All cities‚ Empires‚ and River Valley Civilizations treated women like the lesser of the two sexes. Why was Sparta the first to give women rights? In this article‚ we will compare Athens to Sparta. Sparta‚ however‚ was the first to give women a sufficient amount of their own rights. But why did Sparta finally decide to give women rights? Researchers say that it was their giant win over their rival city-state Messenia. Athens did not have a giant slave population 3 times the size of them‚ but with
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For the Janissaries series of novels by Jerry Pournelle‚ see Janissaries series. Janissary New Soldier Battle of Vienna.SultanMurads with janissaries.jpg The Janissaries were chosen before they reached adulthood from among the Christian population living in Anatolia and the Balkan peninsula to become the elite fighting force of the Ottoman Empire. A portion of these selected children‚ as they were considered to be more talented‚ received a higher standard of education to become the ruling
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Five years later after the T.J incident‚ I decided to move to the luxurious base of Pearl Harbor in Oahu‚ Hawaii ("Where Is Pearl Harbor Located?") in 1938. I was living in a small apartment right outside of the base. The only reason I moved there is to pursue my dream of becoming a pilot in the Navy. I decided to sign myself up for a boot camp that was being held at the Naval Academy. I was very satisfied to see that there was not a lot of people signed up for the camp. However‚ I knew that I still
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Rosa has become nothing but a “walking cradle.” It is obvious why Magda needs the shawl so badly‚ but why do the other two characters feel a need to idolize it as well? After Stella steals the shawl from Magda‚ she falls asleep beneath it in the barracks. Magda used the shawl to conjure up much needed motherly qualities and so does Stella. Stella is Rosa’s niece. Her mother is not mentioned‚ which leads me to believe she is motherless. Along with a probable yearning for her mother‚ Stella is overcome
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“No Soldier shall‚ in time of peace be quartered in any house‚ without the consent of the Owner‚ nor in time of war‚ but in a manner to be prescribed by law.” The third amendment was proposed by Congress to the states in September 25‚ 1789. Shortly after that it was ratified in December 15‚ 1791.This amendment is one of the least controversial of the Bill rights and its rarely litigated. Throughout the colonial time‚ colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep in their homes and eat their
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Naples’ Prisoners of War Camp Conditions There were 700 POW camps in the United States during World War II. One of these POW camps was in Naples‚ New York. This camp was very well kept and prisoners were treated fairly. The prisoners worked and got paid daily in the POW camp in Naples. The prisoners had to work ten hours per day and they were paid $.80 a day. They were handed a check when they left and the war was ended. The prisoners were put in work teams‚ some worked in the vineyards. Other pressed
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World War II was a very brutal and terrible war led by Adolf Hitler. During this war‚ Jews were discriminated by Hitler and his followers. Most of these European Jews were eventually sent to concentration camps. The purposes of the concentration camps were to concentrate Jews‚ to get free slave labor‚ and to kill them. First of all‚ the primary purpose was to concentrate Jews‚ hence the name. The Jews were concentrated in small areas and most importantly‚ away from the rest of the population. Anti-semitism
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on its own. Every moment the drill sergeants had to verbally belittle with vulgarity they did. After a long day of dreary while in processing tasks the other privates and me were yelled at plus stuffed into metal cattle trucks to be taken to our barracks. After what seemed hours‚ the cattle truck stopped; the drill sergeants attacked us like we were criminals and ‚ all you heard ere screaming: “Get off My Bus Maggots”. As they yelled they would get so close to my face that I can feel the spit flying
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holocaust where treated like. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel one of the main themes is dehumanization‚ or to deprive of positive human qualities. Three examples of dehumanization in the book are‚ first the tattoos on their left arms. Second‚ the barracks where they slept in 3. And third‚ the cattle cars with 80 people inside it and no water or food‚ and very little air. My first example of dehumanization is when the Nazis tattoo their left arms with numbers. This is showed in page 39 of the hard
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One is that both Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans were in generally substandard conditions throughout the war. Many Japanese Americans were in internment camps‚ living in barracks. Temporary Mexican workers were also in undesired conditions; living in “box car camps‚” they had little contact with the rest of the the population‚ as well as little access to health care‚ translators‚ and legal aid (Doc. E). However‚ a major difference
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