TAKE-HOME MIDTERM ESSAY The decision to drop the A-bomb was chosen for several reasons‚ first and foremost to end the war against Japan. This strategy was decided upon because Japan’s war-fighting industries were highly concentrated in metropolitan areas‚ but weren’t zoned away from residential areas‚ and those cities had a high proportion of flammable materials. Operation Downfall was the original plan which caused for a massive invasion of Japan by mostly US forces. The casualty estimates
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RENASSIANCE 1400 Italy Rebirth Stressed secular subjects in lit and art Italy = center bc connected to roman tradition‚ led in banking and trade Focused on stylistic grace‚ practical ethics and codes of behavior Francesco Petrarch Art- nature and people‚ perspective Classism architecture from Greece and rome Commerce and shipping Iberian penninsula Chapter 7 Outline The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Era i. Abbasid Empire disintegrated between the ninth and
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biotechnology------------------------------------------------- Before the Common Era[edit] * 7000 BCE – Chinese discover fermentation through beer making. * 6000 BCE – Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid-producing bacteria by various cultures. * 4000 BCE – Egyptians bake leavened bread using yeast. [1] * 500 BCE – Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. * 250 BCE – The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility. [2] * 100 BCE – Chinese use chrysanthemum as
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“The Era of Exploration witnessed the rapid political‚ economic‚ and social intrusion of Europe into the New World. Between the 15th and 17th Centuries several countries influenced the development of the Americas. Select the most successful and influential colony and compare it with another European Colonial structure. Be sure to include historical themes in your written argument.” The Era of Exploration did witness the rapid and political‚ economic‚ and social intrusion of Europe into the New
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History and Music Alex Brown Music doesn’t change. It stays the same day in and day out. It has the ability to spark furry‚ or the power to tranquil a mind. It can cause a revolution‚ or mellow a storm. Music‚ like Malcom X. Like Martin Luther King Jr. Like Gandhi‚ brings change. Music lasts over time‚ even now in the 21st century Skynard‚ The Stones‚ The Beatles‚ and ACDC are still on the stations and album shops all over America. The amazing thing about music is that it affects everyone in a different
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IPod has completely upgraded and has literally revolutionized the world. Many changes have come about the iPod in the timespan of about 12 years. The most high tech and popular IPod is the IPod touch. Throughout this paper‚ I will discuss a brief history of how the IPod was developed and designed. In addition‚ I will like to give out my personal opinion about the IPod touch of how‚ why‚ when I use it. In 2001‚ Apple Computers introduced a unique portable music player‚ known as the IPod (Kahney
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The History of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was known as a president‚ general‚ and a politician. However people have not heard of some of the things he had to go through with his past life. His family was from Ireland and then moved to America on a farm in south Carolina where Andrew was born. Andrew got his name from his father when he died [go.galegroup.com.] As he started to grow up the revolutionary war broke out. So Andrew his two brothers Hugh and Robert joined the battle. Sadly they both
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The Effects of hip hop/rap Music on The Younger Generation Today The dynamic era of hip hop emerged in the 1970s through the streets of Bronx‚ New York City. Now twenty five years old and still counting‚ the world of hip hop is at a new level. Lil’ Wayne‚ Kanye West‚ Rick Ross‚ 2 Chainz‚ and Plies are just some of today’s biggest icons in the world of hip hop. Having record hitting tracks that jump off the charts‚ these rappers are definitely the image the younger generation looks up to. Though
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not cha boi wiz My bars be better than ya boi wiz My tracks more golden than a can of cheese whiz uh Me and my boi AO we pump up the whole crowd Errybody screamin when we tell’em to get loud Errybody tellin people to give us a rap crown All you other rappers are a bunch of rap clowns Im talking to kendrick‚ Jay z‚ kanye‚ and nicki minaj 2pac‚ Shmurda‚ and even my indian boi Raj I ball so hard‚ harder than my boi Taj Better watch out bouta release my montage uh Ya Boi JB: uh My boi hussain be lookin like a dyke uh
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The 1980s was an era which witnessed the emergence of early Rap music with specific groups such as N.W.A coming from poverty stricken backgrounds and thus having a far lower socioeconomic status compared to many of the other big stars they were surrounded by. Furthermore‚ they used this to spread the details of true experiences of those closest to them who had encountered police brutality as a direct result of racist views. Racism was still a huge issue during the 1980s and caused many black singers
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