Farm is not just a novel for entertainment; it is a historical satire: a satire on European History. George Orwell was concerned with the spread of communism throughout Europe and the world and the oppression that took place under it. He hoped to bring awareness to the problem‚ and did so with his novel‚ Animal Farm. He wrote Animal Farm to parallel the events in European history concerning the Bolshevik Revolution and the communists ’ rise to power. He used a wide variety of characters‚ scenes
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AP WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM ONE: “FOUNDATIONS: PREHISTORY – 600 C.E.” TERMS/IDEAS TO KNOW: 1. Pastorialism 2. Patrilineal 3. Matrilineal 4. Hominids 5. Cuneiform 6. Hammurabi’s Code of Law 7. Upper Egypt 8. Lower Egypt 9. Mandate of Heaven 10. Scholar-gentry 11. Legalism 12. city-state 13. Monotheism 14. Polytheism 15. Maize 16. Civil service examination system 17. Delian League 18. Peloponnesian League 19. Council
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Women’s Rights: Before and After the American Revolution The American Revolution played a significant role in lives of nearly every person in America. Most men left their wives‚ mothers‚ sisters and daughters in charge of farms and businesses when they left to fight in the Patriot armies. There were many men‚ who had no farms or businesses‚ left their women with absolutely nothing to fall back on. This led to a significant increase in the population of impoverished women in several cities
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change is necessary. Three main things contributed to this desire for change‚ and those include taxes too intolerable to pay and survive‚ ideas encouraging change that were inspired by the Enlightenment‚ and the success of the American Revolution. Before the Revolution‚ France was divided socially in a structure known as the Old Regime. It consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy‚ who owned ten percent of the land but comprised of only one percent of the population. The Second Estate
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Aboriginals lived in Australia for about 40‚000 years before European settlement began in 1788. During that time they developed an amazing culture all based on survival. They found all of their food from the land. They developed an amazing religion that is based on the fact that everything was created in the Dreamtime‚ the time before time began. The Aboriginals connect their origins with the Dreamtime. There were hundreds of different tribes around Australia‚ all with unique languages. Artwork was
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Invention The gold rush began at the beginning of the 1848 and continued till 1853. According to the author Orsi of the book The Elusive Eden‚ the Gold was first discovered by James Marshall at Sutter’s mill. This discovery of gold news started spreading all around the California and around the world. By the end of the 1848 news had reached Hawaii‚ Mexico‚ the Pacific Northwest‚ the Pacific Coast of South America‚ China‚ the East Coast of the United States‚ and Europe. The gold rush attracted non-Californians
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AP EUROPEAN HISTORY 1st SEMESTER EXAM CHAPTER 13: RENAISSANCE 1. Which Italian city-state dominated the renaissance until the 15th century? Florence 2. A major difference between Italian and Northern Renaissance was that the Italian renaissance was more secular. 3. The characteristics of Italian Renaissance art are curvilinear rhythms‚ rich color‚ and detail. 4. Upper class women during the Italian Renaissance declined in status. 5. A major difference between
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When Buddhism was brought to Ancient China in 1st century C.E.‚ it progressively won converts after the fall of the Han Dynasty. Buddhism continued to influence China for centuries. The extent of Buddhism’s appeal can be traced throughout its existence in ancient China. Buddhism had distinct influence in ancient China. According to Buddha‚ life is ultimately suffering. Desire is the cause of suffering‚ when one rids themselves of desire‚ their suffering will be over. “The Fourth Noble Truth is
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In the late 1700s prior to the American Revolution‚ women were considered to be the “weaker sex” in which their role in society consisted of staying home and performed different tasks that were considered “women’s roles. Women had practically no legal rights and no political voice in colonial America before the Revolutionary War due to the popular belief that women were inferior to men. As the Revolutionary war began in 1775 at the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ women started to become more active
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Important Factors for the Growth of German Nationalism Political Nationalism Political nationalism grew with the spread of new ideas about Liberalism and Nationalism. also Nationalism was the desire of people with a common national identity to have their own country. furthermore‚ Liberalism was the desire to have a parliament‚ like Britain’s‚ where rulers were elected by the people of the country as opposed to being ruled by a king alone. Especially‚ In the years initially following 1815‚ support
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