civilization’s decline. Their militaristic identity caused them to interact bluntly with other Greeks no matter if their intentions were peaceful or malicious. According to Patrick Baker‚ another Greek city-state’s opinion of Sparta depended completely upon “how often they were attacked by the Spartan army.” In other words‚ they either loved the Spartans or hated them. The cities that Sparta allied itself with enjoyed “security and protection from outside attack‚” but the cities that “were subjected to multiple
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Tynclareus but Odysseus fall in love with Penelope and as the year went by Odysseus and Penelope had a son. Then Odysseus left to start his adventure; so first he made it to troy island that where there was a war and Odysseus with his men’s fought against the other men’s in war for about 10 years but then Odysseus and men’s thought of a plan to final win the war;so what they did was they build a fake horse and also went to the other men’s headquarters and said we give up. However it was not the other men’s
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political motives. Once When Henry the VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in Rome he closed a rough number of 560 Monasteries‚ to help him in his struggle with money debt. He mainly he broke away from Rome to create his own church because the Roman Catholic Church wouldn’t give him a divorce with Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII was born the 28th of June in 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his
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across some old saw blades ("Escape from Alcatraz"). This man was Allen West. He later told John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris about this discovery. They then began plotting their escape. John Anglin obtained a sharpened spoon and started digging around the air vent in his cell. The other three soon did the same‚ hiding these holes with whatever they could (Esslinger). The noise was concealed by Frank Morris playing his accordion in the evening (McFadden). The inmates also made dummy heads to
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literacy test for the freedmen to vote. The South passed a literacy test that was required for the freedman. This restricted the freedman’s political freedom because most had no formal education‚ but neither did the average Confederate. So they added a rule that stated if your grandfather voted‚ you did not have to take the test. This meant that every freedman had to take the test‚ but no Confederate had to. Document h states the black codes‚ it states “No negro shall be allowed to come within the limits
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Islam is a universalizing religion that was able to spread swiftly throughout the Middle East‚ but when Islam was brought to India‚ how the religion dispersed was leisure. However‚ Islam disseminated in both regions through missionaries and occupation. Therefore‚ how Islam diffused throughout India and the Middle East was very similar‚ even though the momentum in which it did spread was not as rapid in India as it was in the Middle East. Between 600 and 1450 one of the largest religions was born and spread
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with their overall headcount around ten million (Coe). That’s right. Ten million of the once almost extinct Maya people roam the earth today. However‚ at one point in time (approximately 1000 A.D.) the population had dropped to about 30‚000 (Coe). How could this have happened?
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Artemis & How the Myths Go Long gone before Katniss Everdeen was shooting arrows and sprinting across the forests of district 12‚ existed Artemis. You’ve heard of Artemis right? In Greek mythology‚ Artemis was one of the fiercest goddesses there was. She was the goddess of hunt and the goddess of the Moon. Artemis was independent and kept her promise that she would never marry‚ and she never did. Artemis was awesome‚ and had impressive bowing skills‚ I can even bet you she was born with a bow n
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to obey rules by the Tutsi‚ they were very frustrated for all the years of work they were forced to do. This lead up to Hutu people beating and killing their once Tutsi masters. The Hutu were very happy
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One of the most important questions in the late 1800s is how do you rebuild after the death of the one man who held the country together through a civil war‚ President Lincoln‚ and after the decimation of Southern infrastructure; much to the dismay of the Republican party‚ who controlled the politics at this time‚ the Reconstruction failed to accomplish its chief goal of promoting equality as the country fell back into its antebellum ways. In an effort to right the wrongs of the past‚ Republicans
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