Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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” These were Augustus’s last words. Augustus was born Gaius Octavius on September 23 63 B.C. in Rome. Augustus’s father was a senator and governor in the Roman republic. Augustus was the nephew of Julias Caesar and then later became his heir. He was a teenager and was in Apollenia (modern-day Albania) when his uncle was murdered. Augustus was named Octavian before 27 B.C. He was the first and most powerful Roman emperor. Augustus was the most successful Roman emperor because he restored Roman peace
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leaders proved to be a successful and profitable action that completely abolished human rights of countries that were colonized but lined the pockets of the elite colonizers. Numerous countries were plundered and forced in to being ruled by superior and more powerful elite nations. However‚ after hundreds of years nations and peoples‚ who had been colonized‚ began to mobilize and gain strength in a basic attempt to gain sovereignty and nationhood. The French Colonial Empire was the second-largest empire
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GSubject: Business Strategy Case Study: Adolph Coors in the Brewing Industry Date: 10-Aug-2010 Coors was very successful in the mid 1970s. What was it’s Strategy ? Background Adolph Coors company is 113 years old with it’s major sales in Brewerage sector. In 1985‚ Beer division achieved record sales of $ 14.7 Million barrels‚ which was 13% high than the previous year‚ that too achieved at a time when Beer Sales were getting consolidated. Brewing division accounted 84% of Coor’s
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William Young Jr. had to potential of becoming one of the most well-known botanist of his time. With sponsorship from the Queen of England he was on his way to worldwide recognition. The only person in his way himself William Young Jr had so many things to offer his botany‚ but he let the royal lifestyle get in the way. John Bartram his mentor was even envious of his mentees success. Getting royal backing was a once in a life time opportunity that botanist only dreamed of getting. With the backing
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Appeasement was the policy followed by the British‚ and later by the French‚ of avoiding war with aggressive powers such as Japan‚ Italy and Germany‚ by giving way to their demands‚ provided they were not too unreasonable. My opinion is that the whole appeasement policy was wrong because it was applied to a wrong person. It might have worked with some German government‚ but with Hitler it was doomed to failure. During the period of the appeasement policy‚ Hitler was still exploring the terrain
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The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed
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significant? With such great advancements in technology and civil rights this era helped shape what this country is today. The era of 1950 through 1975 was significant to America. This era was significant to America because of the Cuban missile crisis‚ the Apollo 13 disaster‚ and the march on Washington. The First thing that made 1950 through 1975 significant to America was the Cuban missile crisis. During October 14 through 28 of the year 1962 cold war tensions between the US and Russia were higher
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Herod the Great did‚ in fact‚ contribute greatly to the world at the time. Herod‚ being the ambitious ruler of the time‚ focused energy towards extending his power‚ influence‚ and borders. (BURRELL P 68) These accomplishments were found in several building projects such as fortresses‚ palaces‚ and entire cities. Additionally‚ Herod also was responsible for the hiring of several laborers and‚ of course‚ the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Some of these architectural buildings still
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Collectivisation caused a lot of suffering in the countryside and had devastating effects for people who worked on collective farms‚ with the amount of resources that the state was demanding during the famine it becomes clear that they did not care for agronomists living conditions. A.Nove‚ Source 4‚ clearly shows that the peak amount of cattle was 70.5 million in 1968 and that sharply fell to 38.4 by 1933 before recovering‚ giving weight to the argument because clearly people where struggling to keep up with
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