Jon Schmidt Professor Cyril Daddieh POL 102 6 March 2013 Vietnam: Justified or not? Vietnam‚ although not technically considered a war was an extended conflict that still had to be justified to an American people. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was the identification of this extended conflict and was declared by Congress in 1964 making this conflict official. This resolution was justified because it was declared by a competent authority and was seen as being the best thing for the American people
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Pope Francis talked about the different kinds of Christians who follow their faith in a confused way‚ and he compared those who are inactive or do not move forward can be considered as “mummified” Christians. On Tuesday‚ Pope Francis’ homily at the morning mass held at the Santa Marta residence focused on how some Christians forget the Jesus is the only way to life. The pontiff discussed the four kinds of Christians who get distracted from their journey of faith‚ according to the Vatican Radio. Pope
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Following directions is very important for a number of reasons. It makes things easier to do‚ it guarantees that things are done right‚ it eliminates confusion‚ and it saves a lot of time overall. When the instructions of the teacher are followed‚ things tend to go smoothly and work well. When we‚ the students‚ do things the right way and follow directions‚ we show that we can handle instructions to difficult assignments and that we are cooperative‚ intelligent‚ and dependent. Anything can be messed
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How important was Muslim disunity to the success of the First Crusade? Muslim disunity was an important factor which lead to the success of the First Crusades. This is because it meant that due to the Muslims not being united they lost many battles which helped the Christians recapture Jerusalem. However it can’t be said that Muslim disunity was not the only reason for the success of the first crusade‚ this is because there are other factors such as religious beliefs and the supernatural‚ such as
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The Crusades: A Short History by Johnathan Riley-Smith The Crusades: A Short History‚ written by British Historian Jonathan Riley-Smith‚ offers a broad overview of this part of the medieval era‚ but he also explores how historians have attempted to explain these events in modern terms. Riley-Smith also makes sure to note all major contributors to the Crusade movement and their personalities. Numerous scholars have wondered whether this was a political or religious mission. This helps to spark
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URBAN DESIGN AND CONSERVATION 1. Urban Design The term “urban design” may have been coined in the mid-1950s but 20 years later it was still largely unused outside a small circle of people concerned with the four-dimensional development of precincts of cities. It has a wide‚ almost boundary-less definition with different connotations depending on professional discipline or the particular context within which the urban environment is being assessed. It is the process of making or shaping physical
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Sixtus had renewed the crusade against the Turks‚ been involved in the Pazzi conspiracy‚ and repaired and established _________ of Roman architecture. Sixtus had been in office from 1471 until his death on August 12th‚ 1484. Although it has been said that Sixtus had died from distress‚ his death remains unknown. Today‚ Sixtus’ tomb can be found in the basement Treasury of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Of his tomb‚ commissioned by Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II) and sculpted by Antonio
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eleventh and into the thirteenth century the Crusades were conducted a series of nine wars that have been come to be known as the Crusades. The Crusades were a war between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades had both a positive and negative impact on the Western and Eastern worlds that were involved in the conflict. So was their more of an negative or positive impact of the crusades? There was more of an negative impact on the Crusades because the Crusades left hatred and and bitterness for the Christians
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The Pope was the title give to the head of the church‚ to which he was changed with the religious care taking of the clergy and other believers. For military aid and expansion‚ early popes looked to medieval kings like Clovis of the Franks‚ but by the time of Charlemagne’s coronation by Pope Leo III‚ it became questionable whether the pope or the king was the higher authority. After the fall of the Roman Empire‚ Europe was decentralized with the development of feudalism‚ and this allowed the only
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throne in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Four men stand out among dozens in this effort to define the powers of the lay versus that of the spiritual: Emperor/kings Henry IV and John of England‚ and the popes who aggressively challenged their exertions of authority‚ Pope Gregory VII and Pope Innocent III‚ respectively. The years and conditions through which the worldly battled the holy for the command of the people differed‚ but the themes and events which emerged amidst the strife bore striking
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