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    A once-in-a-life-time event can be good or bad depending on the person or it can be phenomenal or it can be catastrophic. My once-in-a-life-time event is when my daughter was born. The feeling that was going through me was that of anticipation. The call from the Red Cross telling me that my beautiful‚ pregnant wife wants me to come home to see our baby be born. At this moment I was in Redstone Arsenal‚ Alabama still in my training for the army. At first Red Cross would not send the message to me

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    The Rise of the United Provinces of the Netherlands and Prussia The United Provinces of the Netherlands and Prussia both rose to become prominent players in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dutch rose to power first‚ through resisting Spanish control and gaining their independence. The House of Orange was thwarted from gaining absolute authority and establishing a monarchy‚ so by 1700 the Dutch provinces became a republic. Later in the 17th century than the Dutch’s rise was the

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    The Feudal Lords 1. Make a LIST of the members of the feudal hierarchy. You can omit the church for now as we will look at that in later classes. For each person in your list‚ note down whom they obeyed and what duties or obligations each of them had to fulfill. Peasant: Each belonged to a parish and a manor‚ and had to attend the parish church. Peasants obeyed the lord of the manor. The peasants paid the lord for their land by working for him and giving him some of their crops and animals. They

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    Henry David Thoreau’s Where I lived‚ and What I Lived For I found Henry David Thoreau?s ?Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For? made a very convincing argument. He has many examples to support his beliefs. Thoreau stresses the importance and value of living the simplest life nature affords‚ which I believe is as important now as it was in his day. ?Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For? Opens with Thoreau describing how he came to live in a small‚ dilapidated cabin near Walden Pond. He speaks

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    |Social |The Silk Road separates China from Europe and Western Asia. It was a very dangerous route. Much of it| | |is taken up by the Taklimakan desert‚ one of the most hostile environments. There is almost no | | |vegetation‚ and very little rainfall. Sandstorms were very common‚ and killed many people. | |Political |The western end of the trade route developed earlier than the eastern end‚

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    Bejar Period B April 5‚ 2011 Roles of Women in Latin America vs. Western Europe from 1750- 1914 Women of Latin America were far more influential than those of Western Europe before the European period of conquest from the 1500’s until 1750. However‚ the time from 1750 to 1914 was a revolutionary period in Latin America‚ Western Europe‚ and throughout the rest of the world. Not only so‚ but it was during this time that the ideas of industrialism‚ imperialism‚ democracy‚ capitalism‚ and

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    Voltaire is well known for his major role in French philosophy and his partaking in writing. Over Voltaire’s life time he was able to accomplish writing over 50 different pieces of literature that includes treatises of politics‚ science‚ and philosophy‚ plays and novels and managed to write several history books topics ranging from the Russian empire to the French Parliament. He is most well known for his attacks on the established catholic church and advocacy of freedom of religion‚ freedom of

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    Western Europe‚ in our modern society‚ is seemingly more advanced than most of the world today. It’s political structure‚ economy‚ and technological advances are up to par with some of the best in the world and is seen as a stable society. Although‚ in 600 A.D.‚ Europe was the complete opposite. Europe struggled with modernization of even the simplest forms such as‚ sanitation‚ education‚ and economic structure. This period of history known for the deterioration of Western Europe’s culture was known

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    lay of the werewolf we can see the evil and corruption of the wife and how she lied. Yet‚ they called the baron the monster. The baron never did anything but turn into a bisclarvet and even at that everyone loved him. Therefore the baron was innocent and his wife was the real monster. The reason why the baron isn’t a monster is everyone loved him. The story says “In Brittany there dwelt a baron who was marvelously esteemed of all his fellows. He was a Stout knight‚ and a comely‚ and a man of office

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    When Czar Peter I of Russia visited western Europe for the first time he was so inspired that he wanted to westernize Russia. He visited western Europe in 1697 to learn more about Europe’s customs. He saw that the country was far behind the rest of the world and he was not the only country to realize this. Although he has many reforms he did not want to destroy Russian culture. One of the ways he westernized Russia was by changing the calendar they used‚ most of the world used the calendar from

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