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Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian political leader who fought for India’s independence from British rule. After years of peaceful protests and civil disobedience, Gandhi helped lead India to independence in 1947.

Pericles was Alexander the Great’s tutor. Aristotle was also Alexander the Great’s tutor.

The events that occurred in 1957 at Central High School were a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. It was the first time that a federal court ordered a desegregated public school.

Ancient Greece fell to the Roman Republic in 146 BCE.

The 1905 Revolution failed because it lacked organization and a clear goal. The people involved were also not united, which made it difficult to create change.

Organizational structure is the way in which an organization arranges its employees and resources in order to achieve its goals. Organizational structure can be tall or flat, centralized or decentralized, formal or informal.

Logos is a Greek word meaning “word” or “reason.” In literature, logos refers to the use of logic and reasoning to persuade the reader.

There are twelve Olympian gods in Greek mythology.

Homer was a Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, two of the most famous works of ancient Greek literature.

The Greeks believed that women were naturally inferior to men and therefore treated them as such. Women were not allowed to participate in government, own property, or even leave the house without the permission of a man.