Motte and Bailey castles started appearing in England after 1066 when the Normans attacked England. They became very common by 1087. Building the castles became a huge project in England and Wales. When William the Conqueror went to Pevensey‚ he started to build a castle to protect himself and his men. He was a skilled and fearsome soldier who learned his military skills from Northern France. He learned his castle building skills from the french kings‚ who built castles to protect themselves
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Fred Bailey: An Innocent Abroad Fred Bailey gazed out the window of his 24th floor office at the tranquil beauty of the Imperial Palace amidst the hustle and bustle of downtown Tokyo. Only six months ago‚ Fred had arrived with his wife and two children for his three-year assignment as the director of Klien & Associates Tokyo office. Klien & Associates is a large‚ multinational consulting firm with offices in 19 countries. Fred was now trying to decide if he should simply pack up and tell the home
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“Discuss the subjects in which you have had difficulty...” There comes a time or two in our lives where we struggle with certain aspects which we will overcome at a later time in life. As a child‚ I was told that I was very outgoing and friendly‚ but I felt like a shy and quiet soul. While my friends were shining stars and found merriment in groups‚ I was just merely a shadow behind them‚ finding content in being alone. However‚ teachers would notice this trait of mine and try to pull me out
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Jennifer Angelucci October 17th‚ 2006 English 10 - E Ms. Ignacio A FEW NOTES FOR ORPHEUS BY: DON BAILEY In the short story "A Few Notes for Orpheus" Don Bailey portrays the protagonist‚ Jake as an isolated‚ resentful‚ and hypocritical man. As the story begins‚ Jake is sitting alone in his room‚ living in self-isolation. He is always "telling [himself] that [he] likes [his] privacy‚ although sometimes he feels _too_ alone. The only contact Jake has with the outside world is through his telephone
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I. Sherman Scorches Georgia 1. Now‚ in east Tennessee‚ CONFS drove UNION out from battlefield at CHICKAMAUGA into city of CHATANOOGA and then SIEGED CHATANOOGA 2. Grant won some battles around chatanooga and DROVE THE SOUTH OUT OF EAST TENNS‚ and so now Georgia was clear to invade! 3. After Grant cleared out Tennessee AND left it wide open for invasion ‚ union General William Tecumseh Sherman was given command to march through Georgia‚ and he delivered‚ capturing and burning
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Shloka Parvatrao Period 2 U.S. History Honors 4 May 2012 Favorite Character: Glory In the movie Glory there were many inspirational characters that went against the normal behavior of the time‚ and acted out of honor‚ justice‚ and equality. Even when the North was against slavery and the South was for it‚ there were many people in the North who treated blacks as inferior to whites. They were not advocates of slavery‚ but they still believed that blacks could be considered as less‚ and
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MCI 1334I MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE MATH FOR MARINES MARINE BARRACKS WASHINGTON‚ DC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE 912 CHARLES POOR STREET SE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD DC 20391-5680 IN REPLY REFER TO: 1550 5 Jan 2012 From: Director To: Marine Corps Institute Student Subj: MATH FOR MARINES (MCI 1334I) 1. Purpose. The subject course provides instruction on basic mathematics. 2. Scope. This course instructs and reviews a Marine’s knowledge of basic mathematics. It
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At Thermopylae‚ the allied Greek nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain
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Department: Communication Design Course: Contemporary Art in Context Artist: Anish Kapoor Title: Cloud Gate Year: Built 2004-2006 Location: Millennium Park‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States Dimensions: 10 m × 13 m × 20 m (33 ft × 42 ft × 66 ft) Medium: Stainless steel About the artist: Anish Kapoor‚ one of the world’s most distinguished and significant contemporary artists‚ was born in Mumbai to a Punjabi-Hindu father and an Iraqi-Jewish mother. He has studied art at the Hornsey College
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I approach each new subject and experience presented to me as a new adventure in learning‚ because I really love to learn‚ even if that sounds a little corny. I attribute this characteristic in me to my own natural curiosity‚ my upbringing in a family that sincerely values education‚ and to my elementary school education. I attended the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School whose mission was to create a public school that would cultivate life-long self directed learners in a multi-aged‚ project-based
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