"Literary works from the Greek Empire include Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad" best describes ancient literary works from the Greek Empire. The Iliad is an epic poem, which recounts the Trojan War and the siege of City of Troy. It is regarded as the central work of Greek Classical literature. While as the Republic of Plato discusses the concepts of justice, truth, government, morality and the nature of reality.
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The nobility in France enjoyed special privileges over the peasants during the late 1700s. Although most French peasants were ostensibly free, they still had to pay feudal dues. They owed the corvee, which was forced labor on public works projects such as roads and bridges. Peasants also had weak property rights with the capitaineries feudal dues that allowed the nobles to destroy peasant lands in pursuit of their own goals. The nobility did not have to pay taxes but enjoyed many advantages on the backs of the peasants doing forced labor.
Why, The Wilmot Proviso amendment would have closed California and New
Mexico to slavery in 1846 as a requirement for their annexation,
but Congress did not pass the proviso.
