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    Industrial Revolution and the growing populations‚ Europeans needed to expand on to more land. “‘Superior races have a right‚ because they have a duty… They have the duty to civilize the inferior races’ That ‘civilizing mission’ included bringing Christianity to the heathen‚ good government to the disordered lands‚... a measure of education to the ignorant and illiterate… In European thinking‚ this was “progress” and “civilization” (884). Europeans felt that it was their duty to help natives‚ this

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    Most of the world enslaved africans in the atlantic world and it affected many things in the atlantic world and everything after that until current time. There are many ways that caused savery in the atlantic world one reason was because the colonists in the 1500’s decided that they wanted cheap labor. The colonists figured out that african slaves were better than european slaves. African americans had been exposed to european diseases and built up an immunity to the diseases. They also had experience

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    The Decline of the West

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    The Decline of the West “The world of the post 9/11 era‚ used interminably by politicians and psychologists‚ was “security”‚ and the more the country had appeared to be policed by men in fluorescent jackets with “Security” stamped on the back‚ the more afraid Mike felt. “ 1 and this development is not only on that turf‚ Couse the post 2000s has provided us whit gang violence on the street‚ kids playing games that can disturb there sense of reality and much more. Mike lives in the upper-class

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    It’s one of those times…. When you are in the weirdest mood for the longest time and no one can get you out… when you are so angry and so sad about everything all at the same time…and you wonder to yourself what the fuck is wrong with you… I just feel like I am so out of it and I have no idea what to do to get back into the swing of things. I’m one of those people who never tells anyone how she feels… she just keeps it inside because she feel sit will only it help her‚ but it never does. But the problem

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    Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu 12-29-2010 Erasmus Programme European Economic Integration Lecturer: Petr Vymetal Student: Pia Kaindl Norway and the European Union Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu 12-29-2010 Erasmus Programme European Economic Integration Lecturer: Petr Vymetal Student: Pia Kaindl Structure of the text 1. Introduction 2. History till 1981 3 Norway - An Overview 3.1 Economical 3.2 Political 4 Bilateral Trade Agreements 5 Battle with the

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    emission‚ and other emission during flight travel‚ etc.‚ the industry is referred as ‘dirty’ industry. The airline giant Virgin Atlantic takes the leading role on the war against carbon. As the director of customer experience at Virgin Atlantic said‚ although value of money and product quality are critical issues to take into consideration‚ the passengers of Virgin Atlantic expect more than that. Environmental sustainability has been concerned by more and more people

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    202G-02 November 28‚ 2012 During the late nineteenth century‚ the west had become a widely diverse place‚ populated by New Englanders‚ Mormons‚ African Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Latinos as well as immigrants from Europe‚ Asia‚ and Canada. With so many different racial‚ religious‚ and ethnic backgrounds‚ it was impossible for the Native Americans to be the only group of people who suffered from discrimination and prejudice in the West. All of the groups of people listed above‚ were discriminated against

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    People are not always as they seem. What some people believe is love‚ is actually desire in disguise. The Great Gatsby is an American Classic which is known for having strong symbolism from the the East and West Eggs‚ colors‚ class systems and even the meaning of money. The East and West Eggs Hold much more than homes and people‚ they hold secrets and truths. In Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the East and West Eggs are not as they appear; the root of all character conflict goes back to these

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    A Walk Across America

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    For my bookworm project I read the book called A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins. In 1973 Peter Jenkins sets off to discover America by hiking from New York to the Gulf of Mexico. Jenkins is part of a disillusioned generation fed up with the war in Vietnam‚ assassinations‚ social injustice‚ greedy corporations‚ and pollution. Recently divorced and newly graduated from Alfred College in New York State‚ he sets out on his quest with his dog Cooper‚ a large mixed Malamute. Hoping to find something

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    The importance of racial hierarchy in understanding European colonization efforts can largely be linked back to power‚ control and wealth. One of the greatest tools that the Europeans had during their conquests in the Americas and Africa was their use of religion as a means of rendering the native peoples that they intended to take advantage of docile. Essentially‚ it seems that in the cases where European explorers were easily able to spread their religion‚ as opposed to meeting resistance‚ they

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