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Ptolemy Xiv Sole Ruler
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... d inside. Caesar was surprised to have her
arrive the way she did. Cleopatra knowing how much
Caesar disliked Ptolemy and his men, Cleopatra
begged for him to help her gain control of
Alexandria back. Within a short time of discussion
between the two Caesar agreed to help out
Cleopatra. The same night Caesar agreed to help he
fell under Cleopatra's spell. They became lovers.
It did not take Ptolemy long to hear the news. He
was outraged. He stormed out of the palace
screaming to everyone he ...
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Classic Hero Theseus Mary Renault Tells Story
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Review of Mary Renault's The King Must Die Mary
Renault tells a wonderfully dashing tale of the
classic Hero Theseus, who was said to have lived
shortly before the time of the Trojan War.
Although the book is very appealing to me the
author did not follow the classic legends in
several aspects. This can be a good technique and
does bring newness to the story, however some
departures changed the very fabric of the tale. In
Renault's story many details are added that give
the tale much more flavor...
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Word Choice Thirty Days
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The book Anthem is a book about a world full of
mindless people. They let the government control
their every action from birth to death. The
weirdest thing is how they actually seem to enjoy
that lack of control. One young man named Equality
7 - 2521, however, starts to feel theres something
wrong with his life. Unfortunately, because of his
life as a mindless drone, he is virtually unable
to express how he feels. The small parts he does
understand are crowded with phrases like for the
good of a...
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Wife And Son Return Home
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In life we all struggle and search for happiness
and love. We are in a constant pursuit to find and
hold onto the things that we hold dear to
ourselves. This is much like the book The Odyssey.
Odysseus was on a search to find his way back to
the things that brought him peace and happiness.
The book was very much like our own lives and
though this supposedly happened hundreds of years
ago, this is the same journey we live through.
From the beginning of the story it seems as though
Odysseus has re...
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Revolution Of 1905 000 People
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... for another, Russian ships were sunk or
critically damaged by Japanese torpedoes. 18
Russian strategy was foiled by the early death of
a series of admirals. The patriotic mood of the
Russian people did not last long when the truth of
the war became clear. Witte, the ex-Minister of
the Interior, was called upon to negotiate a
settlement with the Japanese. He managed to end
Russia's humiliation quickly, with only a minor
loss of territory to the Japanese. Rural peasants
remained indifferent to...
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Bride Price First Time
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The Red Tent In Diamant's powerful novel The Red
Tent the ever-silent Dinah from the 34 th chapter
of Genesis is finally given her own voice, and the
story she tells is a much different one then
expected. With the guiding hands of her four
"mothers", Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, all
the wives of Jacob, we grow with Dinah from her
childhood in Mesopotamia through puberty, where
she is then entered into the "red tent", and well
off into her adulthood from Cannan to Egypt.
Throughout her journ...
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Greek Temples Greek Architecture
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The Greeks thought of their Gods as having the
same needs as human beings, they believed that the
Gods needed somewhere to live on Earth. Temples
were built as the gods' earthly homes. The basic
design of temples developed from the royal halls
of the Maycenaean Age. A Mycenaean palace
consisted of a number of buildings often more than
one story high, grouped around a central
courtyard. It was brightly painted, both inside
and out. In each palace there was a large hall
called a megaron, where the...
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Hagia Sophia Roman Empire
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Constantinople: The Gateway City Constantinople
was built in 330 CE, by the first Christian
emperor, Constantine. Constantinople ruled much of
the deserted Roman Empire many years after
Constantine s death. Constantinople can be
described as a Gateway City by its geographic
features, the cultural influences, and the
historical influences upon the rest of the world.
Constantinople was positioned upon a major seaport
called Byzantium. The positioning of
Constantinople was at a location between maj...
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Rational Thinking God Exists
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Contemporary atheism is a positive and new
humanism trying to re-found and re-construct the
entire human universe of thought and values. It
shows the possible abuses of religion and points
out all concepts of God are only imperfect means
to see him. What they say about God couldnt
possibly be. Atheists are avoiding responsibility.
God is not like anything we know so stop talking
about him. Everything youre saying about God is
wrong and invalid. The most important problem is
the problem of the at...
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Edgar Allan Poe Death Of His Wife
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Edgar Allan Poe Overview On January 19, 1809, in
Boston Massachusetts one of the world? s most
distinguished writers was born. This writer? s
name was Edgar Allan Poe, he was born the son of
an actress and an actor. At the age of three, Poe?
s mother gave him up to a prosperous merchant by
the name of John Allan who took care of him until
he began running into gambling problems at the
school which he attended in Virginia. He only
attended for one year due to these troubles. Poe
than began to con...
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Great Deal High Tech
872 words
Greek and Japanese Architecture For a great many
years, architecture has been a breaking point for
different artistic eras in history. Some of the
most famous? works of art? have been chapels,
temples, and tombs. Among the most dominant and
influential eras of great architecture are the
sophisticated, stoic Greeks-Roman periods and the
more mystical, elemental Japanese eras. These two
very distinct and very different eras have more in
common than you may realize. When work began on
the Parthenon...
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Interesting Times Interesting Times Interesting Times Interesting Rincewind
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Interesting Interesting Times Interesting Times
Interesting Times takes place on a world called
Discworld. Discworld is flat and circular and sits
on the back of four elephants. The elephants stand
on the back of a flying turtle. The characters in
the book are; Rincewind, a wizard (yes thats
right, wizard) who is fluent in many languages,
and a failure as a wizard, so he wears a hat that
says wizard, Cohen the Barbarian, leader of the
band of 80 year old barbarians, Mr. Saveloy,
former teacher a...
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King Of France King Lear
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I found the first act of King Lear to be
interesting, unexpectedly so. In reading the
introduction, I was under the impression that this
story would be dull and slow to develop. Imagine
my shock when the main event happened within a few
moments. I found three major events in the first
act: King Lear tests his daughters love, King Lear
banishes Cordelia, and the King of France
proclaims his love for Cordelia. When King Lear
banished his pet, his youngest daughter, Cordelia,
I was shocked. From th...
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Sons Bad Thing
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Scene 1: The royal palace at Forres, Banquo talks
on his own, he fears M has become King through
evil means, but does not worry as he believes that
the prediction the witches gave him will now come
true. Then others come in, M requests Banquo? s
presence at the feast they are having. M asks B
where he is going, and then spreads rumours about
the King? s sons. M asks B whether Fleance is
going with him and then he dismisses court,
leaving him and a servant alone, then M sends
servant to get the t...
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Happy Ending Black Market
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Mad, bad and dangerous to know Theres a disclaimer
at the beginning of the Bowling brothers 1947 film
Brighton Rock that assures us the town it depicts
is of the past, another Brighton of dark alleyways
and festering slums crime and violence and gang
warfare now happily no more. The film was based on
Graham Greene's 1938 novel, which in turn, the
author insisted, drew on a background that was
already passing into social history. The Brighton
race gangs were to all intents quashed for ever as
a s...
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Father And Uncle Kublai Khan
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Marco Polo (1254 - 1324) is probably the most
famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. He
excelled all the other travelers in his
determination, his writing, and his influence. His
journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He reached
further than any one before him. Beyond Mongolia
to China. He became a confidant of Kublai Khan
(1214 - 1294). He traveled all of China and came
back to tell stories about his travels. It is not
certain whether Marco Polo was born on the island
of Curzola or in Venic...
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Army Peter
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9; In 1682, Sophia Romanov sent her palace
guards to get rid of her " heirs" and
other conflicts with her reign. Luckily, her two
brothers 16 year old Ivan, and 10 year old Peter
escaped with there step-mother. Later on, Sophia
declared that both Peter and Ivan are the czars of
Russia. In 1689, Sophia lost the mobility of her
legs. She had her guards, once again try and kill
Peter. The guards, realizing that Peter was in
communication with the Gods, didn? t touch Peter
for they fear...
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Holy Grail Round Table
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Sir Lancelot Lancelot was the son of King Ban of
Berwick. King Ban became involved in a war with
the neighboring kingdom of King Claudus. Claudus
defeated Ban and forced the king and queen to
flee. As they fled, Elaine, Lancelot's mother,
puts baby Lancelot beside a lake and the Lady of
the Lake steals the child away from her. Lancelot
is raised in the underwater palace where he is
known as Lancelot of the Lake. While growing up
around women and mermen of the Lady of the Lakes
palace, Lancelot q...
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Love And Affection Role Model
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Codes And Values There are certain standards,
codes, ethics and values by which people live
their lives. It is these standards and codes that
determine what is right and wrong. In other words,
they create a boundary that draws a line between
what is considered unethical or immoral. These
standards or codes in certain peoples lives are
set by their respective religions. On the other
hand, the groups, communities or tribes in ones
life set these standards. In eastern societies
these standards are ...
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Presidential Palace Military Rule Lagos
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Victor Espn was euphoric last year when newly
inaugurated Chilean President Ricardo Lagos opened
the doors of La Moneda, the fortress-like
presidential palace, to the public. I almost
cried, says the 50 -year-old convenience-store
owner, recalling his initial anxiety at ushering
his granddaughter past the stern-looking police
guards into the bomb-scarred building that is a
perennial reminder of Chiles violent clash between
military rule and democracy. Many Chileans were
moved by their new leader...
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