Before we speak about the African American experience we must understand why the war begin. There is a common miss belief that the war was started because of slavery. Now slavery did play a big role but‚ “The Civil War began as a southern war for Confederate independence and a northern war to defeat the Confederate rebellion and restore the Union. At the outset‚ neither side thought that the war would last very long or eventually lead to the destruction of slavery. The Confederacy was founded to
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the strongest polis‚ but before then‚ when Sparta was at it’s worst‚ Lykurgos came into the life of the Spartans and created laws and ideas that saved their city. Because he prevented the destruction of Sparta‚ he was honored and greatly respected by the Spartans. The laws and ideas created by him are greatly studied today. Lykurgos saved his city by reforming the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects of Spartan rule and the rules and focuses of Spartans. When Sparta was in danger‚ Lykurgos changed
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In chapter 15‚ as the world became flat‚ some parts of the world remained unflat because they could not participate in the flattening process. The unflat world consisted of developing nations while the flat world consisted of developed nations. Since the unflat world could not participate‚ it has kept them unadvanced‚ stagnant‚ and deprived. Rural Africa‚ China‚ India‚ and Latin America were left behind because their nations were plagued with diseases due to their broken government system being unable
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young age‚ abandon by his father when he was a new born and his mother passed away from cancer Zits had trouble understanding why his father left him. The next person he is sent to is his father. Now able to see and feel his father he can understand why his father left him. He could also understand the thought process that his father had before leaving his mother and himself. He now is able to finally see him and look into his mind and his physical appearance. Zits finds out that his father is a drunk
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Did Stalin’s accomplishments justify his means? While in some ways his methods prepared Russia for World War II and caught the country up with the rest of the world‚ his methods for reforming the Soviet Union were brutal‚ cut throat and resulted in the deaths of millions. Therefore‚ after much thought‚ I have come to the conclusion that Stalin’s accomplishments did not make up for the horrid acts he committed for the ‘greater good.’ During the time that he was in power‚ it is estimated that he was
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After Hannibal had lead his army through the Alps and Apennines Mountain ranges and finally set foot on Roman soil‚ there was the small matter of the impending battle to deal with. Part of Hannibal’s demise was that he hadn’t accounted for the number of soldiers‚ elephants and equipment that he would lose along the route to Rome‚ and the infantry numbers of Rome itself. The quincunx was the deployment of legion infantry in segmented lines defined by weapon and the class of soldier wielding. This
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In the year 218 BCE‚ Hannibal and his military travelled across the Alps‚ leading his greatest weapon – war elephants‚ something no one else had accomplished. Hannibal had overcome the impossible‚ training elephants who have sensitive hearing‚ to become powerful weapons during battle. Hearing the plans of Gaius Flaminius‚ Hannibal a followed‚ eventually overtaking the Roman troops. After Hannibal and his army‚ who he lead through the extensive Alps‚ earned victory during the ’Battle of Trebia’; the
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Many people think that Germany started world war I. If you google who started world war I you will see many websites and papers that agree with this statement. Although‚ no one country stared the war and all of the involved parties are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in
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ironic due to the fact that Gatsby made his wealth through bootleg businesses and never was approved by the traditional upper class. As a result‚ he never truly achieve his ultimate dream because of social corruption. First of all‚ Tom who represent the “old money” never approved Gatsby’s wealth by saying “who is this Gatsby anyhow?” and his accusation of Gatsby did not made his money through a legitimate way.(Fitzgerald 107) Other upper class elite also did not approve Gatsby because they don’t truly
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and poems? Perhaps it’s a bit like asking who’s buried in Grant’s tomb. However‚ despite its decidedly absurd nature‚ this very question is one that many have pondered. For although the widely held scholarly view maintains that Shakespeare did indeed write his work‚ a small but rather vocal group have questioned this conventional belief and brought forth this important question; was Shakespeare truly the author of the work we’ve attributed to him? In order to answer this question‚ it is important
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