Most of the topics of reading had to deal with four mean. Pompey‚ Crassus‚ Cicero‚ and Julius Caesar. Pompey used his military fame to move up in government while Crassus used his fortune to be moved up in government. Cicero had a great ability to rally people‚and in one case he stopped a war from occurring just by using his words. After Pompey beat the pirates with the help of Julius Caesar he got authority over the east side and won many wars that helped Rome gain territory. After this occurred
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are people who have led their lives in the same direction as Hamilton‚ by joining law enforcement and becoming part of the military to represent our country. Alexander Hamilton did not live a long life‚ but he had many great accomplishments that he is known for today. The following statements will include his childhood‚ how he had attained his accomplishments‚ and the modern day version of Him.
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demonstrate which person had the greatest impact during that time‚ as well as in today’s society. In order to prove that‚ ideas‚ beliefs‚ influences and legacies from Alexander the Great‚ Julius Caesar and Jesus will help support this thesis. King Alexander the Great was one of the most powerful men during the Hellenistic Period. One of his biggest influences was that he fell in love with the Greek culture and decided to extended it which made for Western Civilization to be spread around and become
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Think of Albert Einstein‚ Jackie Robinson‚ Martin Luther King Jr. Now think of all the things they did that influenced the world. Alan Boone‚ one of London’s boss’s‚ talked about how London could have changed the world with his books. London as a boy‚ grew up in the working class. He read about other writers and their novels‚ inspired by them‚ he took it upon himself to read and write novels of his own. The Call of the Wild is one of his most known books and the main theme of his book is the
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he did not completely understand the cubism movement in the beginning. Dali joined the surrealist movement in 1926. This movement was to explore the world between reality and dreams. (Salvador Dali) Many would probably agree that Dali being a surrealist was the perfect fit for him with how his art tended to turn out. Though Dali was only part of the surrealist movement for eight years before he’s expelled from the movement in 1934‚ because of his political review. Though that did not stop
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Buddha‚ in northern India in the fifth century B.C.E. Buddha literally means the “Awakened” or “Enlightened One”. [1] The Buddha’s intention was not to create a religion that would unite Indian society‚ but instead “His stated goal was to teach people how to break out of the endless cycle of birth‚ death‚ and rebirth.” [2] Buddha lived to be almost eighty and died at around 400 B.C.E. Ashoka’s support of Buddhism was a crucial moment in time that helped flourish the religion that would eventually spread
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mother‚ Giulia was just a housewife like most wives during their time. It is very interesting that Galileo was so interested in science while his father was a composer and musician. His father was an accomplished lutenist and made sure Galileo knew how to play
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feuds between two female rulers at this time was that of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary‚ Queen of Scots. These two powerful women were cousins and ruled about the same time. Looking at how each of these rulers reigned in their own countries and the relationships between the two expresses a lot about how things were handled during the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth I of England was born on September 7th‚ 1533 in Greenwich England to her father Henry VIII and mother Queen Anne. At the point
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there has been very influential African American’s such as Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Barack Obama‚ and Rosa Parks. But the one I’m going to be talking about today isn’t as well known as the ones I just mentioned‚ but she is still a very important influence to today’s society as well as many African Americans. The person that I’m going to be talking about today is Patricia Bath the first African American female to finish her study in ophthalmology and was the first African American female doctor to
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Geography and Early Civilizations Geography had a tremendous impact on early civilizations‚ the topography of the different regions played a key role in their development and formation. This statement by Fernand Braudel “ Geography is the stage in which humanity’s endless dramas are played out” (Getz et al.‚ Exchanges‚ 26) is a very moving and telling description. The terrain‚ whether it is natural or man made is not the end all‚ be all. It does however affect the stage a great deal. Mountainous
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