Introduction Egypt was the most successful ancient civilization. Ancient Egypt stood as one of the world’s most advanced civilizations for nearly 3‚000 years and created a culture so rich that it has spawned its own field of study. The reasons why Egypt was so successful was because the Egyptian people built the Great Pyramid of Giza‚ developed strong religious beliefs‚ and the Egyptian scribes made their own picture writing called hieroglyphs. Great Pyramid of Giza Pharaoh Khufu‚ whom the
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manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption.[footnoteRef:1] Prohibition was the end product of opposing views of social activism‚ and political reform known as the Progressive Era in America from 1890 to 1920 and was the first legislative attempt of the federal government to regulate consumption of a legal product in the United States.[footnoteRef:2] It was an era dominated by the attempts of several social‚ financial and political factions to reform ?American life
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Why was Josiah Wedgewood so successful? Josiah Wedgewood was famous throughout the world for making pottery. He was successful for many reasons. In this essay I am going to explain why I think he was so successful. Wedgewood was extremely hard working‚ for example he made over 100 experiments‚ recording each one. This must have taken a lot of time and effort just to make one discovery so 100 must have taken a great deal more. Also‚ Wedgewood invented and developed products: black basalt‚ thermometer
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1- Why was the country so divided by Reconstruction? Several incidents were in action at the time of the reconstruction. The initial plan‚ lead by the President Lincoln ensisted that each state would have to change their constitution in order to enter once again into the union. Also‚ ten percent of able voters from each state had to pledge allegiance to the union. Reactions from this movement to once again have the states unionized was frowned upon by the Republicans‚ who thought it was too weak
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So why is ethics important to the practice of law? The sad truth is becoming more and more apparent; our profession has seen a steady decline by casting aside established traditions and canons of professional ethics that evolved over centuries ...When we speak of the decline in "ethical" standards‚ we should not use the term ’ethics’ to mean only compliance with the Ten Commandments or other standards of common‚ basic morality.....A lawyer can [adhere to all these requirements] and still fail
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government. The constitution was signed in September of 1787 by delegates at the constitutional convention in Philadelphia. During that time in Philadelphia the delegates worked to form a stronger federal government. They wanted three branches which are executive‚ legislature‚ and judicial with a system of checks and balances. It wanted to make sure no single branch had too much power. There has been a total amount of 27 constitutional amendments. Americas first constitution was ratified in 1781. The constitution
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Samurai‚ warriors that fought to show respect and honor to their ancestors and community. Samurai was placed in the middle of the social pyramid this means that the samurais did not have too little or too much power. Samurai are very important in history because‚ they would take on Seppuku which is a ritual suicide and these warriors swords had a special significance. To begin with‚ the ritual suicide that the Samurai would perform is significant because‚ assuming that the Samurai were to lose in
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The Berlin Wall was a physical wall‚ which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War‚ and ran for over 140km and was 3.6 metres high. The construction of the wall came to show the diverse ideologies between the different systems of government‚ and what the people thought about it. To summarise it up for you‚ it was a loss in human rights and freedom. But how was the Berlin Wall influential in the course of the Cold War? I will be touching on a couple of topics today to answer the hypothesis
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When talking about The Declaration of Independence‚ you can’t fail to mention the reasoning behind this important document of American history. It all began when the original thirteen colonies wanted their independence from Great Britain. This led to a war‚ known as the American Revolution. It was a long fight for freedom that lasted eight years. However‚ a little bit over a year into the war‚ the Continental Congress appointed five men to draft a formal statement that will later become known as
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Epimetheus‚ the son of Uranus and Gaea‚ was a very important Titan. The Titans were the second generation of people. Epimetheus and one of his many brothers Prometheus were supposed to give characteristics to all the animals on earth as their job or duty. Although he wasn’t a genius and was often called foolish‚ he was worshiped like the other Titans for multiple reasons. He also had a huge family that would build mythology as we know it. His family was a very controlling family‚ meaning that they
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