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    He got rejected. Hitler felt like everything he hoped and dreamed for got crushed before his eyes. He decided to join the Army‚ I suspect he did this because he had no other choice. When Hitler went to ww1 and got temporarily blinded from a poisonous gas attack. They think it somehow went to his brain and caused him to become psychotic. Hitler lost a lot of money‚ fighting his way to survive. He got some help by finding and staying in a homeless shelter in 1909. Once he got enough

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    In the ancient world‚ religious tolerance was mainly in the context of imperial states using it as a political or strategic tactic to hold power within an imperial state ; or as part of religious teachings that forbade the forced conversions of others. In modern times‚ many sovereign Western countries‚including the U.S‚ have implemented religious tolerance with the aim of multiculturalism and have even codified it. In the Persian context‚ it was used as a political strategy to help advance his conquests

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    Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the

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    his chancellor. The reason why he was a the chancellor because military leaders and wealthy business owners pressured him. Their reasoning for Hitler being chancellor was that they will control him‚ but in reality they didn’t know how bad was Hitler. Years later‚ Hindenburg died so Hitler took over Germany. That’s when Hitler has his plans. When Hitler was in jail‚ he had wrote a book called Mein Kampf. It mean my struggle. It talks about his three goals when he take power. First it was to get revenge

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    because they were taught to be clean‚ and it also symbolized a fresh start in life. Then‚ they kneeled before a king‚ and promised to be obedient and loyal. He grazed the knights shoulder with a sword and when the king said ’Arise sir knight’‚ they had become a knight (Macdonald 32). Knights were expected to destroy the enemies with weapons they had‚ such as daggers and knives‚ and charged on foot and struck with swords up close. They also had to force their way through enemy territory with siege engines

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    There were many reasons of why the small city became an empire‚ such as dominance‚ stability‚ protection‚ commerce‚ food‚ and more. The Romans had strict social structures and social classes as well. Rome was male dominated‚ and women were defined by the social status of their father or husband. Women usually had few or no rights‚ and no independence. With social classes‚ clothes made a difference. Only emperors wore purple robes‚ symbolizing power. Senators wore a white toga or an Equestrian

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    There are many theories on how dinosaurs became extinct but scientists have not yet found a proven reason why. About sixty-five million years ago Dinosauriformes‚ or as we call them Dinosaurs‚ walked and roamed planet Earth. These massive carnivores‚ herbivores‚ and omnivores lived many years on earth before humans appeared. There were several variations of dinosaurs such as land‚ sea‚ and air dinosaurs. For a millions of years the dinosaurs thrived in their environment. They had an abundant food

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    The “fall” of Rome was caused by many reasons. These reasons help us realize why Rome was successful and then became a failure. To begin with‚ Rome had economic problems. This was because people had the ability to enforce laws. Sometimes these laws were just not fair. Also money became a problem for the Romans. This was because rulers paid security more just to insure they wouldn’t die. Rome lost much money from this and had to start collecting taxes. Also sometimes the fact people could not trade

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    The ancient empire‚ Benin‚ became civilized because of record keeping on trade‚ the developed complex institutions and the leadership specialized workers. The Benin empire rose to power back in the 13th century‚ to about 15th century. The empire quickly became successful due to the modern trade routes. “...they became very wealthy by trading conquered people to the Portuguese as slaves in exchange for such manufactured European products as firearms‚ textiles‚ glass‚ and beads” (Hackey). Records were

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    Why did slavery become established as a major labour system in the southern mainland colonies? Social Factors T.H. Breen‚ ‘A Changing Labor Force and Race Relations in Virginia’‚ Journal of Social History CHANGE OVER TIME Virginia in the years 1660-1683: much unrest‚ rioting‚ violence. According to the landowners and politicians this was due to “opportunists” (individuals usually) taking advantage of the “giddy multitude” (H.R. McIlwaine‚ ed.‚ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60-1693

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