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The Suffering Of The Jews In The Holocaust
Words: 1744 - Pages: 7.... Holocaust form what Ellen knows. There could be more but she's not really sure. There was 26 died on her mother's side and 28 died on her father's side. They were all in different ages 10-63 on her mother's side and 19-69 on her father's. After the Holocaust Ellen's family was looking for each other, it took them close to a year until she found them. She was looking for the one that died and alive. It took her a year in a half until she finally could go back on her feet. "I was the lucky one, there some are just finding there love ones". When Ellen said these words the only thing I could think of saying is "how bad can it be? There was 54 .....
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Comparing The Us Constitution
Words: 1258 - Pages: 5.... all countries.” Americans wanted equality of opportunity and personal freedom instead of the social equality desired by the Russians. The American constitution and Bill of Rights were created to protect personal liberties and individual freedom while the Russians were more concerned with the welfare and equality of the population as a whole. This difference is partially due to the differences in the conditions leading to revolution in each country. The American Revolution was initiated by the wealthy in response to what they considered unfair treatment by a foreign ruler while the Russian revolution was instigated by the poor in reac .....
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Hierogyphics
Words: 1006 - Pages: 4.... . The course
usually adopted is to use the English vowel "e" and in a some cases "a"
between the two glyphs. So we can pronounce as "met".
THE pronunciation of a word is the crucial element in using
hieroglyphics, how a word sounds is more important then how it is spelled.
For instance, the word that is spelled "cat" is actually pronounced "kat". The
name that is spelled "Cleopatra" is pronounced "Kliopadra". So, these word
would be written in hieroglyphs the way they sound. Because the words
"where" and "wear" sound alike they could be written using the same
hieroglyphic signs. The same could be said of the words "th .....
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Organized Crime
Words: 1762 - Pages: 7.... The Mafia is said by many to have perhaps the best system of power, than any other group or government known today. One can compare a physical representation of the family almost to a family tree dated all the way back through many generations. Certain people operated the system, but without the help of the people with the less power, the Mafia would be very weak. To put it another way, a leader cannot lead without followers, and the followers cannot follow without leaders. This is why the Mafia was hard to overcome. Although when many think of the location of the Mafia, Chicago and New York often come to mind, but actually the Mafia h .....
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Ancient Egyptain Art
Words: 1305 - Pages: 5.... any particular focus or expression, and they are styled with regular upper and lower curves, making them semicircular. The mouth is long and fine-lipped which is typical of Fourth Dynasty kings. It curves neither up nor down, showing no emotion whatsoever, creating a very vacant, placid stare. The Seated Statue of Gudea and The Female Head from Uruk are just a couple of other statues with the same empty, expressionless stare. However, the rest of the features of the sculpture and the thick neck are more like images from the Third Dynasty. The tops of the ears and the tip of the nose have been broken off either with carelessness or wi .....
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How Far Did The Policies Of Ol
Words: 4224 - Pages: 16.... difficulties or did they aggravate the situation? To understand this I am going to look at both Olivares’ foreign policy and domestic policy. Within foreign policy I propose to see how far Olivares pushed the reputación of the state before domestic crises forced him to seek peace. Among others the best areas to examine would be Olivares’ policies during the Thirty Years War from 1622; the Mantuan War 1628-31 and the great revolts of Catalonia and Portugal in 1640. As for domestic policy I will need to look at Olivares’ initial reforms of 1623, why they fell through and the effect this had. Furthermore it is important to look at the .....
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GotMilk
Words: 631 - Pages: 3.... and flaws as the normal people do. Greek Gods have even had children and committed adultery with people. The Egyptian gods interact more with each other than with the people. They interact with the people more on a supernatural level. Osiris, the Egyptian god of agriculture and afterlife, judges people when they die. Amon, the king of gods, is hidden inside the ruler (This “king of gods” title was not always so as the popularity of Aton, the sun-disk rose through the reformation of Pharaoh Akhenaton in 1369-1353 BC). Hebrew religion, being monotheistic, had only one all-powerful god. Instead of being believed by the people to be somewh .....
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Economic Reasons For American
Words: 1295 - Pages: 5.... in these thirteen colonies was primarily rural, the economy based on agriculture, most were descended from the English, and politics were only the concern of land owners. Throughout these prosperous colonies, only a small portion of the population were content with their lives as subjects of George III. Most found it hard to be continually enthusiastic for their King sitting on his thrown, thousands of miles away. Despite this there were few signs of the upcoming revolution. The occasional call for democracy and liberty were written off by loyalists. Among the upper class feelings of loyalty to the crown were strong and eloquently expresse .....
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William Penn
Words: 1393 - Pages: 6.... freedom of speech, worship and assembly,
refusal to go to war or take oath, and equality of the sexes and social classes.3
In England, between the years of 1650 and 1700, more than 15,000 Quakers
were fined and/or imprisoned; 366 were killed.4 The reason why the Quakers were
put through such torture was because their beliefs and culture was different from the
Anglican Church. At that time, any religion that was practiced in England other than
the Anglican Church would be persecuted. They believed that religion shouldn't be
practiced in a church as much as in your heart. The differences that were between the
Quakers and the Anglican Christ .....
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The Trail Of Tears
Words: 955 - Pages: 4.... Indian
Removal Policy.
Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge and there corps accepted the responsibility for the
removal of one of the largest tribes in the Southeast that were the earliest to adapt to European ways.
There was a war involving the Cherokee and the Chickasaw before the Indian Removal Policy
was passed. The Cherokee were defeated by them which caused Chief Dragging Canoe to sign a treaty in
1777 to split up their tribe and have the portion of the tribe in Chattanooga, Tennessee called the
Chickamauga.
Chief Doublehead of the Chickamauga, a branch of the Cherokee, signed a treaty to give away
their lands. Triba .....
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