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    The character‚ Han Solo‚ in the film‚ “Star Wars: A New Hope‚” undoubtedly represents the characteristics of an anti-hero. Primarily‚ an anti-hero is not the typical‚ ideal hero; the anti-hero has many detrimental traits unlike the common hero. In the movie‚ Han is known to be a greedy person; he rescues Princess Leia with the intents of receiving a grand reward at the end. Further‚ he proved the fact that he was a coward when he favored his own ease and safety over Leia’s as he states‚ “better her

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    When the Han Dynasty of China fell in 220 AD‚ the country fell into turmoil and was ripped apart by power hungry warlords‚ looking to seize control of the tattered nation. During this time‚ Buddhism spread quickly throughout China‚ gathering many followers. It wasn’t until 570 AD that the Kingdom was restored to ‚ with the Sui Dynasty soon taking over. Around this time‚ Buddhism saw a drastic halting in its spread. During the time it spread throughout China‚ Buddhism was met with pious adoration

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    countless similarities and differences in techniques of imperial administration between Han China and imperial Rome‚ some differences are seen through their methods to justify central authority‚ family structure‚ and promotion of trade and food production. Despite the fact that both Han China and imperial Rome advanced centralized governments‚ they had contrasting tactics to justify central authority. Han China followed in their view of the‚ “Mandate of Heaven.” The Mandate of Heaven was used

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    Hans Berger: Creator of the Electroencephalogram A Research Essay San Francisco State University Author Note This essay was written for English 214: Second Year Written Composition‚ section 08‚ taught by Professor Mark Schleunes Abstract In the early 20th century the invention of the electroencephalogram impacted medicine greatly. After over 20 years of research‚ Hans Berger became the first to ever record human brain waves. Now‚ doctors are able to diagnose many different

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    Comparison Essay Nikhil Mahalanobis 9-14-13 Period 3 Throughout history there have been many‚ many empires that have risen and fallen throughout time. Starting with the small civilization of Sumer‚ all the way to our modern countries today‚ many have conquered and lost and grown. But no two civilizations are alike more than the civilization of ancient Rome and ancient Greece. Ancient Rome and Greece are two civilizations that are alike in ways which many are not. Both throughout

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    Han China Tourist Journal Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago‚ in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it‚ but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways‚ I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak‚ and

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    DBQ ​Technology in the Han and Roman empires had come a long way since earlier times. However‚ some of the people of these great states seemed to take this for granted. At least that was the attitude I got from three of the documents provided. But‚ mostly the attitude was positive. From the perspective of these government officials and philosophers‚ I perceived an attitude that ranged from very positive to openly negative. ​Two of the negative documents came from upper-class leaders. Document

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    1) What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when it has failed to the management by failing to have Enron establish and enforce its own internal control. There has been flaws to AA‘s internal control. There has been assumption that AA partners were too motivated by revenue recognition thus‚ overlooking several criteria when providing their services to Enron. Additionally‚ AA also recognised the retention of audit clients

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    much harder time staying true to Confucian gender rules to the letter. Lower class women in many cases could not stay in the inner quarters out of sight of men‚ for most had to work outside those quarters to support their family. In A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Women‚ one finally gets a first-hand look at the life of a lower class woman in late-Imperial China. Through analysis Ning Lao T ’ai-t ’ai ’s life‚ I ’ve come be believe that despite the unavoidability of women

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    decentralization occurred and upper classes’ values in both societies changed. In Han China‚ landlords ruled their neighborhoods according to their wishes. In Rome‚ farmers gathered under the protection of landlords. The decentralization occurred because in both societies‚ the central government was weakening and quality of imperial rule was declining so landlords became the source of power. Another reason was that in Han China‚ bureaucrats were becoming corrupt. In Rome‚ the upper class became more

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