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    and prominent ruler of the Roman empire. The Bubonic plague killed millions of people during the middle ages. Religion has been apart of the world since the beginning with polytheism and later monotheism. The Golden ages has had a huge impact on western civilizations‚ Augustus took the broken Roman republic and made it into a large and peaceful Roman Empire. His greatest achievement was Roman peace‚ also called the Pax Romana. In an article called “Octavian-Augustus: The first roman Emperor” it

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    And the thing about that is it could really prevent kids getting into trouble. “Teachers don’t want to be answering questions from students if they have horrible breath” (Mr. Vaughan). Many kids have really bad breath because they don’t have time to brush their teeth in the mornings possibly because they are to rushed. Chewing gum can make the breath nice and fresh and minty. The schools that allow gum has a 5% better test scores than schools

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    Shock Doctrines: Slavery and Polices that have shaped the conditions of black america Barnesev AFAS 260 July 20‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Brief History of Enslavement 3 Racial Discrimination Alive and Well 4 Jim Crow Laws Versus The New Jim Crow 4 Psychological 7 Education 8 Culture: African American Community 10 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction Social

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    Culture What is culture? How is it important to our lives? Culture‚ according to the textbook‚ means "the total knowledge‚ altitude‚ and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group." Culture can be shaped and developed‚ shared‚ and changed overtime. This is important because culture benefits our ways of life. culture can include food/shelter‚ religion‚ language‚ educations‚ etc‚. This is the reason why how does culture shape and develop‚ spread‚ and change over time. You

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    Judaism

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    Judaism is a practiced religion throughout the world. Even though it is a very old religion‚ Jews are less than one percent of the world. Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and the oldest one still practiced today. Majority of the Jewish population lives in Israel however the other half live in the United States‚ and a small percentage live in Canada. Judaism has a unique history and unique biblical stories. The original temple also played a large role is the founding of Judaism

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    The origins of Judaism

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    Examining Monotheism within the origins of Judaism Judaism today is considered as one of the oldest monotheistic religions today. The religion dates back four thousand years ago‚ rooted in the ancient region of Canaan which is present day Israel and Palestine. Judaism traces its custom to the covenant God made with Abraham and his lineage‚ that God would make them a sacred people and give them a holy land. The primary figures of Israelite culture include the patriarchs Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob‚ and

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    Origin of Judaism

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    Question 1: Explain the beginning of Judaism. Judaism originated with three men‚ known as the patriarchs. These men were Abraham‚ his son Isaac‚ and his grandson Jacob. Abraham was born in the city state of Ur by the name Abram. Abram’s father was Terach. In Terach’s time‚ people worshiped idols and a monotheistic religion did not exist. They worshiped idols. When Abram was a little boy‚ he took a hammer and broke all of the idols with a hammer except for the largest one‚ and told his father

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    Summary of Judaism

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    Judaism is the World’s eleventh largest religion with around fourteen million people. Judaism is also one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths as it laid the groundwork for Christianity and Islam. Judaism is divided into three branches: Conservative Judaism‚ Reform Judaism‚ and Orthodox Judaism. Judaism is an Abrahamic religion like Christianity and Islam. Judaism has had a great impact on the World even though they are somewhat small compared to many other religions. Around 200 BCE God established

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    Branches of Judaism

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    Branches of Judaism I didn’t know that there were three different branches of Judaism before this course. The only thing I really knew about it was that they have a ceremony when a child becomes a man. The major branches that we learned about were Modern Orthodoxy‚ Conservative Judaism‚ Religious Zionism‚ Reform Judaism and Ultra Orthodoxy. Their methods and overall teachings are very diverse. The Modern Orthodoxy branch is essentially the core of Judaism‚ similar to Protestants in Christianity. Modern

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    Daniyah Hannini Final Paper War‚ Peace and Violence in Western Religious Thought For a little over ten years‚ various works have been published by numerous academics in hope of finding some sort of solution when it comes to the position America should take when it comes to dealing with the tragedy of the September 11th attacks and the seemingly uprising form of “radical” Islamists. Although the bulk of books and articles published that seem to agree and promote the concept of

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