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    Emerging from the Dark Age‚ a period of poverty and political instability‚ Greece’s economic growth and encounters with the Phoenicians and Persians in the Archaic Age set the stage for the period of great cultural achievement known as the Classical Age. Urban life‚ literacy‚ and maritime trade disappeared as both food production and population declined‚ causing many Greeks to migrate to Ionia. Between 750 and 650 B.C.E.‚ many economic and cultural innovations were introduced to the Greeks from their

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    had happened between first nations and Europeans‚ the Europeans insulted and made first nations abandon their religion‚ culture and beliefs and some where even made slaves. Soon after in 1670 the first black slaves were brought from Africa to North America. In the southern United States the ‘One Drop’ rule was placed‚ that meant that anybody with African American grandparents or great grandparents was a slave‚ unlike the northern states where it was only if you had coloured skin. Soon even the northern

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    the Baroque period‚ people saw the invention of a new music form: the oratorio in the 17th century in Europe. The oratorio has a long and profound history since Italian Renaissance. In this essay‚ I will be answering question number two: Explain briefly the meaning of this musical term oratorio and give an account of the most popular and arguably greatest oratorio of the first half of the eighteenth century. Oratorio Oratorio was born in Italy at about the same time as opera. This word ¡®oratorio¡¯

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    During the 18th century in Britain‚ rural areas became more efficient in agriculture‚ leaving many people living in these areas without work. They moved into the cities in search of work as there there were may new and growing industries. Between 1760 and 1870 the population of Britain doubled‚ causing many problems throughout these industrial cities. Disease accounted for many deaths in industrial cities during the industrial revoloution. Diseases such as typhus‚ cholera and tuberculosis spread

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    World was a prosperous land for change. There‚ settlers had the freedom to pursue aspirations that were far less tangible in England. One of the most pressing issues that led to the colonization of the New World was the need for more and cheaper products beyond the Mediterranean; this was ultimately the first step in the many ways that the New World created economic prospects for those yearning for a more prosperous future. Economic concerns of the settlers in North America were notably greater than religious

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    Both of these research studies show how far our society has come since the 18th century. In the 18th century obedience was a central discussion in childbearing. Restraining a child in order to have them obey was a common occurrence and socially accepted. In the 19th century parents used isolation and shunning in order to achieve obedience. Any means of discipline was accepted in order to have a defiant child obey. There were even manuals written on obedience that said discipline could start as early

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    When first colonized by Europeans‚ the North American continent was vast‚ the work was harsh‚ and there was a shortage of labor. In the early seventeenth century‚ slavery introduced a solution and new problem for the New World. Brought to North American by a Dutch ship‚ the White Lion‚ to the colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619‚ slaves began to aid in the production of profitable crops‚ such as tobacco. These first captured Africans would reform the slavery system that evolved into a nightmare

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    trouble with adapting to the new‚ “modern” changes that occurred within their community. However‚ with changes there can also be numerous favorable effects of such alterations. Some examples include a multitude of different ancient time periods. Time periods with such examples includes‚ the Hellenistic Age and the resistance to new and sudden beliefs‚ the new way of ruling during the Han Dynasty‚ and even new clothing

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    underprivileged horribly. In order to improve the stability of the society during the industrial revolution‚ the government should have stepped in and provided the people with greater opportunities and the ability to be equal with each other. The 18th and 19th century government being uninvolved with the economy increased the inequality of the classes and the people within them creating an exceedingly unstable

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    A plethora of acts throughout the time period also showed a development in the attitudes of society and the government. The Capital Punishment Amendment Act (CPAA) of 1868 focused on the ending of public hangings and aimed for a more humane approach to hangings with professional hangmen and the process of moving hangings inside the prison walls to make them less of a fun event‚ and more to actually represent why they were being hanged because society had lost what the fundamental meaning of the hangings

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