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    Role of Women in the 1500s

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    A woman’s roll in today’s society is just about as equal as a mans‚ or any other persons that I know. A woman may vote‚ work a “guys” job or even run or manage a company. The question is‚ what was a women’s roll in society in the 1500’s or later? What did a woman do in the house hold‚ or business? Women’s rights were not always that of a mans so how did women live back in the day of our ancestors? Those are the questions I will be getting to the bottom of. A women’s role in the world open to a new

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    The Second World War ultimately began because Germany wanted to avenge its loss in the first World War. Fascism became popular in Italy and Germany during this time. In Germany‚ Hitler wanted to take over German speaking countries surrounding Germany‚ such as Austria‚ and parts of Czechoslovakia. Although‚ he was offered an appeasement‚ Hitler broke his promise and he demanded to get those countries back. Hitler and the German army started spreading across Europe‚ killing thousands of civiians.

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    Exploring Myself

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    Exploring Myself I’ve been dreaming about traveling the world with an adventure-job-style approach. Creating life experiences that sparks both my physical and intellectual growth. That is where the question “What is your ultimate career goal?” remains unanswered. When I think about a career that is based on traveling‚ I image work as a Nurse‚ Tourist‚ or Travel Agent. I myself feel that I do not fall into any of those categories. My goal in life is fulfill my dream job of working with others

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    The Renaissance started in the 1400s; this time of culture took place in all of Europe. During this time art and literature had flourished. Artists had been at their best during the high renaissance which was during the 1500’s. During this time people had used oil on canvas for the first time. These techniques gave more details and depth to the painting. This was called perspective. The Mona Lisa was a world renowned painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was a painting of his wife even though she was

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    It was possible for small Spanish and Portuguese contingents to claim the Americas in the 1500s because they divided and conquered the indigenous groups residing in the Americas by using intentional tactics that involved advanced armed force and taking advantage of them and their beliefs after gaining their trust and unintentional tactics that included the spread of disease. These tactics were possible to use as the Portuguese and Spaniards had horses and weapons that were advanced compared to the

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    The European Miracle

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    Western World‚ to a dominant global power. Prior to 1500‚ Europe played a restricted role when it came to technology and other major world events. Empires such as Ming China‚ and the Ottomans‚ were two of the dominant global cultures prior to 1500‚ and Europe was nowhere near as advanced as these two were. As these two countries started to make an inward turn‚ it gave Europe a chance to prosper which changed the course of history forever. The “European Miracle” was an event that added Europe to dominant

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    Exploring Self

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    Mengfei Zhou (Candy) English 111-Essay 3 October 23‚ 2011 Exploring Self Fighting against social expectations and conventional morals on the journey of progressing-liberation‚ women have to insist on the quest for female identity with unrelenting passion during a male-dominated period. According to Fox-Genovese’s argument that Edna’s immaturity allows her to question her social position as a social truth. However‚ I would argues that‚ in The Awakening written by Kate Chopin‚ Edna sets an impressive

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    The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy

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    eXPLORING STEREOTYPES

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    Exploring Stereotypes Stereotypes are just stereotypes‚ and all of them are not 100% true‚ smart person should understand‚ that they are based on something real. Being a smart person‚ in that case‚ means do not stereotype everybody under the same line‚ but be able to understand and distinguish what the nature and reasons of the stereotype are. Being a foreigner in USA‚ I have had to struggle against stereotyping because of my nationality. The same way in the Se Habla Espanol novel‚ Tanya Barrientos

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    The first European Americans When people think about the new world‚ they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese‚ for example‚ did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans‚ unlike Chinese or any other group of people‚ had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty‚ and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words‚ Europeans were motivated by “God‚ gold‚ and

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