To gaze upon the majestic ruins of the Mayan civilisation which collapsed over a thousand years ago‚ one is often stirred with wonder and a deep sense of curiosity (Diamond‚ 2005‚ p157-8). What happened to this great empire and what brought about its demise? The tremendous task of erecting such elaborate and colossal structures was clearly performed by the hands of a well-organized and adept group of humans (Crist and Paganini‚ 1980‚ pg24). Their empire occupied a vast area of roughly 325000 square
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"Why Did You Kill Me?" On March 1‚ 1932‚ the 20-month-old son of famed aviator Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped from his nursery in the Lindbergh ’s home near Hopewell‚ New Jersey. The kidnapping generated worldwide interest‚ and both the New Jersey State Police and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) launched massive investigations. Four years later‚ a 36-year-old German immigrant‚ Richard Bruno Hauptmann‚ would be executed for this
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eralWhy did the Liberals introduce reforms? There are many reasons why the Liberals introduced reforms. My first and in my opinion‚ most important reason why the Liberals introduced reforms was the politically motivated‚ political rivalries. Winston Churchill’s former party the Conservatives had already brought in some reforms‚ which showed the first signals for the Liberals to do so too. However‚ it was the newly formed Labour party which were the big competitors for the Liberals. They begun
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World War Two did not change the way Australians lived completely‚ but it caused significant changes in many aspects of life‚ such as women’s independence‚ Australia’s multiculturalism and Australia’s foreign affairs. Women were able to go out into the workforce‚ Australia’s population increased greatly with a lot of ethnically diverse families formed and relationships with countries such as the United States were created. During World War Two‚ husbands‚ fathers‚ sons and brothers were called upon
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Have you heard of Romeo and Juliet? Do you wonder what else they could have done differently for them to still be alive and for nothing to happen? Well I have a few perspectives on the situation and what possibly could’ve happen differently. First thing maybe if Romeo talked to Juliet’s father about being with her. He could’ve asked Juliet’s father to marry her and be with her. Any of this wouldn’t of happen. He wouldn’t have met Juliet. He wouldn’t have to go through all this. Most likely he
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were attacked every day they would get outmatched and get defeated easily by the Romans‚ but the question was how did Rome Empire fall at the time.It’s unbelievable because it was the last empire that ruled a lot of places in the world and was one powerful empire that everyone would fear. The three main points were what was the Roman empire‚why was the Roman empire powerful and why did rome collapse. The Roman empire was one of the long lasting empires that ruled a lot of countries in europe at the
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As you know the play Romeo and Juliet is so iconic and so many people have read it. But‚ why did Romeo and Juliet die? Who is the one to blame? The main blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the family feud because of the tension and secrets throughout both families. Firstly‚ tension between the families because Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris‚ but Juliet knows she can’t because she is already married. “marry my child‚ next Thursday morn‚ The gallant‚ young‚ and noble gentleman‚ The
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Why did Hitler hate the Jews? Adolf Hitler‚ ruler of Germany from 1933-1945‚ and his Nazi Party murdered more than half of Europe’s 11 million Jews in the Holocaust. The vast majority of these murders took place in just 4 years from 1941 to 1945. Hitler was able to do this because of his feelings of hatred towards the Jews (known as anti-Semitism) were shared by many other Germans and people in Europe. Anti-Semitism was not invented by Hitler or the Germans. It existed everywhere in Europe and
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The Komagata Maru Step 2: Who was involved in this incident? Why had people decide to leave their home countries and come to Canada? Why were the people on the ship only the ones to not get a visa that easily (the race)? How could have the people on the ship come into Canada? How many people were on the ship? When did this happen? Step 3: Laws became more strict and discriminating At the time Canada needed people to fertilize the western farmland‚ but they preferred those from the US‚ Britain
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Why were certain groups for secession? Would you like to live in the south where you are mainly an agricultural state? Where the Confederate comes into your house and took food and your children’s clothing. Where the people who ruled your country where into factories‚ and tax your goods? I think not‚ these are some of the few reasons the south wanted to secede. So now this can explain‚ why were certain groups were for secession? The people who were for secession were mainly the slave owners and
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