flexible within its community. Some things that cause failing or a downfall in a civilization are war‚ political problems‚ disease‚ drought‚ overpopulation‚ racism‚ sexism‚ greed‚ and more. The Israelites‚ who began around 1300 BC and ended around 67 AD. The Israelites lasted as long as they did for a few reasons. When the israelites established a kingdom‚ it was after they were led out slavery in Egypt. It was rough at first because Israelites were ruled by judges. They were led by many kings after
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died‚ with him died the fatherly expectations that Julius Caesar should engage on a modest political career. Instead‚ Julius Caesar had set out to better himself. His first step was to marry into another but more distinguished family. Further he began building a network of connections some of which with politicians currently out of favour. But‚ those were
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away and he ended up having to take charge of his household. Beethoven was a slow composer during his time. He was deaf the last ten years of his life‚ which was very unfortunate but it didn’t stop him from his passion. He was never married but he did have a bunch of love affairs. While in Vienna‚ he was his own person; he played his own compositions and improvised brilliantly at the palaces in the city. Beethoven may have been a musical genius but many people say that he was dyslexic. He quit
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went through great depression and spent many hours sketching his mother’s dead body. With no work‚ no money and in deep triumph Hitler spent his time painting post cards that he hoped to sell. It was around this stage in his life‚ 1908 that Hitler began to develop hatred for the Jews. There is many various reason reported as to why Adolf hated the Jews. Some say Hitler suspected it was a Jew professor who rejected his applications. He was persuaded that it was a Jew doctor who caused the death of
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During the 1800s‚ industries were growing rapidly‚ and there wasn’t much land left in the United States to conquer‚ so the United States began looking beyond its borders for new places to control. As a result‚ on February 6th‚ 1899‚ after learning that the Treaty of Paris was ratified‚ the United States annexed the Philippines. At this moment‚ the arguments for annexing the Philippines were that they were unfit for self-government and that if the United States hadn’t annexed‚ somebody else would
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The dramatic text ‘ Boy Overboard’‚ adapted by Patricia Cornelius from the novel by Morris Gleitzman‚ and the novel ‘Tomorrow When the War began ‚ written by John Marden‚ explore the physical and emotional journey that can that be seen as very unfamiliar to the audience when they are taken out of their comfort zone. This journey is represented through Characters and the use setting. In the text‚ ‘Boy Overboard’ the journey starts in Afghanistan‚ where the reader sees a family of refugees‚ preparing
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‘The Bolsheviks were able to defeat their opponents in the Civil War 1918-1921 because of Trotsky’s military leadership.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. During the Russian Civil War (1918-1921) the Bolsheviks‚ or the Reds‚ encountered opposition from the Whites‚ Greens and Blues in the attempt to consolidate their power and take full control of Russia after their seizure of power in October 1917. The new Bolshevik government was not democratically elected; after they seized
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war not only unified England‚ but also exposed problems in English society. The war destroyed the English class and economic system that had been in place for hundreds of years. The aristocracy was no longer safe from public criticism and citizens began to demand less social persecution. The war weakened the power of the autocrats as well as set new standards of social order. Although wars can be terrible and lead to loss of life‚ they can also sometimes have effects that resemble cultural‚ social
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battle started with the british having more power in numbers upon the chaos of battle the tides quickly turned. Militia attacked the british the entire road to boston and at the end the british suffered three times more casualties than the colonists did with this battle the revolutionary war had
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civilians also saw what the American soldiers did to the vietnamese civilians. No press censorship The American war in Vietnam grew increasingly unpopular as it progressed. One of the reasons was because there was a lack of press censorship. The pictures of dreadful things were seen on the newspaper‚ TV shows......etc. Many people saw it and this lead to protests. Protests The lack of press censorship and conscription had a huge impact to the war. Protests began in about 1964 and continued through to
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