To fully understand Judaism, you must at least appreciate the history of the Jewish people, its importance to Western civilizations, as well as the role of the Torah as a basis of the religion. ... "There is no doubt about the history of the Jewish people and that Judaism is one of the world's oldest continuing religious traditions."" ... The term "Hebrews- which we first used to refer to the Jewish people is the description of Abraham in the Torah. ... The Jews were consistently surrounded by larger, more powerful neighbors, and so often found themselves in exile or subjugation. ... R...

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• Grade Level: High School

Genocide Bahutu The historical background to the Bahutu people (also known as Hutu) is important. ... Watutsis relished Germany colonialism and saw themselves as equals to the Germans; they revered the Germans for abetting their rule over the Bahutus while being unconscious of the subjugated people's plight. ... A feudal society had, apparently, bred a docile and politically muted people. ... Attacks on Bahutu leaders and people continued for more than a year. ... Ambassador Melady proposed to the U.S. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout its history, Korea has been repeatedly devastated by powers such as Japan, China, and Mongolia. Despite these different attempts to subjugate the country, Korea has still survived and has been able to maintain its culture and traditions since ancient times. ... North Koreans, according to "A Panorama of 5000 Years: Korean History", have very little knowledge of the outside world. ... It claims "the total amount of human and material damage the U.S. imperialists have inflicted upon the South Korean people for nearly 60 years since their occupation of South Korea runs into 43,139,020,...

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• Grade Level: High School

But then in the sunset decades of the nineteenth century, a momentous shift occurred in U.S. foreign policy. ... Strong trumpeted the superiority of Anglo-Saxon civilization and summoned Americans to spread their religion and their values to the "backward- people. ... The development of a new steel navy also focused attention overseas, during both centuries. (19th and 20th) captain Alfred Thayer Mahan's book of 1890, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance. ... Some anti-imperialists argued a moral position: it was ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Captivity, bondage, restraint, subjugation, and slavery. ... Slavery was an episode in history, which scarred many African men, women, and children. Slavery has appeared almost universally throughout history among peoples of every level of material culture. ... Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass" A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass give a realistic view of slavery in the U.S. ... Slaves are people too and Tom's view is one of the closest to correct in this novel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School