After a long cold day‚ I decided to kill some time watching TV. This could be something too ordinary to be written. However‚ while I was zapping through channels‚ I found that Elizabeth: The Golden Age was going to be aired. Rapidly‚ it caught my attention because I had not watched the movie for at least six year. I thought that it was necessary re-watching it; not only because the movie itself but also because the Elizabethan Age and the expansion of the British Empire. Truth be told‚ I really like
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The 2011 riots took place between 6th-10th of August‚ several cities and towns across England suffered riots and looting as thousands took the street. The violence from this was seen to be after the shooting of Mark Duggan. However‚ the thousands that took to the streets had their other reasons to be rioting‚ making people wonder what were the problems with the society we live in. The people involved in the riots were between the ages of 11- 70. It shows how the amount of people getting involved
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Some excerpts from my Wartime diaries in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars Wednesday 11th. April 1945 Woken at 4 am to go into Lugo area with Recce party. Stood at cross roads for a couple of hours. Area lousy with mines. Late breakfast when tanks arrived. On April ll th I went with Lt. Walmsley by jeep to Lugo‚ the fortified town that is surrounded by water and to which access is made by many small bridges. We stopped the jeep on the outside perimeter and looked across one of these bridges at the town
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items that they’d taken from a store. The other photo showed a group of black people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d from a store. The white people were described as “finding food”. The black people were described as “looting”. To me‚ the second most stunning indictment of the media’s portrayal of black America came when “The Cosby Show” reached its peak of popularity. The news media loudly protested that there couldn’t possibly
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To what extent are volcanoes more harmful to our society than earthquakes? Many people may argue that volcanoes are much more dangerous than earthquakes due to the devastating impact it has on people lives and the area it takes place in; however‚ others may solidify that earthquakes are infinitely more catastrophic than volcanoes considering the amount of destruction that it causes. There are two types of plates‚ oceanic and continental. Various types of movement occur along the different types
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important event taking place. A riot breaks loose in the town and their following it on the TV. Young people of groups in thirty or forty have gathered and some of them are armed or wearing masks. They are causing as much damage as they can do‚ their looting shops‚ burning cars‚ smashing windows‚ throwing stones and stealing. - ‘A
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Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill opens his story describing Rome’s fall‚ "For as the Roman Empire fell‚ as all through Europe matted‚ unwashed barbarians descended on the Roman cities‚ looting artifacts and burning books‚ the Irish who were just learning to read and write‚ took up the just labor of copying all of western literature - everything they could get their hands on. These scribes then served as conduits through which Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian cultures
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Many complaints that had to do with robberies‚ murders‚ rape and the destruction or looting of villages were made concerning Zapata’s troops.[8] Moreover‚ many soldiers chose to defy orders or simply disappear. Drinking also proved to be a problem. This unprofessionalism on the part of Zapata’s forces did little to impress the important
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Enriched History Book report The book I read for the enriched history project was Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis. The reason I chose the book was because after looking at some of the books I thought I would be most interested in this one. On Revolutionary war day‚ there was a re-enactor of Edward Hector who told us much about African American soldiers. I have always been fascinated with African American History and wanted to know more about the soldiers Edward Hector talked
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War is hell. There is no other human event in which there is bloodshed even comparable to that of war. Murder‚ mass graves‚ raping‚ razing‚ looting and torture are all gears in the war machine. Unfortunately‚ soldiers are the engine. Soldiers who have morals‚ families and consciences. A soldier is trained to take orders‚ to obey without thought. The soldiers mind and soul‚ on the other hand‚ are not so well equipped to deal with the horrors of military combat. Even after the soldier has fired his
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