HISTORY ASSIGNMENT – ANCIENT ROME Hello‚ Australian Historical Society! I am an expert in Roman History‚ and I have been asked to talk to you for an excessive four minutes. Please be aware that I am a very nervous person‚ especially in front of large groups of people‚ so I may or may not screw it up horribly. If I am ever inaudible or I stop abruptly it may be because my hands are shaking too much to be able to read the words I’m supposed to be saying‚ so please be patient. The Gracchi (168-121BCE)
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the people in Britain whose ancestors were not English. For Scottish‚ Welsh or Irish people‚ this loyalty is a matter of emotional attachment. Scotland For the Scottish there are three constant reminders of their distinctiveness: * Aspects of public life (education‚ the legal and welfare systems are organized differently) * Scottish way of speaking (dialect Scots is spoken everyday by working class in lowlands) * Symbols of Scottishness are well known throughout Britain The feeling
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What is the short term significance of Agricola in Roman Britain? The understanding of the short term significance of Agricola in Roman Britain is heavily dependent on historical texts and what they tell us. According to these historical texts there is no denying that Agricola was of short term significance in military and cultural terms‚ but the degree of his significance comes into question according to each individual historian opinion. Most of the knowledge we have on Agricola comes from his
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rough spot in the economy they had no intentions of sympathy. They only wanted to understand why this has happened‚ when they thought they were good allies with the British for the moment. Soon there was much talk there actually being a war between Britain and Germany. This was was a false political claim that was made just to see if Germany would retaliate to the information. Later help was sent for the survivors and they sent to West Germany. The chemists later came and tested the remains concluding
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The novel is targeted to groups of readers‚ the black and also the white people. The white readers can see it as a declaration of the detachment from the culture that always suppressed and underestimated the black people and the black readers in Britain can see it as an encouragement for forming a particular subcultural group that is worth noticing. What is important: in the novel not only the characters use Creolized English but also the Third-person narrative is written in this form
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The Anglo-Saxon Conquest In the 5th century‚ first the Jutes and then the Saxons and the Angles began to invade Britain. •The Jutes and the Angles came from the Jutland Peninsular. •The Saxons came from the territory lying between the Rhine and the Elbe which was later on called Saxony. The reasons why the anglo-saxons settle in Britain • To collect stones to build their huts on • To use the better soil to grow crops • Lands were often flooded • The land was warmer • To have the precious objects
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Imperialism‚ as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography‚ is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic‚ cultural‚ and territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination." Imperialism has positive and negative effects‚ especially with Great Britain’s imperialism with India. The positive effects are in Documents 1 and 4‚ stating that the manufacturing aided in the majority of India’s achievements. The negative
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turns heads to a more personal matter for the team at home sparking pride. “Our task is not only to win the battle – but to win the war. After this battle France abates its force‚ there will come the battle for our Island – for all that Britain is‚ and all that Britain means. That will be the struggle.” Churchill says one of
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hymn’ ORIENTATIONS BRITAIN‚ ENGLAND AND ENGLISH “The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast‚ out in the tranquil bay.” Matthew Arnold‚ ‘Dover Beach’ (c.1851) The cliffs at Dover were often the first of Britain seen by early incomers and have become a familiar symbol of England‚ and of the fact that England is on an island. These cliffs are part of what the Romans‚ perhaps from as early as the 2nd century‚ had called the Saxon Shore: the south-eastern shores of Britain often raided by Saxons
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the opening ceremony. Alexander Vinokurov Chinshanlo Maiya Maneza Svetlana Podobedova Ilya Ilyin Olga Rypakova Serik Sapiyev 2. Sport in Great Britain. The British are known to be great sports-lovers‚ so when they are neither playing‚ nor watching games‚ they like to talk about them. Many of the games we play now have come from Britain. One of the most British games is cricket. It is often played in schools‚ colleges‚ universities and by club teams all over the country. Summer isn’t summer
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