Empires of the past had long taken to conquering foreign lands for the sake of national glory and power among other things. This trend reached a new stratum of efficiency and competition during the age of Imperialism. In the late 1800s‚ Europe was a continent of nervous and proud empires with a mistrust of others. As such‚ when King Leopold of Belgium sent envoys to the Congo‚ there was a great flurry in Europe to open trade there as well. Due to the fertile resources in Africa‚ and the superior
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Love For some people love is a complete devotion and endless adoration‚ for others is a temporary feeling that will disappear in time. For some people it is a fairy-tale and for others it is a dream come true. Some people say love is once-in-a lifetime thing and others believe that after one love comes another. The more you think about what love is the more you get closer to the true meaning of this feeling- the more you realize that the definition of love is probably your own‚ unique and sincere
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Externally‚ the Gilded age appears shiny and golden‚ but once the sheen wore off‚ the tarnished‚ worn material is revealed. Amidst the Gilded age‚ businesses used the newly expanding economy to prosper‚ but at the cost of thousands of immigrants slaving daily in inhumane conditions. With the increase in disturbing treatment of the blue collar worker and a lack of regulations it seemed as if no end was in sight for workers. Fed up and running out of hope‚ a movement emerged from the smoke. Many took
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Love is an incredibly powerful word. But what exactly is love? According to Webster‚ Love is “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties” or “warm attachment‚ enthusiasm‚ or devotion.” But is something so overwhelming really as simple as these definitions make it appear to be? No‚ love is an extremely complex word that can’t be summed up into a few short sentences. Though love isn’t effortless‚ “true” love is gained by practicing numerous virtues that include trust‚
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Love is defined as a profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another person. For some people‚ love is complete devotion and endless adoration. For others is a temporary feeling that will disappear in time. For some people‚ it is a fairy-tale‚ while for others it is a dream come true. Some people say love is once-in-a lifetime and others think that after one love ends‚ another comes. The more one tries to find a universal definition of love‚ the more one can get confused with all the meanings
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Age of Responsibility People always think that there is a specific age when an individual can become an adult‚ more mature and responsible. You know? But does that really define the truth? A person/individual should be considered as an adult when the mind is matured at its own time. The responsibility and maturity of a person depends on the themselves and when they are ready. In the article‚ “What is the Age of Responsibility” written by Allen Greenblatt‚ published on September 30‚ 2009 states
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The Dark Ages was a time of many systems and new innovations‚ but was very poorly recorded. From previous lessons about the Dark Ages prove that it wasn’t a time of Darkness‚ but simply a middle ground between the era or Ancient Greece and Rome and the Renaissance. Hence the name‚ The Middle Ages. The Dark Ages is an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages only in the sense of lack of innovations and knowledge recorded for the easier connection of the Renaissance thinkers and the great knowledge
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The words that describe the Jazz Age are that it is “associated with sophistication‚ modernism‚ exuberance‚ consumerism and decadence‚ and the introduction of jazz music.” Jazz music originated in New Orleans. Louis Armstrong is believed to have put Jazz on the musical map. Developing in speakeasy cellars‚ not everyone approved of or appreciated Jazz. Ragtime‚ Jazz and music from Broadway musicals dominated the Jazz Age. Jelly Roll Morton‚ King Oliver‚ Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
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What ruins Love? Everyone knows that love is hard to come by but what they don’t know is how to handle it when it does come by. Many things in life can destroy a happy marriage or the perfect relationship. Relationships are not pitch perfect as they show in movies. To be in relationship it is essential to take a responsibility to stick with it when things go wrong. Dishonesty‚ long distance‚ mistrust‚ misunderstandings‚ difference in priorities‚ circumstances etc. there are endless reasons that
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The Middle Ages in Europe were characterized more by despair. The Middle Ages lasted from about 500 to 1500. It was a time of war and plunder‚ of hardship and suffering. The Middle Ages were dominated by diseases such as the Black Death‚ which decimated the population. There were also a lot of poverty‚ fear of Muslim invasion and wars such as the long Hundred Years’ war. A series of crisis including plague and war in the Later Middle Ages transformed European society. The Black Death also known as
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