of the first year of the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivers an oration speech in which he explains what he believes the nature of Athens to be. In the following years‚ Thucydides gives a report of the Plague of 430‚ regarding the state of Athens. With a significant comprehension of both accounts‚ we can generate a accurate depiction of the condition of Athens. In order to produce this understanding‚ I will first delve into the rhetoric of Pericles speech‚ then turn my attention to Thucydides
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2000 The Battle of Gettysburg " The Turning Point of the Civil War Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This is the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred over three hot summer days‚ July 3‚ 1863‚ around the small market town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. More importantly Gettysburg was the clash between the two major American Cultures of their time: the North and the South. The causes of the Civil War‚ and the Battle of Gettysburg‚ one must understand
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considered a “voluntary compact entered into by independent‚ sovereign states” for as long as it served their purpose to be so joined (Encarta). Neither the North nor South had any strong sense permanence of the Union. As patterns of living diverged between North and South‚ their political ideas also developed marked differences. The North needed a central government to build an infrastructure of roads and railways‚ protect its complex trading and financial interests and control the national currency
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Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglas greatly differed on what rights black Americans are entitled to enjoy. Lincoln believed African Americans were entitled to the same rights as white people. Those rights being; life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Lincoln recognized that African Americans are different that him‚ in respects to his color and moral or intellectual endowment. Just because they look different from others‚ does not mean African Americans should be treated unequally‚ “…he is my
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in the fourth part I will examine the changes in decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates use of cross-examination to find out the meaning of the oracle’s message. As a source of information I am going to use Plutarch’s essays Pericles and Alcibiades‚ Plato’s Apology and Crito‚ and Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War. I The meaning of sophism. In Athens all young aristocrats were getting traditional education in gymnasium. They studied music‚ poetry‚ mathematics‚ athletics‚ etc. But
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Athens clearly knew and recognized that they lived in a democracy‚ Pericles goes out of his way to remind them of this as a means of praising and extolling the uniqueness of Athens and its system of government. It also supports the argument that Athens has a way of life that is superior to other poli within Greece‚ and its people must therefore fight for it and the values it upholds as a democracy. In fact‚ one way of looking at Pericles’ ancestor reference in the previous section could be as build up
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Three Brutal Days Some people may ask the question: “Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered the turning point of the Civil War?”. People wonder what reasons and evidence there is to prove this idea of the battle. The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was a turning point of the Civil War because of how the south got discouraged‚ hardship set in‚ and the union gained momentum overall. One reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War is how the south got discouraged. According
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Comparison of Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln Julius Caesar is remembered as one of the history greatest general‚ and a popular leader of the roman republic. Julius Caesar would always compare himself to Alexander the greatest. For almost 15 years Julius Caesar led armies against enemies. Abraham Lincoln was also remembered as one of the greatest in American history at his time‚ he was the 16th president of the United States of American. He was born on February 12‚ 1809; Lincoln was 51 years old
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intimidated by the subject of the film and by the enormity of the task. Why do you think such professionals would be afraid? The movie “Lincoln” by Steven Spielberg delivers a chance to engage into the American leader’s most terrifying and enlightening moments as he nears his final days. Revealing the last four months of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency‚ the movie “Lincoln” shows Lincoln’s plans to end the devastating Civil War and his fight to pass the thirteenth Amendment that permanently abolished
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Funeral Assignment I would want my funeral to not be something that everyone comes to and cries at. I want them to remember all the good things I did in life. The songs I would like to be played would have to be “I’m going off to yonder”‚ “crossroads”‚ “it’s all God”‚ and any other song that people know I love. And I would want the songs sung by the people they were wrote by and if those people are not alive then someone from my family could do it. I would want Pastor Marvin Sapp or Pastor Marvin
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