Why did people go on crusades? In 1095‚ Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay‚ I will be suggesting the
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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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Why did views change? * Confidence or ? * Why is change good/bad? * If were going to have new things how does it affect life and how we do things everyday? * Are we doing things in a Canadian way? * Any of the singers from the 50’s‚ if we sing is that Canadian music? Or are we imitating American music * If the lyrics are Canadian does it make it Canadian? * Does it work in terms of practical results * If you do things Canadian and get big are you
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Why did the Allies defeat Hitler? - Weakness of the Axis powers Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941‚ Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West‚ the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore‚ invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake‚ pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
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Spanish Armada‚ or great fleet‚ as “the greatest naval force they had ever seen on the open seas.” But the expedition the Armada was on proved to be a tragic mistake—especially for the many thousands who lost their lives. What was its objective‚ and why did it
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find ways to induce multiple births‚ so that they could proliferate the weakened German Army. Although researchers know of his experiments‚ this was not always so. Mengele had a very firm veil of confidentiality within Auschwitz‚ on experiments he did. No one at Auschwitz- not the detainees‚ SS watchmen‚ or even other doctors- knew precisely what Mengele was doing with twins. Twins who went through the most gruesome experiments‚ took their secrets to their grave. It was not until the Bolsheviks
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I stood alone in the silence of the trailer… My child was asleep on the couch. No one or nothing but my sobs were to be heard. I ached from within. Why did Zeus have to die? Why did he not listen and stay put as he should of? How would I explain to my little boy his puppy was no longer with us‚ but on into a different life now? I heard my husband coming down the drive in his rattling old red pickup truck… Normally when he came gravel was flying up behind him and Carter was outside screaming with
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the history of the world. The tactics used and the heroes involved in the Trojan War are probably the two biggest reasons why the war will always be remembered and studied. Achilles is at the center of the heroes that fought in the war‚ with the Trojan Horse being the controversial war tactic. However‚ the following few paragraphs will give some background information on why the war happened and what these two groups of people were fighting over for so long. Also‚ the beginning will give some background
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Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things
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Why did Prohibition fail‚ and why was it repealed? The roots of this problem lay in the wording of 1920’s Volstead Act‚ a piece of federal legislation. Specifically‚ the Volstead Act mandated “concurrent enforcement” of prohibition—that is‚ enforcement through federal laws and agencies as well as by state and local laws and agencies. While lawmakers argued that the Volstead Act would translate into extensive enforcement‚ in practice it meant the opposite. For example‚ in states where many residents
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