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Alex Greene December 5th, 2015 B2 The Phoenicians On my honor as a Brentwood Academy student, I have neither given nor received help on this paper. I pledge that the work on this paper unless otherwise cited, are mine and mine alone. The Phoenicians The Phoenicians were the jack of all trades of ancient times. They were strong in all suits of life. They possessed great abilities, invented and accepted new ideas, and were powerful politically. The Phoenicians…

Leadership Throughout the Years A point guard yelling and making plays to win. And a New York legislature leading the government. All of these examples of leadership show that one person is willing the take charge and lead a group/person the success. An example of leadership is when a student is falling behind in their school work and the teacher is pleased to stay after school and give the student extra help on their assignments. Another way leadership could be defined is that someone is…

Little was a homemaker busy with the family’s eight children. His father was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader, Marcus Garvey, back to Africa movement.” ‘Mamiya, Lawrence A. "Malcolm X." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 30 Mar. 2017. Web. 09 May 2017. Malcolm X was the fourth of eight siblings. The racism the family encountered in Lansing (When did they move?) proved even worse than in Omaha. Shortly after the Littles moved…

“Senioritis: An ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary. "Senioritis"). All throughout America, thousands of seniors develop symptoms of this debilitating disease, especially during their second semesters. Is this epidemic a legitimate illness, or is senioritis just a rationalization made by lazy students? Although several seniors say otherwise, senioritis is a pseudo-scientific disease employed by…

Amalie, commonly referred to as Emmy, was a German mathematician. Her contributions to algebra have gained her recognition as “the most creative abstract algebraist of modern times” (Encyclopædia Britannica). Noether received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Erlangen in 1907 with a dissertation on algebraic invariants. Shortly after she was invited the University of Göttingen in 1915 by David Hilbert and Felix Klein, Noether used her knowledge of invariants to assist them in exploring the…

Natalia Novoa Mrs. Paz Environmental Science G 7 September 2015 Clair Patterson Monologue Good morning. I am Clair Cameron Patterson, but you can call me Pat, like my friends do. You may know me as the first person to properly and accurately measure Earth’s age, which is 4.6 billion years old, if you didn’t know. Well, actually, I’m what you would call a geochemist. I utilize the study of chemistry in order to answer geological questions regarding the composition of planets like the Earth or…

In this passage, the ghost of Hamlet is alluding to Lethe, which in Greek mythology is the river of forgetfulness in Hades. (EBSCOhost, 1). It is believed that the deceased who drank from the river would forget their past experiences on earth. (Britannica, 1). The river Lethe has since been used to allude to forgetfulness. The ghost of Hamlet Senior is trying to say that Hamlet would have to be as dull as a weed on the shores of Lethe not to be hysterical as he is telling him that he is seeing…

Celia Cruz was born on October 21, 1925, in Havana, Cuba. Singing in her free time, she gained major popularity, and essentially it was how she became famous. Celia, a Cuban American, was most known as the “Queen of Salsa”. Shortly after Fidel Castro rose to power her family relocated to the United States, which is where Celia recorded 23 gold records. She sang only in her native language, Spanish. Today, Celia is still recognized through many different organizations and programs. Celia grew up…

controlled by the Suez company , which British had a huge amount of stock, so they were in semi control. Having said that, it was an anglo-french company. Meaning it was mainly supported/owned by the British and the French. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica 2017) They also wanted to take back the canal, as I had stated before, the company was partly owned by the British, so Britain wants their canal back. Nasser took their canal, and they wanted it back. They also may want it back just so…

Armor includes Body armor armor shields they were first made out of stone then made out of copper then made out of bronze over the years of Egypt it is very popular in Ancient Egyptian weapons include Bow and arrow war chariot maces battle axes later metal heads hatches clubs sword sickle swords and daggers spears.The weapons were very useful in those days probably the most popular weapons are swords Pharaohs The Egyptians believed pharaohs to connect gods and men.That is why they…