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that barbarians were invading the empire from all sides, taking whatever land they can. Northmen , Anglo-Saxons, Vandals, Franks, Huns, and Visigoths were some of the barbarians that were attacking the empire. 2. This was not a unified attack, the map shows that the barbarians attacked from all sides. For example the Northmen attack from the north and going down. The Huns attack from the East to the west. Part…

Literature Review of “Police Culture in a Changing Multicultural Environment” Citation: Crank, J. P. (2010). Police culture in a changing multicultural environment. Controversies in Policing, 53-72. In J. P. Crank’s piece, “Police Culture in a Changing Multicultural Environment” (2010) he looks to address the question of whether police culture is an impediment to reform (p.53). Crank goes about addressing that issue by presenting several different standpoints that help us think about the…

countries became best friends in the region. Politically, there are 2 major factors that bring Sino-Cambodia Relations close together. The most significant factor is that China was the first country to recognize the change of the regime after strongman Hun Sen came to power in 1997. On the other hand, China did not condemn on human rights and freedom of speech like other states did, but also she introduced the “non-interference policy” and offered the aids in military worth of $2.8 million…

Men and women all over the world have social gender roles they must play in our world. If one decides to challenge the concept, some consider this crazy and welcome some harsh criticism. Barbara Meltz points out, “A study of the most popular G-rated movies of the past 15 years has found that three-quarters of the characters are male, raising concerns that Hollywood is inadvertently telling children that women are less important than men.” However, there have been men and women who have…

The film, “Mulan” , is the first film that Disney has adopted the Chinese element as a film theme and it tells the story of a Sui Dynasty woman, Mulan, fights against the Huns for her farther. In order to make the film looks Disney characteristic and also to retain the Chinses style, Disney carefully studied Chinese martial arts one by one. In addition, the film is full of Chinese elements, painting techniques, and music…

MMA is fast becoming the biggest combat sport in the world and yet it still isn't an Olympic sport which is just bizarre to think about when there are sports like skateboarding and surfing that have just been added to the 220 Olympic games in Tokyo. Does the Olympic committee think that these are bigger and more popular sports than MMA? Or are they just scared of the criticism and backlash that they might receive? One of the main points that people who are against MMA as an Olympic sport say is…

Rome Ancient Rome and Early Christianity last from about 500 B.C. – A.D. 500. Civilizations emerge and develop on fertile river plains in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China. The early Romans establish a republic, which grows powerful and spreads its influence. Romes geography was chosen because fertile soil and its strategic location. Located on the Italian peninsula in the center of the Mediterranean sea, built on seven hills on the Tiber River. The first Romans were Latins, greeks…

Symbols – use of American symbols such, Statue of Liberty, or American flag. The symbol of heroic soldiers displayed as giant like figures towering over evil. For example in “Halt the Hun!” shows an Allied soldier forcing a German soldier off a terrorized women who has a child in her arms. The German soldier has blood on his body and is standing in front of a wall of fire in the background. Between the two you see a sense of relief…

What Were the Primary Reasons for the “Fall” of Rome? The many problems in Rome caused it to cripple - the soft belly city, destroying faster and faster - and finally “vanishing” after laziness of Emperors and the Roman people. Before the Romans decline: before 200 CE, it was the world’s greatest empire - an unremarkable settlement - a “powerhouse!” “This rise to power came with the thrust of a spear and the slash of a sword.” (Background Essay) The Roman army conquered many territories, gained…

Life Keeps Going “Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” This is a quote from the book Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky. Honestly I haven’t read the book but I’ve watched the movie pretty recently and I really enjoyed it. Charlie, the main character, made a lot of good points and asked some of the same questions I do. One of the themes in the movie and book was learning how to cope with new surroundings after people change and friends leave. This…