POLITICAL STRUCTURE: Federal System India‚ a union of states‚ is a Sovereign‚ Secular‚ Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government. The Indian Polity is governed in terms of the Constitution‚ which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 November 1950. The President is the constitutional head of Executive of the Union. Real executive power vests in a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as head. The Council of Ministers
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practice of the Christianized Roman Empire and the church at Rome to convert the pagans within the empire as quickly and on as large a scale as possible. Ever since the time of Constantine‚ who made catholicism the state religion‚ the Roman Emporors realized how essential it was to have a unified empire‚ where as many as possible would have one mind. The civil and religious leaders saw how important it was for the for the sake of unity to allow only one religion within the Roman realm.... [tags: Papers]
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landowners enslaved people to work on their farm‚ putting small farm owners out of business. Instead of trying to help them‚ Roman politicians tried to win their votes by providing cheap food and entertainment. This policy became known as “bread and circuses”‚ and helped many dishonest rulers come into power. Two officials began to work for reforms to fix the problems in the Roman Republic. They were brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. They believed many problems were caused by the loss of small
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greatest empires in history fell? At the Roman Empire’s height of power‚ the empire was bigger than modern day India‚ and its influence was felt throughout the world. By 180 CE‚ the empire surrounded the Mediterranean Sea and controlled most of Europe‚ as well as parts of North Africa and the Middle East. However‚ as numerous empires before them‚ the Romans also collapsed and left the world in a problematic state. The greatest evidence of the lasting impacts of the fall of the Roman empire are the
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Explain the role and contribution of Seneca to the reign of Nero Seneca was the personal advisor of Nero during his reign. He was a stoic philosopher who played a vital role in the running of the empire. Seneca contributed in many aspects of Nero’s reign by introducing reforms‚ bringing stoicism into practice and playing a key role in the senate. Seneca aided in important decision-making. He led Nero down an appropriate path‚ particularly when Nero became extremely erratic. He served Nero well
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Roman Empire and Mongolian Empire The key to the Mongolian success lied in their excellent horsemanship‚ their use of the composite bow‚ their unimaginable discipline and communication on the battlefield and also their ability to adapt to enemy tactics. The Mongolian invasion of China often makes it sound as though these nomadic people did not have much of a battle plan‚ however it is the exact opposite according to (Conant‚ 1994) “Genghis Khan was a very cautious man‚ and would study the towns
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the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly‚ and both shared executive power. The Roman Republic
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were numerous empires which each grew differently. Even though no two were exactly alike some shared incredible similarities. Two of these empires -- The Roman Empire in Europe‚ and the Gupta Empire in India -- were very similar in the way that they developed even though they were separate from one another. They had a similar basis for their economies which allowed them to thrive‚ and shared many aspects to their social structures. But the two empires differed slightly in their political set up.
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Eastern Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire Constantine Roman emperor who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium (eventually became the Constantinople) in 330 A.D. Constantinople The eastern part of the Roman Empire. Located along the Bosporus shore‚ the shore that links the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. 395 A.D. When the capital of the Roman Empire was returned to Rome. Making Rome as the capital of the Western Roman Empire. 476 A.D. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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were for other countries. Astronomy was for telling dates. Math was for his death heat ray for example; he needed to find the correct angle. Military tactics were for the Punic Wars happening at that time. Archimedes had to protect his city from the Romans‚ and Carthage. These studies came into play often. At his time‚ he invented a lot of objects. He created a perfect sphere and almost found the approximate value of pi (π) which is in the Greek alphabet. He made a death heat ray‚ which used sunlight
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