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1) The ancient city-state of Athens is the craddle of democracy. "Demokratia" was a system of self-governance where all free men older than 18 years of age - women and slaves were excluded - could join the Assembly or "ekklesia," an organ for deliberation and voting. It was instituted in the year 507 BCE by the nobleman Cleisthenes, who had overtrown the last tyrant of Athens.
2) The old name of Xian is Changan. It was the capital of ancient China during several dynasties . It was then a major political center, one of the main cities of Asia and the world. Its magnificent imperial architecture was a model to develop other cities in Korea and Japan. Xian was also the end point of the Silk Road, what made it a key commercial center of China.
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<em>a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol; temperance leaders persuaded Congress to pass the 18th Amendment which enforced </em><em>prohibition</em>
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Northerners were against the annexation of Texas because it would have given the South another slave state. The Northerners were concerned this would allow for pro-slavery policies and laws to be developed and passed in our country.
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The abdication of the tsar
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Prussia advances to France
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