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    Zulu Empire

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    Shaka Zulu There are many different story’s of Shaka Zulu but I’m going to tell you about his life and how created the Zulu Empire. Shaka was born in 1787.Shaka father name is senzangakhona. His father was a minor chief of one of the Zulu speaking clans. His mother name is Nandi she was the daughter of chief Mbhengi and the rival clan. Zulu family was from different clans so they considered it as a sin‚ so they separated. His mother went back to Elangeni and had Shaka. When he was born he was harassed

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    The Empire in Transition Explain the importance of the series of crises from the Sugar Act through the Coercive Acts. How did each crisis change colonial attitudes toward the mother country? In the pre-Revolutionary era‚ outrage was rampant throughout the colonies‚ as the British‚ seeking to correct their debts from the costly French and Indian War‚ decided to make good on direct taxation in the colonies‚ thus monopolizing the trade industry‚ and eventually‚ vying for total control of the

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    The rise of the Persian Empire was due to the first Achaemenid Emperor‚ by the name of Cyrus the Great. He united the Medes and the Persians and was able to build a great Empire. He brought a different form of architectural possibilities and was able to build the Capital City of Pasargadae. The Persian Empire was different from previous empires of the Middle East because they were well connected by roads and using a standardized official language‚ having a bureaucracy. Because they could communicate

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    This is an extract from: Byzantine Garden Culture edited by Antony Littlewood‚ Henry Maguire‚ and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington‚ D.C. © 2002 Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University Washington‚ D.C. Printed in the United States of America www.doaks.org/etexts.html The Vienna Dioskorides and Anicia Juliana Leslie Brubaker Dioskorides of Anazarbos‚ a physician and pharmacologist‚ wrote the Materia medica

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    Building an Empire: Engineering Marvels of the Roman Empire “Imperium Romanum”- Latin‚ the Roman Empire. At the height of their civilization the Roman Empire controlled over 2‚300‚000 square miles of territory that spanned through the continents of Europe‚ Asia and Africa. At the heart of the empire was the great city of Rome. A modern day New York‚ Rome boasted many incredible landmarks. Here was located the great Coliseum where many gladiatorial games were held for the entertainment

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    After the military venture of the Crusade in the early 13th century‚ Europe decided to get herself more involved in the world system. At the same time‚ on the East‚ the massive Mongol Empire was under the leadership of Chinggis Khan. The empire grew rapidly and descendants were sent invasions in all directions. With the Mongol’s developed technologies‚ various ideologies and commodities were dispersed and exchanged all over Eurasia. The East and the West both have strong cores. European powers in

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    The fall of the Roman Empire was inevitable by A.D. 476. Christianity had weakened the bonds that had held it together‚ the people became corrupt‚ and it got too big. It was also because of the barbarian attacks. All empires eventually fall and Rome’s time had come to an end. When discussing the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire one has to see that this occurred over many years and had many different facets. Each issue has to be addressed independently with the understanding that they simultaneously

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    Between the year A.D. 100 and A.D. 400 the Roman Empire declined and Christianity rose up and took its place. This was not easy though‚ when a massive city died all around them they had to stay strong and fight for what they knew was right. There where many factors that allowed the Christians to grow in this time‚ and the Romans never even knew it was happening. The roman religion was based on action rather then thought‚ so they didn’t think about what could be happening right in there own city. This

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    1. What was Justinian I’s role in the decline of the Byzantine Empire? After he died the decline of the Byzantine Empire started. 2. What challenges did the Byzantine Empire face from foreign forces? Foreign forces came and weakend the Byzantine Empire. 3. What effect did each of the different leaders of the Byzantine Empire between 800 CE and 1025 CE have on the strength of the Empire itself? Trade flourished under Basil and provided the empire with large amounts of wealth. Also‚ Basil strengthened

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    to force Serbia to give way‚ rather than settling the dispute between themselves. Secondly‚ some Austrian politians saw the assassination provided an opportunity for an attack against Serbia‚ and a way of solving the issue of Serbs in the Austrian Empire. On July 1914‚ the Austrian Government presented an ultimatum to Serbia‚ even though there wasn’t any proof that the Serbian Government had been involved in the assassination‚ and although the Serbs indicated they were reluctant to go to way‚ the

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