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W ha t fa cto rs le d to th e o utb re ak o f w ar b etw een th e U nite d S ta te s a nd M exic o in 1846? P re sid ent J a m es P olk fe lt it h is d uty a nd le gacy to a chie ve M anife st D estin y in h is tim e a s P re sid ent. B esid es th e s o cia l a nd p oli tic a l r e w ard s fo r e xp and in g c o ast to c o ast, th e e co no m ic r e w ard s fo r ta kin g M exic o 's c ro w n je w el, C ali fo rn ia , w ere ve ry te m ptin g fo r h im . W hile M exi...

W ha t fa cto rs le d to th e fo rm atio n o f th e c a no n ( i.e . a s p ecific v e rs io n o f li te ra tu re ) a s th e c o rre ct o ne ? T he n o tio n o f th e c a no n h a s a r e li g io us b ackg ro und . It is b ase d o n a n a uth o rita tiv e li s t o f w ork s th a t fo rm s th e b asis fo r ju d gem ent o f a ll o th e r w ork s. T he c o nce pt is b ase d o n th e b ooks o f th e b ib le th a t w ere o ffic ia lly r e co gniz e d b y th e c hurc h a nd h e...

W ha t fa cto rs in flu e nce d th e p eace tr e atie s th a t e nd ed W WI, a nd h o w d id p eople r e act to th e tr e atie s? It s e em ed th a t a ng er a nd v e ng eance h e lp ed to d riv e th e T re aty o f V ers a ille s. T he re w as n o t a s tr o ng e m pha sis to s e ek a p eace th a t w ould a ctu a lly r e sp ect th e n e eds o f a ll p artie s. W ils o n m ig ht h a ve b een d riv in g fo r a m ore e m bra cin g v is io n, b ut he w as o ve rru ...

W ha t fa cto rs in flu e nce c ult u re ? W ha t a re th e c ha ra cte ris tic s o f c ult u re ? A no th e r g re at in flu e nce o n c ult u re is g eogra phy. C ult u ra l d eve lo pm ent is o fte n a fu nctio n o f in w ha t p art o f th e w orld a c ult u re is s itu a te d. If th e g eogra phy is s uch th a t it is e asy to h unt g am e, a c ult u re w ill h a ve a ttr ib ute s th a t e m pha siz e th a t fe atu re , fo r e xa m ple , s to rie s a bout h untin g ...

W ha t fa cto rs in flu e nce c o nfli c t o utc o m es? T his q ue stio n w ill illi c it m any d iffe re nt ty p es o f r e sp onse s, s o b e r e ady to s ift th ro ug h th e m . I th in k th a t s o cia l c o nd itio ns p la y a la rg e r o le in d ete rm in in g c o nfli c t o utc o m es. S om e o f th e se s o cia l c o nd itio ns c a n b e s o cia l p erc e ptio n a s w ell a s w ealt h a cq uis itio n a nd m ate ria l a bse nce . E le m ents s uch a s th e se ... S ...

W ha t fa cto rs e na ble d C hris tia nity to s p re ad w ith in th e R om an E m pir e ? G re at q ue stio n. H ere a re a fe w p oin ts to c o nsid er: 1 . T he m ost im porta nt fa cto r fo r th e g ro w th o f C hris tia nity w as th a t it w ante d to g ro w . T his fa cto r m ig ht s e em s m all, b ut th is m ake s a ll th e d iffe re nce . M ost r e li g io ns in th e R om an w orld d id n o t s e ek o ut c o nve rts . T he fo llo w ers E pic uru s... S olu ti...

W ha t fa cto rs c o ntr ib ute d to h unte r-g ath e re rs b eco m in g fa rm ers ? G uns, G erm s, a nd S te el was w ritte n b y J a re d D ia m ond in a n e ffo rt to e xp la in h o w a nd w hy th e re a re d is p aritie s in le ve ls o f te chno lo gic a l a dva nce m ent a nd s ta nd ard s o f li v in g a m ong m any o f th e c ult u re s a nd s o cie tie s o f th e w orld . D ia m ond m agnific e ntly ta ke s r e aders o n a jo urn e y th ro ug h tim e, e xp lo rin...

W ha t fa cto rs c o ntr ib ute d to th e d em is e o f d ua l fe dera li s m ? T he d eca y o f D ua l F edera li s m is d ir e ctly d ue to th e u nche cke d e xp ansio n o f th e N atio na l g ove rn m ent. T he a ssum ptio n th a t p ro ble m s a re s o b ig th a t o nly a b ig g ove rn m ent c a n s o lv e th e m p la ce s c a rt b efo re h o rs e - - w e h a ve a n e ve r-e xp and in g fe dera l g ove rn m ent th a t a ctu a lly c re ate s h ug e p ro ble m...

W ha t is F aber's th ir d fa cto r r e quir e d fo r h a ppin e ss? I th in k y o u a re ta lk in g a bout th e p art w he re M onta g h a s g one to F aber's h o use , b rin g in g th e B ib le , tr y in g to g et F aber to h e lp him s ta rt s o m e s o rt o f r e belli o n a gain st th e c urre nt s ys te m . F aber s ta rts ta lk in g to h im a bout w ha t is m is sin g in th e ir li v e s - - M onta g th in ks it's ... S olu tio n I th in k y o u a re ta lk in g...

W ha t a re F aber's r e aso ns fo r g iv in g M onta g h is a ddre ss in Fahre nheit 4 51 ? F aber is a s w eet o ld m an w ho ju st h a ppens to c a tc h M onta g's a tte ntio n in th e p ark o ne d ay. T he y ta lk a bout th e w eath e r fo r a w hile a nd th e n F aber a dm its to b ein g a fo rm er E ng li s h p ro fe sso r. F aber q uo te s p oetr y a nd r e m in is ce s fo r a n h o ur " w ith o ut e ith e r a ckno w le dgin g th e fa ct th a t M onta g w as a ...