Why were the Greeks defeated at Thermopylae? The battle of Thermopylae was the first between the Persians and Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480-479 BC. The Greek force was very small but was determined to make a stand against the huge Persian army. The battle of Thermopylae resulted in a massive loss to the Greeks as the Persian army heavily defeating them. According to Herodotus‚ the Greek army did not have enough troops to maintain the Persians troops so they were heavily outnumbered
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A national standard for tobacco regulation is more important than allowing states to set their own standards for tobacco regulation. Tobacco use has been proven to be an addictive carcinogen and therefore its regulation should be viewed as a natural rights issue because it threatens the health and safety of the individuals protected under the constitution of the united states. Tobacco use and regulation is a moral issue. Economic pressures would prevent states from mandating and upholding an
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What should the tax from tobacco sales be spent on? I think that the tax collected from tobacco sales should be spent on whatever is necessary at that time. In an article 1 written by Clive Bates‚ He said that the cost of NHS health care on smoking related illnesses is only £1.7 billion on average per year compared to the £10.5 billion raised in taxes. This shows that we could pay for the health care from the money raised in taxes. However‚ is this morally correct? We know that we can treat most
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A) I have chosen cigarettes to be my market transaction as it is has a very large and wide market. A cigarette is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco‚ often combined with other additives1‚ Cigarettes is produced to satisfy the growing population of smokers. Smokers are hooked to a substance called nicotine that is in a cigarette along with other harmful substances. Cigarette is a great product to be selling for
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Slavery’s Effect on Political Party’s During antebellum America there were a lot of different parties‚ acts‚ and compromises created due to slavery. This issue is what eventually led our nation to the Civil War. Although U.S. expansion during the 1850’s was not the main reason why the nation got torn apart‚ the increase of land was a catalyst to it. The fact that there was equilibrium in congress between the North and the South was basically the last hanging thread before war. After the conquest
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topic‚ instead‚ they think about how professional the environmentalist looks and he sounds very educated‚ and they come to be persuaded by his speech. Their attitude can be temporary and be subject to change at any time. This would be example of a peripheral route. How does the tobacco industry example fit into our understanding of impression management? "We see making a good impression as a way to gain social and material rewards‚ to
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If I were coming to Jamestown as a Tobacco Bride‚ I would only pick things that I think are most important for the journey and my new life. First‚ I would pack my two best dresses‚ because I would want to look nice when I was being chosen. I would also want to bring a small amount of food that wouldn’t spoil‚ such as dried fruit‚ so that I would have food if I didn’t get enough to eat on the ship. Another thing I would bring would be a coat or jacket‚ because the ship probably wouldn’t be very warm
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This assignment will discuss the influence of tobacco smoking on the physical health; on the social life of people and any benefits that are associated with smoking. Tobacco smoking has been called the biggest single cause of preventable ill health and premature death in the United Kingdom (UK) (Department of Health in Naidoo and Wills‚ 2001). The UK is in the grip of a smoking epidemic: an estimated 106‚000 people in the UK are dying needlessly each year because of smoking
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The issue of teenage smoking in the United States proves a major and highly controversial subject between how to prevent it and how to stop big-business tobacco companies from targeting children. For the purpose of gathering information about this topic‚ I used various different search engines; however‚ SIRS Researcher was the most resourceful one. In fact‚ when using SIRS Researcher you had the ability to type in exactly what needed and in most cases the information searched (sometimes articles
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laws‚ disproving Social Darwinism‚ and creating more useful tariffs. The United States government addressed problems with the method of managing economics. Companies used the “spoils system” to influence and reward people for joining a certain political party (Shi and Tindall‚ 643). This meant that workers not participating in politics lost potential money to others who labored the same amount. To combat this view‚ Hayes expressed his idea of basing pay on only merit; the more one worked‚ the more
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