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    Robert Ross Project

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    After our group has fashioned Ross‚ our group has came up with a synthesis of what Findley wants us to understand about Ross as a character‚ the war and its effects on people in general through thel life size silhouette of Robert Ross. We portrayed Robert in a kneeling position as an intimate gesture of humble respect‚ emotions such as sincerity‚ remorse and also to associate him with reverence‚ submission. This renders a person defensless and unable to flee‚ just how the wars rendered the soldiers

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    Virgin Suicide

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    significant scientists and explorers like Ptolemy‚ Marco Polo‚ and Eratosthenes.1 With their influence and his own naturally stubborn will‚ Columbus set out prove that a journey across the Atlantic to Chin and Japan was possible. In order to pay for voyage‚ and to gain the fame and power he desired‚ Columbus needed to find support from the royal court of a European nation. In 1483‚ Columbus approached the royal court of Portugal and presented his idea to King John II. King John rejected Columbus‚ having

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    Zheng He Analysis

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    is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around‚ much less know who he is. Zheng He is‚ however‚ one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century‚ and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened trade between the Ming Dynasty and its neighbouring countries in the Middle East and India‚ and brought back exotic souvenirs and gifts to the Yongle Emperor‚ which were tributes from the neighbouring countries. Zheng

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    competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages than the Portuguese. Trade was a necessity for early kingdoms after the Middle Ages. People‚ especially kings and monarchs wanted new trade routes for more wealth. Spain’s motivation for trade was to explore unknown land to find gold(Frey 333).

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    The Vikings wanted riches and exotic items from other places in the world and this led to them voyaging and raiding. As the Vikings began traveling the: “Viking merchants were soon chasing these exotic products in trading emporia across northwestern Europe such as forested in Frisia and hamwic”(Hubbard). As trade routes began crossing through Scandinavia and Europe‚ goods from all over were being traded. The Vikings wanted these exotic riches and began raiding in order to obtain them. The need for

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    total cases disposed in the Municipal Court there is a 0.2080 probability of a case being appealed and reversed. 2. The probability of a case being appealed‚ per judge‚ is: a. Common Pleas Court: Judge Fred Cartolano Thomas Crush Patrick Dinkelacker Timothy Hogan Robert Kraft William Mathews William Morrissey Norbert Nadel Arthur Ney Jr. Richard Niehaus Thomas Nurre John O’Connor Robert Ruehlman J. Howard Sundermann Jr. Ann Marie Tracey Ralph Winkler b. Domestic Relations Court: Judge Penelope Cunningham

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    Zheng He Accomplishments

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    Did you know that Zheng He discovered America? The purpose of the emperor to send Zheng He on a quest to spread the news that China is a prosperous country. During his life‚ Zheng He had a very long and productive voyages. He set many records and conquered many achievements. There are many interesting facts about him that you may not know. Therefore‚ Zheng He is an influential sailor. On 1371‚ Ma He was born into a poor Muslim family. Ten years later‚ He was taken prisoner. When he was fourteen

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    people know of. Christopher Columbus was a man of many talents. As a young man he became very dedicated to the sea. He sailed with his brothers and father on small voyages as a young man. As he got older one of his first jobs was making and selling maps to sailors. (Puerto Ricco world history) When he had once become a man he wanted to look for many riches and valued materials. (Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer) This in fact had started to make him greedy. After many years he became known as one of

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    Susanna Moss Monologue

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    got to the pavement‚ it looked like the footsteps were girls‚ anyone could tell this. Maybe there are other things that she could find. Addison came back to the playground with some paper and a picture of his pet. Addison looked nervous. He really wanted his pet back. He told Sussana that there were people in his school who didn’t really like him so we should see if they took his duck‚ also his neighbor didn’t really like the sound of the farm. Sussana looked at him and saw the fear in his eyes about

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    The most common form nowadays are raves. Raves are all-night dances that feature music at very loud levels of volume and flashing lights. They’re basically huge parties for bored city youths. But for some‚ raves are a sensual "psychic voyage" next to a religious experience (Sillars n.pag.). The youths that attend these raves are known to be tripping on a hallucinogen‚ most commonly ecstasy while staying up all night and dancing to this loud music. Similar to music festivals‚ raves create

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