The Aztec Indians
.... the new land.
By the year 1325 Their capital city was finished. They called it Tenochtitlan. In the the capital city aqueducts (piping) were constructed, bridges were built, and chinapas were made. Chinapas were little islands formed by pilled up mud. On these chinapas Aztecs grew corn, beans, chili peppers, squash, tomatoes, and tobacco. Tenochtitlan (the capital city) was covered in giant religious statues in order to pay their respects to the gods. In the Aztec religion numerous gods controlled an Azt .....
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The Period After The French Revolution
.... during the Revolution” (Walker, 45), equality before the law, right of habeas corpus, and provisions for fair trial. Trial procedure provided for a board of Judges and a jury for criminal cases; an accused person was considered innocent until proven guilty and was guaranteed counsel. Most of these ideas were used after the ratification of the United State’s Constitution.
During the Consulate, Napoleon Bonaparte carried through a series of reforms that were begun during the Revolution. He establis .....
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The Conflict In Chechnya
.... to defend their republic. "On November 11, by a vote of 177 to 4, the Russian Parliament rejected Yeltsin's decree and called for the situation to be settled "not by applying emergency measures but by political means." (Herze, P. B., The Chechens: Perennial Rebels of the Caucus.) The parliament's efforts to secure the peace in Chechnya were unsuccessful. Dudayev ordered general mobilization to defend Chechnya against a Russian invasion. "On November 29 Russian jets bombed Grozny's airport, and Yeltsin .....
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The Reformation
.... to sell false indulgences to the people or to make the churches so beautiful that people would have to pay in order to get in. The popes were also more concerned about being political leaders rather than priests or religious leaders. They wanted to be more involved in the government because they thought that if they had power people would follow their religion and maybe they could use that power to force people to practice under their religion. These were the first reasons for the Reformation. After .....
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Solidarity In Poland
.... of improving Poland's status in the world market was to exploit the workers. On December 14, 1970 the workers finally showed their anger and frustration by striking. A white-collar worker explained the situation that arouse at Lenin Shipyard that morning:
When I entered the Gdansk Shipyard, I could feel the tension. As usual, everyone was going to their workplace, but on each face you could see something serious was going on. When I reached the hangar of S-5, above which was my office, I noticed that a .....
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Killer Earthquake In Istanbul, Turkey
.... do; that was not the case in Istanbul, Turkey.
On the other hand, the earthquake has moved nations closer to each other. The force of the earthquake has bought Turkey and Europe 4 feet closer to Europe; politically and psychologically together. Europe has contributed almost $4.8 million for the relief aid at Istanbul, Turkey. Europe and Turkey have become good neighbors. The earthquake has bought the U.S. and Europe closer together and will help each other forever.
The President of France, Jacques .....
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The Holocaust: Tragedy In The 20th Century
.... of their religious beliefs or the color of their hair. He lifted himself above others and decided who should live and who should die, and for that crime he remained unpunished. Those who have survived the holocaust have firsthand knowledge of the evil people, which so unfairly struck and deprived them of what was rightly theirs.
To refer to the holocaust as a “monstrous, inhumane event” is to miss the point. The Holocaust was imposed by men and women on other humans. “It was a time when there were p .....
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How The Decision To Declare War Was Influenced
.... reaching German ports. By 1916, Germany was in serious need of food and other supplies. Germany fought back with submarines, which were called U-boats. Germany set up a submarine blockade to prevent supplies from getting to Great Britain. The U-boats destroyed many goods and supplies headed for Britain. On May 7, 1915, Germany fired on a passenger liner, the Lusitania. There were 1,198 passenger deaths, of which 128 were Americans. This prompted President Woodrow Wilson to push Germany to agree to n .....
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Mound Building Cultures
.... 700 A.D. Mound builders would shape each effigy mound into the bird or animal that best suited the individual that would be buried there. The Serpent Mound is an excellent and well-known example of an effigy mound. This mound, in the shape of a twisting serpent, extends more than 1,300 feet long. Pottery, tools, pipes, stone sculptures, wood and shell, masks, ornaments, weapons, and jewelry made from shell, copper, mica, and other materials are buried with the dead in mounds. Some burial chambers a .....
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Argument For Caesar To Be The King
.... in the U.S.). A representative ruler speaks for the people and decides for the people. A representative ruler’s rule can be changed be the senate or like in the U.S. today Congress.
I feel that Caesar is not yet ready for the title of an absolute king because his power can cloud his judgment making him a different person. Julius Caesar is in fact a great general but that is a military position not in relation to a king. I can already see that Caesar will change completely if he becomes king. .....
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Apartheid In South Africa
.... activity. With their rights being stripped away, the coloreds began to come together on retaliation to take back their country.
The Apartheid legalized discrimination against all colored people and it also became as accepted practice making coloreds inferior. The coloreds were denied an education on the grounds that field workers didn’t need an education. The minority readily accepted the majority to be ignorant. The coloreds were made to give up their cars on the whims of the minority; along with wha .....
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The Discovery Of The New World Changed European Conceptions, Views, And Material Conditions
.... attempt to obtain higher wages. Sixteenth century intellectuals blamed this inflation on the import of American treasure in Europe.
Modern historians have a different opinion on the causes of inflation. The price of wheat and other basic foods increased before the arrival of American gold and silver. Evidence shows there was a population increase. Therefore, the demand for food rose faster than the production did.
The inflation had a negative effect on all of society. Much tension existed in all levels .....
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Indus Valley Civilization
.... in a way that
emphasized its cultural uniformity: notably burnt brick architecture and
town layouts composed of distinct and physically separated citadel and
residential quarters.
At Harappa, exposed an impressive defensive wall, some 9 meters (30
feet) high and 14 meters (46 feet) wide at the base. The great walls of the
citadel emerged for the first time in their majesty as picks cut through
the blocking debris, The historical character of the Indus civilization
was changing and developing.
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US Intervention In Haiti
.... role in the events that took place and they were backed by
groups such as the CIA, the Pentagon and US backed international aid
organizations like USAID. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton both
focussed constantly upon short range goals such as winning the election in
1993 and they were willing to sacrifice long term interests in the pursuit
of these goals. The US would be far better served by a democratic, stable
and prosperous Haiti than one that is mired in civil unrest and abject
pov .....
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D-Day: The Invasion Of Normandy
.... soldiers, including
23,000 arriving by parachute and glider. The invasion also involved a long-
range deception plan on a scale the world had never before seen and the
secret operations of tens of thousands of Allied resistance fighters in
Nazi-occupied countries of western Europe.
American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named supreme commander
for the allies in Europe. British General, Sir Frederick Morgan,
established a combinedAmerican-British headquarters known as COSSAC, for
Chief of S .....
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