Martin Luther was a prime example of a man of faith and being obedient to the Holy Spirit. He defied the Catholic church to bring the gospel to all the people. Taking a gigantic step to disagree with the Catholic church was extremely courageous. Since the Catholics were using indulgences to help pay for the church‚ which was like blackmail‚ Luther had put up with the last straw that broke the camel’s back‚ so to speak. Luther wanted this insane way of using the Christians to finally stop. By exposing
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Throughout 1900-1939 the progressive movement influenced the government‚ however‚ the great depression was another major thing that influenced the government at that time. The progressive movement was a reaction to political corruption‚ economic instability‚ and social concerns. Due to these previous issues‚ the government was strongly influenced to make a change and fix those problems. During the 1896 election of Bryans vs Mckinley‚ Bryans made a speech called the Cross of Gold which spoke about
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In 1521‚ the Aztecs tirelessly defended their capital against Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his convoy of fellow Spaniards and native allies. Founded in 1345 on the shore of Lake Texcoco‚ Tenochtitlan became the capital city and religious center for the Mexica people of the Aztec empire. An Aztec eyewitness describes in detail the final days of the once powerful city as it fell to the Spaniards. When Christopher Columbus arrived to the Indies in 1492‚ he opened the gates for Spanish
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the main characters of this book‚ Atticus‚ shows his true courageous form at many points throughout the story. One of the strongest passages that shows the courage and character of this man is‚
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In the late XV and early XVI centuries as the Italian Renaissance shaped the Western world‚ two well established powers‚ Spain and England‚ embarked in cross - Atlantic expeditions to Asia and the New World. These expeditions disembogued in what is known today as the Colonization of the New World. During these expeditions‚ the two nations were able to navigate the newly discovered continent for a prolonged period of time conquer several unbeknownst lands in the Pacific Ocean. However‚ there
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Onobrakpeya started his art unwittingly by engraving on wood thorn found in the forest of his environment‚ little did he know that the engraved images he used to stamp on paper constituted an art. The little boy followed his father to Benin City at a very tender age; he attended Baptist primary school in Oke Eruvbi‚ a river Valley‚ in the rural area of Benin City (and now‚ only a few kilometres to Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin). He had his Standards 3-6 education in Sapele; later‚ he returned
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Blues‚ work songs‚ ragtime‚ spirituals‚ and minstrel songs were‚ in their own ways‚ all part of the great "Africanization of American music" that was originated by enslaved Africans in the southern United States. But the greatest of the musical forms developed in this process was jazz--one of the major American contributions to world culture. Each of these forms of music made essential contributions to the development of jazz itself but each‚ more or less‚ retained its own integrity and none could
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from the last source; source one shows British imperialism from the point of view of a resisting China‚ where this source provides the thoughts of the British. This quote is extremely pro-imperialism. In the final source‚ John Stuart Mill explains how Britain’s global empire is beneficial to everyone involved‚ comparing the empire to woven fabric; the connections between countries‚ thanks to Britain‚ allows the countries in the empire to learn from the other countries. This connects to the last line
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The talk about prejudice leads to the second chapter of equality. The second chapter "of monarchy and hereditary succession" Paine uses Enlightenment principles about natural rights to explain how inequality can happen if youre rich or poor as he states‚ "MANKIND being originally equals in the order of creation‚ the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; the distinctions of rich‚ and poor". The third chapter Paine states
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In theory‚ he personally supervised all the affairs of state. In this case‚ since Tutankhamun was only nine when he was instated as a pharaoh‚ he had advisors to help him deal with businesses like these‚ where mostly his chief minister Ay did all the work. There are also wall paintings on Tutankhamun’s wall‚ where there is a picture of two officials accompanying the chief minister called viziers to rule upper and Lower Egypt. They supervised all the taxes‚ laws and construction since obviously
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