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16 Th Century Inca State Incas
458 wordsThe vast Inca empire, with its advanced culture and powerful armies, spanned most of the Andes along South America's western coast at the time of Spanish conquest in the early 16 th century. The Incas had a very clear social structure. The ruler, Sapa Inca, and his wives, the Costs, had supreme control over the empire. The High Priest and the Army Commander in Chief were next. Then came the Four Apus, the regional army commanders. Next came temple priests, architects, administrators and army gen...
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Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin
1,709 wordsIn his many careers as a printer, moralist, essayist, civic leader, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and philosopher, for later generations of Americans he became both a spokesman and a model for the national character. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 17, 1706, into a religious Puritan household. His father, Josiah, was a candlemaker and a skillful mechanic. His mother, Asian Bens parents raised thirteen children -- the survivors of Josiah's seventeen children by two wives ...
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Ancient Rome Public Eye
1,195 wordsAs most of the emperors of ancient Rome were given different names then the names they had at birth Caligula was no different. Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and he was born at Anti, 25 miles from Rome, in 12 AD Gaius was a turning point in the history of the Principate, but he also was the one emperor from the Julio-Claudia dynasty who was very poorly documented. (Bibliography # 2). Gaius was born on August 31, 12 AD to Germanicus; Augustus' adopted grandson, and Agri...
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Napoleon Decided French Army
1,468 words... nch lost 30, 000 men, the Russians 44, 000 including Prince Bagration who died of wounds. The Russians though were clearly more able to handle their major loss. They had unlimited reserves of manpower behind them while Napoleon was 500 miles from his base and 1, 500 from his country. Napoleon though was now driven forward by the belief that the capture of Russias capital city, Moscow, would end the war. In a speech to his troops Napoleon said that Peace lies in Moscow. When the Great Russian...
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World War Ii Time Life Books
1,480 wordsI. World War I had ended. Peace could finally be negotiated between to the Allies and Germany. Bad luck though struck the Allies as Germany had been hit with a horrible depression. A. The number cause for war in most countries up to that time had been poor economic conditions. In 1933, Germany held their usual presidential elections. The people of the country were hoping that the man the elected would bring peace to Germany and possibly better living conditions for them all. So what man they did...
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Spanish Civil War Back To England
1,399 wordsGeorge Orwell: The author and his times George Orwell was a quiet, decent Englishman who passionately hated two things: inequality and political lying. Out of his hatred of inequality came a desire for a society in which class privileges would not exist. This to him was "democratic socialism. " His hatred of political lying and his support for socialism led him to denounce the political lie that what was going on in the Soviet Union had anything to do with socialism. As long as people equated th...
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Russo Japanese War Tsar Nicholas
932 wordsThe Romanov family, a great and prestigious lineage, ruled over Russia from 1613 to 1917. Although it had, in the past, overcome all types of dilemmas, the Romanov family was to fall, at last, in 1917 with the resignation of Tsar Nicholas the Second. After the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, the Russian army was severely weakened and, as a result, the Russian government was forced to endure the restraints of a cautious foreign policy. As it was necessary for the Russian army to rebuild itself before...
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United States Of America Independent States
1,309 words(Adopted in Congress July 4, 1776) The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the se...
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Hundreds Of Thousands Thousands Of People
1,206 wordsThe next few paragraphs explain and prove how Hitler abused his power because of his ego, greed, and self centered ness. Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. He lived in Vienna from 1907 to 1913. the young Hitler was a poverty stricken solitary art student dropout. During World War 1 Hitler was injured twice. After the army, Hitler was assigned to spy on the German Worker's Party in Munich. The tiny nationalistic group impressed him and he joined. he reorganized it and called it the Nationa...
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Lot Of Things Period Of Time
1,110 wordsHigh culture which includes arts, literature, philosophy and science, has risen and fallen many different times in Western Civilization. In Rome, there were times when high culture was overlooked and there were also times when it was a main focus. Rome had many times when they were focusing on their military and shutting down attacks. Other times, they were very focused on arts or any other part of high culture. The main focus of this paper will be showing how and why high cultures were put asid...
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Marcus Opellius Macrinus Caracullas Father In Law Emperor
426 wordsBibliography For Marcus Opellius Macrinus 1) web 2) web 3) web 4) web 5) web 6) web 3. html Marcus Opellius Macrinus, otherwise known as Macrinus, was born in Caesarea, a town in Mauretania, in approximately 164 AD. He lived in a middle class family and studied law, in his younger years Rome was under the rule of Severus. When he was older and Rome was under the rule of Caracalla, Caracalla made Macrinus the legal advisor of the praetorian prefect. (A praetorian perfect is the post second in com...
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Giving Away What Belongs Reputation For Cruelty Ruler
2,251 words... en-handedness and that many others have risen to very high office because they were open-handed and were considered to be so. I would reply that either you are already an established ruler or you are trying to become a ruler. In the first case, open-handedness is harmful; in the second, it is certainly necessary to be thought open-handed. Caesar was one of those who sought power in Rome; but if after gaining power, he had survived and had not moderated his expenditure, he would have undermin...
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Bull Run E Lee
366 wordsT he Campbell Chronicle of Virginia Earlier today there was a bloody battle Fought near Bull Run, a small stream About thirty miles southwest of Washington D. C. This battle marked the second battle Of Bull Run. This war was brought about due To the Norths failure to capture Richmond. Now the North planned to unite the armies of McClellan and Pope, to ambush the city. This Plan failed however because Popes army was held Back by Robert E. Lee of the Confederates. To Make matters worse then Stonew...
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Causes Of Mexican American War
788 words2. Their were several events which led to the start of the Mexican-American War an there were also many things that happened as a result of the War. American belief of Manifest Destiny was a major factor in the cause of the war, Land hungry Americans were ready to do whatever it took to acquire more land to make themselves rich. This belief in Manifest Destiny caused Mexico and America to go to war but America benefited from the war politically but suffered military losses as countries do in all...
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Lonely Mountain One Day
861 wordsThe Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein is the tale of the journey of Bilbo Baggins. The story takes place in an imaginary land. We follow Bilbo on his journey to Lonely Mountain for treasure. The story begins in the home of Bilbo. He is a well-to-do hobbit who never had any adventures or would do anything unexpected. One day, the wizard Gandalf appears and asks him to go on an adventure, but Bilbo tells him to come back tomorrow. Gandalf shows up the next day with thirteen dwarves. The dwarves speak of ...
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Roman Empire 1 St
1,168 words... he army's powers. Augustus did much during his rain as the 1 st Emperor. While he was at home, he thought of ways to improve the government. He took away all of the bad and unworthy senators, and finned the ones that didnt go to its meetings. All at the same time, Augustus reorganized the Empire. He knew that Italy would be pressured by Barbarian Tribes, so he sent 3 powerful Generals to push them back; Agrippa, Drugs, and Tiberius. Hey pushed back the Germanic Barbarian tribes and at the sa...
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True Intentions Major General
1,287 wordsIn November of 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman cut a 300 -mile long, 60 -mile wide corridor of destruction across the Confederate State of Georgia. He burned every thing in his path. He torched plantations, bridges, crops, factories, and mills. The goal of this war of attrition was to stop the heart of the Confederacy. By all accounts this campaign was very successful. Shermans campaign raised many questions. First, what did Sherman think off his march? Did he see it as vindication,...
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Dark Ages Political Power
517 wordsAfter Greece made great migrations from 1100 - 1000 BC, there was a period called the Greek "dark ages" because little is known about it. At this time, many city-state settlements were emerging. They fortified it at the foot of a hill, so inhabitants could take refuge from any attacks. This city-state or polis contained dependent territory, which they used for agriculture and pasture. The early archaic polis had weak public authority. They had a society that consisted of wealthy landowners, smal...
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Austro Hungarian Austria Hungary
1,120 wordsIt is generally accepted that Germany and her ally the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (together called the Central Powers), played the main role in creating the conditions that led to the Great War. Germany began to take the initiative after her traditional enemies France and Russia joined in an alliance. She expanded her Army and more conspicuously began a programme of construction of battleships that also brought her into conflict with Great Britain. As early as 1905, Germany considered how ...
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Why The Tsar Power Crumbled In March 1917
568 wordsWhy do you think the Tsar's power crumbled so swiftly in March 1917? Nicholas II ruled Russia from 1894 - 1917 and was to be its final tsar. He ascended the throne under the impression that he would rule his whole life as it's undisputed leader. Accompanied by his wife, Alexandra, they lived a comfortable life of luxury while the country suffered around them. Nicholas was determined to rule as harshly as his father; however, he was a very weak and incompetent character who did not posses the qua...
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