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…to divorce his wife as a symbolic act of his loyalty to the new regime. Caesar told him no, and Sulla was so impressed by this act that he pardoned Caesar instead of exiling him. Cesar's strength gained him some small political offices in his early years…

…History shows competition in the form of war, games and political ventures as early as recorded history. The Roman Gladiators were a unique example of this competition during the Roman Empire. Through studying the gladiators one can see how…

…colloquialisms in a very satirical way, “kind of crap.” The author gives the reader a very good insight into the plot very early on in the book; from the first page the reader learns that the narrator is very jealous and envious of his older brother and believes he…

…threatened, beaten, or even murdered by Klan members in the South; the Klan used the now familiar white robes and hoods to mask their identity. The Ku Klux Klan became known as the Invisible Empire as it grew and spread rapidly. In 1871, the Force Bill was passed…

…The Joy Luck Club 1/6/03 Ch1 Jing-Mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club         In this chapter we are introduced to the Joy Luck Club which originated all the way back in China when Jing-Mei Woo's mother Suyuan was in the city of Kweilin. At the Joy…

…have built the frameworks with Australia since the mid-1970s. But with the Open Policy in China from 1979, Chinese investors started to access this widely rich area. Nowadays, China is currently ranked as Australia's 3rd largest trading partner, total…

…of its adherents. While this diversity may confuse and perplex the outside observer, it accounts for the resilience of Taoism in China. Taoism was adaptable, evolving to fill spiritual gaps created by the vagaries of life. Taoism can also be called…

…. Within this triad (including the eight coastal provinces of China plus Beijing) one quarter of the world’s population account for 90% of foreign direct investment (Hirst, P. and Thompson, G. International Affairs Vol.73 no.3 1997 pp.409-25). This triad itself…

…consider this influential work the leading document in the early campaign against capital punishment. Other individuals who campaigned against executions during this period include French authors Voltaire and Denis Diderot, British philosophers David Hume…

…During the 1930s, the U.S. watched Japan with growing concern for their aggressive territorial expansion. Japan was on a campaign to rule Southeast Asia and to build an empire. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took necessary precautions to ensure…