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- 15211: A "Golden Age" for Athens?
- ... Athens had been sacked by the Persians during the Persian Wars and Pericles set out to rebuild the city. The city's walls had already been rebuilt right after the end of the second Persian War so Pericles rebuilt temples, public grounds, and other impressive structures. One of the most famous structures to result from Pericles' building project was the Parthenon. The Parthenon and other such structures re-established Athens's ...
- 15212: The Color Purple
- ... Samual, Adam, and Jack are the good examples. They eventually change the ways of treating women. In the book, The Color Purple, the unfortunates that Celie had might be still happening in somewhere around the world in these days. Hopefully, those people who are in the unfortunate situation would have a chance to read The Color Purple of Alice Walker's and learn the axiom to rebel to the oppressions and ...
- 15213: Modern European History: The Reformation
- ... The reformation was a rejection of the secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance" is false because in the long term of European history, the reformation was able to create a more humanistic view of the world than that of the Renaissance humanism. There are three major changes and philosophies that the Protestants of the reformation incorporated which led to the long term advancement of Humanism. These are the beginnings of "free ...
- 15214: The Radical Stage of The French Revolution (1792-1793)
- ... overthrown in Paris and a Commune was established by the leaders of the radical forces. During this time there were continual food riots erupting in every area of the country and, with the threat of war against Austria and Prussia looming, it was vital that order was to be maintained during such tumultuous times. Although the constitution was already enshrined and the citizens had their freedom and liberties, there was still ...
- 15215: Anger & Renewal In Indian Country
- ... fish for food. All of this was done by a collection of knowledge. With these thought patterns, he reached a way of life which was suitable and which created a sense of balance throughout the world's complex ecosystem. But one group of people wanted more. They progressed and educated their minds through time. To some it may be known as plain greed and to others known as common day evolution ...
- 15216: Egyptian Mummies
- ... important process necessary for entrance into an immortal existence. According to Egyptian belief the soul did not die. The soul would take the form of a bird usually a falcon and fly around in the world of the living returning later it's dead body. The importance of preserving the body revolved around the idea that the roaming soul would be able to recognize the right body and return to it ...
- 15217: Things Fall Apart
- ... Oberika is a good friend of Okonkwo, but the two lead very different lifestyles. Okonkwo is very masculine, while Oberika could be considered more feminine. Okonkwo believes that the Ibo tribe needs to go to war with the missionaries and drive them out. Oberika feels otherwise and thinks that the two groups can coexist happily. Achebe also presented many different issues which are important to African societies. Many of the customs ...
- 15218: Beloved
- ... other woman; talked about baby clothes like any other woman, but what she meant could cleave the bone. This here Sethe talked about safety with a handsaw. This here Sethe did not know where the world stopped and she began. Suddenly he saw what Stamp Paid wanted him to see: more important than what Sethe had done was what she had claimed. It scared him” (Morrison 164). Paul D’s character ...
- 15219: Colonialism And The Heart Of D
- ... cruel without courage. There was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world. To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe. Who paid the ...
- 15220: The History of the Pony Express
- ... financial failure. It lost its owners more than $200,000 in eighteen months of its existence. It played a big role in establishing rapid communications between the north and the west coast during the Civil War. The Pony Express helped keep California in the Union. The completion of the Transcontinental telegraph line ended the Pony Express in Oct of 1861. Hawgood, John. American Western Frontiers. Alfred A Knopf: New York. 1972 ...
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