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Noh Play Tsunemasa And Youchi Soga

... in there could see him because Tsunemasa was ashamed of the woes that consumed him. Another Noh play "Youchi Soga" was about Soga Goro and Soga Juro decided to carry out their revenge at the night when they went hunting. They ordered their servants, Danaburo and Onio, to return to Soga to deliver their letters and mementos to their family. At first their servants refused their request because they wished to die with their masters. However, in the action of the assassination, Juro was killed by the Shogun’s soldiers and later Goro was also ...

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The PRogression Of Violence In MUsic

... of music and violence and this trend is escalating at a quick rate. Today, people are increasingly concerned about how music might affect individuals and society as a whole; however, we can observe past trends, seen in 1969, to help determine the progression of violence generated from the music industry. In retrospect, 1969 was a year that possibly initiated the concept of using music to corrupt social values and employed music as a motive for violence. These trends, established in the late 1960s have heightened in severity and are partia ...

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Ivan The Terrible

... world. Ivan IV’s strong desires to open the doors into the sphere of foreign policy launched Russia into future prosperity thus dimming the harsh lights that condemn him to madness. The many years of Russia’s attention being spent on wars brought upon an advantage to Ivan IV. The aspect of conquering for the satisfaction of occupying the most territory was secondary to the goal of opening links to the outside world. Good came out of the bloody and ferocious battles as Ivan IV was able to conquer lands that were essential for their l ...

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Berlin Wall 2

... the Soviets outlawed the sale of rope or twine and anyone breaking this law would be immediately arrested. At this, the Soviets also decided to make a 30-100 meter boder zone, where the residents were confined to strick controls and harsh penalties. They also set up automatic firing systems on the wall for further "protection".In 1961, the last gate, the Brandenburg Gate is closed. Now all crossing points for all Berliners are closed. It wouldn'e be until two years later that any type of crossing is opened. The Berlin Wall separated famil ...

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The Zhou Dynasty

... mountainous. Despite the geography, the Zhou still had a huge piece of land to control. A network of feudal lords maintained this control over the land. They lacked a national road system and a tax system, which made national administration difficult. The geography of made it terribly hard for any king to unify the country and establish an empire. 1 (See Appendix A2, A4, D1, E4) In an attempt to unify the country, the Zhou developed a system of feudalism in which, a Wang assigns a piece of land to a trusted vassal to rule. In was in the ...

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Benedict Arnold

... he opened a book and drug store in New Haven. Benedict was also involved with trade in the West Indies. By 1774, he was one of the wealthiest citizens in New Haven. It's a good thing that he had money, because he was one of those people who like to ride around in their Mercedes and wear expensive clothes, even if he couldn't afford them. Benedict then got hooked up with the sheriff's daughter Margaret Mansfield, and they hit it off. They decided to get married in 1774. But this marriage was short lived because the next year Margaret caught a d ...

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James Watt Affected The Economic Growth Of Our Nation

... and then slowly cooled down again to condense the steam. This process wasted a lot of time, energy, and steam. As he was wandering through Glasgow Green he struck upon an idea that would revolutionize the steam engine. This idea was "that in order to make the best use of the steam it was necessary that first, that the cylinder should always remain as hot as the steam which entered it; secondly that when the steam was condensed, the water of which it is composed, and injection itself, should be cooled down to a 100 degrees, or lower whe ...

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The History Of The Panama Canal

... to that of the present canal. Later, several other canal plans were suggested, but no action was taken. Eventually the Spanish government subsequently abandoned its interest in the canal, but in the early 19th century the books of the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt revived interest in the project, and in 1819 the Spanish government formally authorized the construction of a canal and the creation of a company to build it. Nothing came of this effort, however, and the revolt of the Spanish colonies soon took the control of possible ...

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European Animals- The Major Pa

... just American Indians, but also populated by vast numbers of plants and animals. These inhabitants "lived, died, and bred alone for generation after generation, developing unique cultures and working out tolerances," that is up until 1492, when Columbus and the European conquerors invaded the harmonious land and instantaneously initiated the many long years of corruption. The arrival of the Europeans immediately brought drastic changes to the way things were previously done in the Americas; they "immediately set about to transform as much of t ...

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Dynamic Change In The U.S.

... this extremely successful period of our country. Ensuing the Civil War, the economic growth in the nation was astounding. But this only came about after much hardship in certain areas. The war caused wide-scale economic destruction to the South. The Confederate states lost about two-thirds of their wealth during the war. The loss of slave property throughout emancipation accounted for a lot of this, but the economic foundation of the South was also severely damaged in other ways. Railroads and industries in the South were in shambles. ...

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United States And Imperialism

... overseas to call the United States imperialistic and to fear what it might do next? During the 1890's, Hawaii was in an economic depression that needed help from the United States government. Also, in 1893, wealthy Americans overthrew the queen and immediately sought annexation to the United States. These wealthy Americans who were involved in sugar cane, wanted to be annexed so they could benefit from American tariffs. Though the United States, could not help for Hawaii was not a state in the Union. President Cleveland was opposed to th ...

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Galileo Galilei

... an astronomer, however, the science of mechanics and dynamics pretty much owe their existence to his findings. Before he was twenty, observation of the oscillations of a swinging lamp in the cathedral of Pisa led him to the discovery of the isochronism of the pendulum, which theory he utilized fifty years later in the construction of an astronomical clock. In 1588, an essay on the center of gravity in solids obtained for him the title of the Archimedes of his time, and secured him a teaching spot in the University of Pisa. During the years ...

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