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    A1. The “Struggles of the Orders” was when the Plebians rebelled against the Patricians for changes of their way of life because they did not like the way they were treated and had no say. The Plebians did not know their own laws because there was no tablets or written documents saying all of the laws. The Plebians wanted to make their own laws and have their own representatives kind of like our House of Representatives. They make up a big bulk of the population and the Army, so they could try and

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    of people belonging to a particular social class. For example, in the movie, Skeeter’s mother kicked out a long time working maid name Ms. Constantine. Ms. Constantine was skeeter care giver as a child. Skeeter mother kicked out Ms. Constantine because she wanted to impress Caucasian women who inducted her into a white’s only society. They treated Ms. Constantine like she was beneath them solely due to the fact that she was the black maid, and the white women felt as if they were better than her because

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    Three of the many major causes of the fall of the Western Roman Empire was the decline in the loyalty of the army during the second century, the invasion of the Huns, and the moving of the capital from Rome to Constantinople by Constantine. These causes drained power from the Roman government adding to its instability and inability to deal with the problems it was facing in the fourth and fifth centuries. These resulted in the collapse of Roman power, the conquering of Rome and the end of the Western

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    Once stood in a Byzantine church, this ciborium was founded in the Middle East Area dated about 500 to 600 AD. It is a significant piece because it is the only ciborium last from early Byzantine. (ROM) Byzantine was best known because of being a religious state. Whether in today’s world or in the history, religion has been playing an important role in every country now or city-states in the past. The reason is that religion, in other words- a stable belief system, is a proof of existence of a stable

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    • The Arch of Constantine was built to mark the victory of Constantine 1 over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. The emperors enter the city under this arch when they entered in triumph. This arch is a famous exemplar and is cited in Rome’s art

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    In the year 330 Constantine founded a new imperial city in the east, which became known as Constantinople. Accompanying Diocletian's system of tetrarchy, the creation of this new city affirmed the separation of the Roman Empire into the east and the west. The Eastern Roman Empire held a series of advantages over the west both socially and economically. The Western Roman Empire was the weaker empire and a bad leadership and government along with attacks from barbarians led to the demise of the Western

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    325 A.D, an estimate of 320 Christian bishops and deacons met in the Bithynian city of Nicaea, now known as Iznik, Bursa province- Turkey to discuss the creation of a world-wide council in which would represent the Christian Church. Constantine the great (St Constantine), whom was a Roman Emperor from 306 A.D. to 337 A.D. called upon this influential gathering in hopes that it would solve the disputed point of arianism, a notion proposed by Arius of Alexandria, a Christian presbyter, was the belief

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    Human behavior is often based of the laws and expectations set by community surrounding them. Breaking these norms results in many arrays of emotions. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and The Help by Kathryn Stockett all exemplify the consequences of breaking standards in societies with set norms to uphold. The various authors have crafted societies that behave in distinct manners, and classify people as either normal, or abnormal. These works show that

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    CitationsThe text “The Help” is set in the 1960’s in Jackson Mississippi. Southern society girl Skeeter returns from collage with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. Aibileen, the housekeeper of Skeeters best friend, will talk at first but as the pair continue the collaboration more women decide to come forward, and as it turns out they have quite a lot to say.

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    There are many reasons Pope Urban II has decided to partake in this necessary crusade against the Muslims. Some of his reasoning stems from Christianity’s current teachings. For example, the New Testament reveals Jesus had said to bring “not peace, but the sword” (Matt 10:34). Apart from God’s input, the Pope must follow the Just-War Theory for a crusade to become valid. In order to consider a crusade as righteous, it must have a high probability of success, the right intention, a just cause, exhausted

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