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In Spain, King Charles V and his son Phillip II spent much of their lives fighting wars that emerged due to the Reformation, such as the War with the Huns. King Charles “undertook the war with greater energy and better equipment than before” and it showed as the desert palace of Khan “no longer has a trace of human population, which testifies to the many battles fought there and the great amount of…

The Unabated Storm Bedridden during a recent hospital stay, Gale Monaghan was as tenacious as ever ordering the staff around and flirting with one of her young male nurses. “I’m having a hard time remembering what brought me here. Trisha tells me I fell unconscious, but I don 't think that’s true.” For the better part of the last five years, Gale has been in and out of hospitals. Coming as no surprise to her family, doctors have diagnosed Monaghan with Alzheimer 's. Forgetting when her…

the exact location of the injuries, knowing an important fact. Only afterward was revealed that Tom only has one working arm, his right, when he stood up. Surprised, Scout narrated, “ “His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right and hun at his sides.” It is almost certain that Tom would only be able to injure her left eye, as he only possesses a working right hand. With simple reasoning, it doesn’t give the judge much doubt about the case. In his closing statement, Atticus…

74 THE R.CA.F. OVERSEAS R. Reesor were scrambled and directed to two FWs. flying due south of Shoreham at 24,000 feet. Morrison closed in and riddled one with repeated bursts. The FW. flew steadily on its course in a gentle glide and crossed the French coast at 2,000 feet. The Spitfire pilot, flying close alongside, could see the German airman slumped over his controls, apparently dead: the aircraft had become a flying coffin carrying the body of its pilot back to France. Meanwhile Reesor had…

Many of the propaganda posters of World War One have symbolism to persuade the viewers to be a participant in the war. One of the propaganda posters made in Germany has a snake with eight arrows and the number eight, entangling the snake. We can presume that the snake is the Alliances and the eight symbolizes the war bond that the Germans were merchandising at that time. You can see that the arrows are piercing the serpent, which symbolizes that the money that is put in the war bond will support…

The vast classical civilizations of the Maya and Indians have paved the way for the current world. Despite residing in different time periods, their influence has resonated throughout the ages. While the classical civilizations of the Maya and Mauryan and Gupta India were alike in that they both had a clear cut social organization due to the specialization of occupations in their societies. They differed in the economic and political collapse of their civilizations due to the fact that the…

Beyond the Screen: Racism and Sexism in Entertainment When you hear the phrase Disney princess, do you first think of Mulan or Pocahontas, or a white princess like Cinderella or Snow White? Can you name any female directors? Is your ideal body image the same as the thin actors or actresses you see on TV? Movies and television programs undermine minorities and women. Children should not be exposed to the frequent underlying racism and sexism that in visual media. Entertainment corporations have…

This period of time takes place right after the Pax Romana, which was 200 years of Roman peace and prosperity. During this time, the Empire successfully conquered much territory, and new ideas emerged. The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by three major faults. First, the Roman Empire had several societal problems with religion and values/traditions. Next, the economy completely collapsed because of lack of money and high rates of unemployment. Finally, the Empire suffered from several issues…

Will Mulan Make a Feminist Out of You? The Disney movie Mulan (1998) has long been respected for producing the only well known Disney princess who did not need a man to rescue her from her distress. Unlike other Disney princesses, whom many young girls grow up idealizing, she is the hero in her own story, and saves China by showing that she is as capable as any man when she disguises herself as a man and takes her injured father’s place in the army, knowing that the punishment if she is caught…

“The Right Action is better than Knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”(Snell) This quote was spoken by the Great Charles I or as otherwise known as Charlemagne. Charlemagne was born in 742. His Father was Pepin the Short and his mother was Bertrada (Facts). Little is known about Charlemagne's childhood; in 754, however, he participated in the anointment of Pepin as king by Pope Stephen II. He was educated at the palace school primarily by Fulrad, the abbot of…