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    The Panama Canal had a very good impact on the world. They built it very well and the canal has been standing for 100 years now. With it being very well built‚ I would think that the canal would not be as well as it is because they overcame some of the worst possible outcomes. The Panama Canal was built North of Panama. Over 80% of Pittsburg in America went to help out on building the Panama Canal. Many different countries from around the world also came to help out. Mostly men came out to

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    someone need to accomplish in order to stand out as and become one of the most positive individuals to have an impact in the world? People of powerful minds of wisdom‚ compassion‚ and leadership can allow many helpful and constructive impacts in society to occur to make it a better place to live in. Nelson Mandela was a man of knowledge‚ positivity‚ and guidance that had an utmost‚ positive impact on South Africa by becoming the first black president of the nation‚ taking steps to end apartheid in South

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    Impact of Second World War on America The Second World War has a significant impact on the global political‚ economic and academic affairs. It is from this war that the United States rose to become the World’s super power. In his text titled From the Outside In: World War II and the American State¸ Bartholomew H. Sparrow discusses how the war impacted the growth of the federal government‚ the main focus being on labor management relations‚ public finance‚ social security and naval procurement. Currently

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    Greek Epics

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    Greek Epics There are some challenges in each history period‚ and authors will create some heroes in their epics that reflect values of the culture at the time. By studying the hero’s actions and his motivations‚ it tells the society conditions and the civilization of that history period. Homer; the authors of The Iliad and The Odyssey; and Vergil; the authors of The Aeneid are two of the greatest writers in ancient western civilization. There are heroes in these three literatures to reflect

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    Greek Mythology

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    The Greeks believed that the earth was formed before any of the gods appeared. The gods‚ as the Greeks knew them‚ all originated with Father Heaven‚ and Mother Earth. Father Heaven was known as Uranus‚ and Mother Earth‚ as Gaea. Uranus and Gaea raised many children. Among them were the Cyclopes‚ the Titans‚ and the Hecatoncheires‚ or the Hundred- Handed Ones. Uranus let the Titans roam free‚ but he imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hundred- handed Ones beneath the earth. Finally

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    Essay On Greek Culture

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    There are many greek influences on our culture today. However‚ these impacts are not very widely known in our modern society. The Greek culture affects our everyday way of life. They created democracy‚ the alphabet‚ libraries‚ the Olympics‚ math‚ science‚ architecture‚ and even lighthouses. Greecians created systems that would not be imagined in a person’s wildest dreams. They created things WELL that were way before their time. For example‚ democracy. If that is not an impact Greece has made on

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    had‚ his thinking still affects us today. He’s impacted the world in some many ways. When we bounce a ball we expect it to go down then come back up. When we jump up we realize were fighting the gravity pulling us down. When were in math class we realize because of him our lives are miserable. When we see an apple falling from a tree we remember the myth that gave him the idea of gravity. He developed the principles in physics‚ gravity and calculus we still use today. In Lincolnshire‚ England Isaac

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    Science Today

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    science has developed the world very rapidly. Without science we can not think our life comfortable and run smoothly and in fact impossible. In every step we need use of science to run our daily activity from getting up of bed in the morning. we need first brush and toothpaste to wash our mouth‚ to cook food‚ to see movie on tv‚ to talk with other with mobile phone‚ to send a message with fax machine‚ to photocopy official papers‚ to work with computer in offices and in every working places for

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    India of Today

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    India of today Respected teacher and my dear friend‚ every India long for an opportunity to speak about how India has evolved as a country to be what it is today. “We owe a lot to the India‚ who taught as how to count‚ without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made”. Tipu Sultan’s army was the first to use rockets. Bhaskaracharya discovery gravity in the 8th century‚ long before newton was even born. India has sent 13 scientific research expeditions to Antarctica since 1981

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    GREEK name

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    Greek name Roman name Image Functions and attributes Zeus Jupiter King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky‚ and thunder. Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Symbols include the thunderbolt‚ eagle‚ oak tree‚ scepter‚ and scales. Brother and husband of Hera‚ although he had many lovers. Brother of Poseidon and Hades. Hera Juno Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and family. Symbols include the peacock‚ pomegranate‚ crown‚ cuckoo‚ lion‚ and cow. Youngest

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