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    Why Did The Huns Change

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    sometimes the Huns were inept when they came upon military tactics. After what the Huns discovered using the horses in battle, they did not change their military strategies for the next one thousand years. The only time they did change was when gunpowder what introduced to them (“Hunnic Empire”). The Huns were relentless to change their ways, until they saw what advantage it would give them to change. The tribe still portrayed their hunting and gathering, even after they migrated throughout…

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    already mentioned the Mongols as big-deal world power in this era, but what they’re getting at here is that the Pax Mongolica or Mongol peace allowed for unprecedented world trade and the spread of many East Asian technologies to the West (ex. Gunpowder & Bubonic Plague) 3. The Crusaders vs. Anybody not Christian The Crusaders were initially called in by your friends the Byzantines to save Christendom from Islamic invaders. But, it turned into a quest to regain the holy land; which they did…

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    Max Brooks is one of the famous novelists of the twenty first century and he has very unique way of writing and in depicting things and he is well known for his novel about zombie apocalypse and this is how he depicts renaissance in his novels, renaissance basically laid an idea for a new world, it was revival, rebirth and rediscovery of things. Brooks in his zombie novel always points out how the rebirth of old technologies and skill helped human survive. In his books whenever a zombie…

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    1. The differences between a colonial farmer and a planter were that farmers in the colonial times worked small, family-run farms and they cleared land, dug ditches, built fences and farm buildings, plowed, and did other heavy labor. Meanwhile, planters were wealthy, educated men who oversaw the operations on their large farms, or plantations, and the planters dealt more with logistics than with hard labor. They could be found supervising the slaves and staff and inspecting crops. 2. Some of…

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    the amounts of gun deaths across all the world, especially in the United States Of America. That has changed a lot because of murder, suicide, homicide, mass murder etc. A gun is a weapon that fires small bullets propelled by explosive force (gunpowder). unsurprisingly the most homicides are done by guns as well as with suicide, mass murder and terrorism, overall guns have caused approximately 1.4 million deaths in USA in history overall. The reason people commit suicide mostly through guns is…

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    Brandon Maclin 3/2/18 General Music 4th block Mr. Barker D The Middle Ages was a great time for cultural and musical upgrades. They showed us improvements in the way we write down music. Also they showed us new ways of singing music. Even though this may sound good, they experienced a very dark time. Hence the name “The Dark Ages.” The Black Death was a bubonic plague that wiped out one third of their population. They had popes like Pope Gregory I. He was the one who wrote down music…

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    Love is an uncontrollable yet powerful emotion which is the primary root cause of major destruction. Despite their love being exquisitely beautiful, it leads to immense obliteration due to parental feud, impetuousness of young love and inevitability of fate Despite love being exquisitely beautiful, it is an uncontrollable yet powerful emotion which is the primary root cause of major destruction. It leads to immense obliteration due to parental feud, impetuousness of young love and…

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    Imagine children fighting in war -- many of them unaware of what’s happening around them. Now imagine you were one of the families that had to watch as one of the children of your family was whisked off to war. Even if that child has no intention of fighting, he/she eventually will fight. The child will have drugs in their system and those drugs will help brainwash them … until he/she is the perfect little soldier. How do you feel after imagining that? Do you believe that child soldiers should…

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    for the new wave of Christian connected with the activity of Catholic missions. The Silk Road was not only the source of goods but also information on their making, i.e. technologies. In particular, the ways of silk, stained glass, paper, books, gunpowder and guns production.…

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    Richard's name as a revolutionary politician appears alongside people like George Read who is said to have been a reluctant revolutionary leader. This is in comparison with Basset's neighboring Kent County's revolutionaries such as John Haslet and Creaser Rodney. He however got elected to the local Boston Relief Committee in 1774 and served in the Delaware Council upon the organization of a new government in Delaware. He was a key personality in the drafting of Delaware 1776 Constitution that…

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