portrayed as totalitarian‚ ruling over its people with an iron fist. The book served as a warning‚ informing people of the dangers of communism and the abilities that it granted the government. These governments were not formed immediately‚ rather they built up from the ground gaining traction and courage as they gained support and followers. Totalitarian societies obtain their power through forcibly pushing their ideas on the people
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Pericles‚ and His Influence on Athens Pericles became the leader of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and was responsible for the rebuilding and reconstructing of this city. He became very powerful and well known through out the age of the 5th century‚ so powerful that this became known as the age of Pericles. He was the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. His father‚ Xanthippus was a military leader during the Peloponnesian Wars and was the victor at the Battle of Mycale. He would later
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commercialization‚ business people improved tremendously‚ while aristocrats did not do so much improvement‚ or even maintain stability‚ at all. Socially‚ during industrialization‚ the social status and importance of aristocrats changed; value did not depend on birth but on money. Also‚ after around
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identities. The androgyny of Nijinsky’s characters merged the vast chasm of perceived differences between the male and female sex‚ symbolically connecting the two (Karthas 982). This connection made by Nijinsky in his choreography mirrors the actual groundbreaking scientific study about sex and gender that was happening at the time. In 1896 a German doctor named Magnus Hirschfeld began scientific research on sexuality; in particular he focused on the idea that there weren’t simply two sexes‚ but that
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was challenged with creating a new game. In this essay I will discuss the “how” and “why” Dr. Naismith invented the game. I will argue that components from his childhood‚ and his experience playing a variety of sports helped him in the creation of the game. Furthermore‚ his demeanor and personality played a large part in creating the game to be played as it was originally designed. Finally‚ I will discuss how the first game of basketball was played‚ how it was received by the players‚ and Dr. Naismith’s
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In the mid 1400’s‚ a lot of the people were poor and uneducated. They didn’t know how to read or write. They only people who were educated were the popes or the people working in the church. The popes and the church people really took advantage of the poor and the uneducated. They told them that they only way their relatives are going to heaven is by them paying indulgences. After all of this‚ the Renaissance happened and it changed everything. The renaissance was a cultural movement that began
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the mid-1850s were The Whig‚ Know-Nothing‚ Liberal‚ Free-Soil‚ and the Republican Parties. Many of the parties in this time were even losing support and just overall failing. This could make other parties grow and expand and get out there more. In this time Political Parties were gaining and losing support left and right. Because of this‚ many problems occurred. We see so many times in history‚ that some things just don’t go well. There are so many failures that occur in history. There need to
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It took the Japanese over six years to defeat the chinese. They thought it was going to be easy to defeat the chinese but they were mistaken. It was not going to be an easy win if they wanted to expand their empire they were going to have to work hard. The japanese expansion began in 1931. The Japanese didn’t expect it to last as long as it did and it had a extremely impact on their economy. They realized China was going to be too hard they had made various attempts and had failed. They decided
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examining Brutus’s intentions in killing Caesar and determining whether he should be punished for being part of the plot to assassinate the leader of Rome. The resolution of this case will either justify Brutus and the other conspirators’ act of murder or avenge Caesar’s death. Due to his overly ambitious nature and false claim that he did what was best for Rome‚ I believe that Brutus killed Caesar to gain power and therefore should be punished for his involvement in the murder. Brutus’s actions when he
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the white house. Although he had some flaws‚ Nixon did many good things for America that changed our country for the better. History has definitely not judged him fairly. Nixon‚ who was the 37th President of the United States‚ did do a lot of good things while in office. In 1972‚ he reopened America’s relations with China‚ which was necessary to acquiring the goods our country needed. Secondly‚ Nixon played a major role in the detente(a period of time characterized by improved relations between the
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