THE PERSIAN WAR The Persians and the Greeks were at war with each other in the Persian war. It started when the Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians
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In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the
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Lincoln (republican) takes the election by storm two hundred and twelve to twenty one over the democratic candidate! That’s fifty percent of the popular vote as the war grew stronger it was unlikely that Lincoln would win because previous losses at Bull Run and some other losses as well. Also that the Northerns were doubtful in Lincoln as the Southerners clung to this with hope. Many thought his loss could mean the end of war while Southerners held this hope but in the end Lincoln did get elected
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“They fought together like brother-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a seldom obligation.” Admiral Chester A. Nimitz was apart of the United States Navy‚ describing how the men fought. Hitler was a man who thought that Germans were the master race. So in order to show everyone that they were‚ he tried to over through the world‚ one country at a time. Hitler started persuading Germany to help them become the master race. In no time‚ young men‚ and eventually
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What is your plan for today‚ which university should I apply to‚ or maybe more complicated question‚ “which party will win the election”? Tons of conflicts‚ negotiations and decisions we are experiencing in our daily life and most of the time we spend seconds‚ minutes or maybe a few hours to come up with a proper decision. However‚ when the situation turns into challenging decision by estimating someone’s fate and determine his/her future‚ that time the decision must be further intelligent and brave
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Dear Mr. Shakespeare Wins as a Visually Striking Cinematic Poem By Joseph Reilly Shola Amoo’s 2016 film Dear Mr. Shakespeare takes a monologue poem referencing Shakespeare’s Othello and matches it against thought provoking scenes. Dear Mr. Shakespeare is sure to leave viewers talking as the spoken word film taking racial concepts from Othello raises historical questions on race relations‚ Shakespeare’s owns views‚ and puts a different twist on the classic story. The film is just as discomforting
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positions‚ and could then put his own supporters in key jobs. This meant that those who could help Stalin were on his side‚ and he had effectively ended all Bukharin’s chances of becoming leader. The second most important reasons for Stalin’s ability to win the power struggle are all to do with the fact that he did not propose any new policies.
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John Floyd‚ William Wirt‚ and others. Again‚ but he lost. Jackson had 219 of the 286 electoral votes‚ Clay had 49‚ Wirt had 11‚ and Floyd had none. Even after this tough loss‚ he continued to run. He ran in the 1844 election with a hope to win this time. He was running against James Polk. Polk was considered a “Dark Horse” because no one really knew anything about him. This being‚ Henry Clay thought he for sure had the election in the bag. However‚ here was one problem‚ the annexation of Texas.
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“Thirteen years of conservative misrule” How far does this explain Labour’s election victory in 1964? (50) In 1951 Winston Churchill’s Conservative party‚ won the general election‚ and this would be the start of 13 years of Conservative rule spanning three prime ministers. This rule was ended in 1964 by Harold Wilson’s reunited Labour party. In this essay‚ I will look at the factors which led to the Labour victory. Whilst in power the Conservative government made many mistakes‚ a key example
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intention really was. Because the above document were made on the campaign trail for presidency‚ I think it was a needed right-time strategy for Abraham Lincoln to play polictics. By twisting the words in his public speech‚ he made a bet in the belief that he might satisfy both sides: abolitionists and people who did not support racial equality and recruit as many votes as possible so that he could win the election.
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