beliefs was one of the biggest reasons he is considered great. While other conquerors in this time period‚ like the persians‚ would try to destroy and get rid of other people’s cultures Alexander would study and learn from them. He did this to such an extent in Egypt that they even referred to him as a god and pharaoh. In other places he would study their beliefs‚ and try to understand them as a people‚ and he may have been doing this to learn how to control them‚ but based on his character it is more
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Censorship is a unique term. Some synonyms are suppress‚ eradicate‚ destroy. One term that the definition of censorship uses most is remove which means to “move or shift to another place or position” (Dictionary.com). Anyone can move objects such as books‚ utilities‚ etc.‚ people can carry with their own strength‚ to a place where they want to put it. Censor is quite different because it can be a group or one person “who examines books‚ movies‚ etc.‚ and removes things that are considered to be offensive
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To what extent was the League of Nations a success? In 1914 war broke out in Europe. The war ended in 1918 and Germany solely blamed. The end of the war was signed with the treaty of Versailles. From the war was born the League of Nations; who helped nations resolve disputes peacefully without going to war. When the League was formed‚ the defeated nations were not invited to join. The League originally had forty-two members. All forty-two members made up the assembly‚ who met once a year. As incidents
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To what extent‚ and by what means‚ did Hitler create a totalitarian regime? After consolidating his power‚ Hitler sought to make Germany a nation a totalitarian state in which the one-party Nazi structure had absolute political authority over every aspect of ’life’. By suppressing opposition and making individuals mere pawns of the state this was partly achieved. Several strategies quickly ensured civilian support‚ whilst exploiting political opportunities and manipulating the economy allowed Hitler
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their job. For example‚ if the husband worked as a butcher‚ his wife was able to work with him and gain skills as to how to perform the job. Sometimes if the husband dies and the wife knew enough‚ she could take over the job. Clearly‚ there was an extent to this. If the husband was someone like Michelangelo who was a sculptor‚ the wife would not be able to take over his job because she lacked the experience needed. Women of high social class where treated differently. The women of high social classes
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To what extent does modern liberalism depart from the ideas of classical liberalism? The continuous development of industrialization bought about a massive expansion of wealth as well as the spread of slums‚ poverty‚ ignorance and disease. The increasing social inequalities in society led liberals to question and revise the ideas of classic liberalism. This was clearly seen in their differing views on freedom‚ the individuals and most important the economy. Classical liberals have argued that the
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Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad‚ which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it‚ we would be violating freedom of expression‚ alienating
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Through the censorship that the government installs in the culture‚ it is also assumed that the people are more like robots or clones‚ than independently thinking organisms. In history we see this “extermination” of a certain race‚ or kind of people in the Holocaust
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To what extent is “An Inspector calls” a socialist play? J.B Priestley uses his play as tool to get across his message of socialism. Priestley was a well known socialist and so would obviously want to express his views in some way. Priestley uses “AIC” to convey his views on capitalism and socialism: he uses the Inspector and some of the other characters as his mouthpiece of socialism‚ and uses some of the more arrogant and ugly characters to represent capitalism. Priestley would obviously be
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To what extent is the Constitution of the United States a ‘repressive’ Document? The Constitution of the United States of America was the solution to fix the weaknesses that Articles of Confederation had caused the United States. The Constitution not only helped the United States gain more power but it also unified the states and creates a sense of nationalism. The Constitution eradicated any justification that the United States was weak and inferior. However‚ there are some constituents of the
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