Discussion Forum Question Unit 5 What were the outcomes of the second Punic War? The second Punic war was caused by the growing rivalry between the two great powers that were struggling for supremacy in the western Mediterranean (Morey‚ W.C.‚ 1901). In the Second Punic War‚ the great Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy and scored great victories at Lake Trasimene and Cannae before his eventual defeat at the hands of Rome’s Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C. which left Rome in control of the western
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The north (the union) and the south (the confederacy)‚ prepared for war believed that they would win easily. To achieve a victory in war‚ both side will make a plan or strategy to win. The armies of both north and south marched off to war on the summer of 1861‚ their leaders created a plan to win. The north states possess twice the population of southern states‚ which gave more soldiers‚ farmers and industrial workers. The northern states had the majority of industries‚ which provide enough supplies
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Ends‚ Ways‚ and Means of US Policy Towards North Korea By Cynthia M. Lewis Inter/National Security Studies Lesson 8 22 June 2012 Instructor: Dr. Bruce Bechtol Jr. Air Command and Staff College Distance Learning Maxwell AFB‚ AL One of the security challenges facing the United States (US) is the US and North Korea relations. The US policy toward North Korea is diplomatic yet firm. North Korea is our longest standing adversary. Policy toward North Korea is
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Two Great Hip-Hop Singers There are many people that believe that hip-hop music can influence one’s behavior. There are two singers who are more important to me than any other musicians. They are 50cent and Eminem. Although 50cent was born 3 years after Eminem‚ 50cent music can be similar to Eminem. Their life stories couldn’t be more different. Eminem was born in 1972 and had a difficult life. His childhood was turbulent‚ and he was very poor until he became a successful singer
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book is being recommended for background reading. PAPER 2. (Literature in English) DRAMA : As You Like It : Shakespeare (edited by Roma Gill‚ Oxford University Press) OR Loyalties : John Galsworthy (edited by G.R. Hunter) PROSE: At least one of the following: (i) A Treasure Trove of Short Stories: Compiled and Edited by S. Chakravarthi (Frank Bros. & Co.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. An Astrologer’s Day : R.K. Narayan Dust : ‘Saki’ (HH Munro) The Postmaster : Rabindranath Tagore
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frivolous infatuations. Edna leaves her privileged upper middle class lifestyle to drown herself to escape her self inflicted problems. Edna uses her suicide as a quick and lasting escape from a world that she realized she was never truly apart of. The Awakening focuses on the restraining society’s efforts towards women’s’ growth in common gender roles. Chopin portrays Edna as woman who became her own savior‚ then died like a martyr for her self-liberation. Edna lavishly enjoys her loving husband and children
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which means to treat people freely and equally. In his first categorical imperative‚ he argued that we should act in a way only if our maxim became a universal law. (Midterm‚ P2) Maxim is the reason that some made a choice in a certain situation‚ and by looking at this maxim universally and reversely‚ we could determine rather this maxim is a universal law or not. In his second categorical imperative‚ we have to focused on rather the person making the decision is treating people just as a mean or
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naturally inquisitive‚ and ever wondering what lies beyond the horizon‚ be it geographical or metaphorical. It is this urge‚ desire‚ or need to seek the unknown‚ that led the European colonization of the New World. In this case‚ the major goal was to profit from undiscovered and untapped resources‚ enriching the nation-states and improving their standing in the European theatre. Another factor that played a major part in the expansion of European influence to the American Continent‚ was the improved
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The Great Migration to the North After the Civil War in the Southern United States although African Americans were free they still suffered in poverty and discrimination. As a result they left the South to find better lives elsewhere. The movement of the African Americans to the North from the South was called the Great Migration‚ it caused the North to be over populated and not enough jobs for everyone. A couple of reasons for African Americans moving to the North. Prejudice‚ discrimination
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years and now it has finally began. Why was this pressure there you may ask? It was based of of the topic of slavery and how the north had little use for slavery well the south’s whole economy was built off of it without it they would be nothing. There had been many activists against slavery but one book known as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” really lite up the eyes of the north and showed how bad they were being treated. Southerners knew how poorly they were treated but didn’t do anything about it because
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