world‚ French-lingua franca from the 17th century until the middle of the 20th and Italian-the language of the Renaissance. In fact‚ it was so influential that even today it is taught in schools though it has long been a dead language. But how did Latin become such a language? At first‚ Latin was a language spoken in a small region of Italy. Then the people living there in a city called Rome began to invade the world. It began slowly with an invasion of the local cities but by 117 CE the Roman Empire
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Harpers Ferry was a city in Virginia (now West Virginia)‚ and there was a federal armory there. John Brown had the idea that he could lead an armed slave revolt by taking over Harpers Ferry. There was a major reason on why John Brown raided Harpers Ferry.
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The Great Gatsby- Gatsby´s Reasons to Become Rich CONTENTS I Introduction II Wealth and Power – Jay Gatsby III Conclusion I Introduction The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about wealth‚ power‚ love‚ intrigues and crime‚ showing the lives of a group of people‚ all members of the social upper class. One of the stories main themes is wealth and power. This topic concerns all the characters in the book but especially interesting is the relationship
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challenge to a World power. Carthage did business with all merchants all over the world. It was well known. Carthage had a great navy and Rome had great citizens and a great fighting army that was the strongest of it’s kind. Carthage was wealthy and Rome had a well functioning government. Rome wanted to expand. It was growing in power and was taking over neighboring states in Italy. Carthage had the northwestern part of Italy. This is how Rome got involved in the Punic War and led to it’s first
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the topic that i chose to write on washington and Monroe believed the United States should not become involved in European affairs. In the start of foreign affairs James Monroe sought James Monroe sought to improve the country’s international reputation and assert its independence. By virtue of his solid working relationship with Secretary of State John Quincy Adams‚ the two men successfully pursued an aggressive foreign policy‚ especially with regard to European intervention in the Americas. In
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Sparta became a militaristic society because city states at that time had to become good in military matters to be able to defend themselves and able to expand to remain self-sufficient. The Helot rebellion also caused them to ramp up their military standard to be able to control the helots and to protect them from invaders. Sparta was forced to become a self-sustaining society because they would not be able to get any help from other countries. The training of Spartan warriors started when they
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Buddhism helps to let go of all things material and focus on that what is really important in life. Monks were also thought to have special powers such as the ability to heal sickness‚ predict the future‚ and control rain. This was another reason why people had faith in Buddhism and preferred it as a major religion for years now. Merchants played a huge role in the spread of the religion as they found the moral and ethical teachings of Buddhism to be appealing and a step toward humanism. Buddhist
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To begin with‚ Harriet Tubman also known as the “Black Moses” did many things to abolish slavery but one thing she is known for is being the conductor of the Underground Railroad. In any case‚ she faced much opposition such as people who wanted to capture her to people who had different mindsets and wanted to stop abolitionist in their steps. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 in Dorchester County Maryland she received no schooling throughout her childhood. When Harriet was twelve or thirteen
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Some would say that this lead the surrealist movement. Dali was well known for fro hi showman ship when displaying his art allowed his career to continue to go on as well as allowing him to maintain his relevancy still today. Although some say that he did few pieces of art for the surrealist community he now has many museums who celebrate the pieces he has created (Salvador dali.com 2011).For example‚ The Dali Museum in St-Petersburg‚ Florida and just a couple of years ago his works could be found in
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greatest wars in history of mankind broke out in the center of Europe‚ which involved the world’s greatest powers. The First World War was fought between the Allies (Britain‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). 11 November 1918‚ World War One officially ended. Germany surrendered to the Allies and conferences were established in order to restore the world. But why was Germany defeated and why were the Allies victorious? Back then‚ Germany faced a lot of problems
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