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    Anne Frank was a fifteen year old girl who hid from the Nazis during WW2. She lived with her family‚ and fell in love with a boy named Peter. Anne died in the concentration camps because she was a Jew. But how did Anne Frank’s relationship reflect my relationship today? Well as I see Anne Frank showed positive attitude to her father. She was always satisfying to him.Her attitude towards her mother was disrespectful.Anne was frustrated hiding in the annex along with 7 people. She still managed to

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    in wars‚ yet there are always a few names that sticks out for everyone. There is Genghis Khan‚ who fought for the Mongols‚ George Patton‚ who fought in WWII‚ William Wallace who fought for Scotland’s independence in the late 1200’s. One name that sticks out for nearly everyone around the globe‚ however‚ is Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc was imperative in helping the French win battles against the English (such as the Battle of Orleans)‚ and was the main cause for the French wining the Hundred Years War

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    Wars are very expensive. They are expensive due to the cost of funding the mass quantities of weapons‚ armor‚ labor‚ innovations and time. An example I am going to use is the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War was finically expensive. The Revolutionary War was expensive for both sides. The British had to fund the building of many ships to get overseas‚ weapons to all their soldiers and their uniforms. To help the British recover from past wars‚ they raised taxes for America. Britain charged

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    In what ways do we allow or forbid death from instructing us on how we are to live? Remember to restate the question in your answer. Write 3 paragraphs supporting your arguments and make sure to use quotes from the book. In everyday that we live‚ we should act as if today was our last day. We need to be kind to everyone‚ forgive others‚ and realize we are not promised tomorrow. If we did this everyday‚ we would not have any problems with other people. Living like it is our last day would allow

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    In what ways and to what extent did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least TWO countries. France: decreased nobility power‚ Louis XIV gave nobles very little power‚ made them his “lapdogs” at Versailles‚ result of the Fronde rebellion Russia: decreased nobility power‚ Peter the Great let ranking in armies be based on ability‚ giving lower class people the opportunity to move up‚ nobility did not like his reforms

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    France brought about the outbreak of the Second World War to a small extent because the appeasement policies adopted by Britain and France‚ which were to avoid wars by satisfying the aggressor’s wants‚ was a less significant factor while comparing to the impact of the First World War‚ the rise of totalitarianism‚ the Great Depression. Firstly‚ the impact of the First World War was an important factor contributing to the outbreak of Second World War because it indirectly led to the other causes and

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    The Cold War was a time of political and military tension between United States and the Soviet Union. The cold war wasn’t any normal war‚ there was no mass killings‚ no tanks or fighter jets‚ there wasn’t even any ground units. What there was though was a lot of nuclear weapons and money being spent on propaganda such as; newspapers‚ magazines and radio. They were spending money as if an actual war was going on. And even though there wasn’t any real physical war going on there were two great superpowers

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    MW- 3 PART II THE US INVASION OF IRAQ:AMERICAN WAY OF WAR AND THE DILEMMAS OF COUNTRY INSURGENCY Q1. If the Saddam regime actually had possessed a substantial chemical and biological arsenal‚ would the American invasion of Iraq have been justified strategically? Explain why or why not Iraqi possession of such weapons would have threatened US vital security interests. ANS. Iraq was in possession of Chemical Biological Weapons which it used against Iranians and also against Kurds in the 1980s.but

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    The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy

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    British reforms after the French and Indian War After the great war of the French and the Indians‚ Britain became the controlling authority in America‚ this came in the grimes of resentment and dissatisfaction from the other colonists. The British increased taxes demanded from the American colonists in which the previous taxation systems were lower than those demanded from mainland English citizens. The revenue coming from taxation was used to pay for their defense. Moreover‚ the fund contributions

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