estate was made up of the clergy who made up 10% of the land. They were exempt of Frances taxes because they always agreed and voted with the king. Doing that made them one of the top Estates. The second Estate is made out of the nobility. The nobles made up 25-30% of the land and had leading positions in France and had tax exemptions. They also voted and agreed with most of what the king said which made them another top estate with the king. The next estate is the third estate which was one
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The French Revolution was sparked by a combination of social‚ economic‚ and political factors that had been developing over a long period of time. One of the primary reasons for the revolution was the rising discontent among the French population towards the absolute authority of the monarchy and the unequal power dynamics among the nobility‚ clergy‚ and commoners. French society was divided into three estates‚ with the first two estates of the nobility and clergy enjoying special privileges and
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The Most Remarkable Mayan Achievement No one knows how the Maya disappeared. It might have been overpopulation. Perhaps a disease of the heart. Maybe a war of war. Nonetheless‚ it goes without saying that the Mayan civilization was remarkable. Originating on the Yucatan Peninsula‚ the Maya survived for over 3000 years. They were an isolated group‚ in and outside their borders. They were never united by the same government throughout all of their time in Mesoamerica‚ and were divvy-ed up into city-states
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and torture. Jasenovac was Croatia’s largest Extermination camp and by far the worst‚ It had a network of several sub-camps and Its main victims included Serbs‚ Romas‚ Croat partisans and Jews. Jasenovac was well know for its extreme cruelty in which its victims were tortured and killed. Jasenovac was located on 220 acres of land Southeast of Zagred‚ Croatia. It was made up of 5 main camps. All camps were designed by Vjekoslav Luburic. Camp 1 was called ’Brocica’ and was established in 1941 along
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production of Hamlet was taken to Russia by The Globe. It was one of the first of Shakespeare’s plays to be performed in Russian theatres in the mid 19th century. I could find no information about this performance and in many cases‚ articles would claim that Stanislavski and Craig’s production was the first. CLICK: Their production of Hamlet was performed at The Moscow Art Theatre by a group of Stanislavski’s hand-picked actors. Hamlet was played by Vasily Kachalov‚ who was one of Stanislavski’s
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boat with only a hyena‚ Pi felt completely lost and alone. Then he met a familiar face from his family’s zoo‚ Pi saw the Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker onboard. His first reaction was to save the life of Richard Parker so that he may have a companion‚ and a protector aboard the lifeboat. Suddenly Pi realizes just what he is doing. He is saving the life of Richard Parker‚ by welcoming him‚ a 450 pound Bengal tiger‚ onto the small lifeboat. He experiences a change of heart when helping the tiger onto
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recuperate‚ America had gone into a state of expansionism. The never ending change with the economy‚ agriculture and the industrial growth. Democratic National Platform‚ 1900 states “We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire…” With this new sense of power‚ expanding for the Americans was inevitable. The spreading of the “good” word of God with the mindset of the “superior” race with the fact that America had to compete economically with other foreign countries had made imperialism
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you know how many slaves Harriet Tubman saved throughout her whole life? Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland in the year of 1822. Harriet Tubman grew up with a very loving mother‚ but the first years of her life were pretty tough‚ though. She lived with a fear of getting separated from her family‚ like many other slaves. Harriet’s real name was Armanitia Ross‚ but she changed it. Harriet was a humanitarian to all slaves by taking care of them; being a nurse‚ and helping them reach
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What was the importance of Muhammad for the success of the Arab conquests? The role of Prophet Muhammad‚ as both a temporal and religious leader was undeniably an important factor in the success of the Arab conquests. These events took place between 622 and 750‚ first involving the establishment of a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula‚ then leading to a Muslim Empire which stretched from central Asia to North Africa and was one of the largest the world has ever seen. This overwhelming
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First Crusade was cause by conflicts between the Christians and the Muslims for the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the holy city for all three groups of different faiths; the Christians‚ the Jews‚ and the Muslims. For the Christians‚ Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. For the Muslim‚ Jerusalem was the place where Muhammad had ascended to heaven. For the Jews‚ it was their God ’s city and it was the sit of Solomon ’s temple. The main idea of the First Crusade was good against
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