In August‚ 480 BC while the Persians took over their city and scorched it‚ the Athenians fled to Salamis after the Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle‚ which was fought in September‚ 480 BC between Persia and the Greek city-states. It took place on a small island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens‚ Greece in the canals between Salamis and Piraeus. Effectively under Themistocles and led by the Spartan Eurybiades‚ the Greeks had 371 small oared ships known as triremes and pentekonters
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streets of Canada‚ with little to show for on the actual battlefields of Europe. However‚ on the battlefields of Europe‚ volunteer Canadian troops had gone up and above the call of duty during their careers‚ specifically during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. During that battle‚ the Canadian Corps fought as a single unit instead of four
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In Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley‚ John Gaventa discusses three dimensions of power that are displayed to show how and why “rebellion occurs in a “democracy” but why‚ in the face of massive inequalities‚ it does not‚” (p. xi) and why relationships “involving domination of a non-elite by an elite‚ does challenge to that domination not occur” (p. 3). The one-dimensional‚ treats power in the “traditional plural approach‚” saying that it “is understood primarily
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A Separate Peace: Introduction Since it was first published in 1959‚ John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace has gradually acquired the status of a minor classic. Set in the summer of 1942 at a boys’ boarding school in New Hampshire‚ the novel focuses on the relationship between two roommates and best friends‚ Gene Forrester and Phineas. Both approaching their last year of high school and anticipating their involvement in World War II‚ Gene and Phineas have very different dispositions. Gene‚ from
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Even though African-Americans had been freed as slaves and given rights‚ they were still discriminated against. Social limitations came to popularity as whites enraged about the fact that African-Americans were to be seen as equals. Many whites looked down upon African- Americans‚ but there was one major group that exercised a practice called lynching. The process of lynching was in retaliation of the hatred towards blacks and whites that were sympathetic to blacks. The act of lynching continued
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Daniel Alber AP Stats‚ Article 1‚ Cocaine Failure of Ritanserin to Block Cocaine Cue Reactivity in Humans 1. A double blind study was conducted measuring the effects of ritanserin on cocaine addiction. Both a placebo and ritanserin group were established. Both groups were given cocaine cues while measurements of their heart rate‚ skin temperature‚ and skin resistance were taken in two sessions‚ four weeks apart. Self reports (quantitative scales of qualitative characteristics such as mood‚
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is used to describe the different components‚ that when taken together make up a persons body weight. People who are overweight or excess body fat are at risk of several health condition‚ such as Hypertension‚ Type two diabetes‚ Coronary Heart Disease‚ Stroke‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Some Cancers‚ Sleep apnea‚ and respiratory problems. The proportion of body weight that is fat compared to lean‚ or body composition‚ can be made in a doctor’s office or a health
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Battle of Midway was a major naval battle‚ widely regarded as the most important one of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.[3] It took place from June 4 to 7‚ 1942‚ approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea‚ five months after the Japanese capture of Wake Island‚ and exactly six months to the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy decisively defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll. Both sides sustained significant losses. Four Japanese aircraft
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Context: Foster begins to address initially that although one may not be a Christian‚ we must not refuse the impact that Christianity holds in our culture‚ specifically our literature. He further notes that this is the case due to Christianity holding the dominant religion/role in our society. A society‚ where writers are purposefully or subconsciously writing about Jesus Christ’s story among their very own. (R/C/Q): Literature is a portion of life that won’t ever cease to exist. It’s one of those
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Gettysburg Battle The Civil War took place in the years of 1861-1865 in the United States. The two sides that fought this war were the North and the South. The War that changed the United States as a whole and fought for the rights of the Union to better the nation was the Civil War. Slavery was one of the biggest causes of the war because the North and South had many disputes about whether slavery should be abolished or not. The union was in favor of having Free states so the idea of expanding
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