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- 4431: The Greeks' Contribution to Western Civilization
- ... Even though slavery is not permitted now it used to be. It was then based on race, which was totally unfair to the African Americans. This is just one country effected by Greek democracy. Many great philosophers that influenced European philosophers were from Greece. One example is Socrates. Socrates was one of the strongest critics of the Sophists. One reason is because he believed that definite standards did exist for truth and justice. However, he tried to convince other Greeks to question themselves and their moral character. He believed that, "there is only one good, knowledge: and only one evil, ignorance." Another great philosopher was Plato. Plato was a student of Socrates'. He wrote down his conversations with Socrates, "as means of philosophical investigation." At about 385 BC. Plato wrote, The Republic, his most famous work. This book ... a democracy. He thought the person with the greatest insight and intellect from the ruling class should be chosen to be philosopher-king. His writings dominated European philosophical thought for nearly 1,500 years. Another, great philosopher from Greece was Aristotle one of Plato's students. He questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge. Aristotle almost summarized all the knowledge up to his time. ...
- 4432: World Wars of the 20th Century
- ... within five days about 1 million soldiers were on the march toward France. Austria moved 500,000 men while France started out with 1,600,000. Russia called up an army of 1,400,000. Great Britain had only all-volunteers army in Europe, had only 120,000 at the start of the war.?????dont under stand sentence???? By 1917 the British Army had increased tenfold the French land forces had ... new airplanes and tanks as well as other weapons. Tanks were used for frontal attack and airplanes for the strafing of infantry and for bombing missions. During the early decades of the 20th century a great military power emerged in the Far East. Japan had for some decades been mobilizing all of its industrial and human resources to increase the strength of its armed forces. By 1941, when Japan entered World ... than at any previous time. For the major belligerents the total number of fighting men in all services was: Australia, 1,000,000; Canada, 1,041,080; China, 17,250,521; Germany, 20,000,000; Great Britain, 5,896,000; Italy, 3,100,000; Japan, 9,700,000; the Soviet Union (army only), 12,000,000; the United States, 11,000,000; and Yugoslavia, 3,741,000. The organization of ...
- 4433: Megellan's Voyage
- ... the sailors had no energy left to do their duties, Magellan himself was too sick to do anything important, but when all seemed completely hopeless, one seaman finally found land. Winchester describes the scene "A great cheer went up. Cannon were fired. Men fell to their knees in prayer," this was indeed the promised land. It was Guam they had struck, and they made a few repairs on the ship, gathered ... again, and two days later, it went down the Surigao Strait, and landed on Limasawa, which would turn out to be their final destination, and Magellan's final resting place. Magellan is remembered as a great Captain-General who continued to explore, despite the objections of his crew. He also converted many people to Christianity throughout his voyage, and was pleased to see how easily people took to it. It was ... years earlier. Winchester describes the situation, "Juan Sebastian d'Elcano had brought just 17 men back with him: 237 had started out. Circumnavigation, it happened, was a most costly business." D'Elcano was given a great coat of arms with a ribbon stating Primus Circumdedisti me, or "Thou first circumnavigated me."
- 4434: Ap Us History How Effective Th
- ... privileges to trade their merchandise to the West Indies and were forced to pay high custom fees for landing their cargo in Britain. As a result of one-half of United States exports going to Great Britain or the West Indian Colonies, British shippers were able to increase their share of Atlantic trade at American expense. This trade loss was especially difficult causing a depression. Foreign relations with Spain were not at it s best either. Secretary of foreign affairs, John Jay, was sent to Spain to devise a treaty to benefit both Spain and the United States. The United ...
- 4435: Macbeth: Blood Will Have Blood
- ... it is proven so much by the numerous quotations dealing with blood and murder. The first well know quotation to come across, dealing with blood, would most likely be agreed upon to be "Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hand?" (2.2.78-79) Macbeth says this while talking to Lady Macbeth just after murdering Duncan. Macbeth finds that he has Duncan's blood all over his hands, and attempts to wash them, but has difficulty with removing all of the stain. These are the first signs of blood in this great tragedy of Macbeth. Another well known quotation that was said by Macbeth is, "I will have blood, they say; blood will have blood." (3.4.151) This was said by Macbeth, as he was having ... the theme of a bloody play. Much of this play has murder and blood in the small meanings behind many of the quotations. These are only a few examples of the bloody innards of the great tragedy, Macbeth.
- 4436: Antony & Cleopatra: The Definition of Love
- ... love. Shakespeare has explored this theme in the past and he found it to be successful. With the play, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare compiles his previous plays to attempt to define love. Antony has a great deal of internal conflict. He has to choose between controlling the Roman Empire or being able to spend his life with Cleopatra. This is similar to the situation that both Romeo and Juliet have. They ... costs him his life. Antony needs someone to tell him that there are other fish in the sea, and that Cleopatra is one that he should throw back. Octavius is aware that Antony is a great man. After Antony's death, Octavius says: The Breaking of so great a think should make A greater crack. The rived world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens. The death of Antony Is not a single doom; in that name ...
- 4437: Virtual Reality
- ... the simulated scene is achieved. Immersion, combined with correct perspective, allows the development of facile methods for navigation in three dimensions. (Gump) Scene complexity is determined by the computer system's capability to display a great number of shaded, lighted, textured, and occluded polygons necessary to visually describe the many objects in the scene. Change to the scene is governed by the computer simulation program or database driving the creation of ... by using a supercomputer, an extensive network of linked desktop computers, or some combination of supercomputers and specialized smaller computers. (Warrick) Computer graphics often employs specialized hardware and software technologies. On the hardware side, a great deal of effort has been devoted to perfecting video displays. Most computer graphics are shown on a monitor, or Video Display Terminal, in the form of a cathode-ray tube (CRT). Two display methods are ...
- 4438: The Production, Characteristics And Use Of Aluminium And Its
- ... of commercially available alloys. The composition and logic of those alloys are regulated by an internationally agreed classifications system for wrought alloys and by various domestic nomenclature schemes for the casting alloys. Aluminium alloys with great durability and high strength, some with a tensile strength greater than that of constructional steels, are available to the designer in the form of extruded profiles, rolled sheet and plate, castings and forgings. The majority ... coefficient of expansion These characteristics make MMC‘¦s an ideal material for such applications, the only drawback being that it is expensive. For this reason MMC are used in applications where costs are not of great importance relative to design requirement. However, MMC‘¦s are a material of the future when production techniques improve and the costs come down. Bibliography 1. Heisler H, Vehicle and engine technology, 1997, Arnold 2. Heisler ...
- 4439: Nuclear Power Plants
- ... air and considering the amount of cars the are driven each day, it is ripping apart the o-zone layer. However, if the U.S. does decide to use nuclear plants, then there is a great danger of toxic waste invading our rivers, and also the chance of a spill similar to Chernobyl. As we saw in the Chernobyl video, there is great danger when using nuclear energy. If this were to happen is the United States, the risk of mortality is much higher because the areas in which there would be a plant such as a ...
- 4440: Multimedia
- ... data, and other information. Although multimedia has been technically feasible for many years, only recently has it become a major focus for commercial development. Interactive multimedia systems can serve a variety of purposes but their great power resides in highly sophisticated software that employs scientifically based educational methods to guide the student through a path of instruction individually tailored to suit the special needs of each person. As instruction progresses and ... by IBM under the product labeled Ultimedia, engage students in an interactive learning experience that mixes color movie, bold graphics, music, voice narration, and text; for instance, the program Columbus allows students to relive the great navigator's voyages and explore the New World as it looked when Columbus first saw it. The ability to control the learning experience makes the student an active rather than a passive learner. Other common ...
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