empire that brought untold wealth and power to Rome. Rome expanded beyond the borders of Italy by conquering much of the Mediterranean region‚ including fighting a series of three wars (Punic Wars‚ McKay et al.‚ p. 151) with a fierce Mediterranean rival‚ the Carthaginians. The Second Punic War was a major turning point for Rome and its continued overseas expansion. The Romans drove the Carthaginians out of Spain‚ and then attacked Carthage
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Athens is the most famous and most powerful city in Ancient Greece with many types of law and rulers. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ATHENS is democracy‚ and it’s actually true‚ Athenians did invent the democracy and it’s still been using in many countries today‚ including Australia‚ America‚ the United Kingdom and Germany. Athens was founded a long way back‚ in 800 BC when the dark age ended in 860BC‚ and was ended when Alexander the Great in 360BC. The Athenian government
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In ancient Greece there was a situation where there were multiple city-states in a relatively small area that all had different political ideologies. These City States had highly regarded philosophers that wrote great lengths about them. This gives us a great foundation to try to understand the different systems and how they were based. The goal is to analyze some of the different ideologies and find why they were thought to be so good‚ and what made them good. To begin there is Pericles’ Funeral
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Empire had always been based on invasions‚ and the Empire’s economy was increasing with the exploitation of the new colonies. How could Rome fall? The fall of the Roman Empire was terrible and it took Western Civilization nearly ten centuries to recover and modernize a world which could be the rival of the civilization of Rome. Historians’ ideas of the fall of Rome ranges from theories that the population was subject to large-scale lead poisoning to the notion that the empire simply grew too big
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“Athens‚ birthplace of democracy‚ executed the philosopher Socrates in the year 399 bce for the crime of impiety” (Nails 27) Why did Athens wait so long to put Socrates on trial? In order to explore my topic and try to answer my question‚ I began reading three scholarly sources‚ which gave me a better understanding on why he could of been put to trial. It still raises the same question as to what really happened and why was Socrates sent to trial at such a late age in life. Socrates throughout his
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Fail to Succeed Hello‚ I would like to introduce you to a different way of thinking about failure. Most of us know or see successful people in our daily lives. Some of us wonder if we will ever be successful. Some of us think that the successful person has always been this way. I have even heard people comment that success was given to that successful person. Either way you look at it or whatever you think about success. I can assure you most of the successful people you see became successful
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also didn’t get paid. In the end they were sent to their old owners to do labor for them. During this time‚ they were paid very little‚ if at all. It was definitely unfair for the blacks. Furthermore‚ socially it was a failure because many still did not consider blacks to be equal to whites. It was during this time that General Forest started the Ku Klux Klan. The goal of the KKK was to restore white superiority and to turn the Republicans who had established the Reconstruction governments out
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Why did Athens lose the Peloponnesian Wars? What impact did the wars have on Greece? A good portion of blame for Athens losing the Peloponnesian Wars can be laid at the feet of two men: Alcibiades and the Spartan king‚ Lysander. Alcibiades was the nephew of Pericles. He was very charismatic and the young people of Athens loved him. But he had a glaring flaw; he lost his parents at a young age and became something of a sociopath‚ not caring what his deeds resulted in. As stated before
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Why did the Revolution fail to topple the Tsar in 1905‚ but succeed in 1917? The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Its implications and influences went on to effect a huge area and last decades. True to the large impact that it had‚ it was a large event. It spanned years and included many various groups and individuals. When studying the Russian Revolution it is important to note that it came during a time of change in Russia. Over the forty years
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Question #3 Why has the plan failed? ·The plan failed because many of the teachers had learned behaviours and did not have the desire or motivation to change. Strong existing culture that made them resistant to change. ·The plan was introduced too soon with not enough consensus among the teachers‚ if any and the teachers did not buy into the plan ·Many of the teacher’s had been at the school for a long time and did not have a real incentive or motivation to change because of attempted failures
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