Main Features of the Reef: One of Australia’s most remarkable and unique natural gifts‚ the Great Barrier Reef is filled with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. The Great Barrier Reef is made up of 3000 individual coral reefs and 940 islands‚ which stretches for 2000 kilometres along the Queensland coast and is home to; more than 1500 species of fish‚ 30 species of marine mammals including the endangered dugong‚ 6 of the world’s endangered species of sea turtles and 215 species
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On the day Alexander the Great‚ son of King Phillip II and Olympias‚ was born Phillip II captured the city of Potidaea‚ Phillip II’s general Parmenion won another important battle‚ and Phillip II’s horse won a race at Olympia. It was said that a son whose birth coincided with three victories would himself prove to be invincible. It was also said that Alexander descended from the Greek heroes and demi-gods Heracles and Achilles. During his kingship Alexander did very little to disprove these statements
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The Great Depression was an era of hardship‚ yet filled with overcoming obstacles. The times were tough‚ with high unemployment‚ scarce food‚ and no money. At the time‚ the economy seemed to be in a never ending downfall. However‚ the Great Depression was not all bad and negative. One positive outcome of the overall era was the strengthening of the American people and government in the long run. The Great Depression brought about a whole abundance of misfortunes for the American people‚ but together
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Imagination: It’s All in Your Head In Northanger Abbey‚ Catherine Moreland let her imagination get the best her in numerous occasions. On some occasions she struggles with separating the reality of society in Bath from Gothic novels she read avidly. In others‚ she is simply naïve to the inner characters of those around her. It can be argued that this could have ultimately have lead her astray‚ away from Henry Tilney‚ and away from Bath‚ with a distasteful reputation. Catherine is a young‚ beautiful
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The Great Depression was an economic downturn that began in 1929. The long term causes of the Great Depressions were the overproduction of farms and the instability of banks. Hoover was elected in 1928 and he believed in rugged individualism‚ the economy had natural cycles‚ and a do nothing approach. Hoover not stimulating the economy by putting money into it and providing jobs prolonged the Great Depression. FDR was elected in 1932 and he created the new deal‚ which was a series of government
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Inequalities in the Victorian Social Class Structure in Great Expectations In Victorian society‚ there was a clear separation of the classes. The poor lived a life to which society looked down upon them with lives lacking opportunity. The rich lived a lavish life on top of the hierarchy with great opportunity. Each of the classes was separated by their financial situations and heritage‚ which lead to their daily life situation. Their daily lives were impacted by these contributions‚ which lead to
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The 1920’s were an time of extreme excitement in the US as we had just won the Great War‚ or WWI. This time was filled with celebration and dancing‚ partying and a greater sense of nationalism as well as the prohibition. Society itself has changed majorly throughout this time as well‚ as we have more women living semi-independent lives where they can express themselves. Women themselves were marked with a stiga involving their body as a way to get around in life‚ not because they wanted to but how
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was a novel written by an American author named F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1930s. The Great Gatsby is a novel that deals with the old rich colliding with the new rich‚ told through a man named Nick’s point of view. In The Great Gatsby‚ Nick makes friends with Jay Gatsby‚ who attained his fortune by bootlegging. Bootleggers were people who sold alcohol illegally during the brief ban on alcohol in the United States during the 1930s and led to higher organized crime
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Alexander the Great was‚ in many ways‚ an amazing ruler. He was not afraid to take a chance on someone or something that everyone else had given up on‚ and he was prepared to risk his safety to help his men. Alexander also proved to his men that he was strong and that he was prepared to die for his cause. In Document One‚ there is a wild horse that cannot be tamed. The horse was being taken away‚ but Alexander thought that the horse could be used for something better. Alexander was willing to pay
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Fitzgerald’s Interpretation of the 1920’s through The Great Gatsby Given all of the crimes that were committed in the 1920’s‚ why does Fitzgerald focus his attention so much on prohibition and gender roles? The era of the 1920’s was a time of prosperity and corruption throughout society. Some wealth was gained through honest work while other wealth was earned through greed‚ organized crime‚ and other illegal acts. In Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he displays multiple accounts of prohibition
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