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- 3391: Alexander The Great
- Alexander The Great Hypothesis That the Greeks success and development as an empire was due mainly to their great war general, Alexander the great, who was a revolutionary leadership figure. Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC, and was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia. He grew up with the example of ... was not as intelligent as he was, both as a military leader as well as a political leader. "We can see that it was Alexander's leadership and training which made the Macedonians incomparable in war and in administration and enabled them as rulers of the so-called Hellenistic kingdoms to control the greater part of the civilised world for a century or more". He believed in Homonoia and wanted all peoples to be united as one. He was able to gain the respect of the people he had just conquered and as ...
- 3392: 90s And 50s
- ... for months at a time, and there are computers in every classroom in school. We also have much better communication with each other by using phone or Internet and talk with people all over the world; while in 50's you would feel lucky if you would receive a letter from your love one on other continent for less than couple of months. In the 50's opportunities were very scarce for women and minorities. Today there are laws for equal opportunity employment. In the 50's invincible J. M. Fangio was ruler of Formula 1 race tracks all over the world. Now in the 90's that title belong to Michel Schumacher who is breaking records that seemed written in stone during Fangio's time. Important world issues were very different in the 50's, than now in the 90's. In the 50's, the cold war was one of the most important issues to deal with for Americans. Recent ...
- 3393: Swaziland
- ... have lived until recently isolation for our kind culture. The interesting thing about the group is tat they have managed to retain their native pattern of warfare and political integrity without interference from the outside world. This is due to their isolation in a remote corner of the Amazon. They have remained sovereign and in complete control of their own destiny up until a few years ago. The Swazi people live ... agrantic relatives and the ability to assert him among them. There is some indication that the office was once inherited patrilineally from father to so or from elder brother to younger brother. During times of war a man with experience in combat was often chosen to act as war chief an office which was not hereditary and which became inactive when hostilities ceased. Although it seems that the state of each of these cultures are placed in the hands of one person. It ...
- 3394: D-Day
- D-Day When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on the northwestern coast of France, possibly the one most critical event of World War II unfolded; for upon the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving Britain ... following months of preliminary bombardment); and approximately 154,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers, including 23,000 arriving by parachute and glider. The invasion also involved a long-range deception plan on a scale the world had never before seen and the clandestine operations of tens of thousands of Allied resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries of western Europe. American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named supreme commander for the ...
- 3395: The Great Depression
- The Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economical slump in U.S. history and one, which spread virtually all over the industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of wealth ... 00 billion dollars in 1929. Though most Americans are aware of the Great Depression in 1929, few know of the many Americans who lost their homes, life savings and jobs. In the 1920's, after World War 1, danger signals were apparent, that the great depression was coming. A major cause of the Depression was that the pay of workers did not increase at all. Because of this they couldn't ...
- 3396: Dea Sea Scrolls Imperfection
- ... viewing the living conditions during the time that the scrolls were written and then comparing the conditions to those of today, one will have a much deeper understanding of what hardship means in the scribal world. Based on this comparison and a near-complete list of typical errors that plague current and ancient authors, one will not only see the types of difficulties involved with replication, but will also realize through ... s way of life. Aside from the physical conditions that the scribe was writing in, one needs to take into consideration the possibility of time constraints that they might have been working in. For instance, war is imminent and a community wants to keep alive its heritage so they appoint a scribe to write down all the important books of literature and religion that applies to their way of life. Now ... the way to work when dealing with perfection. Stress may increase ones efficiency, but only if the work being done is expected to be mediocre and imperfect. The scribes writings were important. Even if war was not the time impeding factor that the scribe was working under, he still had the obligation and duty to copy all these books for the community library where they would be kept safe ...
- 3397: George Bernard Shaw: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
- George Bernard Shaw: The Man, The Myth, The Legend When George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856, the Crimean War was raging and Queen Victoria of Great Britain had barely reached middle age. By the time of his death in 1950, the atomic bomb and television were realities. "By living for nearly a century, Shaw was in a unique position to bear witness to the rise of modernity" (Bemrose 57). Shaw used his time in this world to become one of the greatest playwrights, philosophers, and critics who ever lived. His thoughts and words have influenced many people in the past and present. He was born on July 26, 1856 into a ... point that "the unconscious hypocrisy of an innocence protected from knowledge of unpleasant facts can be a strong barrier against social change." This play was banned in England from public performance as morally offensive until World War I. In The Philanderer, the character Reverend Samuel Gardner "is a figure of farce" whose alcoholism and degradation may have been based on the same characteristics of Shaw's father, a technique he ...
- 3398: No Exit
- ... play, Garcin is placed in a room to face hell with two other people, Estelle and Inez. The character Garcin is in this hell after being shot for fleeing his country after the breakout of war. Prior to the war, Garcin was the editor of a pacifist newspaper. When he defied war, he was shot. Although he was defiant he chooses to think of himself as a hero and a martyr. As the story evolves, the character Inez forces Garcin to admit that he is not ...
- 3399: Night
- Night Wiesel's Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven't overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna is being forced to transfer to Gleiwitz. This transfer is a long, arduous, and tiring journey for all who are involved. The weather is painfully ... be destroyed in the end. The Jews fought for everything they had, from their possessions at the beginning, to their lives at the end. The result, however, was the same. At the end of the war, Elie looks into the mirror, and says he saw "a corpse." This "corpse" is Elie's body, but it has been robbed of its soul. This is similar to the loss suffered by people ...
- 3400: A Very American Revolution
- The American Revolution The American Revolution, the conflict by which the American colonists won their independence from Great Britain and created the United States of America, was an upheaval of profound significance in world history. It occurred in the second half of the 18th century, in an "Age of Democratic Revolution," when philosophers and political theorists in Europe were critically examining the institutions of their own societies and the notions that lay behind them. Yet the American Revolution first put to the test ideas and theories that had seldom if ever been worked out in practice in the Old World--separation of church and state, sovereignty of the people, written constitutions, and effective checks and balances in government The American Revolution as we know it was not a conventional revolution. There was no change in ... understanding why the American Revolution may not necessarily seem to be a revolution in terms of guns and death, but in terms of enlightenment, and the thirst for freedom, there has been no more fervent war fought. One such example of devotion to the American cause is that of Long Bill Scott. Looking over his accomplishments, one cannot help but see the heroism, and the sacrifice that this one man ...
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