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    In our world today, we often use texts and pieces of literature from history to teach us about issues that affected us and issues that still affect us. Since these texts are from a different time than we are in, the interpretation of its meaning and intent can change and be cloaked in misunderstanding. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a piece of literature that displays this dilemma. The main issue that the book faces is the topic of racism. Racism, the irrational judgements about the…

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    bureaucracy to help keep them in power. Emperor knew they couldn’t do the job alone so they looked for people to hire and help them, the only problem was they didn’t know who or how to choose them. They used to be like the Han Dynasty and used aristocracy to help them, always choosing family wasn’t the best option because they would not be smart and they’d have to take them because they were family. They eventually gave up on hiring people based on if they were family or not, and started using a…

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    The king and queen of paris couldn’t do their one job as rulers making the people hate their own rulers even more than they already do so they decided to storm the palace of versailles a sign of pure aristocracy and wealth. When they stormed toward the palace of versailles to bring their awful king back to Paris they knew it would just get worse from there on out. After everything the people started to despise the government and something needed to be…

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    The Crusades was a very important time for Europe's medieval period. It caused very significant changes to Europe. The first Crusade was in 1096. One of the most obvious and leading factors that lead to the first Crusades was the role of religion, specifically Christianity. During the Crusades, the economic system in Europe was in the state of transition. Another factor that led to the Crusades would be the defeat of the Byzantine by the Seljuk Turks in 1071. The Crusades opened up a lot of…

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    In the nineteenth century industrialization lead to new views of science and politics that were deemed revolutionary in nature. During this period Europeans believed science was capable of revealing secrets of the natural world, in turn revealing ways to improve human society through rational inquiry. Two important people that stood out during the Europeans industrial age were Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. Both of these men developed new ways of processing knowledge that significantly altered…

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    vote. She supports her claim by first saying “IT was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we the whole people, who formed the Union.”,second she says, “ A hateful Oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.”, and last she says” THe only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the…

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    The Machu Picchu citadel was built for the Inca aristocracy. Machu means ancient and Picchu means mountain so it translates to Ancient mountain. The Inca built it 2,430 meters above sea level. It sits in the middle of a rainforest in a very beautiful area. The architecture is very impressive even after centuries. The arches where doorways where it took a lot of ingenuity to build without modern technology. Machu Picchu is right in the center of where the Peruvian andes and the Amazon Basin.…

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    to be aware and active in the suffrage movement. Chiefly, it brings a spotlight to this issue to the media which makes herself and the movement more well known. Anthony also calls the government an oligarchy and deems it as the "the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe." Anthony hints that America's democracy is ironic and flawed to make audience…

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    Kultvetbas Ht15 The definition of culture has long been a source of debate among anthropologists and cross-cultural psychologists ( Jahoda, 1984; Rohner 1984; Segall, 1984); a classic 1952 publication identified over 160 definitions of culture (Kroeber & Kluckhohn, 1952). Although there is variation in the definitions of culture, many point to the shared nature of culture, its ability to impart adaptive (or once adaptive) knowledge, and its transmission across time and generation (Triandis,…

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    but they didn’t have the right to vote, divorce, or work in politics. French women were allowed to work in small businesses, usually alongside their husband, but this was only happened among lower class women and could never be accepted by the aristocracy. Even after the first French Revolution, which considered to be a fight for total equality, the case still remained. French…

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