The Battle of Marathon happened in 490 BC and lead to the rise of the city of Athens and the fall of the Persian Empire. The cause of the battle was the The Ionian Revolt which happened in 499-493 BC‚ the story is that Histiaeus didn’t like his long exile beyond the Tigris and wanted to go back to Ionia. He sent a message to Aristagoras on the head of a slave to tell him to start a rebellion. The Ionians got help from the Athenians but they saw the revolt was going to fail so left after they had
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five major extinctions that have happened in the past were due to natural causes. The first started with severe and sudden global cooling and lost 25% of families. The second happened near the end of the Devonian Period and may or may not have been the result of a global climate change of which 19% of families were lost. Evidence suggests that a bolide impact similar to the end-Cretaceous event may have been the cause of 54% of families lost in the third major extinction. Shortly after dinosaurs
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What Causes Social Intolerance? ‘Across multiple disciplines in the social sciences‚ the study of social inequality represents a prominent area of research.’ Social tolerance has commonly factored as a point of political study. This can be seen as a result of an increasingly pluralistic society‚ which encompasses vast elements of race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ sexuality and general diversity. Due to this greater emphasis has been cast upon the concept toleration. To a degree this can be
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Causes of health disparities Of the causes of healthcare disparity‚ the most common are social and economic factors such as the level of education and the employment status both of which are great indicators of the likelihood of poverty among individuals hence their
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What causes a volcanic eruption? When a part of the earth’s upper mantle or lower crust melts‚ magma forms. A volcano is essentially an opening or a vent through which this magma and the dissolved gases it contains are discharged. Although there are several factors triggering a volcanic eruption‚ three predominate: the buoyancy of the magma‚ the pressure from the exsolved gases in the magma and the injection of a new batch of magma into an already filled magma chamber. What follows is a brief description
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components which contributes to illiteracy. Learning disabilities may be a major cause of illiteracy. A learning disability is a neurological disorder. Dyslexia is the most common cause of language incapacity. Persons with dyslexia have difficulties with accurate and/ or fluent word recognition‚ poor spelling‚ mirror printing‚ reverse letters‚ phonics and decoding abilities. Due to this they would not be able to comprehend what is being taught. According to the Dyslexia Association five to ten percent
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Causes and Solutions of Juvenile Delinquency Posted by: ReadingCraze.com March 15‚ 2013 in Adolescence‚ Family and Parenting Leave a comment Juvenile delinquency is also known as teenage crime. It is like any crime that human beings commit but these crime differ becasue they are committed by young people. Before coming of age girls and boys have less understanding of the world. Parents‚ friends and teachers are all responsible along with the juvenile who commit a crime. This is why courts do not
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Bangladesh: In Search of Solution of Unrest in Garments Industry Introduction : Bangladesh is an underdeveloped country. Country’s major industry and its main foreign exchange earner sector is Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry. It accounted for about 80% of the total share of exports and earned $12.7 billion in 2008-09. This was about 14 % of the country’s GDP. Since 2006 Bangladesh is suffering from The industry owners and political leaders initially tried to sweep the grievance s of labour
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Valley forge winter and spring of 1777–1778 the Continental army is situated on the bank of the Schuylkill River‚ in Chester County‚ Pa.Valley forge was plagued by an early winter poor conditions and bad weather. The Continental Congress’s neglect of the army
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of water. They are in a severe drought and with having no water‚ it is causing many different problems. China only has one main river that is dangerously polluted and can’t be used for the large population or for industry. There are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis‚ industry‚ pollution‚ and population. Of these‚ the biggest driver is population. One reason for China’s water shortage is the industry. The larger the industry grows‚ the smaller amount of water there would be
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