the Aztecs and Incas between 1519 and 1533. Name : Kristeena Monteith Form : L6SS The Aztec and Inca people of South America were conquered in the early 16th century by the Spaniards led by Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro‚ respectively. The Technological Superiority of the Spaniards was a major advantage in their quests to conquer these groups but it does not fully explain the success of the conquests. The Aztecs have long been described as an advanced civilization. Their empire spanned
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The Roman Empire is known as one of the greatest empires of all time‚ blossoming politically‚ economically‚ and culturally. Rome was quickly expanding‚ reaching as far as North Africa. When Octavian came into power‚ the Pax Romana‚ or “Roman Peace‚” began. However‚ this long peace may have triggered the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Because Rome was not distracted by conquering foreign lands‚ its citizens relaxed and lived in luxury. There did not seem to be any goals they did not
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Abstract The Carthage Empire was formed in 814 B.C. According to legend‚ this was when Princess Dido‚ of Tyre fled from her home‚ current day Lebanon. This was to escape from the clutches of her brother Pygmalion who had killed her husband‚ heir to the throne of Tyre after her father died. She fled across the Mediterranean with some citizens of Tyre and landed at the tip of Northern Africa‚ Carthage or current day Tunisia. There‚ she saw that Carthage was almost like an island jutting out into
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The Holy Roman Empire Xiao H. Feng(Amy) Prof. Mary A. O’Donnell November 26‚ 2007 HIS 1000C (3:35-4:30) Page 01 The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire‚ whose legal and political structure had deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles. The Roman imperial office had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in ad 476. But‚ during the turbulent early Middle Ages
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Roman emperor 1 Roman emperor Emperor of the Roman Empire Former Monarchy Imperial Vexillum Augustus First monarch Last monarch Augustus Theodosius I (Unified or Classical)‚ Romulus Augustulus (Western)‚ Constantine XI (Eastern) Imperator‚ Augustus‚ Caesar‚ Princeps‚ Dominus Noster‚ or Autokrator (depending on period) Style Monarchy started 27 BC Monarchy ended AD 395 (Unified or Classical)‚ AD 476 (Western)‚ AD 1453 (Eastern) Current pretender None The Roman emperor was
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Analysis (15%) Name: Sheung Yau Chung Student Number: 301236546 1. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors‚ published by Microsoft in 2000‚ is the second game in the Age of Empires series. 2. My favorite definition of a game written by Greg Costikyan: “A game is a form of art in which players make decisions in order to manage resources through game tokens in pursuit of a goal”. His definition of a game directly applies to Age of Empires II because player’s decisions in manipulating tokens (the game tokens
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west by Christopher Columbus (Boyd). Indians thought that a tiny demon lived in every kernel of popcorn (Wonderopolis). When the demon’s house or the kernel was heated he would get mad and explode. Popcorn has been part of cultures for centuries. Aztec
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Ottoman Empire The formation of the Ottoman Empire started about the beginning of the fourteenth century. The first land controlled by the Ottoman Empire was the Anatolian peninsula. The Ottoman Empire would become on of the most successful states because of a variety of reasons including the fall of the Byzantium Empire‚ military tactic‚ and more to be addressed. This combination of reasons was required for the Ottoman Empire to become so powerful. The beginning of the Ottoman Empire can be
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What Caused Secession? Before the Civil War began in 1861‚ there were major factors that led to the secession of the southern states. These factors affected the people of America tremendously due to slavery and racial segregation. Three significant factors that led the eleven southern states to secede from the Union were abolitionists (Doc. 5)‚ Kansa-Nebraska Act‚ and the election of 1860 (Doc. 1). During the period of slave existence‚ abolitionists began to rebel against the situation (Doc
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World Empires Throughout human history we have seen the rise and fall of many great cities and empires‚ through archeological records and remains of cites. Mostly all of the empires that we have record has impacted and influence our world today. The most noticeable empires that have the greatest influence on today’s world are the early great empires of the Hittites and Assyrians and the later empires of the Romans and Chinese in the 2nd half of the first millennium. However both the early and later
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