The compass‚ steel‚ paper‚ the printing press‚ and the kite are all inventions from Ancient China. All of these inventions have a huge impact on the world today. Ancient China has had many inventions that have impacted and changed the world. The invention that has the greatest impact is gunpowder. Gunpowder was made by accident by Chinese alchemists were trying to find the elixir of life. They discovered it when they mixed sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and potassium nitrate. The Chinese started to use gunpowder
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in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz‚ but he is also changing how musicians and others think in life. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚Louisiana. Armstrong raised in the place named ¨The Battlefield¨ located in one of the poorest parts of Louisiana. Shortly after Armstrong was born his father
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said tongue-in-check‚ it now increasingly appear that “ all the Muslims of the world have gone nuts‚” and it is because US actions across the globe have left Muslims with a deep sense of victimhood. French commentator Jean Genet had famously stated: “The arrogance of the strong is met by the violence of the weak.” In India‚ too‚ the mindset of a small section has been changing. Once the idea of jehad went out in the world‚ it was only a matter of time before a few Indians tried to create their indigenous
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because he was a member of the Nation of Islam. I chose him because I didn’t know many things about him and I thought it would be interesting to write my essay on a boxer. In this essay I will tell you about who he is and what he has done to impact the world. The day after the championship fight with Liston‚ Muhammad Ali announced to the public about his conversion to Islam (Bio.com). The public was not happy with his decision. Ali had joined the Nation of Islam‚ a group led by a guy named Elijah Muhammad
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time‚ those of which would be his Blue Period‚ the Rose Period‚ the African-influenced Period‚ Analytic Cubism and finally Synthetic Cubism. Picasso revolutionized art in such a way that created waves throughout the modern age and thus affected the world of art itself. At a very young age was it discovered that Pablo Picasso had an extraordinary talent for art. His father knowing this began training his son Picasso and teaching him the art of
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Sir Isaac Newton is one of most influential thinkers that we’ve had‚ his thinking still affects us today. He’s impacted the world in some many ways. When we bounce a ball we expect it to go down then come back up. When we jump up we realize were fighting the gravity pulling us down. When were in math class we realize because of him our lives are miserable. When we see an apple falling from a tree we remember the myth that gave him the idea of gravity. He developed the principles in physics‚ gravity
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Marilyn Monroe died on August 5‚ 1962 in her home in los angeles. She was 36 years old when she died.Additional to that‚ ¨after her death‚ the world learned more about her dark‚ internal struggle to be accepted and loved by all.¨ After her death‚ the world knew what she was really like and how she wanted to be accepted and loved by all. Ultimately‚ “she was as mutable as fashion itself. Perhaps that’s why‚ this month‚ 50 years after her death‚ our fascination with
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Ronald Reagan made many changes to the world during his presidency. He acheived difficult political task and ended the Soviet Union. He brought great things to the U.S.A and the world. At first he was a Democrat and then later changed to a Republican. Ronald Reagan made new political and economic initiatives; He brought down the Berlin Wall‚ spurred the war on drugs‚ and the economy saw a reduction of an inflation of 12.5% to 4.4%. Ronald Reagan brought down the Berlin Wall by giving a powerful
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There are few people in this world that have a profound effect on it. There are even fewer with that can claim they’ve had as great an impact as Ronald Reagan. The 40th president of the United States‚ Reagan shot from a former Hollywood actor to become arguably one of the greatest politicians of all time. In a time where tensions were possibly never higher between the Soviets and the United States‚ Reagan was a calming force that provided stability to a world that was severely lacking. Reagan
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Parks as a activist that stood up for African Americans civil rights‚ but she is so much more. Rosa Parks changed the world because she was one of many voices that started a movement that changed the lives of millions of people. She showed America that everybody deserves equality and respect. She left a legacy as America’s “ Mother of freedom movements.” Rosa Parks changed the world by giving voting rights to African Americans‚ she did this by noticing the amount of segregation in voting. For example
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