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    The four rulers who came after Augustus‚ all either related to Augustus or his wife‚ made up the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The emperors of this dynasty had taken much of the senate’s power and established an imperial government that consisted of skillful‚ freed men. This way of ruling led to an increase in corrupt and selfish doings by the emperor. One ruler of this dynasty‚ Nero‚ murdered people that got in his way‚ which eventually led to a revolt by the Roman army and to Nero’s suicide in 68 C.E

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    Compare Contrast Latin American and North American Civilization There were many similarities and differences in the Latin American and North American civilizations (1450-1700 AD). They had similar social and economic structure and differing political structures. Both used the same type of social classes. The North and Latin American civilizations had hierarchical social classes based on ethnicity. The economic make-up of the people living in the civilization was very diverse. The North had people

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    DBQ: How much economic opportunity truly did exist in colonial America‚ and what factors affected the colonists’ opportunities to succeed? America‚ the “land of opportunity”. Most people came to colonial America for this reason. They wanted the opportunities America had to offer. The biggest attraction was that people coming over as laborers could gain three times the wages as they were making in England. However‚ there were distinguishing factors that were considered pertaining to how much

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    Long Essay #1 The contact between Europeans‚ Native Americans‚ and West Africans helped to create and develope the New World. All three of these groups had different views of the world and different cultures. All of their ideas and beliefs coming together in the Americas helped shape the the New World in many ways. The Native Americans already came over to the New World by crossing a land bridge called the Bering Strait long before the Europeans or anyone else had gotten there. After time these

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    The Indian and the European (The American Nation) The conquistadores were brave and imaginative men‚ well worthy of their fame. It must not‚ however‚ be forgotten that they wrenched their empire from innocent hands; in an important sense‚ the settlement of the New World‚ which the historian Francis Jennings has called "the invasion of America‚" ranks among the most flagrant examples of unprovoked aggression in human history. When Columbus landed on San Salvador he planted a cross‚ "as a sign‚"

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    After the military venture of the Crusade in the early 13th century‚ Europe decided to get herself more involved in the world system. At the same time‚ on the East‚ the massive Mongol Empire was under the leadership of Chinggis Khan. The empire grew rapidly and descendants were sent invasions in all directions. With the Mongol’s developed technologies‚ various ideologies and commodities were dispersed and exchanged all over Eurasia. The East and the West both have strong cores. European powers in

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    Compare and Contrast: New England and the Mid Atlantic Colonists began arriving in the Americas in the early 1600’s. Some were seeking wealth and opportunity in the New World‚ others fleeing from persecution in their native country. Two distinct regions of the 13 British colonies were New England and the Mid Atlantic and though the two areas were governed by the British‚ in some ways they were quite different. Though they share similar backgrounds‚ the New England and Mid Atlantic regions differed

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    of classical empire? Classical empire is a broad expansion with centralized bureaucracy with city-states. The first classical empire was around 1000B.C.E. There was an increase in population growth during the classical empire such as increasing food and agriculture. The empires I will be discussing is Rome‚ China‚ and Persian. All of the empires have something in common. The Roman Empire were a major event in the Ancient Rome. Rome grew from a small town in Central Italy into a empire. In the beginning

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    The majority of African Americans in the 18th and 19th in colonial America were slaves. However‚ a small portion lived as free men and women. Although the promise of freedom seemed great‚ for African Americans‚ it was very limited. They faced persecution in nearly all aspects of society. However‚ for the slaves who had escaped the whip of slavery‚ there was nothing better than being free. Throughout the United States’ involvement in the slave trade‚ nearly 400‚000 slaves in the United States were

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    The Eastern Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire Constantine Roman emperor who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium (eventually became the Constantinople) in 330 A.D. Constantinople The eastern part of the Roman Empire. Located along the Bosporus shore‚ the shore that links the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. 395 A.D. When the capital of the Roman Empire was returned to Rome. Making Rome as the capital of the Western Roman Empire. 476 A.D. Fall of the Western

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