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    While his family is important to him‚ Kreon places more value on obeying the law than on doing what is best for his family. His ethics are shown when he is willing to kill Antigone‚ the woman his son loves‚ because she went against his edict. Rather than pardon her and allow his son to be happy‚ Kreon remains faithful to the letter of the law and punishes Antigone. Kreon‚ Ismene‚ and the seer Koryphaios are having a conversation and the seer attempts to dissuade Kreon from killing his

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    heir to the throne to realize his disastrous mistakes before the entire welfare was destroyed by Protestants. King Louis XIV was also biased to his own religion‚ him being Catholic along with Maria Theresa. His grandfather‚ Henry IV had published the Edict of Nantes‚ granting Protestants religious freedom in France to settle disputes. Henry was

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    treated better they would respond in kind. In the text The Jews‚ A History it states‚ “Joseph ll issued his Edict of Toleration‚ which sought to ”make the Jewish nation useful and serviceable to the state mainly through better education and enlightenment of its youth…”the edict promised many social benefits to Jews” Dohms belief in removing restrictions on the Jews was implemented by Joseph lls edict of abolishing laws forcing Jews to wear distinctive clothing and laws prohibiting them exiting their homes

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    By revoking the Edict of Nantes with the Edict of Fontainebleau distressed the Huguenot community in France. This caused nearly 400‚000 people of the Protestant community in France to flee and find religious freedom again in other countries like “England‚ Prussia‚ Holland and America”(The Editors of Encyclopædis Britannica). The revolution of the Edict of Nantes required all Protestant churches to be closed and banned anybody in France

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    The President of India has approved 393 Gallantry and other Defence awards for the personnel serving the country in either of the three forces- Army‚ Navy and Air Forcerespectively. They are - Common to all the Three Forces Param Vir Chakra It is the highest award for showing conspicuous bravery or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice‚ in front of the enemy either on land‚ at sea‚ or in the air. It is second only to Bharat Ratna given by Government of India. The decoration was instituted

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    monarch shouldn’t be in power. To disobey the monarchy was treason. People of a different faith were getting persecuted all because they chose to worship differently. The Edict of Fontainebleau‚ signed in 1685‚ was made up of 12 articles stating the following: Article 1 revoked the Edict of Nantes signed by henry iv and the Edict of Nimes signed by louis xiii which demolished all standing reformed churches. Articles 2 and 3 banned worship of the reformed church‚ including the lords. 4 was the banishment

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    The Huguenots were the members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 1500s and 1600s. French Protestants were inspired by John Calvin’s writings in the 1530s‚ and by the 1560s they were called "Huguenots." The word Huguenot was used originally in mockery. Its origin is indefinite‚ but there are several theories. The most popular theory is one that suggests the word derived from Swiss politician Besançon Hugues and the religiously conflicted nature of Swiss republicanism during his

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    Pingali Venkayya |Pingali Venkayya | |[pic] | |Pingali Venkayya | |Born |2 August 1876 | | |Masulipatnam‚ Madras Presidency | | |British India

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    TOVREA AP World History 600 BCE-600 CE - Daily Schedule 15B 8000 BCE- 600 BCE Unit Assessment HW: Vocab/Study 2.1 16A In class: Lecture Americas; test analysis; map activity HW: Vocab/Study 2.1 17B In class: Lecture Americas; test analysis; map activity HW: Vocab/Study 2.1 18A In class: Quiz 2.1; Rome video Persia Webquest activity; Lecture What is an empire? HW: Read/Study Dates 19B In class: Quiz 2.1; Rome video Persia Webquest activity; Lecture What is an empire

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    Reforms of Diocletian

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    "Discuss the reforms of Diocletian. What were they‚ why did he think they were necessary‚ what impact long and short range." Be sure to include comments regarding dominate‚ tetrarchy (not year of 4 emperors)‚ edict of Prices (Bailkey Lim) and Xp (Christians). Diocletian affects greatly the modern world. End of antiquity was around 9th century. Diocletian brought an end to the period popularly known to historians as the "Crisis of the Third Century" (235–284). He established an autocratic government

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