William the Conqueror’s contributions importantly impacted the Middle Ages of England‚ as being king it introduced him to the reformed governance through the Domesday Book‚ feudal system‚ and laid the foundation for a solid royalism‚ greatly having an effect on English cultural development. After William the Conqueror’s victory at the battle of Hastings‚ William reallocated land to his Norman servants‚ beginning a structure where the king granted territory to his most loyal nobles in return for military
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With all these deaths and carnages you can only imagine how it affect the North and the South. But surprisingly‚ it only affected the South. With the end of the Civil war directed in to the abolition of slavery you make ask why is this bad? The southern parts of the U.S used and relied on slavery for agriculture
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The Enron Scandal One of the most popular business bankruptcies and collapses known to date is that of the Enron Corporation. Enron‚ once known as "America ’s Most Innovative Company" by Fortune Magazine six straight years from 1996 to 2001. Enron seemed to be doing very well until the summer of 2001 generating a lot of cash and new businesses‚ but in October of 2001 Enron was forced to disclose that their accounting practices had been very creative‚ and failed to follow generally accepted accounting
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The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split apart in 1903 after disagreements‚ forming Lenin’s Bolsheviks and Martov’s Mensheviks. When Lenin arrived back from Siberia in 1917‚ he removed any possibilities of the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks forming as one Party again. Lenin’s presence in the Bolsheviks party help them grow both politically and in popularity. Lenin made sure the Bolsheviks kept to their radical‚ anti-war ideals. Lenin’s ’Peace‚ Bread and Land’ campaign help gain the Bolsheviks
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He relaxed control in Russia and some criticisms of the Soviet government were permitted. Mao Zedong did not understand Khrushchev’s criticisms or the peaceful coexistence policy he was intending to adopt. From here on‚ ideological discrepancies become visible. Mao failed to recognize the importance of peaceful coexistence in 1957‚ he believed Khrushchev
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calmly and confidently. Our competence helps those around us become inspired. Elizabeth blackwell was competent‚ although her most famous achievement was being the first woman to graduate from medical school‚ Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s accomplishments did not end there. She devoted her life to helping others‚ both in healing and in education. After returning to the United States after working in Paris‚ she struggled to find a place to practice. Hospitals and landlords refused her‚ so she bought her own
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“The contributions we tried to to make embodied values not only of technical excellence and innovation. Which I think we did our share of- but innovation of a more humanistic kind”- Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs changed the technical world forever. He invented many life changing things. He was a very smart and successful man. He invented many things such as the Imac or the Macbook‚ and the Iphone. Apple still continues to put out new products and dominate other tech companies. Steve Jobs’s life started
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would find jobs when their parents could not. The depression changed families in dramatic ways. Lots of marriages were delayed and the divorce rate dropped drastically as well as birth rates causing populations to drop. Children ran away because they did not like the child labor law‚ and many children wandered the streets with no shelter or family because they became too expensive to
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like without contacts and glasses? Without the lenses that make binoculars‚ scopes‚ lasers‚ and magnifying glasses‚ would the world still be progressing at the same astonishing rate? Thomas Hobbes influenced the fields of his study‚ as well as the culture that he found himself in; so much so that there are still vestiges of his ideas that are seen in modern-day philosophy‚ government‚ religion‚ and science. Thomas Hobbes inevitably shaped the very way the world is seen today. HOBBES’ LIFE Early Life
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to two groups with four-part harmonies that would sing at different times‚ however they would eventually meet at a certain point and have eight voices on different notes. Willaert is also one of the first recorded composers to write for pieces that did not involve singing‚ but were for instruments only (Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2016). Another great musical achievement of his was within his madrigals. Madrigals are a short poem in fixed form. When sung‚ they are a secular piece of music that is polyphonic
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