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Persian Influence On Greco-rom
Number of Words: 2631 / Number of Pages: 10
... time, was the "world power," controlled the way of thinking of the time, and placed a deep mark into not only Greek thinking and culture, but also the "Western" idea and life. Many people do not realize it, but much of today's culture can be found in ancient Persian literature, art, and architecture.
Much has been made of the Greco-Persian Wars, and rightfully so. The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of wars between the Persians and the Greek coalition. The number of victories favored the Persians by far, however, the one event that mattered because it ended all Persian presence in Greece, the batt ...
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Chernobyl
Number of Words: 1726 / Number of Pages: 7
... transferred from one point to another and ingested by someone without even
their knowledge that there is a problem. The government of the Soviet Union was
the owner of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl. When there was a problem,
the government immediately sent soldiers to surround the plant and only two days
later did they evacuate the surrounding town of Pripyat, but by then it was
already much too late. The effects of radiation do not take a long time to occur.
In adults, it is severe but not a severe as it is in children. In children,
radiation sickness can and will effect the thyroid gland ...
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Law And The American Revolutio
Number of Words: 1085 / Number of Pages: 4
... down but suffice to say that most were directly related to English law. The colonies put their own spin on these laws and created new laws to fit their needs. Trial by jury, grand jury indictments, and procedures like cross-examination, evidentiary procedures were also used by English and colony court systems. Other rights like innocent until proven guilty and the right to know the charges that have been levied against you were also taken from the English court system. Although, some English courts were not obligated to use these fundamental rights.
Although, they followed many procedures and copied ...
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French Revolution
Number of Words: 271 / Number of Pages: 1
... for a revolution. Second, the French economy was very weak
due to France's involvement in the American Revolution. In addition to the
economic problems that the American Revolution caused, it also put Enlightenment
ideas into the minds of the French people. Last, weak leadership was provided
under Louis XVI. He called the Estates General into session to raise taxes to
pay debts incurred due to the American Revolution. Once in session, the Third
Estate, the commoners, demanded a representative National Assembly and a
Constitution. When Louis XVI denied their request, they sat on the tennis court
a ...
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JFK - Assasination
Number of Words: 1966 / Number of Pages: 8
... agents would become corrupt, and because Castro knew about the conspiracy against him. Hoover even told his agents that if the Mafia caught them, they would be fired and would be treated as a renegade (5: 84). The government didn’t approve of the crack down on the mob that was in America. Teddy Kennedy loved busting the Mafia. People like Jimmy Hoffa. Even Frank Sinatra became close friends with Teddy, even made trips to the White House (3: 12-18). But just like his brother John, Robert was also killed (3: 105). After the assassination Robert carried on the bills and got killed also (3: 105). In 1962 C ...
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Excellence Redefined
Number of Words: 2151 / Number of Pages: 8
... Boesky and Milken had a great system. They would befriend executives in “blue chip” companies or merger and acquisition lawyers , hoping they would be given information regarding takeovers and mergers of companies before the common public. When Boesky and Milken received such information, they would strategically buy a massive amount shares in a particular company, and simply wait for the corporate announcement to drive the price of their stock up. In an effort to alleviate the Securities and Exchange Commission, Boesky and Milken spread their purchases over a period of time, and each was funded b ...
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The Holocaust
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... persecuted and brutalized but there was no organized effort to systematically murder them.
In late 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War. In mid-1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. At about the same time - historians do not agree on exactly when - Hitler also decided that there should be a "Final Solution" to "the Jewish question."
The "Final Solution" was the murder of the Jews and was mainly carried out by a military group known as the SS and a security service known as the SD. The Gestapo was part of the SD. They arrested Jews and other victims, ran the concentration camp ...
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The Slave Trade
Number of Words: 1289 / Number of Pages: 5
... that. Slavery has been recorded all through human history. The Islamic civilizations in the fourteen hundreds had a large trade system in which they marched their slaves across the Sahara to areas in the east. Additionally, it was very common amongst competing African tribes that, after a battle, members of the losing side were forced to work as slaves for the victor. Although it is often not displayed in their natural and noble depictions, this was the case as well with many Native American tribes.
The economics of began to make sense in the late fifteenth century as Europe emerged from the ...
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Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18
Number of Words: 193 / Number of Pages: 1
... of the majority," which he felt would destroy the freedoms of the people. His work, Democracy in America was not to measure the mastery of United States but to look how France could learn from the emerging democracy that was sweeping the west. It is my goal to learn more about this man and even read this book, Democracy in America. Works Cited
"Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)." DISCovering Biography. 1999. Galenet.
4 May 1999. .
Kraynak, Robert P. "Tocqueville's Constitutionalism." The American Political Science Review.
81. Dec., 1997: 1175-1195.
Mitchell, Harvey. "Tocqueville's Mirage or ...
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Ellis Island
Number of Words: 425 / Number of Pages: 2
... in 1892 but those buildings burned in 1897. New buildings were erected in 1900 and it reopened. Eventually the control of immigration was turned over to the Federal government.
was the principal federal immigration station the “Gateway to America” in the United States from 1892 to 1954. More than 12 million immigrants were processed here. Over time, the immigration station spread over 3 connected islands with numerous structures including a hospital and contagious disease wards. It is estimated that over 40 percent of all citizens can trace their ancestry to those who came through . In its early ...
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