Title: Plate depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda (1524) Artist: Nicola da Urbino Collection: Italian Renaissance This plate illustrates the story of the valiant hero Perseus (a demigod) as he saves the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. The greek myth says that Andromeda’s mother had said that her daughter’s beauty was greater than that of Poseidon’s companions. An angry Poseidon‚ sent off a sea monster to their land. The plate shows Andromeda chained up to a tree‚ the sea monster at
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Hundreds of Iraqi Special Forces assembled near the ISIS-held Mosul in preparation for an anticipated confrontation with the militant group to uproot them from their stronghold city. The Iraqi Army has deployed armoured vehicles and its special forces on the east of Mosul. The US has also sent 600 more American troops to the battle line‚ which increased the number of US soldiers in the region to about 5‚000. Media sources say that the city is expected to be attacked from three different directions
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‚ CONTEXT Topic Page I. Acknowledgement 2 II. Objective 3 III. Introduction 4 IV. Precaution 6 V. Theory
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Ghosts from the Past: Colonial Legacy and the Middle East A century ago‚ the British Diplomat Sir Marks Sykes‚ pointing to a map in front of him‚ is said to have remarked‚ “I should like to draw a line from the ‘e’ in Acre to the last “’k’ in Kirkuk.” This seemingly uncomplicated straight line on the map would be the line in the sand along which the then colonial powers of France and Britain would decide to partition the Ottoman Empire among themselves after its fall. Most of the territory to the
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but while the year is ending and the election was coming near. That election hurt many people‚ and later on hurt more. On the first election‚ Donald Trump discriminated many Mexicans. They were called “rapists” and “drug dealers.” Later on that year‚ ISIS became the new attention and many Muslims were discriminated‚
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targets in order to cause fear and intimidation. The first part of terrorism stems from the fact that the terrorist party must have a political‚ religious‚ or ideological motive. For example‚ Al Qaeda fights against oppression from the West‚ while ISIS fights to spread certain Islamic beliefs across the world. In “How Terrorism Ends” author Audrey Cronin writes “Over recent history‚ terrorism has been consistently tied to the evolving politics and identity of the state…” Without a clear goal or objective
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others to perform terrorist attacks. Tactics like suicide bombers‚ bombs‚ and mass shooting are often used. Terrorist use any tactic that causes a large amount of civilian harm with little organization. For instance‚ recent attacks in Syria organized by ISIS‚ like executions style killings and bombing‚ are often to harm civilian and intimidate
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These observations will bear scrutiny. It is not clear who the foes of democracy are and what they expect to gain from its demise. One explanation may be that the army chief and the DG ISI‚ who have traditionally exercised decisive influence in this country’s politics and governance‚ do not want an effective rival. The ISI is indeed a state within a state. It is a huge organisation that employs hundreds of highly trained persons from a variety of professional backgrounds. It has access to virtually unlimited
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In 1978‚ about 913 psychologically normal citizens drank cyanide-adulterated punch and suicided in Guyana‚ South America. From those 913 members‚ 276 were innocent children. As informed in the Britannica Encyclopedia article “Jim Jones‚” these members belonged to a cult known as the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones‚ who was responsible for ordering the members to suicide. According to an article “Why Do People Join Cults?” by Adrian Furnham‚ Ph.D.‚ a cult is a group with “powerful and exclusive dedication
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The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem‚ Massachusetts; the massacres could have been caused‚ historians believe‚ by many reasons such as the seclusion of the village‚ sickness‚ and overall boredom. The trials have many mysteries surrounding them. Historians still cannot come up with one specific cause that caused the ordeal to happen in the first place. They do have‚ however‚ the basics of it with some of the mysteries thrown in. Many accounts of the Salem Witch Trials all have something in common
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