to exist is the Roman Empire‚ it’s rule lasted from 31 B.C. to 476 A.D. and was a major influence on culture‚ especially Western Civilization. In order for Rome to become the powerhouse it did‚ they had to find an efficient way to get clean water to and from the city and anywhere else they may need‚ so they created the aqueducts in order to do just that. Aqueducts are huge stone structures that almost look like a bridge‚ except it carries water from one place to another and uses a combination of
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Americans. This war provided many factors to how and why the United States rose to superpower status. The United States did not rise to world power by accident. Through involvement in the war America displayed its abundant resources‚ man power and military capabilities. Roosevelt was confident of America’s power during wartime. Roosevelt‚ pending victory‚ wanted to limit European power. Indeed‚ Roosevelt had a definite European policy that was designed from the start to secure a leading role for the
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lacked education‚ and the boys were taken from their families at a young age. To begin with‚ Sparta would abuse the children. In document B it says “[Lycurgus] encouraged them to steal to get their food.” To do this‚ the boys in the agoges would have to spend nights planning how they were going to steal the food and they had to have spies. If they were caught‚ they would be beaten and whipped for stealing poorly. This is a weakness because the Spartans did not value their
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successful wartime leader‚ powerful Winston Churchill was defeated by a landslide victory from Labour in 1945. New Prime Minister Clement Attlee had ambitious plans to form a New Jerusalem by implementing the Beveridge Report and its plans for creating a welfare state. After World War Two the country was in tatters. After enduring 6 years of total war the British people wanted pay back and change. The public did not want to return to the era of World War One when they were promised a ’land fit for
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tormenting the poor and weak. Jeremiah came to them and told them to start treating each other with kindness and to stop worshiping false Gods. The people did not listen to Jeremiah and were cruel to him. They mocked‚ denounced‚ abused and imprisoned him. Despite all the people harsh cruelties‚ Jeremiah continued preaching God’s word. Jeremiah ~ no matter how hard he tried ~ could not get the people’s attention. Therefore he used something
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Solomon Asch Solomon Asch was a social psychologist way back in the 1950s‚ which is even before my parents were born. Asch conducted a famous experiment on the effects of peer pressure on a person. What he found was that a person had a “tendency to conform‚ even it means to go against the person’s basic perceptions”. The web page also said that people “are swayed by the masses against our deepest feelings and convictions”. 1 These experiments that Asch created developed the theory of conformism
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European history because so many things happen‚ different battles‚ different governments and rulers. It is interesting seeing how one action can lead to another like a giant domino effect‚ it would change the political atmosphere for every country which in this case would lead to the build up of World War 1. This was also a good look into the personal politics of Bismarck and how a good speaker can make or break your way into power Bismarck’s strong speaking skills got his position of ambassador which
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had it not been for their optimism‚ maybe action would have been taken and Ellie and his family would have been saved from this cruel extermination. In a way‚ they used this optimism to relieve themselves that they would be okay‚ however it just prevented them from taking precautionary measures. 2. People coped with the stress of the cattle cars by disengaging themselves from reality. Many people focused on God and used His words to keep themselves sane and patient. Other times‚ prisoners of the
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clear that from the very beginning of his life‚ it was difficult. His full
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something minutely similar to what he did. I wish to be someone who will be remembered for generations and someone who is intelligent and eloquent enough to lead a group of people in a tremendous cause. I am aware that this is very unlikely to occur‚ but I realize that there may once be an opportunity for me to do what he did even to a ridiculously small scale. If I could accomplish a small chunk of what he did for the world‚ I would be extremely honored. He did such great things for the planet that
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