The Enigma Of Atlantis
.... The island of Atlantis
couldn't have been so wealthy or other greedy kings and queens would have
searched for the riches themselves.
I truly believe that there never was an Atlantis and future scientists
will prove my theory.
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France
.... ancient times the Celts and Germanic tribes lived in France. When the
romans invaded, they called France Gaul. Gaul was eventually annexed. In 400 A.D.
the west roman empire's defense began to fall. After that France was an
independent country. Hugh Carpet was crowned the first king of France in 987 A.D.
In the 1700's the French Revolution started. The end of the French revolution
marked the end of absolute power for the French kings. Napoleon seized power in
1799. He founded the first empi .....
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Ukraine: Facts
.... km; Moldova - 1194 km. The total length of Ukraine's sea coast is 1758 km
(Black Sea - 1533 km; Sea of Azov - 225 km).
The climate of Ukraine is moderate-continental; in the southernmost region of
the Crimea the climate is sub-tropical. The largest river of Ukraine is the
Dnipro, which is 2201 km in length, of which 981 km flow through Ukraine. The
largest mountain system in Ukraine is the Carpathian Mountains that extend for
more than 270 km and are 100-110 km wide. The highest peak is the Hoverla (20 .....
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Vietnam
.... has been created
by deposits from the Red River as it enters the Gulf of Tonkin. The river passes
through the capital city of Hanoi. For more than 2,000 years the Tonkin Lowland,
considered the cradle of Vietnamese civilization, has been the scene of
considerable water control efforts in the form of canals and dikes.
The southernmost portion of the country is dominated by another lowland
that is much more extensive than that in the north. This lowland has essentially
been created by the Mekong Rive .....
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Mexico
.... and inefficient because of the shelter from international competition.
1965: The Maquiladoras Program
To help its manufacturing sector, Mexico settled the Mexico's Border Industrialization Program. The BIP allows US and foreign companies to ship components and production equipment into Mexico, free of duty, for assembly or processing utilizing Mexican labor.
These Mexican facilities are commonly referred to as Maquiladoras, or in-bond assembly plants.
The BIP sought to attract foreign manufac .....
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Aztec Jungle Agriculture
.... or the dark
captain of the plough,
or the rag picker of snarled streets:
everybody lost heart, anxiously waiting for death, the
short death of every day:
and the grinding bad luck of every day was
like a black cup that they drank, with their hands
shaking.(Bly 71)
In the early 1400's the Colhua-Mexica, Mexica, and Tenochca tribes migrated into the Valley of Mexico which is present day Mexico City(World Book 1004). The valley was about 7,000 feet above sea level and covered, for the .....
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Newfoundland
.... of the women of Newfoundland is diverse, rich and powerful. They are the teachers, nurses, wives and widows of this proud colony.
Like the Goodyear brothers, the women of Newfoundland have been in all areas and in all fields of opportunity and defeat that their colony has had to offer. It is the attempt of this paper to review only a representative fraction of the diverse fields and accomplishments some women of Newfoundland have made. We can break this down into the political, medical, educatio .....
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Tahiti
.... child to the age of 14. Primary education begins at age five, and continues to the age of 12, when children begin secondary education.
There are several technical and vocational schools in Tahiti, as well as a large adult education program. Vocational training includes hotel, restaurant, nursing and teaching programs.
Arts and culture
As weaving was unknown in the old days, tapa cloth was made by women from the bark of the paper mulberry, breadfruit, and banyan trees.
The boughs were soak .....
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North America
.... This region is classified as having all four seasons where the climate is totally different depending on what time of year it is. The Southern portion of this region has 4 seasons but all of them are much warmer. The third region includes Western US and northern Mexico. It is mostly dry throughout this region because most of it is made up of deserts and plains. The other part is made up of mountains. Where conditions do depend allot on elevation in this region. The fourth Climatic region is a thin st .....
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Ellis Island
.... government to build a fort on it. New York Harbor was being reconstructed by the federal government during that time as well.
Ellis Island saw little action during the war. The army and navy hardly ever used the island. Sometimes the Army assigned recruits there.In 1835 the Navy opened a weapon head quarters on the island. The navy continued to store weapons on the island until May 24, 1890 when it moved it's storage place for arms. Shortly after this Ellis Island was turned into an immigr .....
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Algeria
.... by the Berber chief Massinissa, during the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. Massinissa ruled his kingdom of Numidia from 202 – 148 BC. His dynasty lasted until 106 BC, when his grandson Jurgatha became a Roman client. As part of the Roman Empire Numidia flourished, with successfully building a road system as well as a series of Roman garrisons which became small Roman cities. The coastal region was held by the Romans and the Vandals until the Arab invasion in the 7th century AD. The Arab .....
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Ukraine
.... religions practiced in Ukraine. Most believers are Orthodox Christians. There is also a large Eastern-rite Catholic population in the western part of the country. Protestant, Judaic, and Moslem religions are also practiced. The major churches are the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Baptist Church, and the Ukrainian Evangelical Alliance.
EDUCATION
In Ukraine, all citizens are guaranteed an equal opportunity for a free education. There are 2 .....
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Saudi Arabia
.... With Makkah as its core, the Islamic world witnessed a flowering of culture, the sciences and the arts unparalleled in human history. Every year for the past fourteen centuries, Muslim pilgrims from around the world have traveled to Islam's holiest sites in Makkah and Madinah, helping further enrich the culture of the people of the peninsula. With the formation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, King Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud directed his efforts to preserving and perpetuating Arab .....
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Austria
.... of rolling upland, and the eastern border section comprises part of the Danube Basin, including Vienna.
The principal river is the Danube, which enters Austria at Passau on the German border; it continues its southeastern course, past Linz and Vienna, to Bratislava on the Slovakian border. Austrian tributaries of the Danube include the Traun, Enns, and Ybbs rivers. In the south, important rivers are the Mur and the Mürz. In addition to the rivers, the hydrographic system of the country includes n .....
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Violence In Algeria
.... the holiest month of the year for the Islam, Ramadan, the killings didn't stop. Actually, the number of the death tolls escalated during Ramadan. The targets were poor innocent villagers with no sin at all. Days, weeks, years passed, but the brutal killings didn't stop.
These massacres caused a growing concern for everyone. Many people left the country to run away from death. The victims are usually the innocent villagers. Among those who get attacked, there are very few survivors. They complain a .....
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