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    Women in World War One On the eve of war‚ the position of women in British society was largely unfavourable. In the workplace‚ ’women’s work’ - most commonly‚ domestic service - was poorly paid and considered separate from‚ and inferior to‚ ’men’s work’. Women were still expected to give up work once they were married‚ to revert to their traditional roles of wife‚ mother and housekeeper. After the war‚ the status of women and Britain was entirely changed. The women used the war to show their patriotism

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    Buddhism began by Buddha himself preaching his enlightenment message on his view on the world and how humans should‚ and the best way to‚ succeed in the world. However in the 6th century BCE the government had fallen and there was period of instability until the Sui Dynasty took over‚ during this period was when Buddhism began to majorly spread. After the fall of the Han dynasty‚ there were many responses to the spread of Buddhism throughout China between the 6th century BCE and 570 CE. Buddhism

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    skills were made possible by the large brain and intelligence that goes with it. Question 3: After nearly 2 million years of physical and cultural development‚ how did human communities in different parts of the world learn to manipulate nature? Answer 3: Humans all over the world had been nomadic hunters for almost 2 million years. During this time physical and cultural developments allowed humans to form communities. In these communities people gradually learned to manipulate nature in favor

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    Women during world war II were powerful‚ strong and a huge support in getting through the war. Women had many roles and groups in the war such as “WAVES” “WASP” “WAC” and “WAFS.” Their roles were things like working in defense plants (working with finishing touches on cars) and volunteering for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Women were also accepted for voluntary emergency services and they also became airforce service pilots. Women played an important role

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    The Native Americans created many inventions that helped them such as the calendar and corn that was bigger than a strawberry. The Olmecs started off pretty low but as time passed they advanced to be equal to some of the other empires around the world. 7. African civilizations rose greatly with the find of gold and other resources. People moved new the deposits of gold to try and get them for themselves. 8. Many of the civilization stressed some sort of a religious belief and principles that

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    Will men and women ever be equal? I believe that they never will in any world! Someone has to be on top no matter what. In the Brave New World they are not equal either. Men are clearly in power and women do not have much importance in Brave New World. First‚ in the beginning of the novel there is already is signs of men being more important and or in power. When the director is giving students a tour of the hatchery‚ if you pay attention all students are males‚ none are females. Next‚ the director

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    and a conclusion. ♦ Analyze the documents ♦ Use evidence from documents to support your answer ♦ Include specific related outside information. Historic Background: The civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere laid the foundation for the modern world. Many contributions such as inventions‚ technology‚ arts‚ architecture and ideas continue to influence our lives today. Task: For Part A‚ read each document carefully and answer the question or questions after each document. Then read the directions

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    Because of the Berlin Conference in Europe‚ the scramble for African land ended up colonizing inhabited areas in Africa‚ destroying native nations and their traditional culture. During this time‚ African natives had many different reactions. Some wanted to cooperate peacefully‚ others wanted to withstand European pressure‚ but most of all‚ most Africans wanted to react violently and rebel against the Europeans. Many nations in Africa wanted to cooperate with the British and react to their wants

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    food-gathering people who ate wild vegetables‚ meat‚ wild edible plants‚ and insects to survive 4. Agricultural Revolutions: A series of separate transformations that occurred when agriculture arose independently in many different places around the world. 5. Megaliths: A complex of stone structures in Egypt that included burial chambers‚ a calendar circle‚ and pairs of vertical stones that frame the sun on the summer solstice. 6. Sumerians: The people who lived in Mesopotamia at the start of the

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    monarchy and totally vanish from any power and communications with it. Settlers were not yet strong enough to do this ‚they had to be much more unified in order to become strong and be able to defeat a very strong if not the strongest nation in the world‚ England. Settlers had to find a new identity as Americans to become unified and and they did this by the eve of revolution.

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