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- 5131: Cleopatra
- ... s assassination Mark Antony assumed most of the power in the eastern Roman Empire (“Cleopatra” 489). Antony invited Cleopatra to Tarsus, located in Asia Minor to discuss charges that she assisted his enemies. After a short delay to “heighten Antony’s expectation,” she traveled to Tarsus on a grand river barge (“Cleopatra VII” 377). Within a few weeks Antony and Cleopatra became lovers. Antony was forty-one, and Cleopatra was twenty ...
- 5132: Bill Clinton and His Many Problems
- ... has also an extreme materialistic way of getting people in work and thereby holding down the unemployment. They simply only give the unemployed a minimum of benefit and they only get it in a very short time. The unemployed are therefore forced to find a job, no matter what they have to do. This policy has also its good sides; the unemployment is very low, the salaries are low and therefore ...
- 5133: Harriet Tubman
- ... scouted for the Union army and continued to free her people. Many of these newly freed slaves became new recruits for the Union army. Tubman rose from slavery to become one of the most remarkable stories in the history of the United States of America. About 40 years before the Civil War began, a slave child, Araminta. Like others born into slavery, Araminta, who later become known as Harriet Ross Tubman ...
- 5134: Jane Addams
- ... that her goal in life was to benefit others in some form or another, after graduating from Rockford, she went to the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia. Unfortunately, her stay in this college was short-lived because depression and a back surgery caused her to drop out. Besides being educated in academics, she wanted to learn about people…all types of people. She did this by traveling abroad in Europe ...
- 5135: Marco Polo
- ... were the formative influences on young Marco, and one can see their effects mirrored in his character: a combination of sensitivity and toughness, independence and loyalty, motivated by an eagerness for adventure, a love of stories, and a desire to please or impress(Li Man Kin 10). Life's Work In 1268, Pope Clement IV died, and a two- or three-year delay while another pope was being elected gave young ...
- 5136: Modern Designing in Today's Automobile
- ... produced inside of the car. Another reason why it is so difficult to design is because you never know what the person who will purchase the car will look like. Heavy or light, tall or short, etc. These engineers have to make the car work with a wide range of people and their bodily frames. Luckily, most of today's cars come with a whole list of options you can order ...
- 5137: Rebellion Of Company Rule In 1857 In India
- ... to form a unity to defeat the company. This unity created a larger gap in the animosity between the two. Religious and racial hostility continued to grow in response to the British racial arrogance. Many stories of cruelty on both sides became prominent and unusual punishment for prisoners became known. After the rebellion, the company's rule had ended. The Queen decided to take India under the crown. India had become ...
- 5138: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- ... under the dynasty of the Carolingians. They crushed opposing Germanic tribes and covered others who lived east of the Rhine River. In 800, Charlemagne had united the west in to one empire, but was rather short-lived. After his death, new attacks by more tribes caused destruction; the Vikings virtually destroyed the Christian kingdoms of England. Since most of Europe was divided and in ruins as a result of the invasions ...
- 5139: Ecstasy The Hug Drug
- ... the "burnout" symptoms appear. Muscle aches and pains, sluggishness, and fatigue are among the few lingering. Evidence is inconclusive on whether ecstasy causes permanent brain damage, though researchers suspect frequent users tend to have poor short-term memories. All in all, ecstasy is not worth all the pain. There are a few things that can be done if a situation dealing with ecstasy occurs. If for some reason you find yourself ...
- 5140: Luciano
- ... to review life contracts before they were put into action. Where once laid the vast underworld of crime in New York, now only remains one street with some Old Italian restaurants that only know of stories of the Old Mafia. Even though Luciano masterminded many killings, beatings, and various other illegal activities, he never once betrayed a close friend. He gets bonus points in the humanitarian portion of life, for kept ...
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