Did Marco Polo travel to China? Have you ever told a story about yourself and each time you told that story‚ you might have changed a few details to become more suitable? On the other hand‚ have you ever told a story and left out several parts of it because you overlooked the details since it was not that interesting or funny to you‚ so you did not see it fitting to express it to others? Then eventually‚ people start wondering‚ did your story truly happen. Well‚ this is what happen to Marco Polo
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DIARY ENTRY: ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Dear Mr.Obama‚ I am a member of “ Black hand ”‚ and my name is Gavrilo Princip . I joined the “Blank hand” While in Serbia . In 1914‚ I had a mission with other 6 men to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand ‚ the heir to the AustroHungarian throne‚ during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June. The reason is we wanted to break away from AustriaHungary and join Serbia‚ and the goal of “Black hand” is tried to help make it happen
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reason the Elizabethan era has taken on the name “The Golden Age”. Elizabeth’s reign lasted until the year of her death in 1603 . In that time she had many achievements majorly in areas of religion‚ survival‚ exploration‚ expansion and thwarting rebellion and invasion. She was seen as an intelligent and powerful female leader and her major achievements can‚ to some extent‚ be attributed to her prowess as a ruler along with her personality and connection to the people. “I do not so much rejoice that God
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greatest leaders in Spain. Along with her husband Ferdinand‚ she was wise in government‚ strong in war and courageous in heart. Isabel’s overall character is reflected in how she ruled her kingdom. Her most important feature is wisdom. Isabel and Ferdinand had both become fully in charge of the government. This enabled them to distribute justice and order in a court‚ listening to all who had a say in the grievances of the kingdom. Isabel and Ferdinand established a police force called Santa Hermandad
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The Romans had many accomplishments; however the three important achievements impacted the Romans discussed‚ imperialism‚ eclecticism‚ and practicality. Imperialism made a huge different in several ways‚ with philosophy‚ government‚ civics and art. The Romans culture and cavitation time lead to shape the way people live today. A few ways they did this was with stoicism important philosophy that taught Romans kinship and law and justice for all their people as today. Stoicism was very important
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Achievements With Steve Jobs’ passing‚ we have lost one of the greatest technological innovators of our time. Jobs wasn’t just a savvy businessman‚ he was a visionary who made it his mission to humanize personal computing‚ rewriting the rules of user experience design‚ hardware design and software design. His actions reverberated across industry lines: He shook up the music business‚ dragged the wireless carriers into the boxing ring‚ changed the way software and hardware are sold and forever altered
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designed to bring down the infamous bootlegger‚ Alphonse Capone. Heading the task force assigned to the Capone investigation‚ Ness and nine other agents successfully seized operations of breweries run by Capone. This is one of Ness’s most recognizable achievements.
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to forget his losses. Napoleon had many domestic and diplomatic/military achievements‚ some were great and others were his worst blunders. To most of Europe‚ Napoleon was just another conqueror trying to expand his territories‚ but to the people of France‚ he was a great leader; he “restored peace and order at home” (Kagan‚ Ozment‚ Turner‚ Frank 586). Restoring order to France was one of his greatest domestic achievements; the people loved him for his support in helping them win their fight for
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It’s important to clarify that the term “achievement gap” stems from the deficit ideology itself. As Gloria Ladson-Billings has incessantly urged‚ the term “education debt” is much more fitting. This term allows us to conjure long term solutions for inequities that have historically accumulated. However‚ as mentioned before‚ the literature on the disparity of academic performance‚ is still debated between the two main groups of the deficit ideology and the education debt. We will take a closer into
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The Achievements of Early Muslim Empires The Islamic Golden Age brought to Islam many new ideas. The Abbasid Empire flourished with achievements like new economic practices‚ literature‚ and mathematics. The Abbasid Empire was a time of finding ways to make the Islam society better. The Islamic mathematical principles are derived from pieces of other culture mathematics like Greek and Hindu math. Geometry wasn’t as well-developed during that time but it was steadily developing. Since both crafts
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