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Age Of 18 Ptolemy Xiii
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Returned To Rome Julius Caesar
505 words(The age of the Caesars) Julius Caesar came from an aristocratic patrician family in Rome, but by the time he was born his family fortune had dwindled. However, he was an astute politician and had a great military mind. The first thing he did was to ally himself with Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, and Pompey Romes best general. With their help he was elected consul in 59 B. C. though he could only serve for one year, he appointed himself governor of Gaul. The job included roman legions, so...
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Lord Stanley Good Lord
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Raided Curonian Lands Masovian Duke Boleslas Lithuania
1,420 words... also made peace with Tautvilas, who later took control of Plots, and served as a subordinate of Mindaugas. In January 1256 the Samogitians, under the leadership of Duke Alminas, entered into an active battle with the Livonian Crusaders, and raided Curonian lands, then under Livonian rule. The Samogitians negotiated a 2 -year cease-fire with the Crusaders in the spring of 1257, following successful battles. 1259 marked the end of the negotiated cease-fire, and the battles between the Samogiti...
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Red Badge Of Courage Loud Soldier
1,608 wordsChanges in Character Has it ever appeared that a person has no control over the events that change their life? Has their brain ever thought things it was not supposed to think and their body done things it was not intended to do? In Stephen Crane s The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming is in this situation. In the first half of the novel Henry acts as though he has no control over his life; however, halfway through the story he gets a second chance, and his view on life changes allowing him to...
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Civil War 7 Million
522 wordsIn this essay I will be writing about the civil war in Rwanda. I will be explaining, why it happened, how it happened, when it happened, and give you all the details. A mountainous country in east central Africa, the Republic of Rwanda lies south of the equator. It is one of Africa's smallest countries, covering an area of only 10, 169 square miles (26, 338 square kilometers). Zaire and Lake Kivu border Rwanda on the west, Uganda on the north, Tanzania on the east, and Burundi on the south. Rwan...
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Ptolemy Xiii Ptolemy Xiv
2,641 wordsCleopatra was an intelligent, political, savory and ambitious woman who changed the history of Egypt. A young woman who was thrust early into the violent and tolerant politics of a declining kingdom. Her strategy involved the seduction of Julius Caesar succeeded by an intense love affair with Mark Antony. She remains as one of histories most powerful and fascinating rulers. Alexander the Great died abruptly in Babylon. His Macedonian Generals all raced to get his land. His solider Ptolemy wanted...
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Returned To Rome Queen Of Egypt
2,989 wordsCleopatra VII Ptolemaic Dynasty In 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 as well as a younger sister, Arsinoe IV. There were two younger brothers as well, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. It is thought that Cleopatra VI may have died as a child ...
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Secretary Of War Hundreds Of Thousands
1,774 words(Conquest) Conquest Conquest (Conquest) The day they landed was the most horrible day I have ever been forced to live through. The Soviet Union had begun to regroup. It was not immediately joined by the smaller and weaker nations that made up the northwestern region of the union. The independent nations of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithua would not follow under communist rule again; they were willing to die for their freedom. The U. S. S. R was unable to persuade the remaining components to rejoin th...
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Peace Of Mind Crack Split Lake
600 wordsDesperately gripping the bend with screeching tires I accelerated down the slope toward a secluded lake, my lake. Edging the car over to the side, I wandered down to the water dampening my hand, revelling in the cool fluidity of it, feeling the burden of my conscience being lightened. I sat by its side, tossing stones into its willowy depths, watching the ripples slowly radiate from the epicentre. Stripping to the waste I waded out into the lake, the water was cold and refreshing its ice tendril...
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Holy Roman Emperor Pope Urban Ii
2,375 wordsThe crusades were military expeditions launched against the Muslims by the Christians in an attempt to regain the Holy Land. They took place between 1095 A. D. and 1270 A. D. It was one of the most violent periods in the history of mankind. The starting point of the crusades was on November 18, 1095 A. D. when Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. On November 27, outside the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, the Pope made an important speech. He called upon everyone to help the Christians...
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Ivan The Terrible Wife And Son
1,987 wordsIvan the Terrible was not always known as being terrible. When first reigning as Czar over Russia, he was a normal leader. It was after the five scars marking his journey through life that he had a mental breakdown and went out of control. Ivan was only three years old when his father, Vasili III, died in 1533. Since he was too young to reign, his mother Elena was made regent on his behalf. This was surprising because she was a woman, a commoner, and a foreigner by birth. Anxious to avoid a civi...
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Relationship Between God Relationship With God
2,792 wordsGod? s chosen examples. When God calls you must answer, my Baptist preacher bellows from his pulpit. Everyone has a purpose on this earth, but God has chosen a special few to help him carry out his divine plan, he continues. Countless Sunday mornings I spent listening to my pastor preaching about man? s encounters with God. He explains the significance of the encounters to the people of antiquity and he even relates the encounters to our every day lives. If one has met with God and seen His glor...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Returned To Rome
1,704 wordsGaius Julius Julius Caesar Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar has been described as one of the most influential political and military leaders in history. He began the Roman transition from a republic to an empire. Caesar united Rome under his ruthless power; he controlled religion, senate, and the military. He almost made himself emperor, and this was the fact that inspired his assassination. Caesar was born in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 BC. He started his education early, as a young man he was placed ...
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Francis Ford Coppola La Cosa Nostra
1,278 wordsLa Cosa Nostra Perhaps one of the most poignant moments in American cinema is the closing scene in the film? The Godfather? when Don Vito Corleone? s son Michael takes over his father? s position and one of the most unforgettable moments, a severed horses? s head lies bloody in a man? s bed. It is this tradition and brutality that characterizes the Mafia, a secret Sicilian society that lives and functions just as much today on American soil as it did and does still in Italy. To understand this o...
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Volcano Began Erupting People On The Island Montserrat
552 wordsMontserrat is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. On the southern end of the island is the Soufriere Hills volcano. The volcano, which first erupted about 100, 000 years ago, has been dormant for centuries. The volcano took the islanders by surprise when it began to erupt again in 1995. Since then life on the island has changed greatly. Montserrat island is located in a 50 million year old subduction zone. This is an area where one of the earth? s oceanic plates is forced beneath a more buoyant ...
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Napoleon Decided British Navy
1,579 wordsNapoleons Napoleon I NAPOLEO Napoleons life was a very interesting one. Starting a poor boy, hated by most, rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what he had doe, and leaving it all in his memoirs for the world to read. Napoleon was born in 1769, on the Island of Corsica. His parents, Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte, were poor nobles. When Napoleon was just 10 years old, his father helped to get him a mathematical...
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Doctor Didn T
1,183 wordsThe The Pearl The Pearl The novel that I chose is The Pearl. It is a greatly written book from John Steinbeck. I chose this book because it seemed interesting when the teacher talked about it. Another reason is that it looked small. But boy was I wrong! ! ! The words are small but when I read the book, it seemed pretty long! Even with it being unbelievably long for a book its size, I really liked it. Summary The story is about a poor family that lives in Mexico. They make a living from collectin...
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Late Nineteenth Century Red Badge Of Courage
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Ways Of Life Lot Of People
1,443 wordsThings Fall Apart-China Achebe In the book Things Fall Apart by China Achebe, we see the effect the white missionaries had on an African tribe. We see their way of life before the change occurs and the way they live their life after. The main thing that happens after the arrival of the missionaries is that the tribe falls apart. The main reason for this is the coming of the missionaries, who bring with them new ways of life, and mostly better ways of life. Achebe tries to show us that the missio...
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