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    It feels so good to be appreciated for what you do for people‚ I don’t think anyone could argue with me there. But a little appreciation goes a long way. Just taking a moment to say a simple “thank you” whether it be your server at a restaurant or to your parents for everything they do for you. I started appreciating things more when someone I called a very close friend didn’t appreciate the things I did. It didn’t make me want to become

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    Why was the Roman army so successful? The Romans were probably the most successful empire ever. However what made them such a driving force was the power and organization behind the fearsome legions of the Romans. To most people the Roman army just seems like a normal army that you hear about. Well it is much more that that‚ there are a lot of reasons why they are as successful as they were. Here are some of them: weaponry‚ equipment‚ organisation‚ discipline training and its tactics. Some

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    rental service that has asserted its supremacy among tech giants such as Rogers and Bell for its ability to provide an abundance of television shows and movies while offering a price making Netflix‚ incompetitable. Yet the question is‚ why is Netflix so popular? Unlike its competitors such as Shomi and VibePlus‚ Netflix provides content from both in and outside of the US‚ thus able to attract viewers of all ethnicities‚ whether it’d be Mexican‚ Korean or British‚ Netflix

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    bloom so does hope People who read poems have many different interpretations‚ but when it comes to Emily Dickinson‚ the interpretations are almost infinite. Throughout the 19th century Emily Dickinson is perhaps one of the most fascinating American poets studied. Even though the Romantic period was coming to an end during her time many of Dickinson’s poems embody the characteristics during the period. Often times‚ Dickinson would use nature such as flowers‚ forests‚ meadows‚ hills‚ water‚ and creatures

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    Why was the Roman Army so Successful? The legions of Rome were one of the biggest factors in Rome’s success as an empire. They conquered vast quantities of land‚ and were often used by the government to improve the morale of people living in cities‚ which often had parts that were cramped and unsanitary. The legions were set apart from contemporary armies due to their level of organisation and especially as they fought as a unit and not as individuals‚ as many tribes did. The swords of the Roman

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    How Did The Nazis Become So Popular? Hitler was a brilliant speaker‚ a good organiser and politician. He was a driven‚ unstable man‚ who believed that he had been called by God to become dictator of Germany and rule the world. This kept him going when other people might have given up. His self-belief persuaded people to believe in him. However‚ I do not think it was solely the brilliance of Hitler’s leadership which brought the Nazis to Power. There are many other reasons why this happened.

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    up and lead by her example to become a culturally and religiously refined person. The opportunities that her masters gave her were very generous and had a direct impact on the progress that she made throughout her life as a writer and a human being‚ so she wants to encourage the whites to do the same for other blacks and for her race to evolve into people of opportunity and change for the betterment of

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    The question I have been asked to answer is‚ Why is Islam spread so quickly? The reason why I believe makes Islam spread so quickly is because of travel‚ the conquering or overtaking of cites or civilization‚ and the last reason is trade. Let me just start off by saying that the Islamic religion is monotheistic‚ which means they only truly believed in one god. The god that the Islamic people believed in was Allah. So first of I’m going to start out with‚ why travel made the Islam religion spread

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    which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War II. This essay aims to explore the foundations of the Japanese army that the allied forces faced and identify examples of‚ and potential reasons why‚ the Japanese Army was so brutal during the Second World War. The Imperial Japanese Army‚ or IJA as it is sometimes referred to‚ was created in the 1860’s during the Meiji Era‚ a time when Japan had begun to open herself to influences from the western world. During this

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    Question Set # 1. 1) Why was Egypt so rarely invaded? How did that contribute to their stability?  Unlike many other civilizations Egypt remained intact for thousands of years. There are three main reasons for Egypt’s enduring security and stability. First‚ was the topography prevented invades from entering Egypt easily and without notice. The Nile river is another significant contributor to Egypt’s permanency‚ the Nile provided transportation and made the soil fertile‚ ensuring there was a continuous

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