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    Ancient Rome has had a very diverse culture. Over time‚ there culture has been politically and culturally changed‚ and its legacy and traditions have even continued through the 100 C.E. eras to the 600 C.E. era. Therefore over a long period of time the Latin‚ political ways‚ monarchy‚ Christianity‚ and priests have all differed or stayed the same over the 100 to 600 C.E. time era. Over this time period of 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. the continuity of the Roman Empire have had two major things that continued

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    School Life in the 1950's

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    School Life in the 1950’s School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth‚ discrimination‚ sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In

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    the process of work and living have seen significant changes that influence our society. Let us imagine that we woke up to a work day in 1950’s and how different it would have been than our work life today. Obviously‚ there would not be technology enthralling our world everywhere around us and not to mention‚ cell phones without which‚ we cannot imagine our life. What has changed and why is the world so addicted to technology? Nowadays‚ we depend more on technological competence than anything else

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    The Life of a Slave in the 1800’s Life as a slave was very difficult. As many as 4.5 million slaves were working in Southern plantations in the early to mid-1800’s. There were two types of slaves; field slaves and house slaves. People think that being a house slave was easier but this proves that theory wrong. Slaves had terrible environments‚ were separated from family and friends‚ and were sometimes beaten to death. Whites knew that slavery was wrong and immoral. Though‚ it still continued. Being

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    Geography/ Ancient Greece and Rome DBQ Ancient Greece and Rome DBQ The cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome have influenced the world’s modern day culture quite lavishly. The question that I was asked to answer is‚ how precisely the Ancient Greece and Rome had influences our au courant culture. I established that they did indeed‚ help form what is today’s Government‚ Architecture or Engineering‚ and Literature or Art among so many other different things. The Ancient Greek and Roman governments

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    Ancient Rome was known for not only all the art‚ agriculture‚ and language‚ but also the calendar created. The calendar helped the Roman people to what time of year it was and it is still used today. Many people benefited from the calendar and used it in their daily lives. Ancient Rome developed a lot because of the calendar and how it made life easier in Rome. The calendar was developed because they didn’t think 304 days aligned with all of the seasons. King Numa Pompilius reformed the calendar

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    as a strong‚ happy character despite her misgivings in life. Veronica was written in 1995 by Adelwale maja-pearce. Even with their differences the characters have similarities even though their backgrounds are so different. In Veronica the writer is trying to get sympathy from the reader by talking about her background ‘I would lie awake listening to her screams’. This makes the reader feel sorry for Veronica as Adelwale maja-pearce describes Veronica as poor girl with little fortune. However this

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    Advancements and the Development of Agriculture in Ancient Greece and Rome Compare and contrast the development of institutions and traditions such as political‚ social‚ economic‚ or intellectual in any of the two classical civilizations: China‚ India‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ Mesoamerica‚ Andes. The rise of the Greek Empire was around 1000 B.C.E. The city of Rome was founded in 753 B.C.E. by Romulus; although‚ research reveals the area was inhabited before that time. The development of institutions

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    With so many homeless people roaming the streets and begging for money‚ there needs to be a place or way they can make money for shelter. There are roughly 1.56 million homeless people in the United States alone. With the 1.56 million homeless people off the streets‚ we will have cleaner parks‚ streets and public facilities. Yes‚ there are homeless shelters‚ but what if there was another option? What if we went back to 264 BC and followed some of the tradition Roman gladiators lived by. In

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    Ancient Rome and Bravery

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    person may jump from a plane or walk on fire to show that he/she is truly brave. Then again‚ sometimes bravery is something that a person has inside him or her and is never shown as an action at all. For thousands of years‚ people have used words that describe the concept of bravery. The history‚ or etymology‚ of the English word bravery is as follows. The word originated in Latin as barbarous. The Romans who spoke Latin were warriors so it is logical they would have a word that talked about their courageous

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