Napoleon’s main contribution to the French economy was the Continental system. At that time‚ France ruled many countries and had control over most of Europe so in theory‚ it should have had a fairly large impact on Britain considering that Britain would lose many of it’s trading partners. The continental system was a system where by France forbade France‚ her allies and neutrals to trade with Brtain on the basis that British blockades were against international law and he expected that the unfavorable
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Euclid and His Contributions to Mathematics Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician from Alexandria who is best known for his major work‚ Elements. Although little is known about Euclid the man‚ he taught in a school that he founded in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ around 300 b.c.e. For his major study‚ Elements‚ Euclid collected the work of many mathematicians who preceded him. Among these were Hippocrates of Chios‚ Theudius‚ Theaetetus‚ and Eudoxus. Euclid ’s vital contribution was to gather
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Abigail Adams: Her Contributions Though quiet‚ sickly‚ and shy‚ Abigail Adams‚ the wife of second president John Adams‚ helped plant the seeds that eventually led to the concept of women¹s rights and women¹s equality with men. For a country which had been founded on the idea of independence for all‚ these concepts were still considered radical and even ridiculous. Abigail believed that a good education was just as necessary for girls as for boys. This was a departure from the prevailing
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VSEVOLOD EMILEVICH MEYERHOLD AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THEATRE Introduction Vsevolod Emielevich Meyerhold‚ considered one of 20th century greatest theatrical innovators‚ was born on February 10‚ 1874 in the Russian town of Penza. He was originally born into a Lutheran German-Jewish family with the name Karl Theodore Kasmir Meyergold. In 1895 he took the name Vsevolod Emievich Meyerhold after converting to the Russian Orthourdox Church. Meyerhold studied Law at Moscow University for two terms. He
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The Many Contributions There is no doubt that the Ancient Chinese were wise powerful and grew prosperous. Ancient China has played a significant part in many famous inventions that have had a major impact in our lives from day to day. How many of us have ever given a thought to those that have made our lives easier by their inventions? There are quite a few from the Ancient Chinese that I was not aware of and was amazed at how many of these we do use in our lives every day and never stop to think
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TO WHAT EXTENT DOES GLOBALIZATION CONTRIBUTe TO SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL PEOPLE? The Contribution of Globalization to Sustainable Prosperity As citizens of this country and this world‚ we may be asked the question. To what extent does globalization contribute to the sustainable prosperity of all people. Many people will not be able to give you an answer‚ some may give a random explanation of globalization or sustainability that in fact has nothing to do with the topic being spoken of.
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What contribution can you make to the learning environment? Every educational institution aims to provide a quality‚ effective and engaging learning experience for all its students. This aim has always been central to every institution’s objective to achieve a significant success. And in this learning experience‚ the learning environment is one of its critical components. Those superior-quality services to support learning depend on effective collaboration between the academic staff responsible
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Rome & its Contribution Many methods and procedures that standardize today’s education are said to be products of early agricultural practices. Rome‚ one of the oldest civilizations to first stress the importance of education‚ has inadvertently influenced today’s educational format. Their focus on war and politics made it possible for roman individuals to set forth techniques that we would one day consolidate and thus produce the educational system of today. Once a small republic state‚ Rome had
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together was geography and a struggle for freedom. His personal prestige as a war veteran and commander-in-chief meant that George Washington was the only man in America who would be capable of a stitching the nation back together. Washington’s key contributions to America include bringing the country together‚ delegating his powers as president‚ and defining the role of the Presidency. No citizen felt beholden to a federal government over their own local or state government. Most of the people were suspicious
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leading French Protestant Reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.2 He was a contributing catholic. We see why and how he was suck a good religious man by his backround‚ biography‚ and contributions to Christianity. He created a thing called "Calvinism"3 which helped form Christianity. His life was certainly a remarkable one. John Calvin’s life started on July Tenth‚ 1509 in Noyon‚ in picardy‚ France.4 He was born of two middle
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