The Roman Senate The Roman Senate was political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history‚ being established in the first days of the city. The Roman Senate functioned as an advisory body to Rome’s magistrates and‚ composed as it was of the city’s most experienced public servants and society’s elite‚ its decisions carried great weight‚ even if they were not always converted into laws in practice. The Senate continued to exert influence on government
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Lorna Goodison states in her poem “Guinea Woman”‚ “Great Grandmother was a guinea woman”(Goodison). This statement can be interpreted in many ways as guinea has multiple connotations. For example‚ Guinea is a country in West Africa‚ but it is also an ancient coin and name for a witch or wise-woman. Creolization‚ as a term‚ also has multiple meanings. These meanings are based on different aspects of the mixing of cultures. This can be a mixing or change in religion‚ music‚ food‚ and skin color. The
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Jocelyn Bedard The Spanish Inquisition was a time period that lasted roughly 700 years. When King Ferdinand used many torture tactics to establish religious unity. There were multiple gruesome tactics used to keep the citizens in the Catholic Church. It all started when a monk Martin Luther let out the many corruptions in the Catholic system. Following that many people started following Martin Luther. To stop the movement King Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and‚ Queen Isabella the First of Castile
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great aspired more hopes and dreams than any man who had ever existed in the history of humanity. He was a noble hero‚ a righteous politician‚ flawless tactician‚ and even referred himself as the son of Zeus. To acquire the title “Great” one must do great deeds‚ but was Alexander truly great? By age 30‚ he had conquered what was the known world and that alone is a feat worth titling as great . Alexander merits the title of “Great” because he is still talked about
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000. Rwanda was occupied by Germans during the colonial era‚ it was also a part of German east Africa up until world war 1. Rwanda was occupied by three main tribes called the twa‚ Hutu‚ and the Tutsi. The twa were known as the original tribe to settle in Rwanda. They were forest dwellers/ hunters around the Virunga mountain range‚ in the west of Africa. Their tribe numbers started decreasing immensely during the 5th century‚ when bantu-speaking Hutu started appearing. The Hutu tribe was based around
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after the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584‚ there was an prevailing demand for a powerful leader ready to rule and reestablish Russia to become more stable‚ more westernized‚ and most importantly‚ to become a reckonable force. Russia answered by providing a czar and a czarina to rebuild Russia and lead it away from the troubles it faced following its Mongolian rule--Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. These two rulers did precisely what was required for them to do for Russia to accelerate and
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8.Discuss‚ with examples‚ the following statement:"the rise of regional trading blocs threatens the free trade progress made by the WTO." Regional trade blocs compete against each other. Free trade will exist within each bloc‚ but each bloc will protect its market from outside competition with high tariffs. Trade diversion occurs when lower-cost external suppliers are replaced by higher-cost suppliers within the free trade area. Eg. United States and Mexico set up a free trade area and imposed
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To western religions‚ Augustine’s theodicy serves to highlight God as both loving and fair or just. God does not intervene to prevent evil‚ but rather through the death of Jesus‚ eternal life is available to those who accept him. However‚ was the world really made perfect? Augustine’s views by western standards are at odds with natural science. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution proves that nature is anything but perfectly designed‚ rather humans have risen away from their primal instinct and developed
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The nineteenth century was a period of awareness to American letters. The influence of European Romanticism yielded the way to a transcendent character. This period saw the emergence of a movement called Transcendentalism‚ which was born as a form of rejection of strict Puritan religious attitudes from New England‚ where the movement originated. The Transcendentalists were influenced by Romanticism‚ especially in areas such as self- examination‚ the exaltation of individualism‚ and the beauties of
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trusted. The pardoner’s only purpose was to obtain money by all means in order to live a better life. In the tale the pardoner states‚ "as long as I can preach and get their silver" proving that this was his sole purpose and he did not care whom he hurt or what lies he had to tell nothing mattered to him only the money. He knows his gift and will use his gift of preaching and gaining people’s trust and attention and he has no shame in using this gift to get what he wants. He tells how he will continue
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