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    DESCRIBING PEOPLE’S APPEARANCE: She’s not very tall‚ with dark hair and blue eyes IL DESCRIBING PEOPLE’S APPEARANCE Body She’s of medium height. She’s a woman of average height. She’s quite tall. She’s a woman of average height. She’s a woman of below average height. She’s not very tall. (→ She’s short.) He’s slim. He’s of medium build. He’s well-built. He’s rather plump (=not slim). He’s broad-shouldered. He’s quite muscular. He’s a bit overweight. (→

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    Stereotypes and people’s expectations of us greatly affect the way we live‚ especially if those stereotypes are negative and those expectations are low. Sherman Alexie perfectly illustrates this in his article‚ “Superman and Me”. He demonstrates how the power of expectations have caused Native Americans to lose hope‚ and remain stuck in a helpless cycle that is passed down through the generations. I wholeheartedly agree with Alexie that people are dragged down by the expectations of others. If

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    Greek Empire

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    Thousands of years ago‚ in a time of war‚ conquering‚ and empires. One of the greatest and most noteworthy of the empires was ancient Greece. Greece became an empire because of its geography‚ economy‚ and social aspects of its society. Greece developed at an alarming rate because of the area and terrain. Greece developed with only one land border. This let them focus on things other than defense. The surrounding area is all ocean giving them humidity and great fishing. The sea acted as a great source

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    October 1st‚ 2010 A.P. world history pd 4th Akkadian/Persian Essay The Akkadian’s VS. The Persian’s The two empires that I am writing about are the Akkadian Empire which was from 2350-1900 B.C.E. And the Persian Empire‚ which was from 2000-330 B.C.E. They were both very powerful and inventive. So first is the Persians. The Persian Empire was from 2000-330 BCE. Though they didn’t begin to‚ appear in the region east of Mesopotamia until 1300 BCE. The Persian Empire developed in 2000 BCE but at

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    Populist and Progressive Reform in American History Throughout American history‚ reform was common among people of a particular‚ race‚ gender‚ or class used to accomplish change. The emergence of the populist and progressive movements were a response to the changing climate in American society due to rapid industrialization‚ an ethnically diverse personality of a young nation‚ and birth of American imperialism. Disgruntled American farmers that wished to advance their economic position initiated

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    Aztec Empire

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    Who were the Aztecs? Why were they considered to be an empire even greater than the Romans? And how was Hernan Cortes able to defeat them? These are some of the questions that people ask about these indigenous people. These people are known as the Aztecs but originally called themselves Mexica. They came to Mexico in the early thirteenth century and from there they started to develop a social structure and government consisting of priests‚ kings‚ peasants‚ and soldiers. Besides having a very organized

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    Gupta Empire

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    Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire (320 CE to about 500 CE). It dominated northern India.  People were happy during the Gupta period‚ the "Golden Age" of ancient India. They had religious freedom. They were given free medical care‚ which included simple surgery. Rewards of money were given to writers‚ artists‚ and scholars to encourage them to produce wonderful work‚ and they did. Very few of the common people were educated‚ but the Gupta Empire had many universities. Students came from as far away

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    Shanti Empire Through out the course of this school year‚ we have learned and examined multiple civilizations. For this project‚ we had to create our own ultimate civilization-gathering achievements from other civilizations and piecing them together to from the perfect Utopia. Like with Mesopotamia‚ Ancient Egypt‚ Ancient China‚ Ancient Greece and just about every early civilization-location played a vital role in the upbringing and culture of the peoples. My civilization resides in where

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    American History EOC Study Guide 1) Reconstruction: A plan to reconstruct the society after the Civil War. This divided the south (except Tennessee) into 5 military districts under the control of the U.S. Army. It was the attempt to reconstruct the south‚ readmit the southern states back into the Union‚ and change the life of African Americans. (pg. 414) 2) Freedman’s Bureau: Congress created this in March of 1865 in order to provide help for thousands of poor black and white southerners

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    The Mongol Empire quickly covered the largest territory the world had ever seen. The Mongols’ main strategy in acquiring land was conquering by force‚ but they also relied on more peaceful methods and their tightly-knit political and social organization. The Mongols attacked villages until complete destruction using their land-based military techniques (docs 1‚2‚3‚7 and 8). Sometimes‚ they gave civilizations a chance to submit to terms and avoid destructions (docs 6 and 9). He Mongols’ divisions

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