The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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of the Peloponnesian War‚ Athens was the strongest city-state in Greece. Thucydides claimed that Spartans initially engaged in war in 431 BC as a result of Sparta’s fear of Athenian’s further growth of power (Cartwright‚ 2013). Fought between Athens and Sparta along with their respective allies‚ the Peloponnesian War resulted in the weakening of Greek city-states‚ which created vulnerability to foreign invasions (Cartwright‚ 2013). Following the war‚ Athens was reduced to a state of near complete
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Achilles’ Wrath and the Plan of Zeus The Iliad 1 begins and ends showing people in a normal state‚ before and after the wrath of Achilles has precipitated the plan of Zeus. In this normal state‚ people are capable of acting rationally‚ using experience and wisdom to guide their behavior. However‚ during the main action of the Iliad‚ the wrath of Achilles and the plan of Zeus‚ people live in an extraordinary state of human/divine crisis‚ because human emotions have broken down those barriers which
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order to be seen as equal in the white community which was the majority in the U.S. Years back‚ black americans have fought for their political and economic equality. On August 28‚ 1963‚ a movement called The March on Washington occurred and has had a major impact for the black community in the 60’s and even present day America. During this movement‚ blacks and whites combined their power in order to end racial discrimination. This march was not violent for its leaders did not believe it is a just
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What would you do if one country’s dominance over your country changed your life for the worse? This is what was occurring to the lithuanians. During Stalin’s rule‚ There were many things he did to ensure soviet dominance. Stalin had a five year plan. This five year plan was to gain complete soviet dominance through the secret deportation of Lithuanians to siberia. The lithuanians faced many hardships not only in Siberia but on the way there as well. The first part of the plan was to deport them
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for their large empire that stretched across Eurasia. They were brutal and violent‚ but somehow it worked out and they obtained one of the largest empires in the world and what is now known as the second greatest empire to ever exist (after the Roman Empire of course). The most important aspect of the Mongolian Empire’s legacy was the strength of the military organization‚ along with their superior archery skills and their tactics. The Mongols had many important aspects‚ but their strength lay in
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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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Reyna Macias English 103 7 November 2011 California Dream Act: Rewarding an Illegal Act Born and raised here in the U.S. many students‚ and parents for that matter‚ are currently struggling with the bills‚ loans‚ and the stress of trying to stabilize a healthy future for themselves by pursuing an education. When a law like the California Dream Act is passed‚ it makes those who have done nothing but follow the rules of our legal system‚ feel as if the right as a legal citizen is being pushed
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John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ considered the greatest achievement in English epic‚ is a poem which seeks to do the impossible: to provide an account of the book of Genesis through the medium of epic‚ a genre depicting‚ among other things‚ the religious practices and theological imperatives of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. For all that we know about Milton’s classical education‚ his early training in ancient languages and later mastery of classical genres‚ many mysteries‚ nevertheless‚ remain
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Goals What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. You will not be the same person when you achieve your goal. When you set goals‚ you naturally focus on the result. If you pay attention to the desired path to get there‚ however‚ the value you gain from achieving the goal is not just about the reward of accomplishment. “The journey is the reward” (Chinese proverb) The process of achieving your goal and the experience you have gained will
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