“It was personality and not circumstances that brought Hitler to power.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? From 1929 to 1933‚ Hitler’s rise to power was exponential. Many factors had helped him gain power in Germany; those included Hitler’s personality and of course‚ the political and economical issues that had arise during that period of time‚ helping him gain wide support. Although‚ both factors had helped and are significant to Hitler’s success‚ circumstance‚ compared to personality
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death was near; he was the most hated man in Rome. However‚ throughout his reign‚ he was regarded as a noble leader. "The Roman emperor Hadrian exercised a profound organizational influence on the Greco-Roman world. He worked successfully toward the codification of Roman law and the strengthening of imperial border defenses (Eadie 8)." Emperor Hadrian made many important contributions to Roman culture‚ and he was also known as one of the greatest Roman emperors in history.<br><br>Hadrian was born
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and Ancient Athens? Isabelle Han China and Ancient Athens were both very successful cities. The Chinese empire was much larger and was a more unified nation than Greece. Greece was made of many city-states that fought between themselves more often than they fought together. But despite their disputes‚ Greece had managed to produce many talented philosophers and historians‚ such as Pericles‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates‚ and Plato. Many historians think it was because of the Greek political system. The following
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The relationship between citizenship‚ rights to suffrage and representation can best be understood as an equation. Citizenship + Suffrage = Representation Citizenship is a term to that refers to the relationship between individuals and the government over the land in which they live. Suffrage in it’s most basic form is one’s eligibility to vote. It’s more considerate form takes into account the obstacles that one faces in the ability to vote. The final part of the equation is representation.
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72-hour Web chat sessions about what IBM stands for‚ open to every IBMer in the world. When he presented the plan to the IBM board‚ one of the directors‚ a former CEO‚ questioned him about whether this was “socialism.” Palmisano explained that this was the only way to build an enduring institution in which IBMers embraced and owned the values. “It wouldn’t do to create values from the top‚ like Watson did; today people are too sophisticated‚ global‚ and cynical. We want people to connect to the entity
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In 5th and 4th Century Athens unrestricted access to the legal system‚ as to other areas of political life‚ was the prerogative of the male Athenian citizen who had come of age. To what extent this unrestricted access to justice was extended to metics and slaves is open to debate however. Before I begin the main body of my essay I intend to lay down my understanding of metics and slaves in Athenian society before assessing specific legal cases regarding their access to justice. Firstly it is important
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Jennifer Howe WA 1 Comparing Linux Security Applications Introduction The pervasive adoption of the Linux operating system has led to a proliferation of new security tools and applications for ensuring the security of systems and applications. The intent of this analysis is to evaluate chroot jail‚ iptables and SELinux. These three security technologies are evaluated from the standpoint of which organizations were behind their development‚ in addition to an explanation of how each technology
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many in the modern world‚ however it is often disregarded that this conflict goes back millennia in the western world‚ all the way back to ancient Greece‚ and specifically back to the city-state of Athens. Though very different from the modern‚ western concept of democracy‚ Athens’ democratic system was revolutionary for it’s time and often stirred conflict between democratic and oligarchic forces‚ not only within Athenian society‚ but also among it and other city-states such as Sparta‚ and Greece
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Ancient Rome had two recognized classes of people living amongst the populace‚ the patricians and the plebeians. A patrician was described as a person of nobility or someone of noble origin. They had wealth‚ influence and political power over the plebeians. The plebeians were the commoners of the time‚ simple farmers and workers who considered second-class citizens and could not be part of the political system. While at first they were united to get rid of the Kings‚ thing quickly got sour
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Comparing Sparta and Athens Make a copy of this document and complete the information requested below. Sparta: Sparta was a polis that valued physical courage‚ strength and bravery in war. The Spartans gave their complete loyalty to the polis. Seven year old Spartan boys left their homes to train as soldiers in military camps. Spartan men lived and trained together. When a man married‚ he would continue to live with his fellow soldiers until he was about 30 years old. Both men and women
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