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    Constantine’s conversion to Christianity was a pivotal turning point in the highly pagan regime of the Roman Empire (Afoldi, 1948). There has been much speculation by historians and scholars surrounding whether the conversion to Christianity was a carefully articulated political maneuver by Constantine, for military supremacy of the Roman Empire. Historically, scholars suggest that the context in which Constantine was said to have converted to Christianity was a militaristic based context, with…

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    the hardship she went through. At the end, she was successful despite the mental condition. She was amazing, with a supportive mother always along her side, a teacher who believes in her, and made a long-lasting friendship. In the other movie, “Invictus,” showed the great power of patience and leadership can do, not just the a few people, but by uniting a country. The story of how Nelson Mandela becomes president and unite the country with sport, a game of rugby. The screen play captured the…

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    Nelson Mandela, Activist, prisoner, president, the face of equality. Nelson Mandela is an inspirational man to millions of people and most people don’t know everything about him. Mandela has won more than two hundred and sixty awards, more than any one in history, ranging from the Nobel Peace Prize to Philadelphia Liberty award, presented to him from former United States president Bill Clinton. His struggle anti-apartheid has led him to write many novels, but what most people don’t know is that…

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    At 9:02Am on April 19th, 1995 the bombing of the Oklahoma city Alfred p. murrah federal building exploded. The building was loacted underneath the America’s kids daycare center. The left wall of the Murrah building was the first to come down along with the top floors. The aftermath of the explosion left a 30ft wide, 8ft deep crater in the street that was covered by the debris of the building. ( Smith, 2015) During the time of the explosion McVeigh was in the building parking lot. He Feld scene…

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    Human qualities are what make us human. Without them, we would become emotionless drones. The human quality that I find most important would be integrity. I believe this quality is very essential because it encumbers all the traits that make a truly good person, such as honesty, being incorruptible, and morally or ethically upright. [THESIS] Having integrity means always doing the right thing despite the odds or difficulty of it. [THESIS] The person who I think embodies the trait of integrity…

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    Over these past seven weeks we have gone over a large amount of material. Starting from the basics of understanding how to interpret meanings in the bible, all the way up to the time when the barbarians were invading the European countries. I was not expecting this type of background information for this course. Back when I was scheduling in April, I was super excited to take this course (and still am). I figured I would learn interesting information about Christmas, my favorite holiday, but…

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