innovation is to improve military effectiveness. This uses lots of ideas to try and produce the best army using the best tactics. Alexander’s main tactic was the phalanx. This was created by his father but when he took over he used it well and this alone defeated most of the opposing army. Alexander’s tactics were created based on what he expected the enemy to. The enemy‚ of course‚ didn’t always do this so it was a problem when this happened. Alexander was left to think on the spot with no tactics to go
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The European colonized Africa for numerous reasons such as the medical advancement for malaria which was devastating the European population. During the industrial revolution‚ the Europeans perfected the gun which gave them an advantage over Africa. The European-built an empire in Africa by converting them to Christianity and introducing two types of government‚ direct rule‚ and indirect rule. They established missionaries that change the culture and religion which resulted in modern schools and
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Iliad excerpt and the Troy movie clip are the same in many ways. Achilles will have vengeance; his cousin is now dead all because Hector believed Patroclus was Achilles. The two battle it out‚ and Hector asks that his body is not manipulated if he is defeated and he will not manipulate Achilles. The deal was quickly denied. After Hector is killed during the battle‚ Achilles drags him behind his chariot. There are many differences between the Iliad excerpt versus the Troy movie clip. These can be divided
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- moved closer to democracy in response to growing economic discontent by farmers. - Athenians studied arithmetic ‚ literature‚ music‚ and physical education - Athenians were allowed to develop their own individual talents - Athens became a limited democracy - the Athenians were the first ones credited with establishing government with democratic elements. - Athenian democracy was limited in comparison with today’s standards. Only men could participate: women were seen as inferior beings who
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Niccole Man Will Not Stop Me: Revenge At Last! Hecuba by Euripides shows Trojan Queen‚ Hecuba‚ struggling to come to terms with those decisions of Polymestor‚ the King of Thrace. Through the raw emotions of anger‚ grief and frustration‚ she decides to revenge in her child’s murder. However‚ Hecuba must go against the social boundaries that are set for women. She creates her own “laws” by telling Agamemnon that she will seek revenge on Polymestor and actually going through with it. Yet at the
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The two men saw what they never thought they’d never have to face. Two huge‚ over-powered robots were already there. Dan and Phil walked up to the robots. They requested to battle. Whoever defeated the most dino’s and lion’s could be the saviors of California. The battle went on. At the end‚ both teams had defeated the exact same amount of lions and dinos. They decided that it wasn’t worth fighting over any longer and decided that becoming an alliance was their best
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feelings broke out. But the French invasions carried German nationalism beyond the small ranks of writers. In 1807 writers attacked French occupation of Germany. This nationalistic feeling spread to the Prussians. In 1806 the Prussians were defeated by the French troops. To drive the French out of Prussia there would have to be a spirit of cooperation and loyalty. To accomplish this there would have to be social and political reforms. A reformer said that if social abuses were eliminated
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‘Africa’‚ simple and straightforward‚ the title speaks for itself. Maya Angelou planted the seed of idea even before we read the first line. The poem is about Africa rising above all the suffering and despair she has endured‚ leaving the past behind her in order to strive towards freedom and liberation. Anthropomorphizing Africa‚ a continent into a woman is an epitome of the personification of a land. In the first stanza‚ Africa is portrayed as a physically attractive black woman‚ denied of her
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even if that means defying the natural order of the world. When he interacts with the supernatural‚ his desire escalates and he becomes dedicated to fulfill that desire. Macbeth unnaturally becomes king‚ is overcome with paranoia‚ and is ultimately defeated by the supernatural beings that influence his decisions. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth takes steps to become king that disrupt the order of natural being. Macbeth is told early in the play that he will become king by three witches. The three
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The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th‚ 1914. The aims of the Schlieffen plan‚ were to ensure that the French army was the first to be defeated if the Germans were attacked. Schlieffen argued that if war took place‚ it was vital that France was speedily defeated. If this happened‚ Britain and Russia would be unwilling to carry on fighting against them. The plan took advantage of Russia’s slowness and expected differences in the three countries’ speed
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