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Issues On Apocalypticism
Number of Words: 432 / Number of Pages: 2
... his followers. The parables were stories that used physical things that his followers could understand. Parables that Jesus used had special meanings which would teach a certain aspect of the religion to the followers. The parables that Jesus used were not for everyone. They were for those who chose
to listen and take the teachings to heart. Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is all around us and that we must decide to believe or not. The line of good and evil goes right through us and we must choose for ourselves. Jesus urged his followers to repent and that it was an unavoidable requireme ...
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Civil War - The Cavalry During The Civil War
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... France. It was unique in that it had two barrels, like a small shotgun. The upper barrel shot .40 caliber rounds while the lower barrel shot .63 caliber rounds.
Starr was the third largest producer of revolvers. Starr was known for it's six shot double action revolver that weighed three pounds and was used mainly by the Union soldiers. It was very convenient because it held combustible cartridges and could also be fired by the old ball and powder method. Since Colt had a patent on its firing procedure Starr was forced into coming up with its own. To fire this pistol a soldier would pull the trigger ...
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Aztec Civilization
Number of Words: 660 / Number of Pages: 3
... days for baptism and to declare war on, which were decided by a priest.
Most art and architecture in the was based on their religion. There are many brightly colored murals and paintings on walls and on bark which depict religious ceremonies, along with large idols of gods. One of the most amazing and famous of the Aztec’s art works is a huge calendar stone that weighs 22 tons and is 12 feet in diameter. On the stone is a picture of what the Aztecs thought the universe was like. The sun god is in the middle, with the heavens surrounding it, and pictures of people made out ...
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Normandy Invasion
Number of Words: 384 / Number of Pages: 2
... major French ports in the north were mined and fortified, the Allies improvised two artificial harbors, with pontoons, breakwaters, and sunken ships. One of the harbors was destroyed by a severe Atlantic gale, but the other worked perfectly. Twenty pipelines below the Channel were used to bring in critical supplies of gasoline for the tanks.
The Germans had anticipated an Allied invasion of western Europe at about this time but were surprised by its location. Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt, commander of German forces in the West, had expected the Allies to take the shortest water route and land at Pas de Cal ...
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Islam 3
Number of Words: 1152 / Number of Pages: 5
... Peace is the nature, the meaning, the emblem and the objective of Islam. Every being is entitled to enjoy the peace of Islam and the kindness of the peaceful Muslims, regardless of religious or geographical or racial considerations.
God is completely just and merciful, and His laws are just for all people regardless of nationality, color or social status. The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred, whether or not a person is Muslim.
The word militant means “aggressively active.” In my opinion both have had there moments of hostility. The Christians had the Crus ...
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How The Great Pyramid Was Real
Number of Words: 2199 / Number of Pages: 8
... some of the tribes formed groups and about six thousand years ago they had coalesced into
two kingdoms, that of the valley, Upper Egypt, and that of the Delta, Lower Egypt" (Mendelssohn 15). Each
kingdom made their own distinctive differences by choosing animals as their symbols. The king of Upper Egypt
wore a white crown which was affixed to the head of its totem animal, the vulture (Mendelssohn 15). The king of
lower Egypt wore red and carried the head of the cobra (Mendelssohn 15). When the kingdoms combined the
crowns were combined, with the vulture and cobra heads side by side. By unitin ...
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Slavery
Number of Words: 1513 / Number of Pages: 6
... freed. No
one could stop the
slave or they themselves became a slave. Also they could buy their freedom,
or marry their
owner. Slaves were often used in sacrificial ceremonies. The removal of
the heart was a
practice of the Middle American civilization, the most common of their
sacrifices.
The Maya was a civilization who were known for architecture, artwork, trade
networks,
writings, mathematics, and the calendar. Like the Aztec, the Mayans aquired
slaves in the same
ways. In Maya, slavery was hereditary, the children of the slaves would
automatically become
slaves themselves. Slav ...
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Persian Gulf Crisis
Number of Words: 1758 / Number of Pages: 7
... During his war fought with Iran, the Iraqi army used chemical
weapons on the Iranian troops and even on their own Iraqi population. This was
seemingly overlooked by the rest of the world because most nations didn't want
to see the Ayatollah's Islamic revolution rise. Iraq often obtained foreign arms
support from other nations because of this. It wasn't until the invasion of
Kuwait that the rest of the world seemed to realize the danger that Iraq posed
to its own people and to the Arab states surrounding it. Through poor planning,
Saddam Hussein made three major mistakes that enabled an easy defeat ...
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Mozart
Number of Words: 649 / Number of Pages: 3
... Weber against his father's wishes. In 1783, Mozart and
Constanze visited Salzburg, where he helped Michael Haydn out of a difficult spot, by
writting some violin duets. He completed a set of string quartets, and in so doing, deeply
impressed Josef Haydn who was the greatest master of music for string quartets.
In 1786, Mozart's London friends took part in the first performance of The
Marriage of Figaro. This was a triumph for Mozart in Prague, and he wrote his "Prague"
symphony as a tribute to its generous people. In Paris, Mozart published his first works:
four sonatas for clavier: with acco ...
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Slavery - An Era Of Inhumanity
Number of Words: 4178 / Number of Pages: 16
... in the inhumanity of the institution.
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin we are cordially introduced to Uncle Tom. He is a "large, broad-chested, powerfully-made man, of a full glossy black, and a face whose truly African feature [are] characterized by and expression of grave and steady good sense, united with much kindliness and benevolence"(Stowe 24). By her description of Tom, Stowe contradicts the common stereotype that blacks are savages and inhumane by giving Uncle Tom the characteristics of an ideal, honest man. He is described as being "kind" and "benevolent" as well as having an "expression ...
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