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    founded 11 cities, nevertheless, he managed to conquer Egypt and India along the way (document A). During the battle of the Hydaspes he put his intelligence to the test. As Porus waited across the river Jhelum ready to strike, Alexander made the split decision to send his 10,000 soldiers to cross the river in different directions, in hopes to confuse the enemy. While charging, Porus’ elephants became fearful and began to back away from the oncoming threat. In the end, the elephants trampled their own

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    water going over the edge. It surprised me because I didn’t think it would be that loud. It only got louder and louder as I got to the rail by the edge of the fall. Seeing the view of the falls took my breath away. Between the blue of the flowing river water, the white of the rough water falling over the side, and the mist of the water splattering off the rocks at the bottom of the waterfall, I was taken by its glory. Add on the view of the city too and it was just an amazing experience for me.

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    above Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth, he often relates sublimity with Nature. The title: “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” implies the author was writing his poem at the River Wye, which is located at “a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”, England. Given that he was composing the poem at the river, which is part of nature; we can interpret that majority of what he was expressing in the poem, is within the

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    INDEPENDENT READING BOOK PROJECT  Student name: Daniel  Period: 3  Title of the Book: The Five People You Meet in Heaven  Author: Mitch Albom  Genre: P​ hilosophical fiction   Pages: 1­196  Publishing Company: ​ Hyperion Books                                Copyright date: 2003  Standards:Reading 2.0; Writing 2.2    I. Describe the protagonist (main Characters) of your book.  The main protagonist is an old man named Edie. Edie is a thick, squat, old man with white  hair, and a limp

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    Huckleberry Finn Character Analysis The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain in 1884 and is considered to be a Great American Novel. Mark Twain’s adventurous novel depicts the image of a young American boy living along the Mississippi River in the mid-1800s and expresses interpretations on on rules, morality, and racism. This caused a lot of controversy and criticism, due to the moral compass of the times. Although main characters play a major role throughout the story, Mark Twain does

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    From the beginning of the story to the end, Huckleberry Finn’s morals change rather dramatically and the novel focuses largely on this. Forced to reconcile his personal feelings of friendship for an escaped slave (Jim) with what society has told him is "right," Huck learns through the course of the story to trust his moral instincts. As the story progresses, we see Huck’s character develop strong morals that eventually lead to his reconciliation. Early in the book, Huck is shown to have a low level

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    Ra is equal to the total revenues obtained from the harvest (paya) minus the costs on labour (wla), capital (qka), and transportation (vad) –Note that the distance is included in the transportation costs. In the case without and alternative use, which ensure keeping the forest stand, the agricultural frontier expands until the distance where Ra equals zero. Transportation costs may be too high at this point. Thus, to reach markets is too costly and deforestation stops. The relation Rf-deforestation

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    Theme Of The Movie Maalik

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    After two decades the writer of the masterpiece Dhuwan, Ashir Azeem came back as a debut film director and nailed it, both cinematically and systematically. As Dhuwan was a thriller based on a team of law enforcement officials who would do anything to catch the criminals, so it became super hit of that era and Ashir Azeem got fame as its writer and actor. Ashir Azeem returned after so many years with a new bang, his movie, Maalik which made expectations very high of the audience. Main Theme Basically

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    boundaries within society during the time.His most famous novel, The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is about Tom and Huck growing up on the Mississippi River and highlights racism in the antebellum era. His second most popular novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a 1876 novel about a young boy who grows up on the bank of the Mississippi River. Both of these books influence American Society and Culture in no comparable

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    It was a great place to grow up as it was situated on the Mississippi River. He liked the noisy boats that showed up three times a day. There was decent library which Mark Twain spent much time and there were blacksmiths and tanners which showed off their work for the community to see. On the other hand, Hannibal was a common

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