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    western civilization

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    Netherlands and Dutch Republic- united into a new kingdom German states- German Confederation that built on Napoleon’s Confederation of the Rhine Napoleon’s duchy of Warsaw became Kingdom of Poland and the tsar of Russia as the king. Prussia gained territory in Saxony and left bank of Rhine Austria claimed the Italian provinces of Lombardy and Venetia and the Dalmatian coast Metternich wanted to contain French aggression while maintaining France’s great power states Metternich > Austria; Castlereagh

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    Western Culture

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    Definition of western culture The term "Western culture" is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms‚ ethical values‚ traditional customs‚ religious beliefs‚ political systems‚ and specific artifacts and technologies. The concept of western culture is generally linked to the classical definition of the Western world. In this definition‚ Western culture is the set of literary‚ scientific‚ political‚ artistic and philosophical principles which set it apart from other cultural spheres

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    Slavery in the 1840s

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    Slavery was always a controversial issue in America. Many people saw slavery as an essential part of life in every aspect‚ while others saw it as immoral and an injustice to humanity. In the 1840s when Manifest Destiny started to thrive‚ things began to heat up. New territories meant a possibility for a new slave or free state in America. Because the new territories were allowed the right of popular sovereignty to determine whether they would have slaves or not‚ abolitionists and non-abolitionists

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    Nature-Nurture Controversy

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    Nature-Nurture Controversy Julie Gresham‚ RN Western Governors University Nature-Nurture Controversy It is a known fact that humans are born with a set of genes. 50% of the genes come from the father and 50% come from the mother. Genes determine your eye color‚ hair color‚ blood type‚ and some hard-wired behaviors to name a few. These descriptions describe “nature” theory. According to Sincero (2012)‚ “the nurture theory holds that genetic influence over abstract traits that may exist;

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    Church Council Controversy

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    doctrine had yet to be fixed. There have been more than seven church councils‚ but these crucial first seven‚ known as the Ecumenical Councils‚ were the most important in establishing official church doctrine. The seven councils span a time period over four hundred years‚ with the first council in 325 CE and the seventh in 787 CE. AD. Their decisions

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    Running head: Brand Extension Marketing Plan 1.0 Executive Summary The Recipe Modifier is Lakelands most recent innovation that has great potential to generate revenue for Lakeland‚ “the home of creative kitchenware.” Lakeland products have developed strong demand and this will be the driving force behind this particular product. Lakeland was initially a kitchenware provider but has extended its brand to offer a wide range of products that fulfill consumers entertaining‚ storage‚ cleaning

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    Capitalism and Slavery

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    nearly three million in 1800 and pecked at over six million in 1850. The soul purpose of these race-based migrations was forced labor. Slavery was a major institution in western antiquity. Slave trade opened up profitable markets for the investment of the cash surpluses accrued by merchants‚ as well as monarchs‚ aristocrats‚ guilds and clergy. This institution facilitated the rise of the capitalist classes‚ which ultimately became the ruling classes in the western countries. The transatlantic slave trade

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    Slavery to presidency

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    From Slavery to the Presidency ENG/101 February 16‚ 2014 When Barack Obama was born in 1961 it was inconceivable that America would one day have a black president. Generations of African-Americans before him carved out lives as slaves‚ with no hope of emancipation. Through the decades several small steps towards equal rights were made by several pioneering figures such as Martin Luther King‚ Malcom X and Rosa Parks to name a few. The perils of slavery have taught the African American how to endure

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    women in slavery

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    The Treatment of Black Enslaved Women In the middle of the 19th century‚ thoughts about slavery differed from males to females‚ predominantly throughout the white race. The gender of a slave remained the main controversial issue about slavery‚ due solely on the fact that the treatment of enslaved black women was by far different from enslaved black men. Black women were raped by their white owners and conceived children from the assaults. They also had to undergo unfair treatment by white women

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    Discuss O’Neill’s pledge to ‘build bridges between the two communities within our community’; paying particular attention to the controversy that arose around the siting of a new university in Northern Ireland (NI) When O’Neil assumed power of Stormont on the resignation of Brookeborough he pledged to build bridges between the two communities in NI. This was a ray of hope to the Nationalist community who had long felt discriminated against. However it was met with some derision from his fellow unionists

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