with creating a new game. In this essay I will discuss the “how” and “why” Dr. Naismith invented the game. I will argue that components from his childhood‚ and his experience playing a variety of sports helped him in the creation of the game. Furthermore‚ his demeanor and personality played a large part in creating the game to be played as it was originally designed. Finally‚ I will discuss how the first game of basketball was played‚ how it was received by the players‚ and Dr. Naismith’s notes on
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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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How did music begin? What did the first music sound like? Music is all around us and is a large part of many of our lives. It exists in every culture across the globe. Yet‚ we often don’t stop to think about how music came to occupy this position. Who first thought of music? Who produced the first melodies and songs? How did music develop as such an important aspect of our lives? The search for answers to these questions leads us thousands of years into the past. Harper playing before Shu Scholars
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and debate‚ which aided in his quick rise to political power. First‚
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early sixteenth century because of wealth flowing through Northern Europe and that they both had a poor management and weak home industries. In this competition for global power‚ Spain‚ rather than Portugal‚ laid claim to most of South America because Spain and England was stressed that Portugal would utilize its developing wealth to try to command them so they choose to take care of this issue by exploring the Americas to gain wealth. Granted‚ Spain had to fight for its conquests‚ but in battle after
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Columbus’ first goal when he found the indigenous people was to assess them and look for value in them‚ whether they were slaves or working for the Europeans. Columbus stated in his journal “for I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force” (Columbus 1). He was looking to
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Then‚ in the 1700s‚ large parts of the Mughal Empire declined and large parts of India went under the rule of the British East India Company‚ a company which traded with Southern Asia. But for those who did not want the Mughal rules‚ they became obedient to the British East India Company and soon they were trained as soldiers and commanded by the British. As the British concerned only about trades‚ most of the people who had resentment
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Focus Question 610 Key Terms Used: Industrial Revolution‚ Putting Out System‚ Free Trade Many events in Britain and other parts of the world in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century help contributed to industrialization. The evolution of manufactures in Britain was one of the most helpful and extraordinary events in human history. Many historians argued what could have caused such wide scale industrialization in England (611). One theory is that the people of England finally understood
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slavery in Maryland 1818‚ and he served as a slave throughout the entirety of his youth. However‚ through the events detailed in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ he is depicted to have enjoyed relatively more freedom than slaves typically did in the South at that time. Luckily‚ for him and for audiences worldwide‚ Douglass was persistent in learning to read and write; thus‚ he became educated in the means of his escape. In the 1840s‚ the abolitionist movement was gaining momentum‚ and Douglass
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All presidents should be trustworthy and have no background of crime. Before Abraham Lincoln was president‚ he undermined “the foundations of the U.S. republic.” In 1861‚ he became president‚ which is surprising because he may have not been loyal and trustworthy. Also‚ Nelson Mandela went against his government‚ and became President years later. These two men were very well trusted by the people of their countries‚ and they also came up with many ideas. The ideas that they came up with were shared
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