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    The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should

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    William Skuban History 3 9 February 2017 Fall of the Aztec Empire The Aztecs were a sedentary‚ highly advanced‚ and militantly powerful empire ruled by a dominant leader named Montezuma. For an empire like this to be defeated by foreigners‚ using simple force alone would not be able to conquer this civilization. Hernán Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ arrived in Mesoamerica and between 1519 and 1521 and would war against the Mexica in attempt to claim the Aztec empire for the glory of Spain. It is how Cortés

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    The fall of Rome Rome was the pinnacle of ancient civilizations‚ due to its vast empire and might; Rome controlled a majority of modern day Europe and the Middle-East. However‚ the Romans still fell prey to the ideas of corruption. The roman senators had bribed and bribed their soldiers‚ just to bribe them with more money freshly minted only for this purpose. The senators repeatedly minted new money to pay the soldiers‚ which caused a enormous drop in the value of the roman coin (Brain Pop).

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    The rise and fall of Sean Quinn Recently former Irish billionaire filled for bankruptcy in Dublin court. Mr Quinn who was in 2008 listed as an Ireland richest man €4.7 billion owned to Angolo Irish Bank €2.8 billion by 2011. What was the reason for such a successful businessman to fall down so hard? Rise and downfall Sean Quinn‚ a son of former farmer‚ started his first business at age of 26 when he borrowed £100 to extract gravel and selling it to local builders. Since then he expanded his

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    the Roman Empire The public sphere of Rome‚ which included religious norms‚ social settings‚ as well as some other cultural divides‚ has been known to greatly affect the Roman political system throughout‚ from its inception to its fall. Our world has seen many great empires and perhaps the most popular one by name is the Roman Empire. A great number of books have been written on this subject‚ many movies have been made‚ and the Roman Empire remains rich in our minds to this date. The Roman history

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    “Greek civilization was the daughter f the east‚ and Roman civilization was the product of Greek education” (Turcan‚ 2). The Cults of the Roman Empire by Robert Turcan tells the history of the cults of ancient Rome‚ ho they came into being‚ why people worshiped within their constraints and how they eventually branched out into new cults with borrowed deities and rules worship. This particular study is important and relevant today because it is an example of how everything in history evolves from

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    DBQ ​Technology in the Han and Roman empires had come a long way since earlier times. However‚ some of the people of these great states seemed to take this for granted. At least that was the attitude I got from three of the documents provided. But‚ mostly the attitude was positive. From the perspective of these government officials and philosophers‚ I perceived an attitude that ranged from very positive to openly negative. ​Two of the negative documents came from upper-class leaders. Document

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    Did the Expansion of the Aztec Empire Lead to Their Downfall? The Aztec Indians originated from a place called Aztlan‚ somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs were a small‚ nomadic tribe living in the border territory on the margins of civilized Mesoamerica. (see map I) In the 13th century they settled in the valley of central Mexico. The Aztecs finally found refuge on a small island in Lake Texcoco‚ where about 1345‚ they founded the town of Tenochtitlan. The island

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    The Progressives were a diverse group of people that wanted to offer practical solutions to the social problems that were associated with industrialization and urbanization. Progressives opposed laissez-faire economics‚ which led to a new movement to allow government and private groups to intervene and regulate business firms and private individuals for the good of society. In addressing these problems‚ Progressives organized their ideas and actions around three main goals. They sought to end

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    to the Egyptians‚ the Emperor‚ unlike the Ptolemies‚ was not a god. Therefore‚ no private imperial cult was practiced by the populace outside the official imperial centers and there were no native priests for this cult‚ the priest of this cult were Romans. However‚ in certain events the imperial cult was used in achieving political goals. This can be noticed during the reign of Caligula‚ who was known for his fondness of Egypt and the Egyptian religion. This was probably due to his father Germanicus

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