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    The Spanish Inquisition

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    The Spanish Inquisition1478-1834 | The concepts of an inquisition and inquisitorial procedure lie deep in the roots of world history. Inquisitions were used during the decline of the Roman Empire until the Spanish Inquisition’s decline in the early 1800s. An inquisition can be run by both civil and church authorities in order to root out non-believers from a nation or religion. The Spanish Inquisition was one of the most deadly inquisitions in history.The Spanish Inquisition was used for both political

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    William Grant Still

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    "Visible Ink Press."Visible Ink Press. 1st.1st (1998): n. page. Web. 2 Dec. 2012. "William Grant Still." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale‚ 1998. General OneFile. Web. 2 Dec. 2012. "William Still". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.‚ 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2012

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    Cited: Slavicek‚ Louise. Modern Peacemakers Mother Teresa. Caring For The World’s Poor. New York: Chelsea House‚ 2007. Print "Teresa‚ Blessed Mother." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica‚ Inc.‚ 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. "Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Center." Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Center. Web. 01 May 2012. < http://www.motherteresa.org/layout.html.>

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    Julius Caesar Hunter Heinle Mrs.Cahoon Julius Caesar changed the world by reforming the calendar‚ the conquering of Gaul and reconstructing the Roman Empire to its once great glory again‚ and by capturing and setting up modern civilizations that had new political and social systems new to that time. JULIUS CAESAR Julius caesar was born in 100BC into a wealthy family which jump started his career in politics and the military. Because he was born into a noble family he became a commander in the

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    they were not‚ what they considered‚ adequate for their intellectual ideas (Shaw). Wales said that when he had heard that Wikipedia was cited for the definition of the term “turducken” he had laughed‚ thinking‚ “What other source would you use? Britannica does not cover this nonsense” (Shaw). “Journalist Cathy Davidson had recently researched the origins of calculus‚ and found the standard Western histories‚ generally credited by England ’s Isaac Newton and Germany ’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. But

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    Moses

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    “Moses: the Great Prophet.” Religions of the World. 7th ed. 1996. pp 125-134. Enslow Publishers. Print. Rafkin‚ Jonathan. The Message of Moses. pp 48-59. 2002. Penguin Publishing Group. Print Schmect‚ Albert. “Biography of Moses.” The Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. 1987. pp 387-489. Red Rooster Publishing Group. Print. Zondervan. “Genesis; Exodus‚ Leviticus.” The Holy Bible. 1994. Zondervan Publishing House. Print.

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    Mohammad K. Al-asaad Dr. Abdulla Al-Dagamseh English 652 29th December 2012 First Draft The Political and Economical Events’ Similarities in the period of 1990s-2000s and 1930-1960s Looking at America through the media I thought that America was built on the basis of equality and justice between its people‚ or at least America can hold the freedom ideas for generations. That can’t be totally true‚ by tracing the history of America one can find that it was full of injustice‚ beginning of slavery

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    motivational‚ psycho physiological‚ and social functioning that occurs throughout the human life span (Britannica‚ 2006). When traced back to the early 19th and 20th centuries‚ the primary focus of developmental psychologists was on children. Starting around 1950 the focus changed to include relationships between personality variables‚ child rearing‚ and the meaningful stages of adult psychology. (Britannica‚ 2006). In the last part of the 20th century developmental psychologist started to broaden their

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    Political Unrest in Lybia

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    Political Unrest in Libya Introduction For the past forty-two years Muammar Gaddafi has been in control of Libya. For the past few months the people of Libya has been involved in a civil war with hopes of Muammar Gaddafi stepping down as the Prime Minister. The civil war began with the arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel; who works to free political prisoners. The arrest of Tarbel triggered a riot in the city of Benghazi. February 17‚ 2006 is a known date in Libya because that was

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    Arminianism and Salvation.” Grand Rapids: Baker‚ 1983. Spencer‚ Duane Edward. “TULIP: The Five Points of Calvinism in the Light of Scripture.” Grand Rapids: Baker‚ 1979. Arminianism (Jacobus Arminius). "Columbia Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010 Britannica Online. Jun. 20‚ 2010. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/126960/Columbia-Encyclopedia

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