Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king born in July of 356 BC. He was the son of King Philip and Queen Olympia‚ and was tutored by Aristotle throughout his teenage years. He later went on to become King of Macedonia after his father’s death at eighteen. He led military campaigns across the middle east and south Asia‚ but why was Alexander so important? How did he change the world? Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia in 356 BC to King Philip
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fact that everyone seemed to be going with the flow‚ Michael decided to take a step back and really look at what the world around him was at the time. He came to the conclusion that there needed to be change‚ and he would help invoke that change. Michael Moore would change the structure of his society by doing it through one of his many talents: comedy. Michael first began his criticism by writing in his own weekly newspaper‚ the Flint Voice. He would later be hired to write for the magazine‚ Mother
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transformed their society and dynamics. In the mid-1600s‚ Europeans were the first settlers of Africa and established their community by farming and herding cattle. The Europeans lived in proximity with their domesticated animals that carried diseases. Over time‚ the Europeans developed a resistance to the virus but the Cape and Koi- San tribe did not have immunity to the virus and developed smallpox. Around the 1830s‚ the European expanded north and encountered a complex society known as the Zulus
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industrialization in the U.S. The people that supported this thought that the problem could be resolved by providing the population with a better education‚ ensuring a safer work environment‚ and a more productive workplace. The Progressive Era changed society by causing more people to move from rural areas to inner-city locations in search for better jobs and education. Also‚ factories started producing more goods than the population could consume. While the Progressive Era was a time for social growth
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The plague was an event in Europe that totally transformed European society and restructured the economy through necessity as there was simply no other option for returning to the former way of life after all of the deaths associated with the plague. Following the plague‚ extreme inflation emerged because of the difficulty associated with the procurement of goods through trade as well as the inability for goods to be consistently produced‚ which resulted in high inflated prices for goods throughout
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The Renaissance brought much change to those living in Europe in a multitude of areas. Change was occurring in all areas of human life‚ with the most well-known areas being art‚ science‚ music‚ and religion. The most controversial area was religion‚ which changed the lives of the majority‚ if not‚ all‚ people living in Europe. However‚ not only did religion change the people‚ but the people‚ in turn‚ changed religion. The most prominent religion in Europe during this time was Catholicism‚ which some
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Ch. 29 THE STALIN REVOLUTION Political * Stalin was a military dictator whose radical ideas weakened Russia but industrialized it very fast and turned the people hard workers by oppressing them. * Stalin was highly paranoid and persecuted many of his top officials and supporters * People who moved to the cities‚ worked enthusiastically‚ and asked no questions could hope to rise into the upper ranks of the Communist Party * Cultural and social * Women entered careers and
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Vietnam War was the event/action that caused Australian society to change. The Vietnam War was the major push or an impetus for change in Australia and gave the new counterculture great momentum that eventually helped the counterculture to challenge the government and contribute to change in Australia. The result was a dramatic change in Australia’s society‚ irrevocably changing the once conservative culture to today’s modern multi-cultural society. The Vietnam War was the spark that brought large reactions
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The Great Awakening impacted the people in the 13 American colonies. Settlers were encouraged to disregard sectarian differences which brought religious‚ political‚ and cultural unity among the colonies. However‚ some churches divided into factions based on class ranks; for instance‚ “Old Sides” among Presbyterians and “Old Lights” among Congregationalist. Revivalism later resounded as “New Sides” and “Old Lights”. This event undermined traditional views of authority which contributed to the development
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The invention that has changed the American way of life since the early 20th century is the car. The Model T has been around since 1910 and was invented by the genius Henry Ford. Henry was good at making mechanical things and he created a convenient way to get around. It changed the way that we do things like go to work. Before the making of the car was out‚ it took people really long to get to work because they didn’t have a form of fast transportation. Once the invention was on the market it allowed
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