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Medieval Castles
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 357.... very hard to find, and only the king knew
where the gate had been hidden. The gate was used during an
attack to escape from the siege.
In the middle of the castle there was a huge building called
the keep. This is where the king and queen slept, the kitchen and
armory was also located inside. The dinning quarters (the largest
room inside) was used very frequent and many employees were
assigned to it.
The castle was the heart and soul of the country. The king
and queen and all of their loyal servants were inside, running the
country. That’s why villains wou .....
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D-day
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1549.... Europe.
The fourth term used when talking about is Neptune. Neptune stood for the first phase of Operation Overload. Which was the planning of the Normandy assault, the movement of the armada across the English Channel, and the battle for the beaches.
The fifth term sometimes used when talking about is The Atlantic Wall. The Atlantis Wall was the German’s first line of defense in the west, which was along the English Channel coast of France. The wall was only partly completed by June of 1944. It had many guns placed on it, beach obstacles, and mine fields. The part .....
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Christianity And Buddhism
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 548.... happiness. On the other hand, if one perform unwholesome actions, such ass killing a living being, one will experience suffering. This is the law of cause and effect at work. In this way, the effect of one's past karma determine the nature of one's present situation in life.
The Buddha said,
"According to the seed that is sown,
So is the fruit you reap
The door of good of will gather good result
The door of evil reaps evil result.
If you plant a good seed well,
Then you will enjoyed the good fruits."
The theory of karma has a definite appeal as it .....
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Contributions Of Ancient Egypt
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1378.... able to move forward with architectural wonders, specialized doctors and the practices of justice and religious rituals.
The Egyptians established a form of writing known as hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics was a style of writing which incorporated the three characters of pictographic, syllabic, and alphabetic. Both pictographic and syllabic characters were primarily established within Sumerian cuneiform. It was later that the Egyptians combined the Sumerian cuneiform along with an alphabetic system all into one that became the rough foundation for what is now known as the mode .....
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The Great Depression
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1135.... athletes like Joe Louis, who was the world
heavyweight boxing champion.” (Cayton, Perry, Winkler, 764 ) Louis also went
on to become a hero for the war effort and gave inspirational speeches.
Jesse Owens great accomplishments on the track field made him one of the
most famous in history. While on the Ohio State University track team in 1935
he set a world record in the broad jump (26 feet 8 1/4 ). In 1936 he set a
new world record in the 100m. dash,(10.2 sec.). In 1936 as a member of the
U.S. track team at the Olympic games in Berlin, Jesse Owens won four gold
med .....
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The New Deal
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 824.... like a 25% unemployment rate, and the fact that 20% of NYC school children were under weight and malnourished, made it clear immediate action was necessary.
In the first two years, was concerned mainly with relief, setting up shelters and soup kitchens to feed the millions of unemployed. However as time progressed, the focus shifted towards recovery. In order to accomplish this monumental task, several agencies were created. The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was the keystone of the early new deal program launched by Roosevelt. It was created in June 1933 under .....
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Atomic Bomb 5
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1504.... War II, which took place at Okinawa. If allowed to expand, Japan posed a serious threat to the allies.
During the war, one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Albert Einstein, hypothesized that if the true power of the atom were released in a weapon, the results would be devastating. This was soon confirmed by a large portion of the scientific community. Whoever possessed such a weapon would be in complete power. Many government officials felt that such a weapon could put an end to the war. For this reason, in 1942, the United States decided to pursue the atomic .....
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The Ancient Mariners Of The Mediterranean And Ming Dynasty China: A Comparison Of Seafaring In The Ancient World
Number of pages: 12 | Number of words: 3048.... with great knowledge of seafaring and a desire to acquire tribute for their emperor, Zhu Di, the Son of Heaven.
But how did these great ancient seafarers of the Mediterranean and those of the Ming Dynasty China emerge to become the great lords of the sea? This essay shall explore this question as well as these equally important ones: Who were these seafarers? Where did they sail? What did they do? How did the sail? How were their ventures organized? And why did they go to sea? But in order to fully understand how these questions apply to these two sea peoples, w .....
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