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Athenian expedition to Sicily, one must establish the Athenian's motives for undertaking such a large expedition, the nature and composition of the expedition itself, the political conflicts and compromises which from the outset reduced its chances…

the Mughal dynasty. Babar was a direct descendent of Timur Lane from his father's Barlas Turk side and of Chengiz Khan the Mongol from his mother's side. The name Mongol had become synonymous with barbarian by the 16 th century CE, hence Babar was…

of traffic, wind in your hair, the smell of gas, people looking to see who’s coming. Its me, owner of a nineteen sixty-five ford mustang with a three fifty-one Cleveland engine, bucket seats, and a weiand supercharger; not to mention my Cragen wheels,…

story in conventional patriotic terms. America being settled by courageous, white colonists who tamed a wilderness and the savages in it. With very few exceptions our society depicts these people who actually first discovered America and without whose…

began in 1793 and continues to this day. Although the French general Napoleon left France smaller than it originally was at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789, he was widely respected during his lifetime and thereafter. Napoleon Bonaparte…

1789 to 1839 was an age of growth for the United States of America; the United States grew bigger and better in general, it expanded into the West, and its commerce and industry also grew substantially. This is in part because of the great political…

beloved of twentieth century American poets. In many ways his work is related to nature and his New England surroundings. To Frost, Nature is a source of wisdom as well as a source of joy. He was born in San Fransisco, and moved to massachusetts…

the economic structures that occurred within the United States and included the agrarian, industrial, and post industrial period (Cohen 27). In the year 1700, there were approximately 220,000 people living in the United States and approximately 95%…

were many signs that a new age of world history was beginning, for example the discovery of America and the first European enterprises in Asia. This "new age" was dominated by the astonishing success of one civilization among many, that of …

a great historical era, depression, and destruction. This era included the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Great Depression, Roosevelts'' program for fashioning the New Deal, the worst drought in this life time, and Roosevelts' roll in leading…