The battle of waterloo may be considered the greatest battle in the Napoleonic wars. It was also napoleons greatest defeat. This battle brought the down fall of napoleons reign‚ and helped restore the king of France to his throne. This restore Europe back to its original state. Napoleon had returned to from his exile on the island of Elba to build an army and reclaim his empire. Many states joined together forming the Seventh Coalition to fight Napoleon. Napoleon had to act fast‚ so he split
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The battle of Marathon is one of history ’s most famous military engagements. It is also one of the earliest recorded battles. Their victory over the Persian invaders gave the fledgling Greek city states confidence in their ability to defend themselves and belief in their continued existence. The battle is therefore considered a defining moment in the development of European culture. In September of 490 BC a Persian armada of 600 ships disgorged an invasion force of approximately 20‚000 infantry
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★ The Battle of Gettysburg: A battle‚ a speech‚ a memorial ground During the American Civil War‚ from the first to the third of July 1863‚ there were sanguinary battles in and around Gettysburg. The losses of lives on both sides were massive‚ approximately 23 000 dead‚ hurt or missing on each side.1 It was there‚ in the small city of Pennsylvania‚ that the war turned around. The South was suddenly facing defeat.1‚ 2 The Civil War continued for two years after the Battle of Gettysburg. Still it is
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"disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.[8][9] Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along with his contemporary Thucydides‚ helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. Their work continues to be read today and the divide between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point
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History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 MW 1:30pm-3:20pm Instructor：Knittel YuChuan Zhou This this personal introduction. The most important thing in life is a course to know yourself. After entering university‚ entered into a new environment -- totally different from my hometown of an environment. Whenever I encounter problems in interpersonal‚ my mind emerge out of such a question: what the hell am I how? After repeatedly the feeling of frustration‚ I found that I own a lot of changes
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How do we learn from history? People aim to learn from history by constantly telling stories about their past to their students‚ friends —stories that are supposed to convey moral and practical lessons about how to behave. Trying not to repeat the same mistakes of history can also have unintended consequences. For example‚ the lessons drawn from a comparison between the American occupation of Germany in 1945 and the occupation of Iraq in 2003. Resistance to American forces in Iraq‚ it was suggested
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were so good how were you captured? Maximus: I was captured when the army sent from Rome came in around two legions‚ our first priority was to evacuate the women and children who are hopefully safe still to this day‚ but by that time the army was breaking in and burning our houses‚ although that we were all good fighters we didn’t have the same numbers and weapons so we lost‚ they took me and twenty others from my village to work on a quarry. I was here for a week of what felt like a living hell
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almost every day‚ and yet Congress still fails to resolve this issue by lowering the speed limit. Lackey also develops an important question from this topic. If it is known in advance that civilians will be killed‚ why is this not murder? He explains his opinion of the topic in a very detailed way. His opinion is that if Congress is aware that more people will die from a high speed limit set on federal highways‚ then yes it can be considered as murder. Lackeys view of murder is an intentional killing of
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"never do anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings
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Hidden From History: 300 years of women’s oppression and the fight against it Sheila Rowbotham (Pluto Press‚ 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA‚ 1973‚ ISBN-0904383563‚ 182pp‚ £14.99) While there had been a great deal of history written about men’s activities in wars‚ courts‚ politics‚ diplomacy and business‚ little research had focused on the history of women before the First World War. Sheila Rowbotham‚ in her study of women in Britain set out to examine the “hidden history” of the struggle of women
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