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Bubonic Plague Black Plague
1,135 wordsThe Black Plague was one of the worst and deadliest diseases known to man in the history of the world. The Plague originated in Italy and quickly spread throughout Europe killing more than one hundred thirty seven million people. Early treatments for the Plague were often bizarre but eventually came in a vaccine and through isolation. The symptoms of the Black Plague were swellings called buboes and dried blood under the skin that appeared black. The Black Plague changed the world in several dif...
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East India Company Trade With China
1,275 wordsWhat was China's worse nightmare during the late 18 th and the 19 th century? The answer is opium. The rise of the British opium trade with China not only brought devastating and chaotic results for the Chinese government, but also for its citizens. In this paper, I plan to discuss about how and why the opium trade was introduced. In addition, why opium-smoking was so popular and the different ways of how China tried to handle this dilemma, will also be talked about. In the eighteenth and early ...
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Eli Whitney Cotton Gin
1,850 wordsEli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765, to Eli Sr. and Elizabeth Whitney. (Whitney) At the age of 12, Elizabeth dies, leaving behind Eli and 2 other children. This combined with having a stepmother within two years of his mothers death greatly effected Elis childhood. During the Revolutionary War, Eli started his first job. He decided to make nails, due to their demand at the time. (Eberius) This was only a sign of what was to come in his life. Eli had strong urg...
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Globe Theater William Shakespeare
1,727 wordsThese days most theater goers would pay one hundred dollars to see an exceptional performance of Romeo and Juliet, but as we go back to the year 1599, people crowded the doors of The Globe to pay a penny or less to see plays done by Shakespeare and many others. The Globe not only played (no pun intended) as a stage for blossoming actors, but also served as the stage for many well known playwrights and gave them the atmosphere and audience they needed to succeed. It also allowed for all types of ...
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Foot Binding Tang Dynasty
1,847 wordsThe ancient Chinese custom of foot binding caused severe life-long suffering for the Chinese women involved. When researching the subject of foot binding, one of the difficult things is finding factual knowledge written before the 20 th century. Most of the historical data has been gathered from writings, drawings and photographs from the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Additionally, the research indicates that the historical documentation was mainly from missionary accounts and literature from vario...
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Thousand Six Hundred Planet From The Sun
1,448 wordsOn a hot summer night, as you are sitting outside enjoying the evening, you tilt your head back and look into the night sky. You begin to wonder what is really out there? How far away are the stars? Are they stars or are they planets? We live in a part of the night sky called the Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy can be seen with the naked eye on a clear summer night. It resembles a ribbon stretched across the night sky. During the summer is when the Milky Way is at its fullest with the stars so clus...
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Forced To Live Oscar Schindler
1,009 wordsAll throughout history, the Jewish people have been unjustly persecuted. Anti-Semitism has existed as long as the Jewish people have. Even in ancient times, the Jews were persecuted mainly because of their religious beliefs. Jews claim that they are Gods Chosen People and this has led to misunderstanding between Jews and Gentiles (non-Jewish people). Some gentiles believe that this claim meant Jews felt they were better than other people, thus fostering hatred. Others were wary of the Jews becau...
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Middle Class One Thousand
1,419 wordsIn the story "The Necklace" the author's theme is to show us that greed and envy can lead to destruction. In this story Mathilde is a very envious woman whom always dreamed of a life that she could not have. She was very charming and beautiful woman who thought that she must have been born into the wrong life, since she had no way of getting known and married by a rich man. Instead she married a simple middle class man and lived a middle class life. All the while she dreamed of living the life o...
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The Scopes Trial Case For Teaching Part 1
1,591 wordsThe Scopes Trial: The Case for Teaching Evolution The Scopes trial set the stage for widespread acceptance of teaching Evolution in America's classrooms. During the early 1900 s an anti-evolution movement swept through the United States. Helping ease the commotion was the fact that very few Americans attended high school during the nineteenth century. Almost none attended schools in the southern states. The anti-evolution crusade lacked a specific political or legal objective until Kentucky's Ba...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Middle East
1,326 wordsRepresentation of Women The modern times are marked with many socio-political changes. One of them has to do with reconsidering the role of women in our society. In Western countries they are now given the equal rights with men and it appears to have happened very naturally. Despite the Bible-thumper's effort to keep women in submission, social evolution proceeded its natural course. Women now serve in army and police; they successfully pursue political careers and gain excellence in science. Al...
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Rio De Janeiro Socio Cultural
3,277 wordsBrazilian Augusto Boal was raised in Rio de Janeiro. He was formally trained in chemical engineering and attended Columbia University in the late 1940 s and early 1950 s. Although his interest and participation in theatre began at an early age, it was just after he finished his doctorate at Columbia that he was asked to return to Brazil to work with the Arena Theatre in S? o Paulo. His work at the Arena Theatre led to his experimentation with new forms of theatre that would have an extraordinary...
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