Every autumn for the past 88 years‚ the National FFA Organization‚ the largest youth agricultural organization in America‚ has held its National Convention & Expo‚ and every year the school sends its agricultural students to compete. Their opponents consist of all over the nation‚ from Washington State to Florida. This year at the convention in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ senior Leianna Dolce and alumna Kelli Knapp took third in the nation for their work in the Social System category. Their project concerned
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The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture
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young Marguerite Duras and the son and the son of a wealthy Chinese man. The story deals with the culture differences and defiance of society and of tradition and culture. Marguerite Duras was born in Indochina‚ a region which was part of the French colonial empire in Southeast Asia. She grew up with two brothers‚ her mother was a headmistress and her father did while she was still very young. Her mother struggled to bring up her children‚ they were raised in poverty. The majority of the book revolves
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The French in Indochina Creation Before French colonization‚ Indochina was broken up into three independent‚ separate countries in Asia. They were known as the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)‚ the Laotian Kingdom (Laos)‚ and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were ruled by emperors from neighboring China for hundreds of years before the French took over. The emperors had nominal rule however. One of the old social facts of pre-Indochina included the emperors collecting revenue. But the taxes were
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Empire or Emperor? An empire is a state‚ or political system that exercises coercive power over a population. Those with larger populations are more frequently labeled as empires. They conquer‚ rule‚ and extract resources from other states and peoples. Usually‚ empires encompass a considerable variety of peoples and cultures within a single political system. The negative things that come with an empire cannot be overlooked. Many empires are known by their violence‚ exploitation‚ oppression‚ cruel
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Postcolonialism is a term that ranges from artistic actions‚ political theories‚ cultural theories‚ and social ideologies which have created a new genre of African writers in the mid to late twentieth century that theorize this term. The fallout‚ drawbacks‚ and social emergences that have come out of colonialism appear to have taken the definition of postcolonialism up to a certain point because according to some theorists of postcolonialism‚ the definition still remains subjective. At this point
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The emergence of second-wave empires in 500 BCE coincides with the decline of earlier river societies‚ also known as first-wave civilizations‚ which were present from approximately 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. River valley societies were‚ as its name suggests‚ situated near rivers as a source of water for irrigation and everyday use. In comparison‚ second-wave empires adopted many traits from earlier civilizations and elaborated on them or completely changed them. Despite bearing some minor similarities
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strike of 1947-48 in French West Africa. It contains conflicts of political‚ emotional and moral nature. Ultimately‚ Sembene’s novel is one of empowerment. It brings to light the tension between colonial officials and the African community among the railway men as well as the struggle of the African community to free itself from being subjected to colonial power. Frederick Cooper’s article‚ "Our Strike: Equality‚ Anticolonial politics and the 1947-48 Railway Strike in French West Africa‚" helps
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forms. Little research however has been carried out into the origin and development of those forms. The explanations up to now do not say enough about who we are. For some St. Lucias folk culture is African. For others it is a mixture of Amerindian‚ French‚ British‚ African‚ East Indian etc. Not only are these explanations too general but because of this‚ they do not sufficiently contextualize the development of the culture within historical events‚ incidents and phenomena and consequently there is
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forces were defeated not only with the recognized American‚ British‚ and French soldiers but also with the unrecognized or forgotten soldiers of African nations. They perservered through racism and inequaility to defeat the same opponent as everyone else around the world‚ the Germans. • Important turning points in the film: The first major turning point in Days of Glory is when the African soldiers‚ fighting for the French‚ were successful in overtaking the hilltop from the Germans. The mission
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