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    What were the challenges of living in Palestine in Jesus’ time? Most of the people in the Bible lived in or around a land that was called Palestine in Jesus’ time‚ and which is now part of the modern state of Israel. Rome was a city-state then (Rome is now the capital of Italy)‚ ruling large tracts of land around the Mediterranean Sea‚ including Palestine. Situated between Egypt‚ Syria and Arabia‚ and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity‚ the region has a long‚ violent and noisy history as

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    Reasons for the Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Roman Empire. The biggest and most advanced Empire in the world at its height‚ filled with countless impossible tasks that give us inspiration for things accomplished today. They were filled with the passion of one nation that led them to be nearly invincible. Sadly‚ no nation can last forever‚ and they eventually caused their own demise. There were four main reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire which consisted of political issues‚

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    trading them for goods with other humans the revolution of industry established its roots. For thousands of years the revolution advanced at a much slower pace than the “Dawn Of The Industrial Age” pg 194. During the modern industrial revolution there were both winners and loser‚ positives and negatives. The positive effects on the Industrial Revolution far out weighed the negatives. The textile industry in Britain was one of the main contributors to the early industrial revolution. “textile manufacturing

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    problem was the weight factor of the battery pack needed to power these devices. So to offset the weight problem engineers went to lighter shorter lasting battery which in turn generated an entirely different problem. There were many different radio styles during WWII. Common were the WS 18 backpack transceiver. It needs to people to operate. One person to carry and one to operate from frequencies ranging from 6-9 MHZ. the WS 19 was for tanks and other armored personnel vehicles. The Vietnam War

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    1. What were the roots of McCarthyism? In the late 1940s and early 1950s Americans were scared of a second red scare and that communism would influence their country (Tindal & Shi). Americans had seen what communism had done to Russia and how it was a factor of the Korean War and did not want to go down that road too. To calm Americans down an organization was formed called the House Un-American Activities Community. The organization was formed to protect communism influence on American by investigating

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    widely known events that have occurred in the United States is the American Revolution. The purpose of that is due to the many sources of its occurrence. The American Revolution was a war that was fought for the independence of Americans‚ a war that had various triggers. Many colonists were fed up with the treatment that they endured from the British and decided to rise up and fight for their strong cause. In short‚ the American Revolution was an uprising that was brought upon by unfair treatment

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    West Nile Virus Summertime‚ without doubt is the best season for students‚ the mood that it brings along with it‚ is the time that most people treasure. However‚ as we go along and having wonderful time in this period‚ it is very important that we remain healthy and safe. The season not only brings the things we obviously expect‚ but also has been associated with viruses which can cause various diseases. People who enjoy themselves along the lakes and rivers should keep in mind of the threatening

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    The Languages of India belong to several language families‚ the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages (a subbranch of Indo-European) spoken by 74% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 23% of Indians.[1][2] Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austro-Asiatic‚ Tibeto-Burman‚ and a few minor language families and isolates.[3] The official language of the Central Government of Republic of India is Standard Hindi‚ while English is the secondary official language.[4] The constitution

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    1. American revolution caused by refusal to pay taxes impose by British. French revolution caused by food shortage and high taxation on the 3rd estate. Both revolutions‚ the revolutionaries wanted protection of private property and no taxes 2. New liberal movements emerged and nationalism was introduced during radical phase of french revolution. 3. Need for raw materials. Population explosion. Introduction of new technologies. 4. Caused peasant uprisings to decline. Women gained small rights

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    There were many political compromises leading to the Civil War. One of these compromises was the compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 granted California the right to proceed as a free state in the union. In addition‚ this compromise established where the boarder of Texas would be‚ granted compensation to Texas for that was attained by New Mexico‚ established popular sovereignty between New Mexico and Utah. The compromise of 1850 allowed the fugitive slave law stronger and the slave trade in

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