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History · 526 words
- was born Claudius Nero Caesar in Rome on November 16, 42BC. Four years later his mother divorced his father and married the triumvir Octavian, later Emperor Augustus, who had carefully educated. In 20BC commanded an expedition to Armenia, and he subsequently helped subdue the Rhaetians and...
History · 125 words
- Early Mayans may have established a small village at Xunantunich around 600-300 BCE.The early populations in the area were Yucatec Maya. However, approximately around 150 A.D, a new culture with more marked social stratification seemed to move into the area. A Proto-Cholan language was introduced....
History · 1,425 words
- Do you remember the conflict that America had in the Persian Gulf a few years back? An incident occurred there where a man drove a truck loaded with explosives into the building where more than 100 Marines were stationed. He blew up the building, along with the Marines. The incident was...
History · 2,748 words
- ANGOLA
The name comes from the Portuguese colonial Reina de , which derived from . The discovery and colonial occupation of was by the arrival of Diogo Cao at the mouth of the river Zaire in 1494. The first governor of was Portuguese whose name is Paulo Dias de...
History · 697 words
- On the forming of the Federation of Australia, on 1 January 1901, one of the first priorities of the new Federal Government was to increase Australia's population. One way was to encourage an increase in the birth rate, which had been falling. A second way was to encourage immigration, not only...
History · 816 words
- Romans did not have very complicated laws but when they were broken there was very heavy punishment. s influenced most of the laws we have now and most of the laws of other countries. America's court system was modeled around the Roman court system. They had upper courts and lower courts and that...
History · 675 words
- When settlers from England came to America, they envisioned a Utopia, where they would have a say in what the government can and cannot do. Before they could live in such a society they would have to take many small steps to break the hold England had on them. The settlers of America had to end a...
History · 235 words
- The Colombian exchange took place of the Americas. The Old World consisted of the of the Eastern Hemisphere and forth between the two regions and growth was rapid and impactful. During the late fifteenth century, the Colombian exchange began to shape the world in the America and Europe. These into...
History · 323 words
- Boccaccio's The is set within the framework of a group of ten men and women who have taken refuge from the plague in a country villa outside Florence for ten days. Throughout these ten days, the group tells hundreds of stories that reveal characteristics of fourteenth century lifestyle. By using...
History · 441 words
- 3.1 ORIGIN AND EXTENT
The archaeological remains show that before the emergence of Harappan civilization the people lived in small villages. As the time passed, there was the emergence of small towns which ultimately led to full-fledged towns during the Harappan period. The whole period of...
History · 1,188 words
- DISTRICT v. GARRET F., a minor, by his mother
Background: Garret F., a student in petitioner school district, is wheelchair-bound and ventilator dependent; he therefore requires, in part, a responsible individual nearby to attend to certain physical needs during the school day. The District...
History · 724 words
- James Watt made many contributions to this country during the Industrial Revolution. He made numerous improvements on the Newcome steam engine, invented the term horse power, and designed the Sun and Planet wheel. He contributed most of his life to make others' lives easier and for them to prosper...
History · 487 words
- Although it is a popular notion that the crusades of the Eleventh
through Thirteenth Century Europe were launched to spread Christianity, it
is a seldom realized fact that they were actually launched to spread the
worship of the Greek God Dionysus. While many fundamentalist radicals and
even some...
History · 2,835 words
- * Introducci?n:
El 24 de octubre de 1929 (jueves negro) se produjo la quiebra del mercado de valores de New York, que provoco un prolongado periodo de deflaci?n. La crisis se traslado r?pidamente al conjunto de la econom?a estadounidense y europea, como de otras a?reas del mundo. Una de sus...
History · 1,069 words
- In August of 1990 Iraq started its long and vicious attack on
Kuwait leaving thousands dead from their torturous reign as Kuwait's
dictator. Kuwait, as defenseless as it was, had no chance against Iraq's
small but mighty forces. It took a collection of United State's, Britain's,
and France's elite...
