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The Roman Legions
Number of Words: 435 / Number of Pages: 2
... conquered enemies to keep their
original government, provided they give Rome ships or soldiers to help them
win the war. The Legionaries gave some foes partial rights or possibly
even allowed them to regain citizenship.
The Legions setup well designed fortresses or marching camps to
keep enemies from easily gaining an advantage on them when in combat. The
whole army slept together in the marching camp. The camp's defenses
consisted of a turf rampart, five or six feet high, behind a ditch. The
defenses were stronger than the marching camp, they often contained gates,
towers, etc. to gain an advan ...
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The Classical World
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... Developed by Archimedes, the
Archimedes Principle contributes greatly to the field of science. The principle
states that "a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal the weight
of the fluid displaced by the body."2 The Archimedes Principle influenced the
development of the boat and submarine. The Classical World also contributed to
the field of literature.
Literature has come a long way from the Classical World since its
development by many authors and playwrights of this time period. Homer, author
of The Iliad and The Odyssey, affected prose and poetry through his writing of
H ...
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Cao Daiism
Number of Words: 3092 / Number of Pages: 12
... could not conceive before (Do 15). However, as Cao Daiists believe, God saw the violence and hatred throughout the world that not only was not solved by religions founded by people he had sent a message to, but actually because of these religions. This did not sit well with God. So, while practicing a medium session on April 24, 1926, Chieu received the following divine message: Formerly, people lacked transportation and therefore did not know each other. I then founded at different epochs and in different areas, five branches of the Great Way: Religion of Humanity, Geniism, Christianity, Taoism and Bu ...
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Civil War - The Battle Of Vicksburg
Number of Words: 2263 / Number of Pages: 9
... repertory company, and an imposing courthouse in the Greek revival style. To its proud citizens, Vicksburg was the "Queen City of the Bluff" and a center, as one of them wrote, of "culture, education and luxury."
All this was to change with coming of the war. By early 1862 the peaceful town had become one of the most strategically important spots in the entire Confederacy- and would soon be one of the most bitterly fought over.
From the beginning of the war in 1861, to protect their most prized possession, the Confederacy put up fortifications at strategic points along t ...
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Frederic Douglass
Number of Words: 3497 / Number of Pages: 13
... Frederick was six he was put to work on the Lloyd Plantation. This was the last he saw of his grandmother as he realized that he was now a slave. He learned that the master, Aaron Anthony, would beat his slaves if they did not obey order. Luckily for Frederick he was picked to be Daniel Lloyd's friend, the youngest son of the plantation's owner. Frederick also found a friend in Lucretia Auld, the master's daughter.
One day in 1826 Lucretia told Frederick that he was being sent to live with her brother-in-law, Hugh Auld, who managed a ship building company in Baltimore. When Frederick got to the Auld ...
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Battle Of Long Island
Number of Words: 526 / Number of Pages: 2
... to the right at Bedford Pass there was a force of 800 men with only 3 guns.
In the early morning hours on August 27, the Americans fired on a few British soldiers who were near the Red Lion Inn. A few hours later, the Americans were attacked by 200-300 British troops. These attacks started the battle. General Howe was trying to distract the Americans so that Grant could attack; the plan worked. This lead to a battle between Grant and Alexander. Though Alexander only had 1,600 men, he was smart to organize his men into the open, European style, rather than just hiding them behind cover. Grant, on the o ...
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Roman Empire
Number of Words: 616 / Number of Pages: 3
... make the hereditary class of tax collectors pay the difference. In other words, if a poor person could not pay their full share, the tax collector paid the rest. This concept wiped out a whole class of moderately wealthy people.
Later, slavery split communities. Rome believed the workers of society should not benefit from slavery. Slaves then had to reason to try hard or improve. Eastern slaves started doing technical work. Thus, all technical work was looked down upon. Labor was cheap and worthless. Upper-class Romans were content with what they had become. They felt no need to improve their invention ...
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Black Panthers
Number of Words: 959 / Number of Pages: 4
... his family, and that no black man should serve in any military branch. The Black Panther Party refused to fight for a government that does not treat them as full citizens of the United States of America. This would reduce the military number of men drastically. The Black Panther Party may have seemed like they were revolting against America, but were only doing what they felt was right. A major difference between the Black Panther Party and other black nationalist groups of the day can be seen in the plan for a communist America: to them, the mother country was America, not Africa. The felt like t ...
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The Root Of Western Civilization
Number of Words: 867 / Number of Pages: 4
... Many people who had
learned about it through missionaries were following this religion. The
missionaries spent long hours and put forth much effort in their attempt to
spread Christianity. This would take a while because of the broad size of
the Roman Empire and the so little few of the missionaries. However, there
were many conversions to Christianity within short period so this religion
dominated.
In the Western Civilization Society, the Hebrews were a culture
that kept their maintenance in effect. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh chose
Moses to guide the slaved people in Egypt to Palestine. ...
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Blacks And Indians In The Deve
Number of Words: 1585 / Number of Pages: 6
... the Europeans. Like Africa, the Americas offered slave labor. When the Europeans landed on the Americas, they encountered a different race. This race consisted of different Indian tribes. Before the Europeans came to either continent, both cultures flourished by establishing governments, religions and a way of living their own lives.
The Indians were located in the Americas and they also were ultimately taken advantage of because the Europeans thought of them as an inferior race. Why inferior? Well, the Europeans thought their way was the best way to live life. Like Europeans, exploration wa ...
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