Peter the great tried to Westernize Russia, and therefore industrialize it. In this way he was a progressive monarch, trying to change things for the better. Yet Charles II wanted complete control over his people and so tried to get rid of the parliament which resulted in the English Civil War. Yet Peter the Great tried to liberalize Russia, giving people rights to revitalize their economy and country.
The issue of slavery was a major underlying issue to the formation of the Republican party.
On May 20th, 1854, a group of politically- minded former Whigs met in Ripon , Wisconsin to talk about the possibility of forming a new political party that would focus on preventing the spread of slavery in the Western territories. The idea took off and on June 6th 1854, over 10,000 people gathered in Jackson, Michigan to establish the new party and thus the Republican party was born.
The states still had the freedom to create their own laws and have their own constitutions (as long as they don't go against by the Constitution). The states have reserved powers.
The rights of the individuals are respected mainly by being listed in the constitution's first ten amendments, or Bill of Rights.
In this text, it can be found many different features that the author uses in order to help readers understand more about pyramids. He tries to give extra information about different activities and the way Egyptians used to live. For example, here are some of it, the author wrote:
<em>- In the year 3,200 B.C the Ancient Egyptians first developed early forms of writing. </em>
<em>- Hieroglyphics was the name of the type of writing the Egyptians used </em>
<em>- Medical books, calendars, stories, poems, and prayers were some of the things written on papyrus (a plant)</em>
<em>- They had strong beliefs on what religious thoughts were then, such as the Book of the Dead, which was a guide to the afterlife for dead souls. </em>
<em>- They used tombs of early rulers. The tombs were underground chambers containing items that the ruler may want during the afterlife.</em>
And that is how the author mentions more features that might have helped readers better understand pyramids.
