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    consider The Battle of Gettysburg to be the bloodiest of all battles in the Civil War and turning point for the Union in the War. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted three days ,with over ten thousand Union and Confederated soldiers dead and around three times that amount wounded its hard to believe that this many americans could be dead…

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    Sound Box

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    As of now held at the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, this Bull-headed Lyre with Sound Box conveys a special angle to Sumerian craftsmanship. This lyre was found in the "Lord's Grave" of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, this divided instrument's creation is evaluated to be around 2,600 BCE. The lyre itself comprises of wood yet the unshaven bull's head, which covers the sound box, is involved gold and lapis lazuli, a semiprecious stone. The sound…

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    and lodgings). He explains how the Iroquois had a culture promoting equality of the sexes, stating that women ran the government (women appointed and removed tribal leaders), agricultural affairs (women grew the crops), general life (running of day to day affairs), and home life (men joined their wife’s family on marriage) of the tribe. Zinn goes on to detail how children were taught self-reliance, independence, and the importance of equality, all in contrast to what was taught to European…

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    Is Tupac Dead? Well there is a question a lot of people want answered. Is Tupac dead? Well for those of you who don't know the media may have said he was dead but I on the other hand believe otherwise. I'm a fan of Tupac and I will openly say that he’s alive and want to answer this unanswered question I’ll provide pieces of evidence. But before I provide this I want to ask a question. Why would this question go unanswered in the first place? The first piece of evidence is Eminem’s…

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    ‘for wanting the American President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, dead. On Friday 22nd November JFK was assassinated as his Presidential motorcade travelled through Dealey Plaza on the way to lunch and a political rally at the Walmart centre. The next day, the police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of the President. However, many people believe Oswald was falsely arrested as others also had reasons for wanting Kennedy dead such as Fidel Castro, the white supremacy group KKK, Lyndon…

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    winter frost covers the landscape, Hardy is alluding to the fact that death is slowly descending upon the forest. As the speaker surveys the landscape, the speaker notices “The weakening eye of day”(3). This conveys that all hope is starting to fade because “day” connotes to hope, and by personifying day with “weakening eye.” Also by choosing the word “weakening” Hardy is able to portray death due to the fact that weakening connotes to the loss of something. Hardy is able to convey that all hope…

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    Quinn Brenner Book Report

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    Elise Rainer to get contact with her mother from the dead, which died from cancer. Elise Rainer is a parapsychologist that has experience with paranormal and the dead. However, Elise Rainer urges Quinn not to get contact with her mother because she senses that it’s not who she think it is and it a demon but after all she has says to Quinn she’s still does it anyway. Quinn Brenner tries to connect herself to her mother herself by talking to the dead herself but thing don’t work as plan. She…

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    I’m tired of constantly leaving my friends. They left. They were forced to go on the battlefield. Surrounded by all the gunshots, dead bodies, bombs going off. The sweat dripping down them, the screaming all around them. The persistent fear in the back of their minds. Now I’m surrounded by the sweet smell of cookies and cake from my grandma. They went MIA. I prayed day and night that they would show up. Be on the doorstep the next morning. They never did. Why?…

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    Dead Poets Society Summary

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    Examination of Dead Poets Society The Dead Poets Society is the classic work written by Nancy H. Kleinbaum as a novel. In the stories of 7 high school students in an overly disciplined boarding school, the responsibility of being overloaded by the school and the families, and the distances between their families and their choice to live and do what they want, The story also tells about the obstacles that students face and how to deal with them. John Keating, who is new to the Welton Academy,…

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    Muslim Religious Beliefs

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    believe that they will be in a conscious existence while in the grave. While in the grave Muslims find themselves in an in-between state where they are questioned by angles about their religious beliefs. Muslims will meet their own Judgement Day, on this day they will be brought before God and their sins will be weighed. The ones whose record is in his left hand will face fire and torment, while those in his right hand will return to their families happily. At first some believers will…

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