Last Stand of the 300 Isabelle The battle of Thermopylae was fought between the Greeks (Sparta and Athens) and the Persians. The Persian leader‚ Xerxes‚ wanted revenge on the Greeks for the destruction of Sardis‚ a Persian city‚ so he led the Persian army of up to 300‚000 men to invade Greece (which was not known as Greece at the time‚ just as separate city-states). The Spartan leader‚ Leonidas‚ learned of the attack and gathered 7‚000 men (only those who had fathered a son)‚ to meet the Persians
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Individual Assignment Value: 7.5% Due date: Friday‚ October 4th (6pm‚ MDT – Submit into the dropbox on moodle) - **No late submissions will be accepted** Instructions: After completing Part 1‚ complete the Personality Group Summary Sheet by getting the information from your group members. Then answer the questions for this assignment‚ as contained in Part 2. Part 1: Personality Inventory Complete the personality assessments “What’s My Basic Personality?” “What is MY Jungian 16 Type? “Am
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The 13 Colonies Economic Troubles By: E’Maurai G‚ Seth G‚ and Jonathan L (students) Since Great Britain needed to pay for their war debts the king and parliament thought that they had the right to tax the American colonies. “The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act (1733)‚ which was set to expire in 1763”. In 1756-1763 Great Britain had a 7 year war with France and after the war ended Great Britain had high war debts so they started taxing the colonies. The American colonies got upset
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believe that Gloria Naylor’s article‚ “The Meanings of a Word” opens up the topic of personal experiences and how families will create their own meanings of words. The article stresses that as an adult‚ responsibility is to show children how to be kind and respectful through words and actions. If this responsibility is not fulfilled however‚ a child can become ill-mannered and begin to hurt others. For example‚ whatever way an adult says a word is how the child will interpret and use it and in today’s
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Stowe’s word choice critiques the societal ills of her time substantially. Stowe addresses the time of the horrendous America slave-trade. Woman and children were sold‚ bought‚ and even killed due to enslavement. Countless mothers were separated from their kids and families. Stowe includes and uses characters which suffered to emphasize the injustice of slavery .Stowe uses words such as heart-broken‚ sorrowful‚ dying eyes‚ silent nursery‚ empty cradle and hapless describing the feelings the mothers
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Standing on Holy Ground must have a big significance for people that see the nursing profession as a call from God and is accepting that call. In our daily living‚ we can perceive a lot of nurses that see their job just like a way to have a good income‚ they can be great nurses but there is something missing. “When you see nursing as a calling‚ you go to this higher level which is the vocation level‚ which has a spiritual dimension to the profession” [O’Brian‚1]. The vocation gave to the nurse’s
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In this file of HUM 150 Week 3 Discussion Question 4 you will find the next information: Imagine you are a character in a teenage slasher horror movie. What sounds do you hear? What sounds do you not hear‚ but the audience does? From these‚ discuss how sound manipulates audience reactions in horror films. Name some other characteristics one finds in all horror movies. How do they contribute to horror? General Questions - General General Questions HUM 150 Week 1 Individual Assignment Film Viewer
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Economic Growth and Social Change * During Cuba’s years as a protectorate‚ it underwent a great sugar boom * In the 19th century Cuba had rapidly emerged as one of the worlds most efficient sugar producers‚ helped by modern vacuum methods in refininf * Sugar came to dominate Cuba’s economy and eventually‚ lasting effect on class structure and social relationships * By the early twentieth century‚ Cuba was producing several million tons of sugar per year‚ 1 quarter of the worlds supply
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Assignment Summary – Response Paper Writing Effective Summary and Response Essays The Summary: A summary is a concise paraphrase of all the main ideas in an essay. It cites the author and the title (usually in the first sentence); it contains the essay’s thesis and supporting ideas; it may use direct quotation of forceful or concise statements of the author’s ideas; it will NOT usually cite the author’s examples or supporting details unless they are central to the main idea. Most summaries present
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The crucible is a story written by Arthur Miller about the witch trials in a place called Salem in the year 1692. On the story a woman named Abigail has an affair with a man named John Proctor. John immediately regrets this so much so‚ that he denies that it ever happens. She lusts after him even still after John clearly states that it was a mistake that will never happen again‚ or even be spoken of. She then gets jealous of Proctor’s wife Elizabeth‚ so much so that she calls upon a servant girl
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