Thomas’s questioners could get nothing out of him. However frustrating it might be‚ if he did not speak treason‚ he could not be convicted. So‚ since he would
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Essay 1 Why did Paul write to the Philippians? In examining Paul’s reasons for writing to the Philippians it is important to place the letter within the context of when it was written and whom it was written. Philippi was an ancient and major city in Macedonia‚ Greece. It was taken over by Philip of Macedonia‚ the father of Alexander the Great. Phillip of Macedonia established the city as a military stronghold in order to protect his surrounding lands which were rich in silver and gold. It was
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Why did the 1905 Revolution fail? Liam Hunt When looking at why the 1905 revolution failed‚ we must first consider the state of affairs leading up to the revolution. One key event in the state of affairs was the separation of the Social Democrats who became known as the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks in 1903. This was because some members of the what was to become the Bolsheviks‚ wanted to have a violent revolution‚ whereas the other members wanted to wait until the capitalist stage of the Marxist
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so on. So how did Christianity survive as a religion‚ when many others of the time did not? There were many different factors that contributed to the religions survival. Including Constantine granting Christians freedom of worship‚ ridding the empire of all pagan religions‚ and the alliance between the state and church.
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line‚ he is asking himself why is life worth living? Why live when people do bad things? Why live when all we do is suffer? These pessimistic thoughts fail to shed light on the important question: Why die if there is still hope? “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”(64) This passage it perfectly describes how the once “proper” english boy known as Jack Merridew‚ had become a bloodthirsty‚ snarling savage. However‚ the question is why. Why did Jack become evil? “We’ve
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I have recently learned a variety of information about Pearl Harbor that I would like to share with you and others. Why did Pearl Harbor start? Who was involved in Pearl Harbor? Did Pearl Harbor start WWII? Pearl Harbor was a terrible event that happened without warning‚ or was there secret warnings in such things as magazines? All of these questions and more are answered in this essay. What started the Pearl harbor? Well‚ the attack on Pearl Harbor happened because the Japanese wanted to destroy
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Topic: Why Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? A Gradual and Sudden End to Their Reign Introduction: About 65 mya almost three quarters of the animal and plant species on earth went extinct. This mass extinction is known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. The Cretaceous was the last period of the Mesozoic Era which is when dinosaurs lived from about 250 to 65 mya and the Paleogene is the first period of the Cenozoic Era that started about 65 mya which is the Era that we are currently living
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How did the Weimar Republic come about? Why did it face difficulties in its first 6 months? In November 1918‚ Germany had clearly been defeated by their allies; Britain‚ France and the U.S.A. The allies offered Germany a peace offering‚ but under very strict conditions. The armistice that the allies wanted Germany to sign was called Article 231 and it consisted of the Kaiser taking the entire blame for World War 1. The Kaisers confidence had already been crushed because of their defeat so he refused
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Stalin came to power that had control throughout World War II until his death in 1953. After the war the Soviet Union became a global power and seemingly stayed strong until its fall on December 25th‚ 1991. There have been many different opinions on why the once powerful Soviet Union fell including a stagnant economy‚ new reform policies‚ or general dismissal of communist ideology. Many of the issues that were either unresolved or worsened stem from Mikhail Gorbachev reign as General Secretary from
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The European allies were more interested in punishing Germany then creating a lasting peace. I Believe they did this for many reasons. Even though they might have known it wasn’t fair they did it anyway. One reason I believe this is because Europe had suffered so many casualties and deaths they had also lost a lot of land. Germany on the other hand didn’t have as much as Europe. But they had to live right next to each other. So Europe probably didn’t want to have to live next to Germany knowing
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