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World History Essays and Term Papers
Modern European History1. What did Paul Valery mean in saying that the mind of Europe doubted itself
profoundly?
Before 1914, people in Europe believed in progress, peace, prosperity,
reason, and rights of individuals. During that time, people began to believe in
the Enlightenment, industrial developments were just ...
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Bill GatesWilliam (Bill) H. Gates III is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading provider of software for personal computer.
was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle ...
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ReconstructionVictoria Hubble February 8, 2000 The , a time most people would call a rebirth, succeeded in few of the goals that it had set out to achieve within the 12 years it was in progress. It was the �s failure in its objectives, that brought forth the inevitable success in changing the South, as well as ...
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Frederick Douglassrederick Douglass was one of the most influential men of the anti-slavery movement. He stood up for what he believed in, fought hard to get where he got and never let someone tell him he could not do something. made a change in this country that will always be remembered. Born Frederick Baily, ...
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Admiration Of Anne Bradstreetsvalues as compared to those of Ben Franklin and Johnathan Edwards
The relationships that people have with others has a severe impact on that person�s life, albeit many are good, some, though, are bad. How we choose to form, maintain and use these relationships is up to us, just as what they mean ...
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Charles Et Secondat, Baron DeCharles de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu was born in
1689 to a French noble family. "His family tree could be traced 350
years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad." (The
Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu's views started to
be shaped at a very ...
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Character AnalysisHow would one define a heroine? According to the old Webster, a heroine is a
woman of heroic achievements or qualities. When compared to other females, Catherine
seems to be somewhat of an outcast. With that in mind, how is it that a person such as
Catherine Morland fits into the category of a ...
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The Salem Witch TrialsMr. John Hathorn, a Judge involved in the witchcraft case of Sarah Good, then asked all of the afflicted children to look upon her and see if this was the person that had hurt them so. They all gazed at Goody Good and said that this was the person that tormented them�presently they were all ...
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Greek MythologySince the days when man lived in caves and struggled to survive, he has wondered about the world that surrounds him. What makes the sun rise and set? Why are there seasons? Where do things go when they die? To the ancient Greeks, there were simple explanations to all these questions � it was ...
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Adolf HitlerWho was ? was the F�hrer (Leader) of Nazi Germany, the instigator of World War II and the driving force behind the attempt to exterminate European Jewry, otherwise known as the Final Solution or the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, in Austria, on April 20, 1889, the third son of ...
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Cleopatra Vii Ptolemaic DynastIn the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was twelve at the time. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV ...
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A "Golden Age" For Athens?The 5th century BCE was a period of great development in Ancient
Greece, and specifically in Athens. The development of so many cultural
achievements within Athens and the Athenian Empire has led scholars to
deem this period a "Golden Age." It is true that his period had many
achievements, but in ...
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The Role Of Cooperation In AncWorlds of History by Kevin Reilly
Response to: From Hominids to Human Beings, From Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, Women and the Agricultural Revolution, From Hammurabi�s Code, From the Upanishads: Karma and Reincarnation, and From the Upanishads: Brahman and Atman
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E.t.a. Hoffmann His Life, HisE.T.A. Hoffmann, often also called the �Ghost Hoffmann�, was one of the important writers and artist of the romantic era in Europe. He was a genius, who had the ability to write, compose and draw with his own characteristics and to catch the attention of many other artists and thinkers from his ...
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Constantinople The Gateway CitConstantinople: The Gateway City
Constantinople was built in 330 CE, by the first Christian emperor, Constantine. Constantinople ruled much of the deserted Roman Empire many years after Constantine's death. Constantinople can be described as a Gateway City by its geographic features, the ...
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BuddihismBuddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each case there has been an attempt to draw from the life experiences of the Buddha, his teachings, ...
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Atomic Bomb 9During wartime, horrible atrocities against all of humanity must be dealt with. Crimes against humanity, as never witnessed before, and hopefully to never be seen again, occurred during the course of World War II. America has always, and most likely will always place a high value on American ...
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American Values From JamestownBefore England could settle the New World, it needed a Middle Class to fund private settlements and a millitary to protect those investments. Although the Spanish had a hundred year head start the English would in turn dominate the New World. This was all set in motion by King Henry VIII's Act ...
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Close Company, Stories Of MothWomen during the time that A Visit from the Footbinder was written were willing to accept pain to fulfill society�s concept of beauty and to keep their position in society. Women�s role in this society was one in which they lacked any sense of power and they were therefore fully dependent on men. ...
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Combarison Between Us Bill OfBACKGROUND OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS
The United States Bill of Rights came into being as a result of a promise made by the Fathers of Confederation to the states during the struggle for ratification of the Constitution in 1787-88. A great number of the states made as a condition for their ...
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Hong Kong 2It�s March of 1997, and a political cartoonist who goes by the pen name �Zunzi�, sketches in a cafe in Hong Kong. Many Americans take this right for granted. Zunzi, however, is thankful that his newspaper is among the few that have avoided self-censoring as the Chinese take-over approaches, ...
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Augustus CeasarAugustus Caesar, the Rome's first true Emperor was the historical figure who had the greatest impact upon the western world between the dawn of civilization and the end of the middle ages. Augustus Caesar (31B.C. - 14 A.D.) was originally named Gaius Octivian, the name Augustus was granted by the ...
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Chuck CloseBorn in Monroe, Washington, in 1940, Close studied painting at Yale University before moving to New York in 1967. Although he greatly admired Abstract Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and, especially, Willem de Kooning, he wrote, "They nailed it down so wellthat I ...
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Mayan And Spanish EncountersThe spiritual conquest, or the Spanish goal to conquer and convert the Amerindians to Christianity during the colonial period is a rather difficult area to examine from an objective point of view. A wealth of sources exists but yet they are all from the Spanish perspective. Unfortunately the ...
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The Fall Of The Roman EmpireDuring the 1st and 2nd centuries the Roman army was continuously
expanding and gaining strength, bringing power and fame to its Empire. But
as time passed one of the most powerful and well- organized armies of the
world started to fall bringing down with it, one of the most well-known
Empires in ...
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