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    Was Alexander the Great Truly Great? Egypt proclaimed Alexander Pharaoh‚ their god-king when he was only the age of twenty-four (Smith 1). Alexander the Great gained the throne at the age of twenty. He was the leader of the Macedon and led his army through many great battles and victories. Alexander truly was “Great” because of the influence he had and all the things he did that were thought to be impossible. Alexander accomplished many feats thought to be unattainable. “Alexander and his army

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    other uses‚ see Advertiser (disambiguation). For content guidelines on the use of advertising in Wikipedia articles‚ see Wikipedia:Spam. For a proposal on advertising about Wikipedia‚ see Wikipedia:Advertisements. A Coca-Cola advertisement from the 1890s Marketing Key concepts Product marketing · Pricing Distribution · Service · Retail Brand management Account-based marketing Ethics · Effectiveness · Research Segmentation · Strategy · Activation Management · Dominance Promotional content

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    The responsibility for the Punic wars greatly shifts from one to the next as both Rome and Carthage were Superpowers in their own right and it was inevitable that there would be a collision and subsequent reaction from any action taken. This exhausting conflict was‚ according to Caven‚ a ‘contest in three rounds’ in which the Romans fought first for control of Sicily‚ then for the leadership of the western Mediterranean and finally to determine the survival or extinction of Carthage. By 270

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    Ah‚ America. One of the most stubborn nations in the whole world. Sadly‚ America was always like this and‚ even back to when it was first starting out‚ the people were like mules. The colonists that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Native Americans (oops!) were complaining about their ex girlfriend Britain all the time. They thought they were the victim in every scenario‚ when in reality‚ they were just being ignorant and only cared about themselves! Now‚ there has been a debate (not really)

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    African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900) The Civil War ended on April 9‚ 1865. The period known after the war was called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction (also called Radical Reconstruction)‚ the South was in economic‚ political‚ and social trouble. In 1865 Congress established the Bureau of Refugees‚ Freedmen‚ and Abandoned Lands. This became known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. It was a bureau ran by the United States Army‚ with several field

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    Hardships and Opportunities African Americans The outbreak of the Second World War brought many changes at home‚ and aboard for both minorities and white Americans. As men began to leave off to Europe and the Pacific‚ the nation was experiencing a large transition in social structure and demography. An overseas conflict made numerous industrial jobs available in the United States. Upon the war’s eruption‚ various minorities along with African Americans joined the city work force‚ all ultimately

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    To What Extent did Opportunities for African-American’s Improve in the years 1953 to 1960? Prior to the years of 1953 improvements had been made to the lives of African-American’s. During 1953 to 1960 opportunities for African-American’s improved significantly in many areas such as social‚ economic‚ political and justice. In saying that however‚ during this period the areas that improved opportunities for African-Americans also stayed the same as many of the improvements were quite limited. Limitations

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    Why Lutheran Education? To say education was important to Martin Luther would be an understatement. Most of the historical focus on his life and works remains with his work in polemics‚ translation‚ and biblical commentary. Not only was Luther a life-long learner of the Scriptures‚ he was also a skilled educator‚ though one may not always find his name immortalized in the hallowed halls of education like one could find his contemporary‚ Philip Melanchthon. This attitude‚ however‚ betrays an aspect

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    Nicole Novak HIS104-030 9/12/17 “The West and Native Americans” As Eric Foner stated in Give Me Liberty! An American History‚ dating back to the times of colonization‚ “the West had been seen as a place for opportunity for those seeking to improve their condition in life.” (Foner 613) By the mid-1800’s‚ the U.S. Government had acquired all the land West of the Mississippi River‚ land previously untouched by most Americans at this time. With the expansion of rail roads‚ capitalism‚ the idea of

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    It is beyond doubt that Liberal Italy was deeply in crisis by 1896 and because of Francesco Crispi’s poor economic and social decisions he was to most blame. The most important reason for Italy being in crisis was the economic problems it good into towards the end of the 19th Century. When Crispi came to power when the value of the Lire was rising against other world currencies; this made exporting goods from Italy much more expensive and made importing goods far cheaper. This hit the Italian

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