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    Irena Sendlers Irena Sendlers was born on February 15, 1910, in Warsaw, Poland. She was born as Irena Krzyzanowska. Her parents were Dr. Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowska. She didn’t have any siblings. Later on, she had two children, a son, and a daughter. The daughter's name is Janka, she still lives in Warsaw, Poland. The son’s name was Adam, he died in 1999. What She Studied Irena studied Polish literature at Warsaw University. At some universities, they had a ghetto-bench system.…

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    crusades were one of the most vigorous events in history! They consist of a powerful series of religious wars in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries where Christian soldiers attacked Jerusalem to reclaim the Holy Land. Pope Urban II’s speech at the Council of Clermont held in France which initiated the crusades was considered the spark that powered this world-changing event; however, the original manuscript of his words had been lost! There are only reports of his speech available in the…

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    meeting was held at the City Hall in Gladewater, Texas. The location of City Hall is 519 East Broadway. It was held on Thursday, October 20, 2016. As people gathered for the meeting I received signatures from board members including the mayor of Gladewater. To commence with was the call to order. Next, was the invocation and then the Pledge of Allegiance? I appreciated the fact that God was put before all else then our great nation. The first major happening was the citizen comments.…

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    Circumcision In Religion

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    So, the apostle Peter spoke first about the matter advocating against forced circumcision of the Gentiles, then Paul and Barnabas argued their point of view before the council and church. Finally, after significant discussion and arguments from both sides, James decides against forced circumcision but concedes dietary and sexual conditions for the gentiles to placate the opposing church members (Wilcox, 2014). Even though…

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    In the Napoleonic Era, life in Europe was drastically different. Revolution in France sparked the rebellious spirit deep within the people of many nations. Under the Emperor’s, Napoleon Bonaparte, control France behaved as a new nation. At its peak she nearly dominated the entirety of the continent, and even stretched her influence into other parts of the world. However, she did have one rival that did not submit as easily as the rest, Britain. In an attempt to break Britain, Napoleon…

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    will probably not be able to cope with the issue of voting territory crisis constant. Due to the euro - European divergence But all this is behind its form and the current structure of the euro's explosive force. While the cohesion and cohesion of Europe say that the reality is that the austerity policy is to establish divisions and differences. Between the member states, it is now possible to split the differences within the United…

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    Kelemen, Europe Reborn: How to Save the European Union From Irrelevance. I will be explaining what points both pieces are trying to make as well as what points of view they are coming from. In Woodrow Wilson’s speech he is approaching it from a liberal view and Matthijs and Kelemen are similarly using the perspective to say what the EU ought to do to stay in power. First, I will start with Woodrow Wilson’s speech on the 14 point plan which was devised as a plan in keeping the peace in Europe…

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    In 1884, Europe congregated and, in an imperialistic fashion, determined who received which section of Africa. In this meeting, called the Berlin Conference, Britain received the region that is currently known as Uganda. Beginning their colonization in 1890, the British East Africa Company sent Captain F.D. Lugard to sign a treaty with the leader of the largest kingdom in the region, Buganda. Following the treaty, Lugard grew Britain’s influence further by signing two more treaties with the…

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    At the beginning of the 13th century, communes were formed. Councils and officials that were elected by the citizens governed them. They set up municipal schools and provided many people with vernacular education in reading, writing and arithmetic. According to Giovanni Villani, half of the male population of Florence…

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    reports of leprosy and heresy in Medieval Europe were just the result of the disease spreading or being better understood, but Richard Moore suggests there was much more going on. Leprosy and heresy cannot be examined as a cultural aspect without looking at the greater series of events that were faced by medieval Europe. It is no mistake that cases of leprosy increased at the same time as cases of heresy. The increase of centralized powers within Europe changes not only the physical landscape,…

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