then many years had been passed‚ Filipino’s called it‚ as of now‚ as “Barangay”‚ and a tagalog barangay was a group of people ruled over a Datu. But then‚ the Spaniards retained both the term and the institution as a convenient means of collecting tribute through the barangay heads. Filipino‚ Ruy Lopez de Villalobos was a Spanish expeditionary commander‚ he was the one who had named the islands of Leyte and Samar as “Filipinas”‚ and then “Las Islas Filipinas” continuing to “Indios” but then‚ it ends
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Confucianism was not used. The Chinese were also not allowed in the government. They also had their hands on the social and cultural policies of China. Economically‚ the Mongols helped China much more than they did politically. Although china paid a heavy tribute tax to Mongolia‚ Mongolia renewed trade for China‚ providing them with long distance trade routes and connections with other civilizations. Their exports included porcelain‚ silk‚ teas‚ textiles‚ medicine‚ and luxury items of all sorts. The Mongols
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their practice of requiring tributes from conquered territories. The marketplace of the Aztecs was so full of people that‚ “They could be heard more than a league off‚” says Bernal Diaz del Castillo in History of the Conquest of Spain (Doc N). Because the Aztecs were such a large and powerful society‚ they conquered many territories. Document M shows that‚ after they had conquered a territory in war‚ they often required the territories to pay them with tributes. These tributes usually consisted of tools
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books from the same series. Both of these books are from The Hunger Games series. Catching fire is the 2nd book‚ Mockingjay is the third/last. This whole series is based upon Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games (Games in which one male and female tribute enter an arena and fight to the death.) All the districts (1-12) are under rule by a Capitol‚ the capitol is very callous and bitter. During the three books Katniss tries to stop the Capitol and have unanimity between all the districts. These two
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The odds are stacked against her in the Hunger Games. She can hunt and she is good at it but the other tributes have a lot of things she doesn’t. Most of the tributes that win are from higher districts and get better sponsors because they are most likely to win. They have also been trained for this their whole lives and have alliances with the tribute from their district and the surrounding districts. Katniss comes from a poor district so many of her sponsors from their will
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The Americas on the Eve of Invasion I. Introduction a. By 1500‚ Americas densely populated by Indians – misnomer – Columbus/Indies i. Term has meaning only when used to apply to non-Indians b. Mesoamerica and Andean heartland ii. Imperial states in place when Europe arrives iii. Few areas influenced by two main centers iv. Areas that developed independently II. Postclassic Mesoamerica c. Introduction v. Toltecs/Aztecs
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three hundred years. The crew was detained in captivity until their home countries agree to pay a ransom for their release. If no ransom was forthcoming‚ the crew is sold as a slave. Over time‚ most countries find it necessary only to pay an annual tribute to the sultan‚ so buy their boats free passage through the Mediterranean. As part of the British Empire‚ the ships of the American colonies protected by the Royal Navy and the agreement
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A Critique of The Hunger Games The Hunger Games is the first movie of a trilogy based on the books written by Suzanne Collins. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic America a nation now called Panem ruled by the Capital. Panem consist of twelve districts each responsible for growing or manufacturing goods for the capital. The Capital keeps control by oppressing the citizens and forcing each district to provide one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in the Hunger Games
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Fellow Athenians‚ Our beloved city has fallen to our greatest rival‚ Sparta. They have destroyed our great walls and warships. We are with no government. I am here to help with my money. You may be thinking how‚ but I am a young man with wealth. I am offering my wealth to Athens. You may be asking why or how can we trust you and the answer is I am willing to give all my wealth to Athens the city that will be. Even though‚ I will be helping to fund the city’s construction the rest
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Student Name: James McGlaze Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places? The Aztecs were located on Meso-America‚ they came from North America. Mexico City is also built where Tenochtitlan was located. They were surrounded by mountains in the Valley of Mexico.They had unique temples and palaces. The faced other problems such as other tribes living in the area and this made it hard to settle down. The surrounding area was very swampy and had little level land to farm
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