Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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politics‚ culturalism and the military. Countries around the world were involved in peacekeeping missions and provisioned support to agitated nations. Canada was amongst those nations that partook in events pertaining to global peacekeeping. Peacekeeping was originated in an intergovernmental syndicate called United Nations (UN) whose purpose was primarily to avert conflict and sustain amity. Canada along with 50 other nations converged to form an association that had developed amicable relations between
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Transcontinental Railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was a significant event in American History. This railroad was the work of two railroad companies‚ the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific‚ which built their lines as fast as they could until they met in Utah in 1869. Once this complex building project was completed‚ the United States was now connected from coast to coast by railroad tracks and led to an era of westward expansion. What few people realize is that this turning point in American
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The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed
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For instance‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in “Emile‚” that women shouldn’t participate in outside events just be a housewife. Women were more important to society as a mother and wives not as a political role. He made it very clear that women weren’t to know and learn the same things that men did. Unlike others who believed that the tradition walls of no involvement by women needed to be torn down. The Enlightenment writers made is so that women didn’t have any property and education but many people
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Canadian economy benefited from the U.S economy‚ U.S needed Canada’s natural resources. In 1913‚ Canadian newspaper printmaking was less than 20% of U.S. production‚ but by 1925 it had beaten the last. By 1939‚ it was 3.5 times as large. Newsprint production‚ which was less than 300‚000 tons in 1913‚ it reached more than 3‚600‚000 tons by 1937. Most of Canada’s economy benefited from the trade especially from the U.S and Canadians wanted the trade
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Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege
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The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ two opposing neighborhoods‚ East Egg and West Egg serve to contrast each other. East Egg being the “old rich” meaning families that come from money and West Egg being the “new rich” meaning families that are first generation wealthy. The contrast of the two areas contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole to show the difference in lifestyle within the upper class and specifically between Gatsby and the Buchanan family. Gatsby’s “coming up” was always
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One of the symbols that Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby is Gatsby himself. He symbolizes the heroism of the world. Throughout the entire novel‚ Gatsby acts as a heroic figure by trying to win Daisy’s love back. He is determined and will do anything to make sure that happens. The green light on the dock of Daisy’s house can have many different meanings for Gatsby. For one‚ it symbolizes hope. Gatsby has a lot of hope that he and Daisy will make their way back to each other. Gatsby thinks that
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of the railroad‚ railroads have played a major role in the growth and expansion of the United States. Railroads in America changed the life of all citizens dramatically and played a major role in shaping the future of the United States. Because of the size of the United States‚ railroads became a crucial part of America. Railways and trains allowed the movement of the both freight and cargo across the 2‚680 miles of the country both quickly‚ and cheaply. The railroad system in America was the single
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