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- 1311: Persian Gulf Crisis
- ... As some of the Iraqi troops left Kuwait, they torched 600 of Kuwait's 950 oil wells [Outlaw State, page 139]. Black smoke dimmed the sun all the way to Saudi Arabia and Iran. Black rain fell in the Middle East for months, even after all the well fires had been put out. Millions of gallons of oil had been spilled into the Persian Gulf. Wildlife was killed off. Fish died ...
- 1312: Trench Warfare on the Western Front
- ... mines were detonated and 10,000-20,000 Germans were buried alive, to die a slow death. Two mines were not used and their exact location was lost until recently when one exploded in a rain storm in 1955. The last mine, some 40,000 pounds of explosives, is still set and ready to go off someday. The development of trench warfare, though gruesome, tedious and deadly, greatly revolutionized the strategies ...
- 1313: The Egyptian and Mesopotamian Empires
- ... rivers, the northern and eastern hills, and the Arabian Desert and the Syrian steppe to the west. Mesopotamia's richness always attracted its poorer neighbors, and its history is a pattern of infiltration and invasion. Rain fall is scarce in most of the region, but when irrigated by canals the fertile soil yield heavy crops in the south , date palms grow, supplying rich food, useful fiber, wood, and fodder. Both rivers ...
- 1314: Canada in WWI
- ... the bankruptcy of many Canadian companies. To add insult to injury, Canada's biggest industry-wheat, suffered a huge blow in 1929. Farmers in the mid- west were experiencing a terrible drought; there was no rain and high winds. Topsoil blew up into the air and created giant dust storms. Canadian farmers watched as their crops dwindle as well as their income. The average income per farm in Canada dropped from ...
- 1315: The Aztec Empire History
- ... Tenochtitlan. MICTLANTECUHTLE, The god of the dead. OMETECUHLTI and his wife OMECIHUATL, They created all life in the world. QUETZALCOATL, The god of civilization and learning. TEZCATLIPOCA, The god of Night and Sorcery. TLALOC, The rain god. TONATIUH, The sun god. TONANTZIN, The honored grandmother. XILONEN, "Young maize ear," Maize represents a chief staple of the Aztecs. XIPE TOTEC, The god of springtime and re-growth. Aztec dances: The Aztec Dance ...
- 1316: Effects of the Great Depression on Canada
- ... the crops was usually from dust storms. The drought created five to seven years of dried-out crops. A description of the Prairie land was that ... The Prairies were like a great rich land without rain. The heat everyday was too hot to adjust to during the day and too hot to sleep at night. It was like living a dry sauna. The wind was so hot and sucking that it ...
- 1317: The Toltecs, Aztecs, and Mayans
- ... year, and a method of predicting solar eclipses. Mayan cities were primarily ceremonial, government, and market centers. Sacrifices were numerous of animals, birds, inse cts, fish, plants, blood from tongues, ears, arms, and legs. For rain victims were hurled into deep wells. Drawing blood from bodies often preceded ceremonies and sacrifices. These practices had become so deeply rooted that, even after the Spanish conq uest, Christian--pagan ceremonies took place with ...
- 1318: Drugs and High School Life
- ... to be a psychotropic drug for cases like caffeine and nicotine. The Inhalants field would include Hair-Spray, Gasoline, Dustoff, Glue, Nail-polish remover, and Paint thinners. The Hallucinogens field would include LSD(lysergic acid diethylamide), Mescaline, PCP(also referred to as angel dust), and Psilocybin(psychedelic mushrooms). The last field, Marijuana Field, consists of just Marijuana and Hashish. Psychotropic drugs is an interest to me because it is fascinating ...
- 1319: Rapid Population Growth
- ... that humans will never see again. Humans even though they dont realize we are destroying the plant. Farming not only destroys natural ecosystem but also pollutes. When farmers use fertilizer on their crop the rain washes some of the fertilizer into the water system. This pollutes our drinking water and thus harming the human species as well as animal and plant species. This is only a small part of a ...
- 1320: Pollution and Its Consequences
- ... alterations being made to the world as the result of the chase for the almighty dollar. The depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, radioactive waste, oil spills in our oceans, destroying an acre of rain forest every second. Is all the work of the greedy man. Businesses must start looking and investing in new ways to operate without destroying the future of this great planet.
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