.... 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 vassal’s best interest to remain loyal to the king and to stay in power. However, most of the lords had become corrupt and spoiled in hopes of gaining power and control .....

.... time for Salerno. On July 26, 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was given the "go-ahead" for the planning of Operation AVALANCHE, a plan for the invasion of the Italian mainland. The basic plan called General Montgomery's British Eighth Army to cross the Strait of Messina from Sicily onto the "toe" of Italy. From there, General Montgomery's troops would advance northward as quickly as possible. One week later the American Fifth Army was to land on the west coast of Italy at Salerno. Salerno is 30 miles southeast of Naples and 180 miles north of Montgomery's landing place. One German division was sent to defend against the Allied landing at Salerno. Othe .....

.... of the “god” that included a human sacrifice, which was seen by the Spanish as a disgusting act, this trigged Spanish hatred for the Aztecs. When the Spanish saw the resources that the Aztecs had, they quickly started taking advantage of the Aztecs weaknesses. The Spanish had more power; they were better equipped than the Aztecs and more advanced. The Aztecs’ leader Montecuhzoma was a weak leader, he was more of a coward, more concerned with his well being and safety than the safety of his people and kingdom so he quickly surrendered under pressure. The Spanish used surrounding enemy tribes to take over the Aztec lands, then began to massacre men, women and .....

.... persecution, robbery and murder the Third Reich inflicted upon the Jewish people? During the time leading up to the outbreak of World War II, the Western Press consistently carried numerous reports of the German’s anti-Jewish policies and their purposeful victimization of the Jews living in Nazi Germany as well as the annexed territories. The general public cannot claim that they did not know what was going on, that they were uninformed. Whether or not they chose to believe it however, is a completely different story. The public were indeed outraged in many of the cases but the governments of the major European democracies felt that it was not .....

.... in a future altered by fate. This controversial landmark case established the constitution as “Supreme law” of the United States and developed the power of the Supreme Court, enhancing its independence and proving it a nonpartisan instrument. It established the precedent for the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws, through the principle of judicial review. The development of this power to interpret the constitution instituted the flexibility of the constitution and the ability to forge a road of precedent unfamiliar to the new government, as well as firmly grounding the role of the Judicial Branch. To up hold the precedent already establ .....

.... consisted of powdered lime, sand, and various types of rubble, these were mixed with water, which caused the mixture to harden into a solid mass. Initially concrete was used mainly for poured foundations, but with advances it make indispensable to all types of structures and allowed more freedom and space for artistic experiment and expression. The remains of the Sanctuary of Fortuna are an example of Republican Roman architecture. The sanctuary is dedicated to the goddess of fate and chance, was begun about 100 BCE. Its design and size reflect the influence of the Greek Hellenistic architecture, in the use of the long colonnade and the colossal scale of the .....

.... and his erroneous followers in New York during the eighteen twenties and thirties. The main motif that dominated Matthias’s and Elijah Pierson’s actions involves the beliefs that were instilled in them when they were young,about the natural order of men and women. The patriarchy that ruled Matthias’s kingdom originated in both men’s thoughts from the Calvinism that was their first doctrine as youths around eighteen hundred. Elijah’s Morristown First Presbyterian Church and Mathews Coila Anti-Burhgers church enforced the dominance of men through incorporating their domestic authority into church ritual. With Elijah men sat at th .....

.... is that it means a separation from an oppressor and the oppressed. When feudalism ended around the 16th century, the surfs gained liberty from the vassals, and they were no longer under their control. Similarly, in America after the signing of the Declaration and the Revolutionary War, the colonies were no longer under the control of the king. Jefferson established that the right to liberty was given to them by God (Creator). This outweighed the commonly held idea that a king was chosen by God to rule. Another definition of liberty is that one does not conform to what is commonly accepted by others. For instance, if one would wear a polka-dot sport .....