order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator. 16. Monarch - a sovereign head of state. 17. Sultan - a Muslim sovereign. 18. Emperor - a sovereign ruler of great power and rank. 19. Realm – a kingdom. 20. Plantation - large agricultural estates PAGE 424. 1. A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century was called mercantilism. 2. Conquistadors were Spanish conquerors who were motivated
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and this triggered my interest in the dynamic yet exciting world of business. A visit to my father’s real estate office had me intrigued by the amount of planning‚ organization and effort that goes into running a successful business. Moreover‚ listening to discussions on business‚ finance and management by virtue of being part of a family involved in diverse businesses including real estate‚ gas stations and a consumer electronics distribution house also instilled in me a desire to be a part of this
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True women were to be pious (deeply religious)‚ pure (sexually pure in thoughts & sexuality)‚ submissive (very passive)‚ & domestic (in the home realm). The only women with rights were the widows‚ and their right was to inherit some of her husband’s estates; the midwives was highly valued and her voice can be heard in court as a confessor. These rights were only granted to white women‚ even the white women in the days could not have any further rights
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supernatural entity that was drawn to his films because they were about him. At the end of the movie‚ just like a couple of the other Nightmare movies‚ Heather (the main character of this movie) and her son fall asleep to confront Freddy in his secret realm. Heather and her son‚ Dylan‚ team up to kill Freddy. The last scene of the movie shows us Heather and Dylan reading a script of Wes Craven’s next movie‚ which ended up being the script for this movie. Heather thought that she was just living out her
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discussed topic was the role of women in society. Societies mainly debated over the role of women in the public sphere. Two documents‚ specifically‚ had a great impact on the Enlightenment era. The first of the two‚ being Petition of Women of the Third Estate to the King‚ was written by a group of working
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The monarchy of the United Kingdom (commonly referred to as the British monarchy) is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch‚ Elizabeth II‚ has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official‚ ceremonial and representational duties. As a constitutional monarch‚ the Queen is limited to non-partisan functions such as bestowing honours. Though the ultimate executive authority over the government of the
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House is a quasi-Chekhovian dark comedy about a society on the edge of a precipice. Shaw delayed the production until the war’s end‚ out of a concern that it might demoralize the British population. “Truth telling is not compatible with defence of the realm‚” the playwright wrote. “Comedy‚ though sorely tempted‚ had to be loyally silent; for the art of the dramatic poet knows no patriotism…and thus becomes in time of war a greater military danger than poison‚ steel‚ or trinitrotoluene [TNT]. That is why
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beliefs about humanity. In the Tennis Court Oath‚ the Third Estate challenged the awful monarchy of King Louis XVI by a pledge that they would not leave the tennis courts of Versailles until a new constitution that would meet the peoples needs was written. The Oath states‚ “that all members of this assembly immediately take a solemn oath never to separate‚ and to reassemble wherever circumstances require‚ until the constitution of the realm is established and fixed upon solid foundations” (Tennis Court
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Due to the Swedish rebellion Erik of Pomerania lost more and more power and he was replaced by Kristoffer of Bavaria. Even though he was less powerful he created a better status for the nobility‚ the council of the realm and to some extent for the peasants. After his death Karl Knutsson became king of Norway and Sweden as he was the Swedish anti-king before. Denmark instead chose Christian I. of Oldenburg in 1448‚ who had the support of the Hanse and led to a collapse
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then a judge. As a lawyer he represented mainly poor people‚ and outraged the privileged classes when he protested against royal absolutism and arbitrary justice. Then the notice of the summoning of the Estates General came out the people of Arras elected him to represent them in the Third Estate. He became the leader of the Jacobins‚ the political group in favor of the Revolution‚ and later devoted himself to the National Assembly‚ the group responsible for the newly drawn constitution. He openly
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