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… Nietzsche was born in Rocken (Saxony), Germany, on October 15, 1844. At age four, he lost his father, a Lutheran minister. Nietzsche spent his childhood in Naumburg surrounded by five females: a sister, mother, paternal grandmother, and two maiden…

… of Semitic origin migrated into a very narrow, coastal strip of the Fertile Crescent, which is now known as Lebanon. These ancient people were known as Canaanites, or Armorites, but were later called Phoenicians by the Greeks. Phoenicia comes…

… Phoenicians, were one of the most influential group of people of all time. They were, however, a lot different than a lot of other civilizations. The biggest thing that they are known for is their seamanship. They were know to have conquered the…

… to have been the greatest and most dangerous of the Tudor rebellions. For a short time King Henry VIII lost control of the whole of the north of England, and civil war seemed a likely prospect. The movement broke out on 13 October, 1536,…

… many complicated births, miscarriages, and unwanted pregnancies, she made the decision to devote her life to making birth control legal and to educate young women who were in need of family planning. It is because of her struggle that today, women…

… by the white man. Several factors contributed to their downfall. In descending order, these included the near extinction of the buffalo, disease, tribal wars, and their naivete. The buffalo was the backbone of the Plains Indians because it…

… the 1600s when the first slaves were shipped from Africa. They were kidnapped, traded for tobacco and other products, or sold by their tribes for violating laws. The richness of the South depended on slavery. Slaves were owned by one in four families.…

… is revealed through imagery used in her writings including the poem and book "Daddy" and The Bell Jar. Plath developed as a writer with an individual style. She used diction, in her writings, which give the reader a very distinct understanding of what…

… distraction to the soul. The five senses, along with pleasure and pain are among the most distracting feature of the body because with them, one cannot search for reality. Plato viewed death as the one release from the body in which the soul is…

… Greek philosophers. He wrote a book entitled The Republic in which he explains some of his philosophy on subjects ranging from education to government. Plato constructed a model by which he proposed all governments evolve. He called it the Five…