The second Punic War was a consequence of the humiliation that Carthage’s people suffered following the first war and the harsh terms levied by Rome. After years of hostile actions that lead to the conquest of a Roman protectorate, Carthage would declare the Second Punic War and attacked Rome under Hannibal Barcid. Hannibal was born in 247 BC and was...
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The success of England and France’s colonies in the New World and their interactions with Native Americans reflected each country’s motives for colonization. Both colonial powers strived to profit from trading New World commodities and spread their brand of Christianity. England and France shared similar goals for colonization but had different motivations. The New England colonies and New France are...
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Caesar and Brutus are friends. They are also enemies. How does Brutus justify his betrayal of Caesar and why does he believe his involvement in the conspiracy is necessary? Brutus pretends he is friends with Ceaser but he is really his enemy. Brutus thinks that it would be good to have him as a friend somehow, while Cassius disagreed. Cassius...
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Ambition is the driving force behind mankind’s history of success. With ambition, the great leaders of the world have achieved greatness. Yet, there is a delicate balance between just power and corruption. The abuse of ambition can lead to the downfall of anyone, no matter the amount of power they wield. In the play, Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare,...
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When speaking to my grandmother, she told me many interesting things about her ancestry. I’ve always known that I have French- Canadian and German descent on my mom’s side, and Pennsylvania Dutch on my father's side. My grandmother told me that she just recently found out that she is related to a man named Degory Priest, who was a member...
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In todays government, it is quite rare that two members of the cabinet have opposing political and economical views. Unknowing of this, George Washington appointed two men who he thought very highly of to be his head of Department of State and his Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, respectively. Jefferson and Hamilton supported two different political...
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The Civil War was a turning point in American history. It was a time when the most powerful country in the world hung in balance. The Civil War was an all-out battle between the 23 Northern (Union) states and the 11 Southern (Confederate) states. Many actions took place to cause the Civil War. From the abolitionist Movement that started in...
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The theme I chose to write about is the power of speech. In Julius Caesar, speech plays an important role in the plot. The people in the play are easily persuaded into opposing viewpoints through both Anthony’s and Brutus’ speeches. In Brutus’s speech, he says “: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you...
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Independence For All America is hailed as the land of the free and the home of the brave, but this was not always the case. Before becoming an independent state, America was governed by the English Monarchy and King George III. Our country was built on the ideals of freedom and justice, two doctrines that the citizens of the colonies...
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Argumentative Essay What influences did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment have on this great event? What were the complaints of the colonists? Were their issues and complaints justified? What were the challenges faced by the independence leaders? What accounted for their ultimate success, and what challenges did they face after the war? Explain using examples from the reading. The...
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In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said “You have a row of dominoes set up. You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is a certainty that it will go over very quickly (“Civil Rights,” 169). The most glaring problem with this statement is that countries are not dominoes. Domino Theory is the idea...
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Throughout the makings of what is seen as the world today, struggles and disagreements that have led to wars have irrevocably been repeated and carried out in one way or another. As countries and their political and global power and influence have grown, so has their involvement in other countries, and so on. The United States of America is a...
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There were many events that led to the American Civil War. The American Civil War was a war that took the lives of over seven thousand people. The Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, the Dred Scott Case, and the Election of Abraham Lincoln resulted in yearlong battles between the Northern and Southern states. The civil war started with a disagreement over...
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This document was written by Hammurabi, who was the sixth king of the Babylonian Dynasty. After reading the document, along with the codes, I feel that some of the biases Hammurabi had were unfair due to some of his laws being unjust. It seems that his laws were gender biased. An example of this is the role of women. It...
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The question of Brutus joining the conspiracy against Caesar was right is rather contradicting, but at the end of the day, I believe his decision wasn’t immoral and, in fact, was right. Brutus loved Caesar, but his love for Rome was bigger. The fear of someone taking over Rome entirely to themselves gave Brutus the strength to stab a knife...
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The faces of collateral damage and friendly fire are generally not seen. However, this was not the case with 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc, On June 8, 1973. To give background on this photograph, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut was outside Trang Bang, about 25 miles northwest of Saigon, when the South Vietnamese air force mistakenly dropped a load of...
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Over 58,000 U.S. soldiers were wounded or killed in the Vietnam War. This statistic was a tragic event that occurred in the 1960s. Even though the Vietnam War was a huge downfall in the ’60s, there were some positive events that occurred such as the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement gave African Americans a better future in America....
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The United States holds one of the most diverse societies in the world. For thousands of years, people have traveled to America for new opportunities. Settlers in the British colonies had the same aspirations, yet they accomplished their goals unethically by capturing slaves. The barrier between social classes was a result of racial prejudice. Race was a fundamental division of...
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Thomas Jefferson was elected in the year 1801 as the third president of the United States. The voting process began in April 1800. Burr ran for vice president while Jefferson ran for the presidency on the same ticket. The constitution demanded the votes be counted separately despite Burr and Jefferson vying for the positions on the same ticket. In January...
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The moral duality of Thomas Jefferson has been explored in countless papers. How could a man with such enlightened thoughts and an important role in the founding of the government support such a corrupt system like slavery? Monticello tour guides are quick to remind visitors that this Founding Father owned around 600 slaves while arguing that ‘all men are created...
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Hypothesis testing on the Vietnam War War… war never changes. As man developed better and more efficient ways to kill each other war has continued to plague mankind and all of its lands for millennia. Some campaigns are blatantly justified, and others are still looking for answers as to why they happened. One of these conflicts that are still highly...
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The title of the novel comes from W.B. Yeat's coming descriptor for the chaos that was made in the modern period through the collision between tradition and modern culture cause to a kind of cultural trauma because Nigerian people demand the recognition of their traditional culture. Achebe compared the poem to the situation of Igbo culture that transformed from their...
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The Renaissance era was an era of revival and rebirth of classical culture. It originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic style. Renewal and innovation were one of the main driving aspects and factors of this era. Appreciation was given to different arts from literature to art and architecture. Knowledge was...
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The Code of Hammurabi is intriguing on numerous levels, one of which is to contrast the laws in this code and those in the Hebrew Bible. The correlation shows that the Bible was more empathetic than the Code. Coming up next is some data about the Code. The Code is unquestionably more unfair and ruthless than the scriptural laws. The...
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The song Revolution by the Beatles is a protest song protesting the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The intention of protesting this is to convince more people to join the movement and to peacefully end the Vietnam War. This song is constructed in a way to be memorable. It does this successfully by using various English techniques such as repetition, allusion, and...
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Midway was a crucial battle within the Pacific theatre of World War Two. The events that occurred at the Battle of Midway would change the direction of the war. Before Midway, Japan had launched an unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor. This attack would spur the United States into declaring war on Japan. Going forward, The United States would play a...
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At a time when sexism was pervasive, when the role of a woman was clearly defined, society, specifically American 1930s culture, needed a push for progression. This prayer was answered in arguably the only way it could have been -- a catalytic war. The bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th, 1941, leading the U.S. into WWII, and would...
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Surrealism, founded by the poet Andr © Breton in Paris in 1924, after World War I, its roots were found in Dada, but it was less violent and more artistic, Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement and its goal was to liberate thought, language, and human experience from the oppressive boundaries of rationalism 'Surrealism is not a poetry but...
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The arrival of Europeans changed the map of people’s settlements in America. Now it is difficult to find an area where the ethnic regions at least coincide with the former borders of initial settlements. Ethnic processes were different in various parts of America. They were influenced not only by changes in population but also by the socioeconomic development of various...
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Spinoza’s ethics is concerned with the achievement of maximum human happiness. To that end, he develops a theory of human knowledge, emotions, and relationships that, deductively, yield a form of behavior, that of the “free man”, which should constitute a happy and fulfilled life. For Spinoza, “everything, in so far as it is in itself, endeavors to persist in its...
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