Were The Achaemenids Zoroastrians? The Biggest Empire‚ which the ancient world has ever seen‚ would be the Achaemenid Persian Empire. This empire protracted from Anatolia‚ Egypt‚ Asia‚ northern India and Central Asia. Making of this empire began in 550 B.C. The Achaemenid is known as the first Persian Empire and the largest. Ancient history basically tells us Zoroastrianism developed somewhere in Iran about 1000 years after Zoroaster. Scholars have said the Achaemenids era had finally began when
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The Loyalists were the people who didn’t want to be divided from the Britain. The Loyalists were loyal to the Britain although they weren’t being treated as a human‚ by the Patriots. If you were a Loyalist you would be hanged or immediately sent to jail. And families that were patriots and loyalist would be separated. The patriots stayed in the thirteen colonies and the loyalists came to what is known as Canada now. Loyalists ancestors descend from places like England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland. The
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Amanda Diaz Ms.Newton: Period 6 10/9/12 If I were a shoe everyone would know me. I would always be up and on the go doing things all over the place. No one knows how busy I would be. I would be a pair of converse. I would also have crazy designs all over me. Converses are one of the many shoes that I love to wear. Everyone who knows me knows that I love converse. If I were a shoe everyone would know me. I would go everywhere that I could possibly go no matter
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V.S. Knight Samurai and Knights were different but the similarities were greater because of their rankings‚ training‚ armor‚ fighting technique‚ code of honor‚ and death viewpoint. The Japanese called their warriors Samurai‚ and the Europeans called their warriors Knights. They both swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them. This happened at the same time even though Japan and Europe were thousands of miles apart. Samurai were a little higher up than Knights in
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Clara Lemaitre 4E Thursday‚ November 14th Essay: How important were humanitarian concerns and racism in the treatment of slaves? Slavery has always existed: Romans had slaves; Muslims had black slaves since the 7th Century. The Slave Trade from Africa to the West Indies started in the 16th Century. Slaves were needed to work on the plantations because of labor shortage. The treatment of slaves consists in how the Europeans took care of their slaves. Humanitarian concerns are concerns on
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Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None‚ published by Washington Square Press‚ is regarded by most critics to be her masterpiece. After publishing almost eighty books‚ this was the one she was truly most proud of. Why? Mainly‚ because critics have quoted it to have sold more copies than Shakespeare and the Bible. However‚ Christie has so much more to be proud of in this novel. With an outstanding mystery/murder plot‚ combined with a dark‚ cryptic setting involving many deranged guests; one can
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The film‚ Once Were Warriors foregrounds the issue that Maori are a culture that has lost its way .The invited reading is that the Maori community deals with domestic violence‚ poverty‚ gangs and alcoholism. The film positions the viewers to believe that Maori men are violent‚ as the film portrays them in a negative way. By exploiting the representation that Maori men are brutal alcoholics and dangerous‚ viewers are positioned to agree with the expressions of the film. This representation is evident
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Explain how women’s lives were affected by World War 1. Before World War 1 women across Britain mainly worked in domestic service as maids and only 25% of women worked a job. Working class women were expected to sustain family life. 11% of these worked in domestic service. Upper class women did not work and were usually tended to by their personal female domestic servants. But most women wanted equality in the work place and in society and so campaigned through the Suffragettes‚ protesting for
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Instead of the law‚ And Then There Were None cares more about morals‚ which is much more unclear‚ objective‚ and uncertain than the law. For instance‚ in Emily Brent’s case‚ she is accused of killing Beatrice Taylor‚ her servant who got pregnant without getting married. However‚ Miss Brent did not kill Beatrice directly‚ but drove her away from her house. Beatrice later committed suicide‚ but Miss Brent does not think she should be responsible for her death at all. Wargrave‚ on the contrary‚ considers
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How successful were Cavour’s first five years of government? Count Camillo Benso di Cavour became Prime Minister of Piedmont in 1852‚ following his appointment as Minister of Trade‚ two years previously. He set out clear aims for his time as Prime Minister of Piedmont and achieved many successful changes in light of the modernisation of the state. He also sustained his own power but fell short of his goals regarding foreign policy. Historians may write that he did not achieve enough in many aspects
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