religions popularity began to grow among many civilizations. The Islam religion spread very rapidly leading to many social‚ political‚ and economic impacts. Islam spread rapidly for many reasons. Document 1 shows that over a period of a little over 1200 years‚ the religion spread from the little area surrounding Mecca to nearly the whole eastern hemisphere. This includes North and East
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ECONOMICS 442 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT PROFESSOR KARSTENSSON TOPIC 2 EXAM REVIEW THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL (1776-1873) You should be prepared to write on the following items and questions on the pertinent examination. On the Short Answer Items you should be able to correctly identify the item and comment on its importance in the history of economic ideas. On the Essay Questions you should be able to write an organized and defensible short essay on the point(s) of the question asked
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He decided that there would be no more General Assembly‚ and that once again Aristocrats would have total power. Having lost their General Assembly‚ and the justice that was offered to them by previous rulers‚ the common people of Athens were furious. They tried asking Cleisthenes‚ who had stemmed from the nobility‚ to help them‚ but he couldn’t raise a large enough army to drive the aristocrats and their Spartan friends from the city. With no one to save them‚ the people had to take
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"Write a personal response to issues and approaches raised in the Citizen Teacher seminars drawing on your own reflections‚ experiences and readings" For the purpose of this task‚ I have chosen to reflect on Seminar 2-Development Education‚ poverty and global justice. I chose to concentrate on this aspect of the course‚ because of a personal interest in the area. This interest has arisen from lack of prior knowledge‚ and a desire to find out more‚ having briefly covered the topic in the seminar
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[pic] Economical‚ political and social identity of European union: How can an European union ‘citizen’ identity be produced? Zuzana Kokindová ESF MUNI 2008 European Union today has 27 member states. It didn’t happen just from one day to another‚ it has a long history. It started with The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951 and became through long process The European Union (1993) which is based on Maastricht Treaty. This treaty‚ for the first time‚ talk about union
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There were many political and social effects of Radical Reconstruction in the South. In the South‚ the Reconstruction Act triggered a stir of political activity among former slaves. These former slaves began to go on strike‚ held mass meetings and tried to end segregation on public transportation. The Union League was an organization laced with the Republican party. Thousands of southern blacks became a part of the Union League and the majority of black voters‚ that were eligible‚ registered to vote
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Prompt: What were the long-term economic‚ social‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored
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states named Athens and Sparta. These two city states were powerful and influential among other Greek city states or poleis1. This written assignment will address these questions about Athens and Sparta: How did people in Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community? Who held public office? What rules governed the selection of public office holders? How
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During the Greco-Persian Wars‚ Athens and Sparta fought side-by-side as a team to defeat the Persians. However‚ after they defeated the Persians‚ Athens gained even more power‚ which led to conflicts between the prior allies. As a result‚ these two powerful city-states fought one another in the Peloponnesian War. During the late 5th century BCE‚ Thucydides‚ a historian of this time period‚ described the events of the Peloponnesian War in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (5.84-116). In this
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The Protestant Reformation caused many changes in the political and social aspects of European life‚ most notably the tension between the Catholics and Protestants at the time period‚ greater rights for women‚ and the further expansion of education. The tension between the Catholics and Protestants led to many different political changes throughout Europe. Women‚ where before had near no rights‚ now had much more than they had ever been seen before in European culture. Whereas in the Renaissance
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