Chapter 5: Ancient Rome 1. Why were early Rome’s conquests so successful? The Romans were great diplomats. They were firm when necessary and smart about granting citizenship. They also let citizens participate in domestic affairs. Their military was made up of strong‚ persistent soldiers. If a substantial amount of men were lost in battle they wouldn’t just surrender‚ but instead recruit new soldiers. They would build up new armies so that they could keep fighting. The Romans were also good
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Why was Julius Caesar Murdered? The first reason Julius Caesar was murdered was because some senators thought he wanted to become king. The evidence I have to support this point is that he acted like a king. He accepted gold and lots of other things only acceptable for a God. Another bit of evidence is on a parade some plebeians tied a white ribbon around his statue (a white ribbon is the sign of a king) But when the senators told them to take it off Caesar told them not too. So this would make
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I was not active this week. One reason I was not active was because at the time I felt I did not need to be. Another reason I was not active was because I have graves disease‚ and even when I did exercise after getting treated for having graves‚ nothing I did help me lose weight‚ I would try my best to lose weight‚ but every time I went back to the doctor I have gained more pounds. I have talked to my doctor about the problem I am having and they said it is normal‚ and that with graves disease some
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Chronic Disease Rick Assessment When I did the assessment for chronic diseases I chose to do one for Diabetes because I am considered obese with a BMI of 39.9 so with this certain risk factor of obesity I run the risk of developing diabetes‚ the assessment states “Compared to a typical woman my age‚ my risk of developing diabetes is ABOVE AVERAGE” that is very scary because I know that diabetes can be dangerous and cause many other health problems‚ also it runs in my family‚ my father developed
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Why was there an American Revolution? There are different ways of interpretation. Generally‚ it was agreed that the revolution originated in France and Britain about the war‚ ended in 1789 George Washington was elected the first President of the United States. One of the points on the two views of the American Revolution‚ the American Revolution in fact can not be regarded as revolutionary‚ because it does not dramatically change the entire colonial society‚ but simply replaced a distant government
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1) The U.S. did not want to join in the war. Two reasons why it was necessary was to make sure that the Allies payed their debts to the United States and to stop the Germans from wanting to take away the U.S. shipments. 2) I agree because they need to protect themselves and to make sure that they can trust the Allies. Also so they know that everything is in check and nothing will go wrong since they are helping the Allies. I think it was a smart decision because they are looking out for the good
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Introduction Definition of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and optic nerves. The central nervous system is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective lining called myelin which acts like insulation on an electrical wire. It allows signals to pass between nerve cells at high speed. In multiple sclerosis‚ disease activity damages the myelin in a process
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Why was the Enlightenment Era called such? Because it was seen as time when classic ideals of thoughts for religion‚ equality and freedom were put to the test. Beliefs were challenged by what human nature was best inclined to prefer over what was known to be the classic way of theorizing. People were starting to change what they didn’t like and what failed to work for them. Music‚ individual rights‚ freedoms‚ democracy and human origins were the most important advances made during this era. Humanists
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Why was the Thirty Year’s War fought? To what extent did politics determine the outcome of the war? Discuss the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Could matters have been resolved without war? The Thirty Years’ War was the last and most catastrophic war based on religion and politics. It took place between 1618 and 1648 in the Holy Roman Empire. The war can be split into 4 main wars which were the Bohemian Revolt‚ the Danish intervention‚ the Swedish intervention and the French intervention. The Bohemian
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Richard Whiting was dragged through the streets of Glastonbury on a hurdle by Henrys soldiers. He was brought to the top the Glastonbury Torr. He was hung there until the executer thought he was almost dead but not fully. Then he was let off the rope and while he was still alive the executer cut his guts out in front of him. Followed by his heart and just to make sure he was dead they cut his head off and put it on a spike on Glastonbury Abbey. His body was quartered then each part was sent to 4 different
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