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  1. Jul 2019
    1. Be it known to the readers of this work that this humble slave of the Almighty is going to describe in a correct manner the excellent character,

      The person who wrote this a slave describing the emperor

    1. What ho! my work is in the hall of arms, I listen to no mortal, nor can any put me to shame, I know none such, I am the Terror, I know none other, I am where war is, my work is said to be in the hall of arms, let no one curse my children.

      the god of arms openly says he is terror but cares for his people

    2. 1. Huitzilopochtli is first in rank, no one, no one is like unto him: not vainly do I sing (his praises) coming forth in the garb of our ancestors; I shine; I glitter. 2. He is a terror to the Mixteca; he alone dest

      many of the hymns are about how fear the gods are

  2. Oct 2016
    1. A map showing the many different kinds of republics in the world today.

      At the bottom of this map, they make a note about the difference between de jure and de facto democracies - what do these terms mean?

  3. Jul 2016
    1. Divisions among the states and even local rebellions threatened to destroy the fruits of the Revolution

      Give an example of these divisions or rebellions and how they exposed a weakness of the Articles of Confederation.

    1. Under Athenian democracy, the people voted on every law. This was a pure or direct democracy where the majority had nearly complete control over rights and progress.

      Would you want to live under this system?

    2. They usually aren't; usually a republic is a type of representational democracy with some checks and balances enshrined in the constitution that safeguard the rights of minorities.

      Could you have a republic without a democracy?

    3. In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a "pure democracy," the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.

      Find or think of an example that illustrates the difference between a republic and a democracy.