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What is a symbol of Prometheus, the Greek god?

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is one of the TItans, an earlier race of deities that ruled before being overthrown by the Olympian gods. The leader of the Olympians, Zeus, decided to withhold the gift of fire from humanity, but Prometheus hid the fire in a fennel-stalk and gave it to mankind. As punishment, Zeus had Prometheus chained to a rock, where every day his liver was eaten by an eagle. Every night, his liver regenerated, and being immortal, his torment was meant to be eternal. Heracles (better known as Hercules in Latin) found Prometheus, killed the eagle and freed him from his chains...

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What happened to Paris after the Trojan War?

Paris did not die right away. The wound itself was not fatal, but Philoctetes poisoned the arrow to ensure Paris died. Because there was no antidote for the poison, Paris had to turn to supernatural means to heal his wound.\nParis sought the healing abilities of his first wife Oenone, a naiad or water nymph, to purge the poison from his body. Paris abandoned Oenone years earlier to participate in Trojan politics with his father, the king. After the dying Paris begged for her help, she refused, still hurt by Paris' abandonment and his preference for Helen of Troy.\nParis died soon after Oe..

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Which MLK march has had the highest attendance?

The march was undertaken to help draw attention to African Americans' exclusion from many aspects of American life, especially the workforce. African American people were being disenfranchised, had poor or limited job mobility, and minimal wages. There were still segregation policies in some parts of the South, and voting rights had not yet been well established for African American people.

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Who are some famous Cherokee Indians?

Sequoyah was born in 1770 near Knoxville, Tenn. to a woman named Wuteh and an unknown father. Much of his early life is debated, but accounts state that he never went to school or learned English. Sequoyah grew up to be a silversmith and became impressed by the white settlers' use of writing. He began creating a writing system for the Cherokee language around 1809. The Nation of Cherokees accepted his system in 1825, and the first Cherokee newspaper launched in 1828.\nNancy Ward was a Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, which means that she sat in councils with prominent Cherokee members to ma..

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Who are some notable presidents in U.S. history?

Thomas Jefferson presided as president from 1801 until 1809. He oversaw the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, which greatly increased the size of the country and helped spur migration westward. He eliminated a whiskey tax, cut spending in the Army and Navy, and reduced the national debt. He also sent naval ships to fight pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.\nWoodrow Wilson served as president from 1913 until 1921 and oversaw America's entrance into World War I. He aided in negotiating the peace treaty, the Treaty of Versailles, and pushed for the formation of the League of Nat..

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Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose the national bank?

Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury, initially proposed the national bank, called the First Bank of the United States, to reduce the debt from the Revolutionary War and stabilize the nation's currency. Jefferson and Madison insisted that it violated the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, which stated that any powers the Constitution did not specifically give Congress remained with the people. Hamilton also cited the 10th Amendment in the bank's defense, saying that the amendment implied the government's right to establish a national bank because it was for t..

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What is the superficial prosperity of the 1920s?

For someone to be economically prosperous, it means that they are able to afford clothing, food, health care, education, housing and other necessities for themselves and their family. In the 1920s, people pretended that they could afford these things and more. Taking advantage of the growing film and radio entertainment industries, advertisers started campaigns that encouraged people to spend beyond their means or comfort level. These advertisements advocated that the more money people spent and the more things that they purchased, the more their lives would grow in value. It was further impli..

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Where did the earliest European settlers land in America?

Vikings from Norway and Iceland are known to have explored North America and establish settlements on Greenland as many as 700 years earlier. English explorer John Cabot landed in Newfoundland in 1497, but English settlers did not arrive on the North American mainland until 1607 when they established the colony of Jamestown. The Pilgrims subsequently established Plymouth in 1620.

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In general, what are the reasons that nations go to war?

In some cases, populations mired in territories with limited natural resources feel compelled to fight for new lands for survival purposes. In other cases, it is economic expansion or greed that cause nations to go to war to take over other countries or lands. Often, the wars centered on religious or philosophical beliefs are a fight for control over a way of life in an area.

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What are some interesting facts about Sir Francis Bacon?

Primarily a philosopher, Bacon vastly altered how humanity approached the classification and understanding of knowledge through the creation of empiricism. Empiricism was founded on the principles of obtaining knowledge through the senses, which led on to the formation of basic experiments. At the time, this had a huge impact on the development of scientific enquiry and thought. His methods were often referred to as the "Baconian method."The progress and philosophy behind the industrial age is also accredited to Bacon, who believed that science should serve the good of all, being used primaril..

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