NOTES Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia
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The Culper Ring‚ the American spy network that provided George Washington with intelligence about the British in the New York area‚ was so shrouded in secrecy that there are still unanswered questions about how they operated. Initially‚ George Washington had appointed General Charles Scott in charge of intelligence. After several of the General’s men were captured and executed‚ (Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation‚ 2014) George Washington appointed Major Benjamin Tallmadge as Director of Military Intelligence
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appeared in the rock opera Hommy in 1973 causing her reputation to be spread amongst and beyond the Hispanic community. In the 1970’s Cruz signed for the new salsa Fania Label and recorded with the Fania All-Stars. The Fania All-Stars album Live at Yankee
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The Untold of Ichabod Crane In the short story called sleepy hollow‚ there is a main character that have many different characteristics to how the the story is put in place and the actions as well. Ichabod crane was characterized in many different forms‚ but in the physical form he is very tall and a thin type of man. Irving tells us that his hands are “gangly” and his feet are very “shovel-sized.” “To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day‚ with his clothes bagging and fluttering
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The Iron Horse *The most significant contribution to the development of such an economy was the railroad. -The first one appeared in 1828. - fast‚ reliable‚ cheaper than canals to construct + was year rounded ( did not freeze during winter) - by 1860‚ railroads tracks totaled 30‚000 miles ; 3/4 in the north * PROBLEMS* - Railroads were at first opposed because of safety flaws and they took away money from the Erie Canal investors. - flying sparks of fire‚ feeble brakes‚ differences
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One Way Or Another William Faulkner’s short story‚ A Rose for Emily‚ is a dark tale of a young girl damaged by her father that ended up leaving her with abandonment issues. Placed in the south in the 1930’s‚ the traditional old south was beginning to go under transition. It went from being traditionally based on agriculture and slavery to gradually moving into industrial and abolition. Most families went smoothly into the transition and others‚ like the Griersons‚ did not. Keeping with southern
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were providing more for this country than they ever have in the past. While still performing the difficult tasks of raising children and doing household chores‚ women began to take on more roles that were usually left for the men. They ran inns‚ taverns‚ shipbuilding companies‚ imported and exported goods and even owned businesses. Women contributed during the American Revolution by helping either providing healthcare or actually serving in the army. Many women fought in the war themselves‚ although
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Mr. Swifts proposal states that for the benefit of the community‚ economy and country; children should start to be sold for their meat so it can be eaten and to gain money from it. The ways he feels that this will help is it will reduce the number of papists. Help the economy because families will receive money when they sell their children for meat‚ so this means they will be able to pay off their debts owed to their landlords. Families will no longer be required to pay‚ feed and clothe their kids
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an Irish politician‚ going so far as to becoming mayor of Boston. The second grandfather on his father’s side‚ Patrick J. Kennedy‚ was a man who dropped out of school to help with the struggling family‚ even still he worked up to own many bars and taverns around the Irish community and later he opened a liquor importing company and a banking enterprise that made him very wealthy and substantial
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pursue "unto death"? 5. What opinion of offensive wars does Paine express in the final paragraph? 6. What does Paine mean when he refers to "the summer soldier" and "the sunshine patriot"? 7. What is the point of Paine’s story about the tavern keeper at Amboy? 8. Name two emotions to which Paine appeals in his essay. 9. How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine’s argument? 10. Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict‚ the more glorious
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