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    full of conquered people, no one wanted to stay. Rome was full of problems but the biggest problems were foreign invaders, political assassinations, and miliary laziness, the Roman empire was bound to fall. A big reason for the fall of Rome was foreign invaders like barbarians. “The Hun exceed any definition of savagery” (Document D). That quote show that the Huns, foreign invaders, were more skilled and fiercer than the Romans. This is bad for the Romans because if the Huns invaded the Roman Empire

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    The power of the people was the main reason that the invaders ultimately failed. This essay will explain how and why the invaders plan for the town did not succeed and how the unity of the townspeople played a role in that. The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck is a story about a small town that is being overrun by unknown invaders. The Townspeople are at a disadvantage because this invading army had a spy who was quite effective with his mission. George Corell had been gathering information on the

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    Empire fall? One of the main theory that caused the empire to fall is it’s weak military. According to a given documents, it states that the Roman army soon began to become lazy during the Pax Romana. Since there was barely any wars, or barely any invaders, that seemed to bother the empire, for they had feared the army. But during the time of peace, the army saw no need to fight any longer. They began to say that their breastplates and helmets were beginning to get heavy since they now rarely wore

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    AUSTRALIA- From the start of September, invaders from Nearby countries captured parts of Australia and fought over months. This invasion affects millions of people across the country and Wirrawee, trapping them all together in a showground. One particular night in November, the old bridge located on Lake Heron exploded, causing a great hindrance to enemies as a mode of transport. The bridge is destroyed because of how people of Wirrawee wanted to take revenge on the invaders. Surprisingly, the enemies did

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    Charles Scruggs’ essay, The Tale of Two Cities in James Baldwin's Go Tell it on the Mountain, also addresses how occupants should escape their invaders. The crux of his essay focuses on Baldwin’s juxtaposition of a celestial city with an earthly city through the church and New York, respectively. Moreover, his comments about characters’ interactions with the two cities bolsters the arguments within this paper. First, consider his comments about John and his relationship between the two cities: “Thus

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    The fall of Rome There were many different reasons why Rome fell. For example, when the military weakens and havoc breaks loose. Foreign invaders enter Rome. As Rome’s people start to fight. But what mostly affected Rome’s fall? One reason Rome fell was the economic problems and corruption. First of all, since the military was so weak, the leaders kept dying. Mostly of assassination. For example, in the chart in document A, 13 emperors were assassinated. Also a lot of the time the leaders would

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    century AD, declined in the west (background essay). Why did Rome fall? The primary reasons were invaders, economic stress/over expansion, and civil wars. Initially, invaders such as the Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and the Vandals threatened the empire. In the Western Roman Empire, invaders who were conquered were eventually given full citizen rights (crash course #12).This allowed lost invaders to strike back and gain some Roman Empire territory. The Vandals sacked Western Rome in the 400s

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    The Nanjing Massacre

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    Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. The Japanese invaders attacked China for a long time. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, the Japanese defeated China on a large scale. They then began the Songhu Battle in Shanghai and the surrounding areas. At first, the Japanese army did not succeed, so they changed their method of attack. The Chinese army got into a very dangerous situation and Shanghai fell on November 12. After the fall of Shanghai, the Japanese invaders weren’t satisfied with

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    Great Wall Effectiveness

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    In some people’s eyes the Great Wall of China is viewed as an effective defense while others think of it as being ineffective. The Great Wall of China was made-up of numerous walls and fortifications. It was a barrier in Northern China running west to east for 13,171 miles ending at the Bohai Gulf. The several walls were built, eventually joined together and called the Great Wall. Its purpose was to protect the Chinese states and empires against the invasion of various nomads of the Eurasian

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    Why Do Empires Fall?

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    Introduction Empires rise, but they can fall. Empires need to have the correct mindset in order to rise properly. If they don’t then they could accidentally let in invaders. If empires have the strongest technology, they could make other empires fall and make themselves become more successful as an empire. But if the empire is too full of themselves, they could cause a civil war. The empire also needs a strong ruler. If an empire does not have a ruler, then there would be no empire.

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