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Jane Addams Hull House
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Science And Medicine Field Of Science And Medicine Website
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Kim Jong Il Kim Il Sung
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9,336 wordsMatt Duggan College English 101 Dr. Alt Caesar Doc Paper Julius Gaius Caesar had as big an impact on history as any one man could have. Caesar had to work his way up through the governmental ranks and became Caesar in 69 BC. In 65 BC, he was elected Curule Aedile, and during his reign, he instituted the Gladiatorial Games. These games made Caesar extremely popular with every aspect of life from the plebeians (common people) to the highest of classes. When Caesar returned to Rome in 60 BC, after ...
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Record Straight Is Precisely Straight Is Precisely Biography
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