Change and innovation are the keystones of a strong nation. The wave of modernization that swept through Europe and the rest of the world completely altered the foundation of what was believed to be a prevailing society at the time. New jobs‚ a stimulated economy‚ and a redefined social class system all resulted from the illustrious Industrial Revolution. While the Industrial Revolution and the overwhelming surge of nationalism may have sparked the beginning of our modern society and led more
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Edgar Allen Poe’s short story Ligeia‚ in a style much like that of The Fall of the House of Usher‚ has all the makings of a classic‚ gothic horror tale. It is a story of a love so strong that it overcomes the realms of death. The unnamed narrator is so in love with the Lady Ligeia‚ as she is with him‚ that her untimely death soon after their marriage was unable to separate them. Ligeia rejoins the narrator in life through the body of another‚ Lady Rowena Trevanion of Tremaine. Rowena is the second
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Introduction: Assalamualaikum‚ I bid to our dedicated principal‚ our noble teachers‚ and fellow students. Good __morning/ evening__ to all intellectual ladies and gentleman here. In the name of Allah‚ the Most Gracious‚ the Most Merciful‚ I’m ______(name of student)______ from ___(Class)____ SAMT Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah‚ Sabak Bernam‚ Selangor‚ feel greatly honoured to stand here before you to give a very inspiring and interesting talk; entitled “HAZARD OF SMOKING”. DEFINITION FROM
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Heroin Addiction & Methadone Maintenance Diacetylmorphine‚ aka: heroin‚ smack‚ horse‚ black tar‚ china white‚ and H‚ the slang names are as numerous as the places you can score this highly addictive narcotic. Heroin‚ a derivative of morphine‚ via opium‚ which comes from the resin of the Papaver somniferum plant has been in use for nearly 3500 years (Doweiko‚2012‚ p.137). To understand the fascination‚ addiction‚ and potential therapies of heroin‚ we must first understand its history. Before man
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Explain what happened to China in the 19th Century that helped create the social and political environment for the Boxer Rebellion The opium wars between the western world and the Chinese empire was the spark to ignite the fury of the Chinese people. After the Asian forces lost the second war‚ the westerners made the Chinese sign a humiliating treaty‚ allowing opium to continue to flow into china‚ as well as surrendering the island of Hong Kong to the British Empire. Also seaports were opened to foreign
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engaged in imperialistic expansion into Central Asia itself. At this time China awoke to the significance of the rest of the world‚ in particular the West. As China opened up to foreign trade and missionary activity‚ opium produced by British India was forced onto Qing China. Two Opium Wars with Britain weakened the Emperor’s
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A History of the World in Six Glasses: Summary Beer The discovery of beer happened around 10000 BCE. The hunter-gatherers‚ located in the Fertile Crescent‚ collected cereal grains because they could be stored for a number of months if kept dry and safe. The storage of grains made it harder to have a nomadic lifestyle; therefore the people started staying in one place. They would try to make water tight storage areas‚ however water did eventually get into them. After the grain would get wet and
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Historically‚ the United States of America has been a country fabricated by immigrant culture and values. Originally many immigrants traveled to the United States as a means of improving their way of life‚ whether escaping economic oppression and/or political instability in their country. This concept is often understood as the push-pull factor. The migration to America first instituted during colonial times. Europeans remained a large percentage of immigrants during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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the prescription pain pill epidemic‚ short and long term effects‚ and other general information on opiates and their use. History of Heroin Heroin was first created by C.R. Alder Wright in 1874. His purpose was to find a non-addictive form of opium that still had the same properties for pain relief. While boiling morphine and certain chemicals together‚ he came up with a more powerful and potent form of morphine and it was even more addictive. It was not to be used again until the 1890’s.
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Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington argues that the West only dominated the world because they knew how to fight and were good at it. This is largely true and is evidenced by their influence on Eastern nations throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries all the way until 1945. The West forcefully colonized Africa following the abolition of the slave trade. Similarly‚ they imposed their will on China and caused social‚ political‚ and economic turmoil in their wake. Finally‚ in Japan‚ they
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