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What are some examples of anachronism in Julius Caesar?

In the second act of the play, Brutus and Cassius are plotting Julius Caesar's assassination, and the clock strikes three during their discussion. The play "Julius Caesar" is set in 44 A.D., before mechanical clocks were invented, though they were used in Shakespeare's time. During the Roman era, people used sundials to tell the time, which do not make a noise. Scholars have argued that this anachronism is not a mistake but instead is a device used to underline the extent of Julius Caesar's power. In Shakespeare's time, people tracked the passage of time with the Julian cal..

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What are some facts about the Kwakiutl tribe?

The Kwakiutl traditionally lived in semi-permanent winter villages and temporary summer settlements at hunting, gathering and fishing sites. At some resource sites, such as those used for the annual salmon fishery, the Kwakiutl also built permanent timber buildings. The Kwakiutl depended heavily on sea life for their sustenance and used a wide variety of devices, including specialized weirs and traps, to catch what they needed. The Kwakiutl used wood for dishes and housewares and created richly decorated textile products, such as baskets and blankets.\nThe Kwakiutl fought regularly with neighb..

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What were some major accomplishments of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations?

The Aztec civilization developed in Mesoamerica beginning in the 1200s. They created a 365-day agricultural calendar and used a sacred calendar as well. They created a writing system that was based on symbols and glyphs. There are Aztec books that remain and that share the rich depictions of Aztec legends. These books also detail the beliefs of the Aztec people and their daily lifestyle. The Mayan people built their greatest cities between A.D. 250 and A.D. 900. They used two calendars with one being based on a solar year and one on a sacred almanac. The Maya also developed a three-symbol nume..

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When was horseriding invented?

According to Equestrian and Horse, it was likely that horses were domesticated and used for food before they were used for riding and driving. While driving is believed to have followed riding, most hard archaeological evidence of horses being used for work or transportation by human beings centers around the use of chariots, which can be dated through burial sites to approximately 2,500 B.C.E. Xenophon, a Greek, wrote the first practical equestrian manual about 350 B.C.E.

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What did Andre-Marie Ampere discover?

Ampere first became interested in the field of electromagnetics when his friend Francois Arago shared a discovery with him. Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted had discovered that a magnetic needle would move in response to electric current. Ampere's broad educational background in advanced math, chemistry, philosophy and physics directly contributed to his later discoveries. The marriage of these fields fueled his research, which laid the foundation for the electromagnetics field. His contributions were so significant that electric current is measured using the ampere, which is named ..

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What did Isaac Newton discover?

On top of his scientific contributions, Newton also worked in mathematics. He is largely responsible for the binomial theorem and calculus. His work in general has served as the foundation for centuries of scientific and technological advancement. Newton was an English scholar who lived in the later part of the 17th century. He was born in 1642 and died in 1726.

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What breed of dog did Winston Churchill own?

The first poodle, Rufus, was Churchill's companion throughout World War I. Rufus died after he was ran over by a car when Churchill was away at the Conservative Party Conference in 1947. Rufus II was a gift from Walter Graebner, the London correspondent for Time-Life; the dog died at the age of 15 in 1962.\nAccording to University Archives, Churchill doted on his pets, especially his dogs. Rufus II sat on Churchill's lap one evening as they watched "Oliver Twist." At the point in the film when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog, Churchill covered the poodle's eyes and said, "..

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What is the importance of the Battle of Long Island?

After he captured Boston, General Washington guessed correctly that New York would be the next British target because of its strategic importance. To prepare a defense, he took about 20,000 men to New York City. British General William Howe landed his forces on nearby Staten Island and waited until his 32,000 troops had arrived. Howe sent some of his men on a frontal attack and others on a surprise flanking maneuver. The Americans were forced to retreat to Brooklyn Heights with great losses.\nInstead of attacking, the British began building siege lines. Realizing the Americans were surrounded ..

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Who did Theodore Roosevelt run against?

Roosevelt was the unanimous nominee of the Republican Party in 1904. The democratic nominee, Alton Parker, was the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Roosevelt won in a landslide, 336 electoral votes to 140.\nRoosevelt left office in 1909, but he re-entered politics in 1912, when he again ran for president. He failed to gain the republican nomination, so he ran as the progressive nominee. He named his new political party the Bull Moose Party. He was unsuccessful in his bid for the presidency, in part because of an assassination attempt late in his campaign.

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What were Jeffersonian Democracy and Jacksonian Democracy?

According to USHistory.org, Jeffersonian Democracy places great emphasis on republicanism, the idea that citizens should cultivate civic virtue and the intellect to govern themselves. Thomas Jefferson believed in limiting the scope of the federal government and in allowing the states to exercise autonomy. Although Jefferson disliked inherited nobility, he believed that educated, economically independent men should govern. Jeffersonian Democracy is pro-agriculture, as Jefferson and his followers felt that farming allowed men the self-sufficiency necessary to govern themselves in a free society...

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