Ptolemy is one of the best known astronomers, geographers, mathematicians, from the antique period. He lived in what is now Egypt, in his time it was the Roman Province of Egypt, in the city of Alexandria, the famous city of knowledge.
Not much is known about Ptolemy's life except from his scientific writings. In the year of 150 AD, Ptolemy finished his book where he had written a lot about his astronomical observations and conclusions. According to the book, he summed up observations made over a period of around 25 years, thus we can say that he was making his observations from 125 AD to 150 AD.
What made his work very important and marking is his geocentric model. Despite it not being accurate, as it had multiple mistakes, it was still the basis for further scientific observations and investigations for the centuries to come. His observations were made on the territory of Egypt, the majority of them from Alexandria itself.
The idea of the us gaining all land from one seaboard to the other is called manifest destiny the us gained these lands through several different purchases, annexations, and agreements such as the annexation of texas the treaty to give the us land in oregon below the 49th parallel and so forth.
All highlighted examples show how Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) believed that once the federal government started to take directly participate in the economic system the inevitable outcome would be the loss of freedom.
In the first and second examples he is saying that once the government starts to take part, it goes all the way into the private lives of individuals which would be an attack against the basis of freedom.
Hoover thought like this because for him freedom only exists in the private life when it's kept away and separate from the government.
The third and fourth examples have the same meaning as the priors only now he is talking specifically about economics. He believed the problem of the Great Depression should be figured out by private businesses and the government should only cushion the situation.
The Russian Revolution had the effect of putting an end to the major arena of fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I. It temporarily helped the Germans by freeing up troops, but this advantage did not...