and influence such as Miltiades and Themistocles. Miltiades was elected to serve as one of the 10 stratagoi (generals) to command the Athenian forces in 490 BC and was crucial to the victory at the Battle of Marathon. According to Herodotus Miltiades was the architect of several Greek strategies that achieved victory at Marathon. The Greek offensive‚ although contributed to Miltiades as a brilliant strategic decision‚ is an important historiographical issue for modern historians. Herodotus tells
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Howard Zinn A Peoples History of the United States Chapter 1: Columbus‚ the Indians and Human Progress Can historians avoid emphasis on some facts and not others? Historians are selective‚ they simplify and they emphasize what they believe is important and gloss over other things they view as less important. “This distortion
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themselves. Surprisingly‚ the American colonist defeated the hired British soldiers. How could untrained American colonist possibly beat trained British Soldiers? This essay will explain what contributed to America’s success and how they claimed victory. The location or geography of the war played a crucial impact on America’s triumph in the war. The American colonist where on their home land and knew the landscape well. This was a major advantage in the battle because‚ the colonist were able to
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“The Manifest Destiny: America’s Greatest Yet Most Selfish Victory” In 1776‚ America gained its independence from Great Britain. Sixty-five years later‚ imagine being a poor Southwestern farmer. You have no way to raise socially with your current overused land. You read in the newspaper of something called the Manifest Destiny‚ a strange phenomenon that could give you unlimited land. You immediately get the desire to move West. In the mid 1800s‚ many people wanted to and decided to move West during
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221B always had a habit of being the hub of the impossible. Anywhere from impossible cases‚ to impossible people‚ and Sherlock’s love life‚ which to most‚ was seemingly impossible. Yet‚ there they were‚ John and Sherlock sitting in their flat‚ years after Sherlock came back from the dead. Things were their normal form of chaotic and John’s blog was booming with brand new mysteries they’ve solved throughout the years together. However‚ they weren’t together in that sense but there was no doubt that
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promising much‚ never actually delivers. George and Lennie are sustained throughout their troubles by their dream of a farm and escape from the migrant worker’s life‚ and while it could have happened‚ Lennie kills Curley’s wife‚ thus making their dream impossible. The poem describes hope as a tangible thing that is constant in the soul‚ and attracts people to it‚ but isn’t based on reason. In "Hope is the thing with feathers"‚ hope is heard in troubled times and warms the soul‚ but isn’t always rational
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The liberal’s victory in the 1906 was a very significant one due to how they won it with such an overwhelming majority; it was the biggest electoral victory since 1832. In the 1890’s the liberals were suffering from a crisis identity and they were lacking in money and morale. In the 1906 election the liberals won 49.4% of the vote and that amounted to 399 seats which was such a large margin compared to in 1900 where 45% of the vote was only 183 seats. There are four main reasons arguably why the
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‘is it impossible for humans to use the rainforest as a resource without destroying it?’ Describe what the rainforest is like. Rain forests are extremely dense‚ huge and magnificent places. They have almost half of all the plants and animals on the earth living in their boundaries. Some people such as the Amerindians live in them. The structure of the plants in the rain forest‚ as seen in the diagram to the left‚ it is set out in layers of height. Starting at the bottom‚ this layer is called
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In the article “Phallic Victories? Niki de Saint-Phalle Tirs‚” Jill Carrick argues that Saint Phalle uses “innovative and critical strategies associated with feminism‚ fetishism‚ and feminine masquerade” to confront “gender inequalities and societal violence.” Tirs takes on many
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Explain Why It Is Impossible to Derive An Analytical Formula For Valuing American Puts. Explain why it has proved impossible to derive an analytical formula for valuing American Puts‚ and outline the main techniques that are used to produce approximate valuations for such securities Investing in stock options is a way used by investors to hedge against risk. It is simply because all the investors could lose if the option is not exercised before the expiration rate is just the option price (that
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