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History of East Africa History Essay
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History dictates that those who become slaves had different ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex or race than the dominant group, typically taken prisoner as a result of war. Capture meant death or slavery if one paid no ransom. Social entities characterized with poverty, overpopulation, and cultural and technological lag are frequently exported as slaves to more developed nations.
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United States participation in World War I History Essay
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" Envisioning that the WWI is the "war to end all wars," he drew up what is now widely known as the Fourteen Points in order to ensure permanent peace through international cooperation.This is comprised of his aims of freedom of seas, free trade, and the establishment of a global institution which will promote the collectively security
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History of Slavery in the Caribbean and West Africa History Essay
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Therefore, a system of slavery - as opposed to the isolated instances found in any society - requires official, legal recognition of ownership, or widespread tacit arrangements with local authorities, by masters who have some influence because of their social and/or economic status (Slavery).
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The 2008 Presidential Campaign: Major Milestones in US History History Essay
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The author states that the election of an African-American President was an important milestone in the nation's history. It reinvigorated the belief that all men are created equal and helped to solidify our country's fundamental principles of justice. The prominent position of women as candidates broke new ground in the area of women's rights.
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Iran-Contra and the Constitutional Paradigm History Essay
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We live in a country where the most powerful person in the country at the time had a complete disregard for the laws that he was supposed to be protecting: “for the most part, this inquest has simply revealed what was already known: that the crimes of the Reagan administration derived from an imperial president".
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What factor was ultimately more responsible for the deaths in the late 19th century famines: El Nino or human choices History Essay
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This essay will argue that human choices clearly exacerbated the losses, aggravated them as noted by Linden, and that El Ninos alone could never have caused such serious losses without poor and misguided human responses and policies.
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Londons Millennium Bridge History Case Study
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Accordingly, massive building projects were undertaken to usher in the new millennium - according to the Christian calendar it should be noted, since for Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, January 1st 2000 was a different day, year and month entirely - and London engaged in one of the largest, most impressive and arguably most controversial building projects to celebrate the new millennium.
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Nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki History Essay
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The controversy surrounding the decisions has raised many questions that are being deliberated over by the scholars across the globe. But whatever the excruciating circumstances and the palpable causes which led to the atomic bombing of the two cities of Japan, these attacks perpetrated by United States, on 6th August and 9th August would remain the blackest days, in the lives of the civilized world.
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The First World War History Essay
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The war also provided a brilliant example of the danger involved in the uncontrolled use of modern devastating weapons for resolving contradictions that initially had non-military nature. Unfortunately, the current political developments across the globe suggest that this example remains topical even these days and should be strictly considered by modern policymakers: the Second World War convincingly demonstrated that even the most costly lessons often turn useless.
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Native American Indian History Essay
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Many native communities were divided over which side to support in the war (Native Americans). Native American Indians were surprised to learn that when the British made peace with the Americans in the Treaty of Paris (1783), the British had ceded a vast amount of Native American Indian territory to the United States without even informing their Native American Indian allies (Native Americans).
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Which Ethnic Groups Claimed to Have Discovered the New World History Essay
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People as diverse as the Phoenicians, the Scandinavians, the Irish, the Welsh, the Chinese, the Romans, the Greeks, the Celts, the Basques, the Ainu, the Egyptians, the Norse, the Arabs, the ancient powers of India, the Polynesians, and every other sea-faring culture before that most certainly got to North and South America were actually in the New World, in some cases, way before 1492.
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The Vietnam War History Essay
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The release of the remaining American prisoners of the war occurred simultaneously with the departure of the last combat soldier, and both sides made arrangements for search teams to continue to look for soldiers missed on the battlefields. On the sixtieth day after the truce, the Military Assistance Command Vietnam officially closed down, declaring its mission accomplished.
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Reasons for Creating British Empire History Essay
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As Porter (2002) points out in his writing, “British expansion was a matter of prudent negotiation rather than thoughtless aggression”, or even greed for that matter. This defines the building of the British Empire as a construction that was not done using war, but rather through discussion amongst other public figures of countries to gain treaties.
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Khomeini and Persian Literature History Essay
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Iran was an important bastion against the Soviet Union, and this was the time of the Cold War. Bazaar rumors claimed that Americans had their strip clubs, brothels, and bars even in Isfahan. Iranians, passionately proud of their culture and history, were seething. Iran was a powder-keg and all that was needed was a match to blow everything sky high.
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King Philip II of Spain History Essay
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Philip II’s reign cannot be characterized as a failure. He has many feathers in his cap, as he united Spain’s empire, he also succeeded in increasing the import of silver from the English, French, and Dutch, and he was successful in ending the threat to Europe by the Ottoman navy. King Philip II also succeeded in uniting Spain and Portugal.
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Islamic Influence in Modern University History Book Report/Review
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and astronomy. Being the dominant religion (750-1150 C.E) only helped their cause. The knowledge they possessed on preserving their ideas on paper, helped people pursue their subject of choice in a better way. Cairo's importance as the business hub allowed people to travel easily and exchange views.
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Importance of the Oregon Trail History Essay
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The author states that early settlers in Oregon often arrived aboard ship, a voyage starting on the east coast, rounding Cape Horn, and up the Pacific coast to the Columbia River. That trip often took a year to complete. Marcus Whitman led American settlers into Oregon in 1840 a dispute developed over this territory.
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Progressivism and Naturalism History Essay
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The movement's critical mass was in the "urban middle classes interpreting "urban" as did the census bureau to include small towns and cities,not just metropolitan America. The "middle classes" included small business enterprisers of all types,squeezed by enormous corporations,resentful of what they considered railroad rate gouging
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Olympic games and Chinese economy History Essay
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Next year, that distinction belongs to Beijing, an ancient city north of China, which is in the forefront of China's surging economy and the center of its political power. In the history of the Olympic movement, China is only the third Asian country - after Tokyo in 1964 and Seoul in 1986 - to host the prestigious Games.
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Shakespeares Historic Plays: The Role of Women History Essay
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Shakespeare played on the ideals and fears of men in his time when he characterized the role of women in society. The ideal was an obedient, subservient, and soft-spoken woman who lived for her husband and wanted to bear and care for the children and the family.
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Development of the Concept of Europe History Essay
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During the Roman period, the same conception was injected into the Roman way of life. This infiltration of ideas originating from Greek ideology was more or less distilled to suit the Roman mind. In the later stages, this Greek and Roman perceptions were transformed into Christian philosophy giving birth to the idea of Humanism (Mukherjee, 22).
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The First World War History Essay
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The author of this essay explains that history is replete with many battles and wars, but the First World War was the kind of war which sharply polarized the world community. It was the first big war which saw the use of modern day warfare technology as machine guns, battle tanks, air force power and strategies in a big way.
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Jews in Early Modern Venice History Essay
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Soon thereafter, a bill was passed that restricted Jews to their narrow spaced Ghettos. Napoleon brought another era in their lives after which they were accorded equal status. The final showdown came in the form of Nazi rule in Germany, during which they were deported to death and concentration camps in Germany.
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Humanitarian intervention History Case Study
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Stakeholders will differ on the definition of what constitutes humanitarian intervention and what goes beyond the purpose and be more appropriately labelled as meddling in another country's internal affairs. There are further complications as to what constitutes a legitimate state or nation, and which governing force represents the true will of the people of a locality or region.
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The Terror of Rwandan Genocide History Essay
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The act of genocide has been carefully broken down and divided into 8 separate steps. Each of these factors contributes to the overall horror of the genocide, and are equally terrorizing within themselves. These eight steps are Classification, Symbolization, Dehumanization, Organization, Polarization Preparation, Extermination, and Denial.
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My Civiliztion of South meric History Essay
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We cаn visit the descendаnts of the Mаyа civilizаtion of South Аmericа todаy in their villаges, where they live cheerfully, for the most pаrt, deаling with the legаcy of both their prehistoric pаst аnd thаt of the 500 yeаrs of disаsters аnd chаnges visited upon them by Europeаn contаct аnd conquest.
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Causes of the Civil War History Essay
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the causes of the Civil War and explain why these causes could result in the war. There are some causes of the American Civil War. The main direct ones are "the differences between the industrial North and the agricultural South and the issue of paid labor in the North versus slave labor in the South" (American History - Overview).
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To Fight or Not to Fight: Britains Dilemma and the Great War History Essay
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The land scramble following the Balkan Wars, a sense of and simultaneous need for nationalism, British hubris, and Germany’s inability to remain content with their minor role on the European playing field all contributed to Britain’s necessity to enter World War I. It also gave her a sense of paranoia regarding the other superpowers.
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Milestones of Colonization History Essay
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In these areas settlements, colonies, city-states, and regions are set up with an effort to reap financial gain from the settlement's resources (i.e., such as a larger land area).  Colonization is a term not to be confused with imperialism or colonialism. Colonization is a larger and more definitive category, encompassing small to large immigration.
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The history and importance of swimming History Research Proposal
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Nevertheless, these changes haven’t affected the benefits that anybody can experience with the practice of swimming. To have a clearer idea of those changes it is helpful to study the history of swimming
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Conflicts Produced by Growth of Cities in 19th and Early 20th Century Spain History Essay
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By contrast, in economies where property is secure because the constitution restricts rulers, or because the ruling lite is made up of merchants, prosperity and growth are expected (Ibid). This theory of cities growing because of merchants' free trading of their money rather than burying or concealing them has been propounded in earlier times by Adam Smith (cited in De Long and Shleifer 1992).
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The History Of Martial Arts In Renaissance Europe History Essay
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The martial arts of Renaissance focused upon the development of techniques i.e. "left-hand parrying, wrestling throws, ruthless battering about the head, stabbings, wards, and a total commitment to death and destruction", the traces of such elements are evident in the contemporary form of martial and fighting sports, and “similar practices were still being taught long after they are conventionally supposed to have vanished.
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Cultural Texts on the Vietnam War History Book Report/Review
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The researcher states that Franklin’s book is an apt description of the hypocritical American culture industry that has distorted the history of the Vietnam War, which was the first televised war in the world, in the sense that images of atrocities were telecast by television journalists as much as print journalists reported.
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Breaking the Code of Change History Article
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Change occurs in the second stage. According to Kubler-Ross's model change can also be emergent. This type of change happens without prior arrangements or plans. There is another type of change known as cultural change. Others encourage change with less stability. This theory emphasis on mass communication as an agent to change.
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Puerto Rico, Guan, Philippines and Hawaii Islands as an Acquisition History Essay
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Puerto Rico, Guan, Philippines and Hawaii islands were part of American Acquisition during the American phase of expansion. They were all possessed by the United States of America during the American-Spanish war that ended after signing the Treaty of Paris. The Guano Island was taken over by the US after the passing of the Guano Act by the US Congress to gain possession of the Island had some guano deposits.
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The early life and reign of Julius Caesar History Essay
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Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Trojan prince Aeneas (who according to myth was the son of Venus).
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American and French Revolutions History Essay
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The author states that no other revolution that occurred either in Europe or in Americas during that period could be compared to the French Revolution in terms of violence. The American Revolution that began in 1776 and pursued the same principles of the natural human rights was over in 1787 without leaving any disgraceful legacy of terror.
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Declaration of Independence History Essay
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The author states that many colonists had no desire to break away from Britain. They wanted to use the war to establish a better negotiating position for the eventual settlement with Britain of their future role in the Empire. It was only by June 1776 the Independence won a majority and a committee was set up under Jefferson to draft the Declaration.
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History of the Third World History Essay
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The author states that in the pace, which the third world countries are, going surely in the near future may equate itself with developed nations. The third world nations once depended on western countries but now technically and manufacturing wise the countries could rely upon themselves for some major tasks to be successfully completed.
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Committee of women in history History Essay
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20 women,who had been connected with this institution,Coordinating Committee of Women in History,came together to find many similar facts and interconnections in their lives. The social and cultural background of these historians had been totally different from one another
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American politics History Book Report/Review
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The annexation of Texas and the subsequent westward expansion of slavery were the major catalysts of the racial conflicts that led to Civil War. Manifest Destiny is not a coherent ideology; it is often self contradictory. It has no single source of origin as well. The ideals of Manifest Destiny were not pursued in the same way.
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John Keble and the Oxford Movement History Essay
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They were later joined by Edward Bouverie Pusey and Richard William Church”. These young and idealistic men were indignant about the deteriorating spiritual condition of the world around them, particularly of the church where they belong. They were clamoring for a change in the church systems and practices through the renewal of old church practices.  
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Dome in persian architecture History Term Paper
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Through this guiding motif, the architecture in Persia has maintained a certain continuity that persisted in spite of frequent retardation or temporary diversion caused by internal conflicts or foreign influence. It has also achieved a particular style that had been one of the defining features of Persian culture.
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A Decade of Stark Contrasts History Essay
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The author states that the remains of the war were very traumatic for the Americans. America was one of the victors of the 1st world war and gained a lot of prosperity. The people were in great depression after the war. To come up from this depression president Harding introduced the term normalcy that provided the country to return to normal life.
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British Social Policy and the Second World War History Essay
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The Commonwealth Party won a majority due to the plain fact that the people wanted to see some change and for it, they were even willing to bring newcomers in the hope that they would be the ones to do so. The party adopted the Beveridge report as its manifesto after noticing that there was a gap between the previous existing parties
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Muslim and Christian Medieval Theocracies History Essay
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The medieval theocracy led by the Pope was challenged during the Reformation. Erasmus of Rotterdam began by “criticizing ecclesiastical abuses while pointing to better age in the distant past, he encouraged the growing urge for reform, which found expression both in the Protestant Reformation and in the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
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Native american and the fur trade History Essay
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What the Europeans imparted to the Native American population collectively were four basic things: disease, guns, alcohol and horses. Of these four, the introduction of the horse was the most beneficial to Native Americans. It was also, perhaps, one of the most culturally altering events for the American Indians.
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The Texan Who Conquered Russia History Article
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The author states that the Russians had sponsored the competition in order to assert their cultural superiority after establishing their technical superiority illustrated by their launch of Sputnik the year prior. Despite the quality of competitors from around the world, many of the judges fearing retribution and indignation from Khrushchev.
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An Overview of the Arthurian Legend History Essay
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The adventures and gallantries of these remarkable characters have served as themes for myriad forms of literature that we continue to enjoy hitherto. Arthur is known to be the semi-legendary king of the Britons who fought against the Anglo-Saxon invaders. He was the son of Uther Pendragon, king of Britain, and Ygraine of Cornwall.
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The Romanticism Period History Essay
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The author states that the Erlkönig by Franz Schubert narrates a beautiful story through its emotionally-filled lyrics and sounds. It also brings the listeners to different levels of emotions through the varying tempo across the whole song. There is a part in the song where the tempo is fast and the singing is full of emotions through the high notes.
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