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- 6401: Sparta
- ... with many things. The laws very strict and the government dictated what people should do. This may have created the perfect military society but meanwhile, in Athens, people were exploring the human mind. They were writing and watching plays instead of forming phalanxes (large designs of heavily armed foot soldiers in battle) and fighting in wars.
- 6402: The Roman Aqueduct
- ... stitch in time, saves nine (proverb). The Romans had strict water laws. You could only partake in leaking water if it was granted to you. No one could draw water from the public supply without writing, from Caesar himself. If anyone polluted the public waters they were fined 450 coin ($1100 today). The Romans took great pride in their water and their creation of the aqueduct. I believe aqueducts are the ...
- 6403: Alcatraz Island (The Prison)
- ... through a vent. They made an inflatable raft out of stolen rain jackets. The preparation took 6 months. On June 11 they exited through the roof, climbed down a drainpipe and got away. Officials found personal belongings in the bay but no bodies. If they made it to shore, they never pulled another crime (Stuller 90). In 1946, six inmates took weapons from a guard. They intended to blast out. Led ...
- 6404: Mexico
- ... both European, particularly Spanish and French, and other North American influences are evident. Most contemporary Mexican artists are striving to produce identifiably Mexican work that blends Spanish, Native American, and modern European styles. Literature Mexican writing in Spanish dates from the 16th century, and many works make use of themes from the oral traditions of the country's indigenous peoples. Noted Mexican writers of the 20th century include the novelists Mariano ...
- 6405: Saudi Arabia
- ... by Muhammad and thus is a member of the Islamic community, because the name Muslin is given in the Koran itself, to the followers of Muhammad. Muslims resent being called Muhammadans, because it implies a personal cult of Muhammad. (BOOK) Estimated world population of Muslims is estimated at more than 935 million. Islam has flourished in very diverse cultural, and ethnic regions. The major ethnic groups composing the Islam community, are ...
- 6406: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... I found where black servants are mentioned. I'm beginning to wonder if Kemp's view of the town was fictitious or possibly he was the only one who voiced his true views through his writing of the town's history. I also wonder where their dislike for blacks came from if they had never been around any." "Good question" Susanna said, "and not having read Kemp's book, I don ...
- 6407: Christ Is The Answer - John Saward
- ... He showed his Father his love through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit's role was well defined by Pope John Paul II. He brought Hebrews 9. 13 'through the eternal Spirit' to show in writing the importance of the third person in the trinity. He reminded the world that Jesus' mission was given to him by the Father 'in the power of the Holy Spirit' Through every step of Christ ...
- 6408: Ancient Greece
- ... depending on where you lived . I would prefer to live in Athens because the military requirements are not as restrictive . In Athens rich boys ,at the age of seven , went to school to study reading , writing , arithmetic , music , and debating . Poor boys did not go to school . Girls stayed at home and learned how to spin and weave from their mothers . The children did not have pencils , they used a stylus ...
- 6409: China
- ... An approach of this kind to a country containing such vast potential and immense population does not offer an opportunity to the proletariat class to produce a means that would better his or her own personal lifestyle. The average worker realistically has no reason to strive to produce a greater number of goods or to produce those goods with any means of quality. " Enterprises were subordinated to their higher authorities on ...
- 6410: Germany
- ... the late 1960s and early 1970s by Willy Brandt and it is currently concerned with stability in post-communist Eastern Europe. Its leader, Helmut Kohl, has been chancellor since 1982 and still exercises a powerful personal control over the party. The CDU's domestic policy is based on the concept of the social market as developed by Ludwig Erhard in the 1950s. Christian Social Union The CSU is a sister party ...
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