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Reading: The High Roman Empire) Unlike the Romans, Germanic law wasn’t codified. Instead, it was based on oral customs and traditions referred to as Common Law. They believed in publicly shaming the guilty, and trials of fire and water where they tested one’s guilt or innocence. The western calendar was also assimilated and influenced by German culture where today we have the days of the week which are German; Thor’s Day = Thursday, Woden’s Day= Wednesday etc...) (At Home Reading: The High Roman…

Michael downloaded the Facebook application on his smart phone hoping to connect with some of his old friends. He successfully connected with many old friends from high school and the Army most of which he had not spoken with in years. Instantly, he became a huge fan of social media because of the connection. In fact, he used Facebook daily to track what his friends were doing and even share some old pictures and memories. Facebook tracks everything that users do their website. They track what…

Introduction Throughout history religion has been an influential factor in the way society and politics have evolved to this day. One of which; Christianity, it has had one of the most noticeable impacts on the world we know today. During the middle ages the Holy Roman Empire which was the embassy for Roman Catholicism was the strongest force of power and politics in the 1400’s . While the church had divine power over Europe it also abused its rule by monetizing faith and spreading it to the…

differentiated Puritans from other Christians. The first was their Calvinistic belief in predestination. Puritans believed that belief in Jesus and participation in the sacraments could not alone effect one's salvation; one cannot choose salvation, for that is the privilege of God alone. All features of salvation are determined by God's sovereignty, including choosing those who will be saved and those who will receive God's irresistible grace. The term "Puritan" first began as a taunt or insult…

“We Win, They Lose”: How Reagan’s Foreign Policy Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did…