small city-state in 753 B.C.E. and slowly turned into the center of a mighty empire that expanded into parts of Europe‚ North Africa‚ and western Asia. Rome was transformed into a successful empire by its army‚ the power of its leaders‚ and its great wealth. One reason why Rome was successful was that it could build a strong army. Rome was a small city-state and did not have many people‚ but it built an army using the people it conquered. These people were persuaded to join the army with promises
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It is now customary to recite the national oath before every class‚ which was new but easy to forget‚ for it failed to spark patriotic or nationalistic feeling within its reciters. For now‚ my thoughts were on my family. A multitude of questions swarmed my head‚ Why was conscription activated? What happens when I turn sixteen? What about my parents‚ will my dad go into the army? Questions I would fortunately never know the answer to. On the journey home I overheard people discussing possible ways
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Devastating damage was caused by such explosives. Secondly‚ Adolf Hitler committed suicide. People may wonder‚ well there were so many casualties‚ so why is this one person’s death important to history. Read on and the truth of Adolf Hitler will be revealed. Lastly‚ Germany’s surrender to the Soviets had a big impact on Germany’s future. Greater conflict occurred making the end of World War II incomplete. During this brutal World War‚ the United States joined in after their navy was attacked by Japan
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Spongebob was sick and tired of not getting paid as much as he should. He went to the Krusty Krab to talk to Mr.Krabs about getting a raise. When he asked Mr. Krabs‚ he denied him saying the restaurant couldn’t afford it. So Spongebob grew very angry. He then went and talked to Patrick and Sandy about how mad he was. On his way home he came along Plankton. Plankton asked Spongebob why he was so mad. Then Spongebob told Plankton the reason why. Plankton then asked Spongebob if he wanted to make a
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There are numerous reasons why Socrates is more important and influential than George W. Bush. After the 9/11 incident‚ the world supported America and Americans were united. However‚ President Bush lost his opportunity to unite America and the world by deciding to invade Iraq. One of his main reasons for invading Iraq was to get rid of the country’s weapons of mass destruction‚ which turned out to be false. America’s reputation had been negatively impacted and its image much damaged due to the invasion
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The Mahele was an act put into play by King Kamehameha III where the land was split into four divisions Land for the King‚ land for the ali’i‚ land that could be bought by foreigners‚ and land for the maka’ainana to work on. The maka’ainana were moving to the populated port areas and leaving their fields‚ giving the ali’i no source of food and income (Star Advertiser Borreca‚ Richard). The foreigners wanted land for money‚ so the King made it possible for them to buy. The Mahele was unjustified because
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his father and his mother marrying his uncle‚ but it is not an excuse to plan a murder. Hamlet displayed motives‚ the kiling was premeditated‚ he openly admitted that he was wanted to kill Claudius‚ and Hamlet does not fit into one spefic disease. First‚ Hamelt was mourning the death of his father‚ like any normal human would (1.2.133-138). Throughout the same time Hamlet was sickened by the behavoir his mother’s with Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle who killed his father. His mother marrying Claudius did
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1. Why was the European Union created? Are these goals still matching the actual needs of the Union? In 1795‚ German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote in his famous essay Towards a Perpetual Peace that the ‘the spirit of commerce sooner or later takes hold of every people 1 and it cannot exist side by side with war’ . In the case of the European states this spirit has been able to manifest itself through the evolutionary creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)‚ the European Economic
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slavery Have you ever wonder why there was slavery? Slavery started when the first group of african american came to america in 1619 in virginia jamestown. slavery started when it was a practice in the 17th and 18th colonies centries. african american helped build the economic foundations. In 1793 an invention called the cotton gin it central importance of slavery in the south. In the mid-19th there was a movement in slavery and it tear the nation apart and started american civil war from
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Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise‚ they included about 21 million Russians who were immensely ill equipped and fairly ineffective. Whether the Allied forces merely took advantage of the mistakes made by the Central Powers or whether they were indeed the stronger bloc is arguable‚ never the less‚ the loss of the war came as a huge shock for the Germans and the other members of the Central Powers and was because the many of the people in
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