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Caesar's Conquest of Gaul
Caesar's Conquest of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar, born 100 B.C.E. in Rome to the impoverished patrician Julian Clan, knew controversy at an early age. Nephew to Popular Gaius Marius, he was earmarked by the Optimate dictator Sulla for prosciption after his refusal to divorce his Popular wife, Cinna. Fleeing Rome, and not returning until after Sulla's resignation in 78 B.C.E, upon his return he gained a position as a pontificate, an important Roman priesthood. Slowly
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California Gold Rush
California History Gold Rush Essay I disagree with the quote stating that the Gold Rush had relatively small impact on the history of California. I believe that the Gold Rush had a very large impact on California. California went from a cow town to industrial virtually over night. The gold was discovered in 1848. By 1852 400,000 people rushed in. This would be the largest peacetime migration recorded. People came from all over the United
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California V Carney
California v. Carney involves a Drug Enforcement Agency Agent, Robert Williams, who was observing respondent, Charles Carney, as he approached a youth in downtown San Diego. Having received previous information that that particular motor home was being used to exchange sex for marijuana, Williams accompanied by other agents kept the motor home under surveillance (Kamisar, LaFave, Israel, King, p 260, 2002). During the time that the agent had Carney under surveillance, he saw Carney bring
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Caligula - Motivations of the Directors
NOTES! What were the motivations of the directors and writers of the film Caligula? Can this film be seen as an example of historical fiction? Is Bob Guccione the director? Not quite. Bob Guccione was the executive producer and after firing Tinto Brass from the director's/editor's chair, personally re-shot six minutes worth of sex scenes and ordered massive re-edits on the film. Still, 95% of the finished movie was directed Tinto Brass, albeit not edited
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Caligulas Excessives
Brian.A.Mills R0069211 AA309 TMA02 Why were the actions of Caligula regarded as excessive? Why was such behaviour important in the evaluation of an emperor's image? When Caligula took the title of emperor of Rome, the population of that vast empire felt that a new dawn was emerging. Here was someone with youth on his side to reign over them, by contrast after the aged Tiberius. Because of his earlier travels with them on their campaigns,
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Caligula’s Madness
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in others the conviction and will to carry on.” This quote can be applied towards the rule of Caligula but perhaps not in the way it was intended. Caligula was, in my opinion, a poor leader. Caligula’s rule was plagued with disasters that did nothing to further the progress of Rome, only strengthen the headaches of his successors. Emperors following Caligula had no choice
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Cambodia
Cambodia is a country in South East Asia, less than half the size of California and twice the size of Scotland. Once it was the centre of the ancient kingdom of the Khmer, and its capital was Angkor, famous for its 12th century temples. The present day capital is Phnom Penh. In 1953 Cambodia gained independence after nearly 100 years of French rule. In the 1960s the population was over 7million, almost all Buddhists, under
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Cambodian Genocide
Cambodian Genocide "What is rotten must be removed" When: 1975-1979 v 1925: Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) is born into a farming family in central Cambodia v 1949: Pol Pot moves to Paris and becomes absorbed in Marxism (communism) v 1953: Pol Pot returns to Cambodia and joins the underground Communist movement v 1962: Pol Pot, now leader of the Cambodian Communist Party, is forced to flee into the jungle and forms the armed resistance movement
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Camila
The film "Camila" was produced in 1984 and directed by Maria Luisa Bemberg (1922-1955). Based on the true story of Camila O'Gorman, an Argentine woman who falls in love with a priest in 1840's Buenos Aires, this story dealt with the terrifying reign of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Camila is from an influential family and is betrothed to a Rosas loyalist. She is passionate and daring, just like her grandmother, and reads books that have
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Can America Win the War on Terror?
Can America win the war on terror? Just to comment briefly on the question, America's war on terror is a highly simplistic characterisation of something so complex. Saying war can be easily waged against terror makes it seem as if it can be easily won. America's war on terror is like waging a war on littering or waging a war against racism (which still goes on in the US and most parts of the world)
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Can Asians Think
Based on the reading “Can Asians Think”, the author, Kishore Mahbubani, talks about why Asians can, maybe, and cannot think. He says that Asians cannot think and he based his argument with facts more on history rather than current events. He says that ever since then, we Asians have fallen behind our western counterpart in every different way, and that we have a long way to go to catch up to them. He also discusses
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Can North Korea's Nuclear Activities Be Stopped?
Can North Korea's Nuclear Activities Be Stopped? There are many questions to be addressed about North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme. These questions can be why North Korea is not keeping its promise to disable Yongbyon; is the country trying to gain some time; or is North Korea going to be bigger issue in the near future for the six party nations if it does not discontinue its nuclear programme? It may be hard to find
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Canada and the Great Depression
The 1900s was a great time for change in Canada. The two most significant events being the First World War and the Great Depression. In both events the government had to be involved. But how much government involvement does it take to keep a country in order during these times? Many still ponder this question, even a century later. Personally I believe that the government needs to do all it can to ensure the safety
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Canada and the Middle East
In December 1985, the Canadian press reported the death by suicide of hundreds of field mice in the Middle East. In an apparently instinctive reaction to a problem of over-population, the mice willfully plunged to their doom off the cliffs of the Golan Heights. This bizarre story was the subject not only of straight news coverage in the Canadian press, but also of an editorial in the Globe and Mail on December 20. On November
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Canada Foreign Policy
After September 11th there was the reemergence of security as a top priority for policy makers: both U.S. and Canadian. In practice, the Bush administration has changed the way nations and international institutions do business. This Bush administration after 9/11 was not afraid to harshly criticize other nations if in their eyes that nation wasn't doing business they way the United States saw fit. The U.S. more or less "drew the line in the sand"
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Canada World War 2
Cuba is located in the Northern Caribbean and is in the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the gulf of Mexico. It is off the cost of Florida in the United States. To its West is Mexico and to its East is the Turks and Calicos Islands and Haiti. Below it is Jamaica and the Cayman islands. Cuba is the most popular country in the Caribbean. Its culture and its customs are drawn from several
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Canada’s Defining Moments
Canada has been a nation for 136 years this July first and there have been many important points in her history. Three of these stick out as defining moments in Canadian history, the patriation of the Canadian constitution, the creation of the CBC and Canada's involvement in the 'D' day invasion of France. The British North America act is Canada's original constitution. It gave the Canadian government the power to make its own laws but
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Canadian History
----1925 A Privy Council was assigned in 1925 to find a new Canadian flag. The Privy Council began to search for new creative designs for the new flag. However, that goal was never accomplished. ----1964 It all began one afternoon in the late autumn of 1964. An urgent call came from the Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson, to the desk of Ken Donovan. The message was that the Prime Minister wanted prototypes of proposals for
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Canadian History
----1925 A Privy Council was assigned in 1925 to find a new Canadian flag. The Privy Council began to search for new creative designs for the new flag. However, that goal was never accomplished. ----1964 It all began one afternoon in the late autumn of 1964. An urgent call came from the Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson, to the desk of Ken Donovan. The message was that the Prime Minister wanted prototypes of proposals for
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Canadian Peacekeeping in the 50s and 60s
Post-war Peace Canada throughout the 50s and 60s was heavily involved in peacekeeping, and in many ways, was the founder of the idea. In a post World War Two world, the two super powers (the USA and Soviet Russia) were always trying to find ways to sabotage the other. Canada tried and succeeded to act as a middle power, avoiding direct choosing of sides and instead becoming a mediator. The purpose of this essay is
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Canadians Reading Slander
It is a fact that when reading Slander, some of the techniques used are likely to fascinate its Canadian readers. First, the book has been written by a Canadian author, and as a result its readers are likely to get some Canadian information from it. Second, Mr. Deverell uses this book as a prime example of how talented some Canadian authors can be, by presenting a first person narration from a woman's point of view.
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Canary Island´s Dwellers
WRITTEN EXERCISE On the primitive dwellers and the period of the conquest. 1. When did the primitive dwellers arrive to the islands? 2. Where did they come from? The primitive dwellers who arrived to the Canary Islands were Berbers from North Africa. Nowadays our knowledge about them comes from archaeology, documents mainly written during the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, genetic studies and analysis of the linguistic remains. All these sources answer many questions about
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Candide
Candide is a humorous, far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism accepted by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide looks for true happiness, and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. He grew up in the Castle of Westphalia and was taught by the greatest philosopher of the province and the whole world, Dr. Pangloss. Dr. Pangloss taught Candide that everything that happens is for the best. Candide is exiled from the castle because
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Candide
CANDIDE By Voltaire Throughout Candide the author, Voltaire, demonstrates the character's experiences in a cruel world and his fight to gain happiness. In the beginning Candide expects to achieve happiness without working for his goal and only taking the easy way out of all situations. However, by the end of the book the character realized that to achieve happiness a lot of work, compromises, and sacrifices are necessary. Candide is a person of privilege who
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Candide
Candide is a humorous, far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism accepted by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide looks for true happiness, and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. He grew up in the Castle of Westphalia and was taught by the greatest philosopher of the province and the whole world, Dr. Pangloss. Dr. Pangloss taught Candide that everything that happens is for the best. Candide is exiled from the castle because
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Candide
Candide, the illegitimate son of a Baron's sister, was sent to live with the Baron at his beautiful castle in Westphalia. Pangloss, "the greatest philosopher of the province and therefore of the whole world," taught Candide that he lived in "the best of all possible worlds." His theory was that "since everything is made for an end, everything is necessarily for the best end." Over the years at the castle, Candide adopted Pangloss' optimism. However,
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Candide
CANDIDE By Voltaire Throughout Candide the author, Voltaire, demonstrates the character's experiences in a cruel world and his fight to gain happiness. In the beginning Candide expects to achieve happiness without working for his goal and only taking the easy way out of all situations. However, by the end of the book the character realized that to achieve happiness a lot of work, compromises, and sacrifices are necessary. Candide is a person of privilege who
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Cape Breton Unions
Although the Communist Party of Canada had tremendous influence among miners in Cape Breton during the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of dual unionism among miners was not the result of the party's policy of "red unions". The CPC's influence in Cape Breton derived largely from the work and reputation of J.B. McLachlan, who had been involved in miners' struggles for decades. McLachlan maintained a principled position in support of the rank-and-file and the Leninist
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Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment In the past, people have invariably felt that if they had been wronged in some way, it was his or her right to take vengeance on the person that had wronged them. This mentality still exists, even today, but in a lesser form because the law has now outlined a person's rights and developed punishments that conform to those rights, yet allow for the retribution for their crime. However, some feel that those
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Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment My beliefs on capital punishment are that if a person commits a crime they should be punished for it and have to serve time in jail or prison. I believe in the electric chair. If a person commits murder or rape, they should be put in the electric chair. If a person is caught stealing they should lose a hand. When a person kills another person without a reason or it is not
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