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    Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a British statesman. His own father, John Spencer-Churchill, was the 7th Duke of Marlborough. Churchill’s mother, Jeanette Jerome, was a New York socialite. A socialite is somehow who is well known and thought of among the upper class for attending large social gatherings such as parties or fund-raising events on a regular basis. In the early years of Churchill’s schooling, he was quite

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    The Issuses of Traditional Construction of History Does history over centuries truly define the past as its origin? Dr. Francis Pryor re-examines the origin of Britain in one of his series about Britain AD, “Britain AD – The Not So Dark Age.” His reinvestigation finds out a handful of evidences that disprove the written history regarding how Britain’s culture was formed. Pryor effectively explores the flaw in history through the idea of invasion, cultural artifacts, and the creation of identity

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    British Social Darwinism

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    Social Darwinism, the post empire-building world was ridden with rivalry for the restricted assets that were available around then. Only the solid countries might adventure the assets arranged in the weaker countries paying little respect to the political, financial and social effect their actions would have on the countries being referred to. The more grounded countries saw the failing of the locals and framed the thought that they were unfit to survive from this day forward they as the more grounded

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    professional, and more persuasive. He then used repetition to make his points clearer, and more enforced. He ties all these together, and creates a speech that appeals to everyone, and reveals his thoughts on how we should handle the conflict with Great Britain. Henry does this in a mature, and polite matter to get his point across without offending

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    Great Britain is widely recognized as a typical country of cultural diversities because of a myriad of migrants coming to this promising land annually. The film “ Bend it like Beckham”, directed by a British-Indian woman, Gurinder Chadha who may have experienced intercultural dilemmas deserves a perfect illustration for such issues. This film, which was first on display in 2002, has obtained great success in representing the differences between the English culture and the Sikh culture. This essay

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    Popular music and its British identity in interwar period (1918-1939) Student’s Name Grade Course Tutor’s Name Date   Abstract: The essay examines evolution of popular music, experiences and how the public understood it between 1918 and 1939. During this period, a national culture dance was developed in England. Evolution process was marked with transformation of popular dance forms, affordable and easily dances places and a national wide dancing practice. Evolvement of a dance culture was instrumental

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    Dunkirk, France, the evacuation of Dunkirk was immediately celebrated by Allied forces as one of the great victories of World War II. Nazi Germany began the War on September 1, 1939, by invading Poland. Having pledged military support to Poland, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. After Poland surrendered on September 27, 1939 there was a relative lull in the fighting. This ended on April 9, 1940, when Germany, using” blitzkrieg” (lightning war), rolled through Norway

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    Why the Boudica Fought the Romans The History of the Celtic People The Iceni were a Celtic tribe which resided in Norfolk and Suffolk in the east of Britain. Boadicea was part of this noble and warlike people, the Keltoi or in Latin, Celtae. The Celts of the first century appear to be farmers, traders and crafts people. Frank Delaney 1989 quotes from Strabo writing in the first century saying “They wear ornaments of gold, torcs on their necks and bracelets on

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    Hadrians Wall Analysis

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    The essay is going to discuss the purpose of the Hadrian's Wall built. " Hadrian was the first to build a wall, eighty miles long to separate the Romans from the barbarians (the Picts / the Brigantes)." (1) It took three of Britain’s legions around 15,000 men 6 years to construct since AD 122 which is located at the narrowest part of the Island with a natural ridge at the central part which offers a great position on defense. (2) Edward N. Luttwak (1976) has indicated the wall's fortifications including

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    The terrible air raids on London, also known as the Blitz, began in September of 1940 and were the beginning of World War II (“Worst Air Raid on London”). It was a devastating time for the English, especially with Adolf Hitler, the leader of the air raids, and his Luftwaffe was showing no mercy on anyone. Even though London faced a rough point in their lives, had no weapons or materials to fight back, and were loosing homes and loved ones, they somehow managed to pull through come out strong. The

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