Born in 69 BC in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ Cleopatra VII was one of the most powerful women in all of history. From her early days of her throne at the age of 18‚ to ruling with her brother‚ to her love affairs with Caesar and Mark Antony‚ Cleopatra had achieved greatness through her empire and throughout her life until her end. Cleopatra was from a long line of the Ptolemaic dynasty that had ruled since the 4th century BC. Women were very rarely seen as a power figure during this time. Cleopatra is assumed
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revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor who portrays a female citizen of his city. Artworks are always communicating something‚ and by using Dr. Terry Barrett’s method of analysis and interpretation one can deeply
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the American classic which throughout the whole text exposed the several stereotypes that existed in our nation decades ago. To Kill a Mockingbird showed in depth stereotypes in the 1930s not only in fictional Maycomb‚ Alabama but throughout our whole nation at the time. The book emphasized on racial‚ class‚ gender‚ and even social stereotypes and how in many cases they were unfair and ridiculous in modern day opinion which is why it is a stunning piece of literature and was
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successful years were in 60s and 70s. He is probably best known for his 1971 season. That was his first year coaching at T.C. Williams High school. Tensions were high‚ because the school district had just became integrated. Racism was a huge problem in Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ consequently‚ this lead to complicated times trying to bring the team together. In an effort to bond the team‚ Coach Boone took them to Gettysburg. This is where he delivered the speech I have chosen to analyze. Point one: Upon arrival
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Alexander the Great was one of the greatest ruler’s and conquerors of all time. He conquered the mighty Persian Empire and most of the known world at that time. Alexander was born in Pella‚ the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was the son of an excellent general and organizer‚ named Philip II King of Macedon. His mother was Olympias‚ princess of Epirus. She was brilliant and hot-tempered. Alexander inherited the best qualities of both his parents. But he was even more ambitious than his
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life. If it weren’t for their constant strides towards a better tomorrow‚ civilization today might be less advanced. A lot of their academic achievement math and science has trickled down from the generations and into western civilization today. Euclid‚ a mathematician‚ is now viewed as the most prominent mathematician of all time. He wrote a book called "The Elements" and put all of his discoveries and theories into it. A lot of the math and science that we use today was influenced by his theories
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algorithm‚ or Euclid’s algorithm‚ is a method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two (usually positive) integers‚ also known as the greatest common factor (GCF) or highest common factor (HCF). It is named after the Greek mathematician Euclid‚ who described it in Books VII and X of his Elements. The GCD of two positive integers is the largest integer that divides both of them without leaving a remainder (the GCD of two integers in general is defined in a more subtle way). In its simplest
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industry‚ Moreover‚ the article “A Tale of Three Cities” mentions “The United Nations and other international agencies are cooperating with the Egyptian government to finance a new 200-million-dollar Alexandria Library near a possible site of the old one.” (Swerdlow) The quote illustrates that Alexandria preserves the cultural heritage and knowledge well‚ and that is essential to the tourism industry‚ that it would attracts tourist from all around the world. Similarly‚ Dubai also has the features of
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The Tsar felt he was taking the noblest path but this was seen as nothing more than a symbolic abandonment of the Russian people during their time of need. In abandoning the people the Tsar left his inexperienced wife - Tsarina Alexandria - in charge of Russia. Alexandria was to be heavily influenced by the enigmatic Rasputin‚ who from a peasant background‚ would influence all members of the royal family and ultimately shape Russia and its future. The people resented the obvious influence that Rasputin
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book series called metrica discovered in the period of about 60 AD. His formula for calculating the area of a triangle was one of the formulas which was written about in the books. Heron of Alexandria was also very well known by Hero. Their has been much debate on the birth date and ear of when Heron of Alexandria was alive. First people thought that it was around 150BC and the other school of thought was that he lived around 250BC. But later on historians were able to pin point the era that he lived
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