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    caught a lot of attention and inspired lots of films‚ novels and book throughout modern times. The 13 century in the history of psychopathology it’s known by the time when asylums began to emerge. (Roberts‚ A. 1981/Birth of the City London Bedlam) In the above developments there weren’t specific places for the mentally ill‚ because in most cases they were pursued and punished. That’s why in this century another paradigm comes in and changes the way people saw the mentally disable. By this time people

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    distinct hierarchy of social classes. However‚ although there were similarities between the hierarchies of these civilizations‚ the manner in which they manifested themselves and the factors which led to an individual being in a particular class differed throughout the regions and time periods. As shown in document one‚ social classes were very dependent on occupation at times. In document one‚ an Egyptian father is shown instructing his son be academically successful‚ during the First Intermediate

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    In the 18th century‚ the legal framework of the criminal justice treated adults and juveniles in the same way. Children faced quite serious charges in the criminal courts that were not even imposed in some cases over adults. Treating juveniles as adults were problematic in several ways. The absence of proper distinction between offenders using many relevant parameters saw jails teeming with adult and child criminals. Later‚ progressive reforms changed the idea of treating children like adults‚ and

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    Tutorial Social Structure of 20th Century Russia  Largest country‚ land is quite useless (only 5% could be used for farming)  Russia was ruled by an autocrat who had absolute power  Serfdom and slavery was entrenched in Russian society  By 1914‚ 125 million people lived in Russia and of these only 55700 000 were Great Russians. What problems did this create??? Alexander I‚ Nicholas I and Alexander II • Contact with other European nations came under the reign of Alexander I during the Napoleonic

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    in the 17th century. The city was named Bombay by the Portuguese and it served as the city’s official name until 1995‚ when it was changed to Mumbai‚ and both names are popularly and commonly used. Its inhabitants are informally known as Bombayites or Mumbaikars. The present city was originally made up of seven small islands‚ composing mostly of mangrove forests and marshland dissected by rivers‚ streams and the sea. Fishing villages and settlements of the Koli and Aagris tribes developed on these

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    When first colonized by Europeans‚ the North American continent was vast‚ the work was harsh‚ and there was a shortage of labor. In the early seventeenth century‚ slavery introduced a solution and new problem for the New World. Brought to North American by a Dutch ship‚ the White Lion‚ to the colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619‚ slaves began to aid in the production of profitable crops‚ such as tobacco. These first captured Africans would reform the slavery system that evolved into a nightmare

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    It is known that‚ “The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon‚ which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes” (“Introduction to the Death Penalty”). In the seventh century B.C. the death penalty was a part of the Draconian Code of Athens while the death penalty was the only punishment for any crime. During this time‚ the death penalty came to the extent of drowning‚ beating to death‚ crucifixion‚ impalement

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    Essay 2 During the height of European Seaborne Empires‚ an evolution inspired by the travel and exposure to different worlds took place from the 15th century through the 18th century. Throughout this time‚ an early modern world economy developed through trade‚ crop cultivation and the Atlantic Slave Trade. The inevitable integration of worlds was driven heavily by the desire of wealth and power‚ fueled by greed and disregard to humanity. Although integration propelled the world forward with innovations

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    Absolutism in Europe changed the role of nobility completely in every country. For example‚ in France‚ nobles lost a lot of their power due to Louis XIV and his predecessors; also‚ in Eastern Europe‚ rulers such as Frederick William of Prussia changed the status of the nobility with his polices. In France‚ starting with Henry IV‚ the status of nobility started to fall when Henry started the idea of "nobles of the robe" in which middle class citizens could buy nobility from the king.

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    The Medical Catastrophes of the 18th Century Medicinal practices of the 18th century were more likely insufficient than effective in the eradication of ravaging disease. The 18th century was described as an era‚ “...of unreliable and often painful medical treatment”(Johnson) in the establishment of remedies to diseases such as cholera‚ smallpox‚ typhoid and tuberculosis that rid America of much of its population. Although the same ranges of disease affected both whites and slaves‚ the way that the

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