Inca Communication Like the ancient West African civilizations‚ the Inca did not develop a written language. They did‚ however have knowledge of advanced mathematics. They used knotted string called quipu to keep track of population‚ taxes‚ amount of food in storehouses‚ etc. The quipu worked like an abacus in that different knots at various places on the string represented different places on the number line. The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires
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agricultural industry from the citizen’s private property to foreign possession. Through laws established to terrorize the citizens of Mexico like the Terrenos Baldios law‚ the government could take hold of all unowned domain and the land of the people who did not have the correct deeds. This meant that the Mexican people would have their property stripped away because they were incapable of providing the right ownership papers. What was even worse was that the laborers were ordered to work on the land that
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How far did WWI lead to the end of the tsarist regime? WW1 was a terrible time for autocracies around Europe‚ none survived. The only royal family involved in the 1st world war that survived was the British. We must therefore infer that World War One led to the end of the Tsarist Regime. The First World War was undoubtedly an important factor that contributed to the decision to abdicate by Tsar Nicholas II but were there others and if so which was the most significant? The First World War
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both very courageous people. They inspired others and made a transformation in history. Mandela fought for integration of his people. Gandhi protested and fought against the British rule. They did amazing things to shape our world today‚ although Nelson Mandela made a greater impact. Although Mahatma Gandhi did not make as great of a change‚ he improved our world. In the second paragraph of “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi”‚ it states‚ “Yet ultimately things happened which no doubt made him suffer tremendously
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Did you know that the Holocaust killed more than 6 million Jews? Of those‚ 1.1 million were kids. It was a period in history when Jews were religiously discriminated. It was 12 years before the genocide ended. In NIght‚ Jews were dehumanized both in Sighet and in the concentration camps. Jews were dehumanized in Sighet by the Nazi’s hurting them verbally and taking their valuables away. First‚ the Jews were given yellow stars to distinguish them from the others. Elie states‚ “...a new decree: every
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was in ancient times‚ it did not help them create an environment in which a complex political system could grow. The Spartans decided to opt for a political system that was stable and a system that protected the people of Sparta. By using oligarchy as their form of government‚ the Spartans let the powerful few rule which stagnated the role of the everyday citizen in politics. Now those few powerful people controlled every aspect of life in Sparta. Even though Sparta did not have a government that
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Riley Griffin Mr. Bergmann Senior English P5 4/7/2016 Hitler’s Escape On April 30‚ 1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide…or did he? One of the most popular conspiracy theories is that the Fuhrer and his new wife‚ Eva Braun‚ escaped to Argentina. FBI documents from September of 1945 admit that Hitler‚ like many other Nazi leaders‚ could be hiding in Argentina after arriving by submarine. There is evidence that Hitler escaped found in the remaining bone fragments that the Soviets claimed were Hitler’s
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this caused the Raiders to fly an additional six hundred miles to China. The bombs used for the raid were not really damaging in terms of power‚ but they did pack a hefty punch. Five of the bombs were wired with the medals of friendship given to the United States by Japan telling them‚ “Take these back.” The aircraft for the raid had to limit how many bombs could be held in the bomb bay of the B-25s. About four 500 lbs. bombs were held in the bomb bays of each aircraft. Strapped tightly together‚
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Prohibition: A misguided experiment Prohibition as we know was a failed experiment by the government in America. Prohibition lasted thirteen years from 1920-1933. The negative effects over those years obviously outweighed the positive effects‚ leading to the ratification of the 21st amendment which made the sale and consumption along with the production alcohol legal once more. Prohibition was pushed upon local and state governments by organizations such as the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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community. In 1636 he helped draft the colony’s legal code. Under his guidance Plymouth never became a Bible commonwealth like its larger and more influential neighbor‚ the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Relatively tolerant of dissent‚ the Plymouth settlers did not restrict the franchise or other civic privileges to church
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