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    Hip-hop can be described as a culture or way of life for a society of people who admire and love rap‚ breakdancing‚ deejaying‚ and graffiti. During the seventies‚ hip-hop was mainly the act of the DJs showing off their turntable skills‚ but it wasn’t until the late seventies and early eighties when rap‚ breakdancing‚ and graffiti started to make a name for themselves. Hip-hop is not only one of the most popular genres of music‚ but it also focuses on the poor or working class by putting an emphasis

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    Crassus attained power in Rome by joining Caesar and Pompey in the first Triumvirate and also by becoming a famous military general. 3. What were three important events that occurred during this person’s life?

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    Apple suffered loss of revenue and loss of market share for over thirteen years. Second‚ Apple is losing its customer loyalty and the specificity of its products by installing more and more Microsoft and Intel software onto its products. Third‚ in 2008‚ as more than a quarter of its iPhones fell into “gray market‚” Apple suffered a certain amount of loss of service share revenue. At last‚ more and more smartphones from Apple competitors are entering the market‚ which brings iPhone and iPod a lot

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    1. 1829 – Abolition of Sati System ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- This event is the most important in Indian History. India in ancient time was the place of high superstitions and much disbelief. Wives were to self-immolate themselves after the death of their husbands. The practice of this widow self-immolation was abolished by the great reformer of Bengal‚ Raja Ram Mohan Roy. With the help of Lord William Bentick‚ the then Governor-General

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    Jewish lives were changed in a matter of months‚ Jews were put in captivity and isolated from society. Historical Events were reflected in “TDOAF” by events like the invasion of the Netherlands‚ the Nuremberg laws‚ and the Normandy Invasion. The Diary of Anne Frank is a Drama which comes in two acts and is written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. In May of 1940‚ the Nazis invade the Netherlands and eventually set up the Gestapo. The Gestapo was a brutal police force which was used to isolate

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    Timeline of Historical Events (Prehistoric to Postmodern Era) The events industry started to take shape from the prehistoric age where the most primitive forms of human activity took place‚ following an enabling experience from evolutionary patterns (Goldblatt 2010‚ p12). As widely held in historical theories‚ invention as a factor of necessity implies that the origin of most creative ways of making life easy began as supported by realization that man needed them to survive in the changing life

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    rights however these can be positive changes or negative changes. The Social factors changing the games include those of Sybil Newall and Hassiba Boulemerka who are both promoting women’s equal rights by participating in the games‚ a primarily male event. Boulemerka talks of wanting to inspire other women to participate‚ believing that some were scared but were physically capable (Documents 2 and 8). However other social impacts were less positive such as when countries would participate in the games

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    1920 to 1945: Determining the Role of the Federal Government and its Spheres of Influence The United States experienced vast changes between 1920 and 1945. The “Roaring Twenties” marked the flourishing of the modern mass-production/mass-consumption economy‚ which delivered fantastic profits to investors‚ while also raising the living standard of the urban middle- and working-class. Following the Great Depression‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal aimed to restore some measure of dignity and prosperity

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    Throughout the African Slave Trade there have been many significant events that happened during 1450-1850. Three of which I will be elaborating on in this topic. The middle passage was the first key event in which Africans were shipped to the New World. The slave treatment and resistance of African men and women who were considered less than human was the second key event. The Fugitive Slave Law which allowed recapture of slaves was the third key event. The Middle Passage was the first step of the

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    Many events happened over the course of the twentieth century that made a significant difference in shaping Canada’s identity. Canada’s contribution to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan helped form international unity between Canada and the Allied countries. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation presented ideas that were later developed into very beneficial services Canadian citizens have today‚ allowing Canada to be self-dependent. The battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I resulted in international

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