Pope Urban II had called the Christians to join him in a Holy War to reclaim the Holy Lands as an act of Christianity, but there were many activities that took place that weren't characteristics of Christianity. ... The Crusades were the idea of Pope Urban II, a wise Frenchman. On November 18, 1095 AD, Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. ... The Crusaders justified their slaughtering to themselves and the world and often the battle cry that was heard was "Deus lo Volt!"... It left many people hopeless and starving, and it took World War II to pull us out of it. ...

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Morison is a extraordinary masterpiece on the history of U.S navel operations in World War II. ... The United States involvement in World War II was key to the Allies' success in the war. ... Churchill stated that "shipping is the crunch of the whole war" and "the war would be decided in the Atlantic" and that "if Hitler cannot win there, he cannot win anywhere in the world at the end." ... Even though the band was interrupted in their song by Japanese planes, the crews did not move until the last note was sung. ... Since World War II the methods and systems of obtaining military intelli...

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Moreover, the book also depicts the differences between the Vietnam War and other wars such as the World Wars, the Revolutionary war, and Civil War in the history of America. For instance, the Vietnam War is the most costly war ever fought in American history; more than the world wars and the civil war in which American soldiers fought. ... For example, when American soldiers returned from the Second World War, there was a feeling of pride and triumph among the troops, but this is not the case with the Vietnam War. ... The new levels of brutality that the young men had to face were new to the...

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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very important event during World War II, and it was one of the major reasons the United States joined the war. ... In some ways, Japan's strategy was a success, but in other ways, it was a complete failure which ended up costing Japan later in World War II. ... One author notes the losses in ships as such: By the time the attack was over, every battleship in Pearl Harbor-The U.S.S. ... Even the most advanced military country in the entire world could not recognize important hints that were right in front of them. ... The attack on Pearl Harbor was a ma...

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One of his best works was a short story entitled, Notes of a Native Son. ... Before Baldwin ever knew what racism was, his father was in the trenches fighting the war for equal rights for himself and his family. ... During World War II, America needed its citizens to help out. ... Most of these young black people could wait to go to the war because of the pain and suffering that they were receiving in their own country. ...

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The Russian ships eventually returned home, with nuclear war being narrowly averted. ... When it comes to the economy within the MIC, war is the equivalent of winning the lottery. ... The MIC couldn't care less about Americans dying in war as long as the cash is flowing. Military troops can be sent anywhere at anytime in the event of war. ... World War II was a great example of how war boosts the economy, and how quickly the US can get out of a depression. ...

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Even greater losses, however, were suffered in World War I (the second war during Nicholas" reign), which Russia entered on the Allied side in 1914. ... His biographical annotations, which served as the basis for the glossary and for the notes to the documents in this volume, drew on a wide variety of archival and reference sources. ... ggest that Nicholas II was the prime reason for the collapse of the dynasty. ... His reign was one of continual trouble: Witte's reforms causing protesting, war with Japan, 1905 revolution, Rasputin's influence on the family, World War I, and finally ...

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II. ... America's Role in the World 1. ... Collecting War Debts a. ... In the end, the war-debt situation damaged America's reputation in the eyes of people of the world. ... Jazz Wins World Popularity a. ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. The book I chose is entitled Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. ... In 1917, America entered WWI on the allies side and "Eleanor did a great deal of war work." ... FDR served for four terms, from 1933, to 1945, possibly one of the hardest terms for an American President because of the Great Depression and World War II. ... Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World, falls into a very important period of time within the studied time frame of our class. ...

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Plutarch's account of Antony and Cleopatra is so vivid because of his use of sources that were personal to the characters, such as Cleopatra's doctor's notes, but also his own memories of Egypt, which was the first country he visited on his travels. ... These image clusters include cosmic and transcendental images, such as those of the sun, moon, stars, heavens, spheres and worlds. ... V, ii, 81-91 Antony is a colossal figure credited with power over the world and then over the universe. ... - II, v, 79-80 This is Cleopatra's angry response to the news that Anto...

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Leaving an impact of epic proportions, the bombs of The Manhattan Project have left scars on Japan and the world to this very day. ... Never before had any nation almost completely incinerated an opposing nation, and never before had the United States fully showed the world the extent of its abilities. ... [It] looked like a pot of bubbling tar. [ ] The war was over.... ... Shortly after, on August 14, 1945, Japan finally surrendered, and World War II came to a close. ... He wrote in his diary: We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. ...

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During the time after World War II, the state of society was one of unrest. There were strong emotions regarding America, its leadership role in the world, and just the war in general. ... Abstract Expressionism, as it was called, was the reflection of all of the post war angst. ... People were tired of the war, and tired of the dark, post war thought, and there was a need to break away from the overly emotional works of the Abstract period. ... In 1962, he produced his silkscreen prints on canvas of dollar notes, Campbell's Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and other popular culture...

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And in the 1920's Q: Utilizing class notes and perhaps resources of your own, write a 1,000-2,000 work dealing with each of the following artists in the period directly following World War 1 [1918-]: German art movement of the 1920s began after the end of WWI. ... They created styles of sharp realism and protest that mirrored the disillusionment following World War I. ... as it also is a painting on three panels side by side it deals more directly with the First World War. ... He anticipated the far in advance the dishonesty and shock of World War I as well as the change in art ...

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America was all too comfortable with a naive sense "nothing can touch us and noting can hurt us." ... For example, World War II was thought of as the war "over there", "over seas", but the events that occurred on December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor, noting at that point could compare to the awakening and the realization that America could be struck and struck hard. ... Our political diplomats are world wide and their influences for the reaching. ... In other countries wars are fought and are being fought just for the right to worship. ... We are a part of a world that is full of turmoil hatred a...

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Myers noticed a mismatch in the World War II with the task assigned to the soldiers and specific jobs. ... Jung believed Freud and Adler perceived the world differently. ... "Individuals gain energy either through extroversion (E) or introversion (I), perceive or take in information using either sensing (S) or intuition (N), some judge or make decisions using either thinking (T) or feeling (F), dealing with the outer world using either judging (J) or perceiving (P). ... Perception (Data Gathering) Function: Sensing-Intuition MBTI Preference Sensing (S) Intuition (N) Definition Perceiving what ...

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To Jensen supporting the troops means supporting the war, and this war is not something he supports. People blindly interpret supporting the troops as defending America's freedom yet the only war since 1812 though that comes even sort of close to actually threatening the safety of America's freedom is World War II, but even that's argumentative. ... Considering that America is the most powerful military country in the world and Iraq is a weak Third World country it is even more illogical that America would go to war with them. ... The Hawks debated arguments against war, but ult...

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More importantly, it was a major center for the manufacture of war materials before and during World War II. ... It is almost as if they had invented a world of fantasy. But this world of fantasy was really a world of deception. ... Even the radio broadcasters declared that Japan was winning the war. But the Japanese government lived in a world of reality where an attack by the US was very possible. ...

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In the United States, the Spanish-American War and, later, World War I established the need for more nurses in both military and civilian life. ... World War II, however, brought about another increased demand for nurses. The Cadet Nurse Corps, established in 1943, subsidized nursing education for thousands of young people who agreed to engage in nursing for the duration of the war. Since the end of World War II, technological advances in medicine and health have required nurses to become knowledgeable about sophisticated equipment, to learn about an increasing number of medications, and t...

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Social Context In Scout's class, the teacher talks about Hitler, meaning that they live in the time period shortly after World War II ended. ... This shows that she really cares about her older brother and her world basically revolves around him. ... Text-to-world: Atticus defended Tom. ... Text-to-self: Scout's world revolves around Jem. ... Text-to-world: The neighbors look out for the children. ...

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It was dated back to 5400 BCE. 3150 BCE (Egypt)- One of Egypt's earliest rulers, King Scorpion 1 was buried with around 700 jars of wine. 3000 BCE (Egypt)- Pharaohs acquired a taste for wine and established their own limited domestic production. 323 BCE (Greece)- It was said that heavy wine drinking caused Alexander the Great's death of a "mysterious " illness. 193 BCE (Rome)-North African wines dominate after septimius severus' rise to power. 146 BCE (Italy)- The Italian peninsula became the world's first wine-producing region, right around when Rome became the lead...

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However, with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center in New York City and on the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Americans are taking a more in-depth look at our foreign policy. ... An evening in front of his television set watching his daily dose of world news from CNN or MSNBC or some other news station tells the typical American that we are engaged in global conflict. ... Within the past decade we have sent American military personnel to Somalia to protect United Nations" troops conducting a humanitarian operation to relieve the famine resulting from the civil...

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A strict man, William once told a five year old Albert to go to the police station with a note from his father after some mischief making. Upon reading the note, a sergeant put young Alfred in a cell and left him there for ten minutes. ... The surprisingly are left and inheritance and use it to travel around the world. ... While the onset of World War II hung over Europe in 1940, Hitchcock came to the United States to direct Rebecca. ... The fact that he hosted the show for ten years, and that the episodes were made to evoke little Hitchcock movies helped make him a household name all over the...

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Recalling the swinging of my legs in emphasized boredom, I realize that Sunday School held little of my attention when the sun streamed through the window and my best friend passed me notes under the table. ... He told a fifth grade class that: [he] did not say to [him]self "Let us represent Jesus as He really is in our world by a Lion in Narnia"; [he] said "Let us suppose that there were a land like Narnia and that the Son of God, as he became a Man in our world, became a Lion there and then imagine what would happen". ... Especially upon continued reading, where Lewis is stated to have...

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It is an intriguing topic and one that has been the subject of debate since the end of the war. ... After World War II, Roper was sent to Germany by the British government to investigate and verify Adolf Hitler's death. ... Instead, it mentions a Russian spy who was a messenger in the Bunker and the importance of this man's role during World War I. ... The authors note that if the Goebbls" had not known for certain that Hitler was dead, then they would not have taken their children's lives as well as their own. ... While Trevor-Roper's book was written immediately after...

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The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams" "memory play" originates after World War II in a dark, dreary alley in St. ... Tom had becomes tired of seeing his sister sitting around playing with glass dolls that represent a real world to her. ... He does end the play on a positive note saying that he wondered about like his father searching for what was lost until one day he met his sister once again. ... She has become enveloped into her own small world of glass animals, hence The Glass Menagerie. ...

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