... battles, Issus and Arbela, Alexander defeated the much larger armies of Persian King Darius. He also destroyed the fortified island city of Tyre on the Mediterranean Sea, founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, conquered hill tribes the Persians had never been able to subdue, and defeated a well-trained Indian army equipped with elephants. After defeating Porus, an Indian ruler, he wanted to continue his conquests into India, but his weary, homesick army refused. Reluctantly, Alexander turned around and led his army back to Babylon, where, just 33 years old, he died of a sickness (or perhaps by poison) after a wild party. Alexander Lived From 356BC Unti ...
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... continent with little cultural identity. Latin America began as a secluded land of aboriginal inhabitants that was cut off from the rest of the world. It was first discovered by Europeans while trying to find more efficient trade routes to India and China. These Europeans noticed the vast resources present in Latin America and smelled money. Europeans are very greedy and would do anything for their country if it meant higher social status when they returned. Soon the monarchs of their respective countries were sponsoring conquests and colonization of the Latin American lands in turn for profits and goods from the lands they took. Due to the tropical climate ...
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... were whittling this force away hourly. The Federal army was totally demoralized and soldiers were going home as if it was all over, sensing the end was near. Grant had, after eventually capturing Vicksburg on the 4th July been ordered to evacuate and return control to the Confederates under Pemberton. This would be accomplished by the 12th and an uneasy peace would settle across the Western theatre as Lieutenant-General ( Old Pete) Longstreet entrained to take command of all the South’s western forces. Jackson chafed... aware that the Union forces were a spent force and there for the taking, his spies reported that the defenders had shrunk to 35,000 and if they w ...
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... party from Democrat to Republican. In 1992 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He promised during his campaign in 1992 to serve no more than four consecutive terms in the House. was first elected to represent the people of Florida's 12th District in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 3, 1992; this district includes most of Polk county, portions of Hillsborough, Highlands and Pasco counties. One of Rep. Canady's greatest accomplishments is the lobbying disclosure reform. It is the first meaningful reform of the America’s lobbying disclosure laws to pass the Congress in 40 years. Against much opposition Rep. Canady helped pa ...
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... he learned from Gamaliel's school. Saul did not believe Jesus was the Messiah because Jesus often denounced the Pharisees and seemed to oppose all their rules. He had once heard that Jesus taught the people to disobey the rabbis and had caused chaos in the synagogues. All true Jews accused Him as enemy of Israel. Saul believed that anyone who followed Jesus should be put to death. With this thought in mind he returned to Jerusalem and offered his service to the high priest to persecute anyone who is opposed to the way of the synagogue. Saul took his job so fiercely that every worshipping assembly feared his name. He had a temper and was merciless. He was qui ...
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... of wealth, caused the American economy to capsize. The "roaring twenties" was an era when our country prospered tremendously. However, the rewards of the "Coolidge Prosperity" of the 1920's were not shared evenly among all Americans. According to a study done by the Brookings Institute, the top 0.1% of Americans had a combined income equal to the bottom 42% in 1929. That same top 0.1% of Americans in 1929 controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all. Automotive industry mogul Henry Ford provides a striking example of the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the middle-class. Henry Ford reported a personal ...
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... television sets were being found in more homes throughout America. This is when television began to take the nation by storm. Television slowly started to take over the lives of many. Families became less “family oriented”; family time, for the most part, was now spent in front of the TV. Dinner time, which used to be an important part of the day when many families came together, was now being spent apart, in front of the television. I suppose it could be concluded that from this, TV dinners came about; a quick and easy way to make a half way decent meal so that special program wouldn’t have to be missed. Today, television has created a lot of commotio ...
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... as a Federalist, believed primarily in a strong central government run mainly by upper-class citizens and the commerce of the nation. He characterized the general public as "selfish, unreasonable, and violent." He idealized that the federal government should encourage the development of American industries. Hamilton proposed a plan to manage the countries debts and to establish a national banking system. Hamilton also proposed to pay off the foriegn debt and to issue new bonds to replace the old bonds. One of the most significant things Hamilton did was propose the idea of a national bank that would be funded by the federal government and private investors, ...
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... 1877-1895 in his book American Politics in the . Cherny's focus early in the book on the role of the political parties during the time period. He does not scratch the surface, but tries to dig deep the of politics. Cherny also addresses social and economic changes. He said that progress merely provided a "gleaming surface of the . Just below that golden surface, however, lay twelve-hour workdays in factories, the widespread use of child labor, and large-scale business dealings…" (Cherny 4). During the , parties changed their traditional ways of voting and elections. Parties were at war to gain political majority in order to have control in government decisions ...
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... such a crazed manner? At the time, Franklin Delanor Roosevelt was the president. Over in Europe, Adolf Hitler had taken control and was looking towards invading more countries and terrorizing more people. President Roosevelt was debating whether to go to war or not. Most of the American people did not go to war, but some of them did. Many Americans had relatives in Germany or in Czechoslovakia. Everyone was extremely worried and stressed out due to war threats and viewed everything that went on around them as a sign that war would break out. Therefore, when the people heard the news of Martians they went absolutely insane. On September 21, 1938, ab ...
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