is significant because Minerva’s friend Sinita had just finished badmouthing the dictator Trujillo about how he took power in a dirty way and how he had killed her entire family. After hearing that she was kind of nervous‚ and a little bit before the nun told her about how to deal with her period (“Complications”)‚ this foreshadows that this is the start of the problems since her father badmouthed Trujillo as well. |
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Executive Summary IHS is a very complex organization that serves the American Indian and Alaskan Native population. Effective health services for American Indians and Alaskan Natives had to integrate the philosophies of the tribes with those of the medical community. Because not all tribes signed treaties with the United States some people with Indian heritage were not eligible to participate with the federal government programs. Eligible people with Indian heritage were provided various services
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into city-states. In Autum of 481 B.C. ‚ A Pan-Hellenic meeting was held in Corinth ‚ having 31 cities attending the meeting besides a few that did not. Unanimously Sparta was given leadership of the army and the fleet under the command of King Leonidas‚ although the general defense plan was commanded by the Athenian Themistocles‚ who foresaw the battle will be determined on the seas‚ if only the pass between Central to Southern Greece was guarded. Fighting in the open land would be fatal as
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Many years ago‚ approximately 2500 years‚ there lived a group of people called the Spartans. A Spartan is a person from the Greek city of Sparta or the ancient Greek state of the same name (Connolly‚ pg 39). These people are part of the ancient Western Civilization and they are composed of the strongest most victorious warriors/soldiers of all time. Things were different back in those days but the Spartans had a vivid understanding that only the strongest survived. This allowed them to be the best
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dialects of the different places which adds to the humorous portion of the text due to the way the characters speak. We see examples of this once the narrator goes to investigate about the supposed Leonidas W. Smiley‚ which leads to the introduction of Mr.Jim Smiley‚ who has nothing to do with Mr. Leonidas.
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300 Movie Review The Battle of Thermopylae is a famous historical event‚ many people have known of it probably after watching the great movie 300 that was released back in 2006. The movie tells the story of king Leonidas and his 300 men fighting a fierce battle against the Persian army that came to invade Greece. However‚ like any other Hollywood movie that is based on an actual historical event‚ this movie is no exception from rewriting some of the historical facts. After a brief comparison between
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Then a Greek traitor told Xerxes of a roundabout path over the mountains. When Leonidas saw the enemy approaching from the rear‚ he dismissed his men except the 300 Spartans‚ who were bound‚ like himself‚ to conquer or die. Leonidas was one of the first to fall. Around their leader’s body the gallant Spartans fought first with their swords‚ then with their hands‚ until they were slain to the last man.
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The Spartans were the most formidable warriors in all of history. They used military and physical training tactics that were so successful that even today some programs base their training off of the Spartans. They were taught to endure cold‚ hunger‚ and pain‚ which relates to some sports and other military functions. The Spartans had amazing dedication and hard work ethic which led to them being extremely fit and powerful. Sparta was the capital of the state of Laconia in the southeastern Peloponnese
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Introduction Additions Many areas of the film have been completely altered‚ For example in Herodotus The histories there is no mention at all of Leonidas’ wife queen Gorgo. In the times of aqncient Greece women were not involved in political debates within the film Queen Gorgo argues her husband’s case to send more Spartan troops to Thermopylae while he is fighting the Persians. This would not have occurred in ancient Greece as women were not considered citizens or equals to men.(Although Spartan
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The Battle of Thermopylae There have been many battles that have taken place throughout the course of history‚ but few as important in shaping the course of time as the Battle of Thermopylae. During the summer of 480 BC‚ the great Spartan King Leonidas and his 300 soldiers accompanied by approximately 7000 Greeks held out for three days against hundreds of thousands of Persian soldiers‚ under the command of King Xerxes. This was no easy feat to accomplish by the Spartans‚ without their superior
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