Gnaeus Julius Agricola‚ born July 13‚ 40 A.D. and died August 23‚ 93 A.D.‚ was the Roman general accountable for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Agricola served many positions within the Roman military with astounding success; additionally‚ over time he worked his way up to being an influential general‚ then governor of Britain because he excelled through all his plights and triumphed over difficulties to claim great achievements for the Roman Empire. Agricola’s pre-military life and early
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The “War for Independence” better known as the American Revolution‚ took place between 1775 and 1783 and still after two centuries later‚ has left large attributes in the way society operates today. The American Revolution specifically brought radical change to the economic and social climate of the United States of America. After the Revolutionary War‚ individuals with moderate incomes increasingly represented their constituents in state legislatures. Through the evidence based off of the document
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Demi lived alone with her mother and father in Athens‚ Greece. Although she was not living with her birth parents‚ which were the greek gods Aphrodite and Ares. She never realized that she was a goddess until Aphrodite came to her one day and told her that she was the goddess of dance and that Ares‚ the god of war‚ and Aphrodite were her parents. Aphrodite and Ares had gotten in an argument over who was the better god‚ so they decided to settle it by letting their daughter choose. Since Demi was
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Best AnswerVoter’s Choice Thomas answered 2 years ago Papen was chancellor from July to November 1932. The economic crisis caused his resign. He was followed by Kurt von Schleicher. Because of the civil war like situation the Reich was ruled on martial law since the end of WWI. Papen secretly negotiated with the President Hindenburg to dismiss Schleicher and make him‚ Papen‚ chancellor again‚ with Hitler as vice chancellor (the NSDAP had 30% of votes and was the strongest party). Hindenburg
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Totalitarian Government: Communism Communism “aims to replace private property and a profit - based economy with public ownership” (Dagger). This form of government was founded by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Marx a “revolutionary activist‚” and German thinker Engels published “the Communist Manifesto.” In the Communist Manifesto‚ they “outlined their idea of complete equality between the people.” They both predicted that the upcoming proletarian revolution would sweep aside the capitalist system
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Digital students are students whose brains have become accustomed to digital media‚ such as playing computer games‚ listening to music on Ipods and looking at computer screens for lengthy times. Many of them have today evolved from sitting in front of screens to using handheld devices to send e mails‚ text messages and send instant messages. Some of them even talk to each other in bytes. In fact this generation is called the digital generation. Students of today live in a very different world
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world between the three of them. Zeus got the heavens and was god of all gods and humans‚ Poseidon got the oceans‚ and Hades got the underworld. There are many things people don’t know about Hades like what kind of god he was‚ who he really was‚ and how he stole his wife Persephone. In the first place Hades was‚ as stated above the god of the underworld‚ but what kind of god was he? Hades was known to most as the god who took the bad people of earth to Hades‚ but that’s not who he was. Though Hades
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Al Capone Al Capone was one of the most notorious mobsters in the prohibition era. He was one of the most feared among people in New York and Chicago. History on Al Capone. Al Capone was one of nine children; his mother and father were Teresa Capone and Gabriele Capone. His father was a barber‚ and his mother was semesters. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born on January 17‚ 1899. Some of the influences that caused Al Capone to move towards criminal active. 1. When growing
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The Nazi Germany is one of the most popular party in history that is led by the notoriously known Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was a German dictatorship that ruled Nazi Germany through the years of 1933 to 1945. Under his rule‚ there were approximately 11 million people that lost their lives‚ the source of these death tolls being the Jews‚ the disabled‚ religion believers‚ and anyone else who did not fulfill the “Aryan” characteristics. As Hitler once said‚ “By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda
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The great depression was arguably one of the worst times for those who lived in America. The crippled economy forced families into poverty and unemployment was at the highest it ever was. Those who were able to keep their jobs suffered from wage cuts around 50% and those who lived in the mid-west were subject to regular dust storms and droughts that amplified the suffering compared to those who lived elsewhere 1 . The president at the time‚ Herbert Hoover‚ was struggling to alleviate the great
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