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how and why, Plato and Aristotle's conception of democracy differ from the modern conception of democracy. Many of our ideas about democracy originated with the ancient Greeks. The Greeks roots of the world democracy are demos, meaning the "people"…

or primacy ? American grand strategy after the Cold War The demise of the Soviet Union brought an end to the Cold War, the bipolar structure of the international system, and to America's grand strategy of containment. Over the past decade, America…

States For most of recorded history, with brief exceptions, i.e. ancient Greece and Rome, mankind has lived under the rule or control of a single man or a group of men. The majority of men therefore lived in a state of insecurity, fear and terror.…

twenty first century. In essence it refers to a market driven force which propagates the exchange of ideas and knowledge across borders to all peoples. But what does this mean for Indigenous peoples? As it is the indigenous people who already suffer…

ever taken was of Abraham Lincoln on February 25, 1861. This portrait appears on the front of the five-dollar bill and may also have been used as an example for the Lincoln Memorial. The chair that Lincoln is sitting in was given to Brady by Lincoln…

America has had many U.S. presidents come into office. America has had 43 presidents and I think that the top five are Lincoln, Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Truman, and Jefferson. However, the United States has not experienced a good president…

powerful orator of his time and a champion of the "forgotten men" that radiated optimism that the country needed especially during the Depression period and World War II. In this biography, FDR as they called Franklin Delano Roosevelt as for he was known…

of the "forgotten men" that radiated optimism that the country needed especially during the Depression period and World War II. In this biography, FDR as they called Franklin Delano Roosevelt as for he was known to alphabetize all his ideas and agencies…

as Prime Minister. On being appointed she appealled, in the words of Francis of Assisi for help in bringing harmony when there is discord. For the next eleven years Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister winning an incredible three general elections.…

GEORGE WASHINGTON-Put down a whiskey rebellion, a 1794 tax revolt in Pennsylvania by summoning the militia of several states.-Issued a Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 that kept the u.s. out of French revolutionary war. -Laid the cornerstone of…