INTRODUCTION Science (Latin‚ scientia‚ from scire‚ “to know”)‚ term used in its broadest sense to denote systematized knowledge in any field‚ but usually applied to the organization of objectively verifiable sense experience. The pursuit of knowledge in this context is known as pure science‚ to distinguish it from applied science‚ which is the search for practical uses of scientific knowledge‚ and from technology‚ through which applications are realized. For additional information‚ see separate
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Herodotus was born in 485 BC in the Greek City of Halicarnassus and is known as the pioneer of history. His series of books‚ The Histories was the first piece of literature that described historical events. No writer had ever attempted to analyze events in history before Herodotus‚ he catalyzed the study of history and allowed scholars to have a deeper understanding of events in the world. The Histories was an account of the Greco-Persian wars‚ which was a series of wars between the Persian Empire
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“pure” blood. Creole discontent lay at the heart of the war of independence‚ and creole unhappiness had grown through the previous century” (Eakin‚ 158). Another trigger for the war of independence was high taxation. Added to these problems were the revolts happening within the colonies. “Although not direct cause of the wars of independence‚ serious and racial uprising in the second half of the eighteenth century certainly helped set the stage for the wars of independence across Spanish and Portuguese
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combined to create a climate that was willing to challenge old and powerful regimes that were aristocratic and monarchical in the countries of Italy‚ the German Confederation‚ and France. Revolutions broke out in Italy in January making it the first revolt of this historic year. The Italian peninsula was made up of many smaller states and hadn’t yet been unified into one country. Revolutionaries demanded freedom from foreign powers‚ unification of the peninsula‚ and the creation of a constitutional
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peasant revolt of 1524. As the revolution continued‚ the Peasant Parliament formed to coordinate activates and strive for optimistic results of the revolt. Consequently‚ peasants offered moderate reforms that were supported by the towns‚ but condemned by the nobility and the leading Protestant reformer‚ Martin Luther. This would be known as the largest uprising in Europe before the French Revolution of 1789. Economic grievances justified by Protestant religious ideas combined to cause the revolts‚ where
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started dominating the Indian way of life‚ affecting their culture‚ education‚ religion‚ technology‚ etc. This created a lot of tension between the two nations. What set the Indians off to finally start the revolt? Thenagain.info states that “The "spark" that came to begin this period of revolts was the introduction of the new‚ more accurate breech-loading Enfield rifle. The loading of these rifles entailed the biting of a greased cartridge‚ which the Sepoys feared was made with either cow or pig
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successful French sugar plantation colony. As the revolution progressed‚ however‚ their financial successes began to diminish. According to Douglas Egerton‚ Thomas Jefferson had an embargo placed upon Haiti‚ hoping that it would decrease influence of revolt upon the United States’ slaves. In 1806‚ “trade was formally shut down between the United States and Haiti‚ which decimated the already very weak Haitian economy.” Professor Egerton is most likely an objective and trustworthy source‚ being a history
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Nietzsche’s First Essay and critically summarize his argument of the eventual victory of the “slaves revolt” in morality. In “First Essay: ‘Good and Evil’‚ ‘Good and Bad‚’” which is part of the work On the Genealogy of Morality‚ Nietzsche outlines the two types of morality--aristocratic and slave--and describes the eventual overtaking of aristocratic morality by slave morality through the “slaves revolt.” Nietzsche claims that master morality came first‚ with its defining characteristics being the morality
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During the Reigns of Edward and Mary there were two key ministers‚ Lord Protector Somerset and Lord President Northumberland‚ both faced opposition to policy’s which resulted in 3 rebellions‚ the western rebellion‚ kett’s rebellion in 1549 and Wyatts revolt in 1554 all fuelled by multiple factors from political reasons to economic or religion. Political factors Many lived in poor conditions and this resulted in social factors contributing to the rebellions‚ many lower class people had an anti-Gentry
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Insurgency in Ancient Times: The Jewish Revolts Against the Seleucid and Roman Empires‚ 166 BC-73 AD A Monograph by LTC William T. Sorrells U. S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies United States Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas AY 04-05 Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 2. REPORT DATE Form Approved OMB No. 074-0188 Public reporting burden
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