horse races. Women were never allowed to take part or even watch the games. The penalty of being caught doing either was death. But one time this rule was spared. When a woman’s husband died‚ she continued to train her son in boxing. She even went to the games disguised as a man. But she was caught when she shouted with excitement when her son won. That day her life was spared because both her husband and son were Olympians (Allen‚ 112). In the beginning‚ the Games were only open to Greek citizens
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communist group. Why did the war start? In Samulet‚ Cambodian peasants were not treated very well‚ they rebelled
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showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of Communism vs. Capitalism soon became grew importance. The beginning of the Cold War is not easy to set up. Although Winston Churchills Iron Curtain Speech in 1946 may seem like the start of the war but it is considered not to be one. Even though being a hero of World War II‚ Winston Churchill‚ as the ex-Prime Minister of England‚ held no official political stand anymore. His speech was a great response to Russias actions of gathering
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Why did the Renaissance Start in Italy? The Renaissance started in Italy because of three reasons. One reason is because of Italy’s flourishing cities. The cities brought in trade‚ allowing new ideas to be spread. The Medici family /merchant class‚ trade‚ and new ideas in architecture and building designs allowed Italy to have such great cities. The second reason is because of the well educated people that lived there. These educated people developed new ideas and philosophies such as Humanism
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I agree that American history began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus made contact with the New World from a national point of view. It was the start of mass migration and exploration of the new lands of the people of Europe to the Americas that would create the colonies and territories that would come to form some of the most powerful and industrialized nations. Of course‚ Columbus’s achievement did not mean that he had created the America’s. The continents have been on Earth since its beginning
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The Civil War was a conflict‚ it was a big foundation of our history. It changed the way we viewed ourselves‚ it was also one of the most important foundations of American history. The Civil War was between April 12‚ 1861‚ to April 9‚ 1865. The Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. It is also called the war between states. The Union‚ also known as the North side‚ won the war. The particular reason for why the Civil War started was because of disagreements over slavery‚ state vs. federal
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started on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war went on for four years. It was caused by the disagreements over slavery and the states. The North and South both believed in different ideas. They did not agree on the same thing. This had an impact on both sides. The North didn’t believe in keeping slaves‚ while the South did believe in keeping slaves and wanted to have and keep the slaves that they could. This caused a lot of drama on both sides and caused a lot of damage. Slavery played a huge role in the
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good market. This market issue will lead to the French and Indian war. What if you were born in the colonies and your town was filled with people and there wasn’t enough space for more people? Well‚ that’s exactly how the colonist felt when they decided to settle in the frontier. Parliament and the King thought this would be beneficial to both the Colonies and England because of the fur trade in the Ohio River Valley. The problem was that the fur trade and the frontier were occupied by
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How did the Weimar Republic come about? Why did it face difficulties in its first 6 months? In November 1918‚ Germany had clearly been defeated by their allies; Britain‚ France and the U.S.A. The allies offered Germany a peace offering‚ but under very strict conditions. The armistice that the allies wanted Germany to sign was called Article 231 and it consisted of the Kaiser taking the entire blame for World War 1. The Kaisers confidence had already been crushed because of their defeat so he refused
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They also did not have the supplies to support so many people being sick. The settlers started with 5‚000 people and by the end only had 500 (Gordon). The contractor Lincoln had hired to watch over the settlers started to become power hungry. He stole money from
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