people who are heavily devoted to their faith. What these people do not realize is that our whole world today is built upon the pillars of religion. Up until the late eighteenth century‚ religion was everyone’s entire world in Europe; everything they did was for the Church. Therefore‚ the Church was crucial to the development of our modern world. This can easily be seen by the Church’s influence on art‚ and the role of the Church in the world-changing events of the Reformation‚ and the French Revolution
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the crime about a missing carbuncle (jewel) and after he found out who did it he let them go like it was nothing. In my opinion Sherlock made the wrong decision. He should not have let them go for stealing it is illegal what he did. In the first place‚ Sherlock Holmes caught the two thieves that stole the carbuncle‚ a carbuncle is just a different way to say jewel. Sherlock knows himself that he committed a crime he just did not want to admit it because it would be breaking the
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ISLAMIC EXPANDTION early Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest. As stated from Al-Biladuri‚ “The Battle of the Yarmuk (636)” “Muslim forces took control of Syria in 636 CE when they fought the Eastern Roman Empire (which included Greece)...” The Muslims were able to expand to/conquer Syria after the battle against the Eastern Roman Empire. Another way that the Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest is that many of conquered non-believers began to turn to the Islamic Religion. As stated from
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When you hear “ Roman Emperor” what do you think of? Publius Aelius Hadrianus was a Roman Emperor from 117 to 138 AD. He was the fourteenth Emperor of Rome‚ making him one of many. Being born in Italica‚ Spain Hadrian had many key events in his life. He made many important contributions to the Roman Empire while he was the emperor. Hadrian left his mark by his building projects. This was one of the biggest parts of his legacy. Some of the most known marks he made was Hadrian’s Wall‚ Agora‚ and the
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World War Two did not change the way Australians lived completely‚ but it caused significant changes in many aspects of life‚ such as women’s independence‚ Australia’s multiculturalism and Australia’s foreign affairs. Women were able to go out into the workforce‚ Australia’s population increased greatly with a lot of ethnically diverse families formed and relationships with countries such as the United States were created. During World War Two‚ husbands‚ fathers‚ sons and brothers were called upon
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CW History Mr. Rioux 06.05.11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only
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fearless‚ war-minded‚ young man. Death in war did not scare him because he was raised knowing that war was in his blood. Being the prideful man that he is‚ Achilles chose to go to war. He could not pass up his opportunity to receive eternal glory. But the honest question is‚ was it the fates that chose his destiny‚ or Achilles? Achilles decision to fight for his own selfish benefits proves that he is personally responsible for how things ended. He did not try to escape his fate. The idea of becoming
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The Armenian genocide was one of the most deadly genocides in history. In 1915‚ The Turkish government started a several year massacre that claimed the lives of nearly 1.5 million Armenians. The Armenians were viewed as infidels in the eyes of the Ottoman rulers. Different Armenian leaders were gathered and executed‚ which was the beginning of the massacre. Although some countries and people do not view this as a genocide‚ it should not have happened because the Armenians were only scapegoats to
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development of the technology‚ many countries become more and more modern than the past‚ but there are still some debates on whether the western countries are more modern than eastern countries. However‚ most of the evidences show that West countries did the great fulfillment of modernity than East. Firstly‚ there was an industrial revolution in Europe in 18th centuries which means the some Western countries used advanced technology earlier than East. Secondly‚ the transportation in China was backward
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A big movement that has came across America’s headlines in The Dakota Access Pipeline. It has created a war between the US Government and the Indian Reservation. The pipeline would run through the Indian Reservation. The biggest argument that the Standing Rock Sioux People were bringing up were that the pipeline would be destroying the water supply to the reservation. The Indians believed it would be scorching the earth. The people of the reservation believe t “water is life”‚ and that they are looking
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