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    Externally to Athens, Macedonia in northern Greece massively increased its military capabilities under the reign of Phillip II during the middle of the third century BC, coinciding with the escalation of Athens’ difficulties. Phillip’s son, Alexander the Great, oversaw the end…

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    significant changes. However, by focusing on the importance of the revolution, the changes made in the schools, the effects of the changes and the first results of his food revolution it can be seen whether this revolution may take part and succeed in Macedonia. According to Oliver, educating people is important thing to do in order to make them support his revolution. Presenting the importance of eating healthy food, explaining how it protects our body from diseases and how it saves our lives…

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    trotting through a field, it's been 10 long years of battling and hard work. As soon as your turning back your leader Alexander the Great dies. Alexander was born into a leadership family. He was born in 356 BCE, in a kingdom of northern Greece, Macedonia. While Alexander was younger his father King Philip, built the Macedonian empire stronger than before. King Philip conquered Greek city-states and planned to fight the strongest empire, the Persian Empire. At age 20 his father King Philip was…

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    When Croatia separated from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, while the Croats and Muslims supported the idea of independence, the Croatian Serbs were opposed to the decision. The Serbs, instead, wanted to combine with Serbia to create a greater Serbia. In order to complete this, they began an ethnic cleansing of Croatia. An ethnic cleansing is where an ethnicity is killed off. The Serbs attacked people who were of another ethnicity, such as the Croats and Muslims. However, many became refugees and…

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    firsthand account of this visit highlights how exceptional Paul’s relationship with the Philippians would become. To start, the Spirit of Jesus himself sends Paul and his companions to Macedonia (vv. 6–10). Once in Macedonia, the stress on Philippi’s sociopolitical importance as “a principal city of the district of Macedonia and a [Roman] colony” suggests that Paul intentionally targeted Philippi for an extended time of ministry (v. 12). That ministry includes the conversion of a wealthy and…

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    growing up Alexander saw very little of his feather Phillip II of Macedonia, who most of his time was engaged in the Army and having extra-marital affair. After the death of his feather, Alexander became the King of Macedonia, and many people doubt him that he had all the ingredients to become a powerful king, Alexander have proved the doubter wrong by winning a lot of battles and conquering lands…

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    After the legendary foundation by Romulus,[21] Rome was ruled for a period of 244 years by a monarchical system, initially with sovereigns of Latin and Sabine origin, later by Etruscan kings. The tradition handed down seven kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus.[21] In 509 BC the Romans expelled the last king from their city and established an oligarchic republic. Rome then began a period characterized by…

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    Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C. in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia. He was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympia, the daughter of Neoptolemus I. As a child, Alexander hardly ever saw his father due to the fact that he spent most of his time engaging in some sort of military actions. Philip had arranged for this son to receive a Greek education so he hired Aristotle to be his son’s tutor. Over the course of three years, Aristotle taught Alexander…

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    Paul had three distinct journeys, throughout the Bible. The first journey, Paul’s ministry began at Cyprus and Galatia (Acts 13-14). During the second journey, Paul goes to Asia Minor to Europe, where Macedonia and Achaia are located (Acts 15:36-18:22). In his last journey, he ministered Ephesus, Macedonia, and Achaia (Acts…

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    The ongoing violence and corruption in the Middle East Mostly from the Syrian civil war has resulted in 200,000 innocent people lives and has encouraged thousands of people to flee their country in search of protection and peace. Most refugees flee from Syria and Afghanistan to European countries that sometimes welcomes them, but other times they are horribly mistreated. How they are treated usually depends on what country they arrive in, what the countries government can afford to provide for…

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