The New Republic

The sun shone warmly upon the day and the palm trees blissfully moved back and forth on the alluring beach of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Admiring the peaceful waves as they ran across the shore, I checked my pockets and realized my phone was gone. I walked around the beach retracing my steps trying to find it. I couldn’t believe I had just arrived and had already lost one of my most valuable belongings. Walking back and forth as I probed through the gritty sand, I stumbled over something…

major territories, Cassius was given Syria and Brutus was left in charge of Macedonia. Brutus and Cassius returned the favor by assassinating the very man who pardoned them. Julius Caesar’s assassination was a devastating blow to the roman republic, the republic was left with no one to run its government. Marcus Antonius who was one of Caesars closest friends, and Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius who was Caesars adopted son both decided to take advantage of the situation and gain power in the…

The mixture of young and old listeners in the crowd, in many ways, reflects the mixing of the old campesino forces of bachata on the island with the new urban forces at play in the U.S. The difference in sociocultural production among generations symbolizes a genre that is always in flux, undergoing progress, and constantly adapting. The forward movement of bachata, however, begs us to consider whether the bachata being produced today achieves the same social impact as the bachata of yesterday.…

After the war the plebeians could still vote in the comitia centuriata but they could not hold any of the new offices or sit in the senate. Even after they had defeated their enemies for Roam, the plebeians were still being treated poorly by the patricians. The plebeians felt that the Patricians were no different than the kings they had worked together to oust. Rome was now an aristocratic republic,…

In 1930, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina gained control of the Dominican Republic through questionable means, becoming head of police and then president, his regime was well recognized for its oppressive tactics and effective means of keeping the population controlled, by the time he was deposed and assassinated in 1961, he had been responsible for the deaths of as many as 50,000 Dominicans (U.S DoS), meaning that 1 in 66 was executed. As his time as president continued, more opposition grew,…

from America for Germany. He built three million new houses, improved schools, built hospitals, and improved roads. Wages were improved for most but farmers were still poor. Stresemann’s significance from this is to a certain extent but still significant because it helped the culture and life style of…

Rome has been a huge impact on the world as we know it today. Many things we experience in our everyday lives have roots in the Roman culture. From buildings to language and everything in between there aren’t too many aspects of our world that Rome hasn’t touched. Architecture was a huge contribution made by Rome. They made many architectural structures that contributed to future generations. Many buildings in Rome still stand today. Mainly their design with Arches, columns, vaults and concrete…

for the future, the board has given us a project in order to increase profits, so Technovancing has decided to search for another partner. So, in the process of choosing a new partner, Taiwan has presented itself as a viable option. In the next year or so, Technovancing Inc. will send employees to establish a headquarter in New Taipei, also known for being the largest city in Taiwan. The market for electronics is growing exponentially in Taiwan, and Technovancing need to take hold of the…

African lineage, seeing as a source of national pride. And while being one of the most impoverished countries in Latin America, it’s culture is based founded on a solid identiy. The dramatic differences between the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic validate that race is a social construct of race. Ideologies that are a “complex consciousness of color” blurring the line between blackness and whiteness also pointing out that “color correlates with class and culture shapes their meaning”…

The Treaty of Versailles was very significant for Germany from 1919-1939, Germany had major political, economical, financial, and military issues after the War Guilt Clause was made and they lost so much as well as having to take responsibility for the entirety of WW1. After WW1 most of the nations did not want to fight anymore however the Allied Powers did want the Germans to pay due to the damage they did to their countries whether it was economically or physically. This is why the Germans…