historic explorers for example‚ such as Pizarro and Magellan‚ to expand and connect two distinct worlds. One of the first explorers to set foot in North America‚ who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 was the Italian explorer‚ Christopher Columbus. As they sailed on August and reached their destination in October‚ the two-month expedition led them to the Caribbean island where all of his men believed it was India. There Columbus and his men discovered a new civilization‚ the Taino. With
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus demonstrates one of the main themes in the novel‚ which is “courage is doing what is right even when the odds of succeeding are poor”. Atticus does this by defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man who has his odds stacked against him only because of his skin color. Atticus faced much backlash‚ from other whites for defending Tom. Since Tom was a black man‚ Atticus was doomed to lose‚ but Atticus did it anyway because it was the right thing. It took courage from Atticus
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It wasn’t till his last year of junior high that Jungkook knew he was gay. It wasn’t something that had come to his mind all of a sudden. There had been an inkling somewhere in his thoughts that liking girls wasn’t exactly his cup of tea. Yes‚ he’s had girlfriends before‚ but he wouldn’t ever feel something special. At first‚ he thought it was because he was too young that he wasn’t feeling anything‚ but that was never the case. Even if you were young‚ you would have at least felt the feeling of
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great god of Olympus‚ was not a great husband. He had a big lack of loyalty in relation to his wife Hera. He always liked other women‚ making his wife very angry. This time this happened again‚ with a young lady named Æphona. One day‚ Zeus had to come to Athens to solve problems with the population. The people of Athens were very angry because Zeus was not attending their prays. But when Zeus got in Athens‚ the first person he saw was a young lady named Æphona. This lady was a peasant‚ from a poor
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When I was working at N.Y.P.Q.‚ I was always occasionally criticized because it was my first time ever volunteering and I did not have anyone to guide me through. Once‚ on the third floor of the North side‚ I was asked to change the size of a respiratory mechanism. I followed her instructions and found myself in mother and baby department (that’s what I identify the floor as) and I asked the clerk for a different size. She yelled at me for coming here and wasting her time because no one notified
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he was‚ she only explain what he was saying and doing but she never found out who the man really was. What is the theme presented through the narrative? I’d say the main theme is identity. In what point of view is the story being told? Explain why The story is told in first person person because it was being told by the point of view of the protagonist What method of presentation was used? Explain The story was presented in chronological order because the story starts from when she
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Will County was established in Illinois in 1836. From that year on‚ Will County has only grown in size and in numbers. Larger cities like Joliet‚ Lockport and Plainfield stand place in this County. There are also a number of other townships and villages that are spread out throughout the county. However‚ the area was not left untouched from the beginning of time until the year 1836. The Will County area was an established community of Potawatomi tribes and served as a trading route for the fur trade
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person’s loyalty to a country may vary depending on the circumstances as seen in both the film Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. On multiple occasions‚ Jamie‚ the main character in Empire of the Sun‚ displays loyalty to a country that the audience may not expect. In the novel When the Emperor was Divine‚ there are also many instances where an individual displays loyalty to a country the audience may not expect. In both the novel and the
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When Yosemite’s valley was being formed‚ glaciation began because the world became colder; thus causing a sheet of ice to layer and causing glaciers to form (Beatty‚ 1943). These glaciers helped form the height of the mountain range and the canyons. However‚ there has been no real explanation found scientifically why or how the earth became cold enough to form an ice sheet. Beginning in Genesis chapter 6 (New International Version) God told Noah to build an ark because He was going to send
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