residing in the exceptional Greek generals and professional troop contingents. Athenian democracy ensured that talented individuals rose to positions of power and influence such as Miltiades and Themistocles. Miltiades was elected to serve as one of the 10 stratagoi (generals) to command the Athenian forces in 490 BC and was crucial to the victory at the Battle of Marathon. According to Herodotus Miltiades was the architect of several Greek strategies that achieved victory at Marathon. The Greek offensive
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Top 10 Worlds Greatest Leaders in Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrianborn German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party ( German : Nationalsozialisti sche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NS DAP); National Socialist German Workers Party). He was chancellor of Ger many from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany (as Führer und Reichs kanzler ) from 1934 to 10 Mao Zedong (June19‚1945 – September 9‚1976) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of
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The Luddites were British textile workers and weavers who boycotted the growing use of automated knitting frames and looms. The reason being‚ most of them were trained craftspeople who had spent years learning their profession. They feared that untrained machine operators were robbing them of their subsistence. When their appeals for government aid were ignored‚ a few hopeless weavers began breaking into factories and destroying textile machines. I believe that Owen would have sympathized with the
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Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924-1929? Stalin started his prominent rise in the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 after Lenin died of Neurosyphilis and a Stroke. During Lenin’s final years as leader of the Bolshevik party‚ Stalin was one of the main men to take care of him‚ which is one of the reasons why Lenin made him the General Secretary in 1922‚ a job which later on in his career greatly helped Stalin further his cause to become the dictator
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19th-century British colonial capital. Friendly street vendors‚ traditionally dressed local people‚ attracting old Chevrolet buses and trishaws‚ all make a feel like a museum of Yangon downtown life. Shwedagon‚ the heart of Yangon‚ is the most profoundly honoured pagoda in the country and interesting history behind. According to the legend‚ the Shwedagon Pagoda was constructed during the time of the Buddha which is more than 2‚500 years ago and where the holy hair relics of the Buddha were enshrined
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There are many British words which are different to American words. For example: • A lorry is a slimmer truck. • A lift is an elevator. • A fortnight is two weeks. • A chemist is a person who works in a drugstore. • A dual carriageway is a freeway. Lisa and Sofia Efthymiou‚ an American mum and daughter‚ have listed below a few of the differences between British and American words. Visit also our Glossary of British Words We have arranged the words in categories to make
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Were there endemic weaknesses which explain the defeat of the Third Reich? In the aftermath of the Second War‚ historians- their judgement clearer with the benefit of hindsight- have clamoured to give their accounts of why Hitler’s Third Reich was defeated‚ often pointing to structural failings within the state. Nazi Germany’s downfall was not inevitable‚ though‚ and indeed for over two years‚ between the summer of 1940 and autumn of 1942‚ the outcome of the war was far from certain. Yet‚ just
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Reasons for the British Colonization of North America The English had many motives for founding the colonies in America. The migration was provoked by various reasons. It is said that religious motives played the most important role but economic motives played just as big of a role. Social and political reasons did not play such a prime role but they did certainly affect the decision of the English into making the hard and long voyage. New economic opportunities
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Bau Nguyen Mrs. Renee Richards ESOL 0351 April 12 The reasons of American immigrants According the website www.cnn.com: In 2010‚ about 1.04 million people received legal permanent resident status. What make the United State of America so attraction? and why people immigrate to this country? In reality‚ people immigrate to the United State of America to pursuit of the American Dream. There are many reasons for the immigration‚ searching of better employment opportunities and being interesting
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The Loyalists were the people who didn’t want to be divided from the Britain. The Loyalists were loyal to the Britain although they weren’t being treated as a human‚ by the Patriots. If you were a Loyalist you would be hanged or immediately sent to jail. And families that were patriots and loyalist would be separated. The patriots stayed in the thirteen colonies and the loyalists came to what is known as Canada now. Loyalists ancestors descend from places like England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland. The
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