Alexander Hamilton was a very impressive man. He was born in Charlestown Nevis‚ in the West Indies on January 11‚ 1757. He died on July 12‚ 1804 at age 49. Hamilton accomplished many things in his life snap‚ for example he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; he was also well-respected statesman and a successful military leader. Alexander Hamilton. (n.d.). Retrieved October 12‚ 2017‚ from bhttp://colonialhall.com/hamilton/hamilton.php Alexander Hamilton is mainly known for a economist
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Assessing the causes for WW1 Much like any other War‚ World War had many causes that had intertwined to create a disaster for everyone. In this essay I will be assessing the reasons for the death of so many people in the War that took place from 1914-1918‚ and choosing the most important from these: imperialism‚ Alliances‚ Balkans conflict‚ Arms and Naval Race and the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Firstly‚ the Alliance system also known as The Triple Entente included Britain France
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Alexander the Great Legacy Alexander the Great was one of the military leader of the ancient times. But he is not only known for his military leadership. His legacy can be seen throughout the world today. Though Alexander the Great died to and unknown cause‚ he did not vanish from the history books. This is for two main reasons. One‚ he united Greek city-states‚ and two‚ he conquered most of Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Egypt. Alexander the Great was born in July 356 BCE‚ at Pella‚ Macedon. His
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Sir Alexander Fleming‚ FRSE‚ FRS‚ FRCS(Eng) (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist‚ pharmacologist and botanist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology‚ immunology‚ and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928‚ for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.[1] In 1999‚ Time magazine named Fleming one
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After the death of King Darius III‚ Alexander began to introduce his ‘Policy of Fusion’. He believed that if the two traditions (Macedonian and Persian) could be “blended and assimilated”‚ his authority would be more securely established and would rest on good will rather than on force‚ according to ancient historian Plutarch. This tell us that Alexander did not want to destroy the Persia that Darius and his ancestors had set up and replace it with a Macedonian ruling. Quoting Plutarch‚ “He understood
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essential themes‚ is what makes it uniquely American and allows it to distinguish itself as a defining example of American literature. The texts Huckleberry Finn‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ and Catch-22 all exhibit these traits in their unique ways. Their methods of accumulating all of these essential traits into one great work‚ allows these four texts
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Alexander in Central Asia The Persian king was no longer in control of his destiny‚ having been taken prisoner by Bessus‚ his Bactrian satrap and kinsman. As Alexander approached‚ Bessus had his men fatally stab the Great King and then declared himself Darius’ successor as Artaxerxes V‚ before retreating into Central Asia to launch a guerrilla campaign against Alexander. Darius’ remains were buried by Alexander next to his Achaemenid predecessors in a full regal funeral
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Would one think the same of the name Jesus Christ? In The Great Gatsby and The Old Man and the Sea‚ modernist authors Fitzgerald and Hemingway utilize Christian allusions and references to Hemingway’s “Code Hero” skillfully to illuminate a possibly misinterpreted ideal of a hero or savior. Among the many definitions of a hero‚ Hemingway’s is a rather profound take on the usually glamorized figure. Using the character Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea‚ Hemingway crafts the supposed epitome of his
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A self-made man is a person who gained success and wealth through their own efforts. The way I describe a self-made man is someone who was born with nothing‚ born into poverty‚ the struggle‚ and what most people call it the “ghetto” but worked their way up through the sweat and tears never gave up to become something or someone known. Gatsby is a great example of a self-made man. Gatsby lived during the 1920s era also known as the “roaring twenties” which was a great time for american society‚ After
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Alexander Grothendieck Alexander Grothendieck is a prominent mathematician who is well known for his theories in algebraic geometry‚ homological algebra and functional analysis. He was born in the capital of Germany‚ Berlin‚ in 1928‚ one year before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Grothendieck’s parents were Sascha Shapiro and Hanka Grothendieck. Shapiro was a Russian anarchist of Jewish decent‚ prosecuted by the Czar and later by the Bolsheviks. He’d lost his left arm during an attempted prison
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