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- 351: Octavian Augustus
- ... the leader of a great army ready to follow the commands of Caesar's heir. The three leaders divided the land that Rome had conquered. Antony controlled the East and Octavian the West. Lepidus controlled Africa. The leaders led a ruthless campaign to punish Caesar's assassins but soon turned on each other. Octavian first attacked Lepidus and took control of Africa and all of Italy. Antony strained relations between Octavian and himself by divorcing Octavian's sister, in favor of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Finally, in 31 B.C.E., war broke out between Octavian and ...
- 352: Winston Churchill
- ... s resolution exemplifies the extent of which he cared for his country and his fellow citizens. After losing a by-election as a Conservative candidate at the age of twenty-five, he left for South Africa as a war correspondent for the London Morning Post. Within a month of his arrival, he was captured when acting more as a soldier than as a journalist and was put in a P.O ... which made him standout as a unique individual. Soon afterwards, Churchill left the Conservative party to join the Liberals because of a disagreement between himself and Joseph Chamberlain over issues of proposed tariffs for South Africa and of military operation. A member of Parliament rarely changed parties and Churchill was execrated for years by the Conservatives for his betrayal. Unaffected by his former party, Winston Churchill, as undersecretary of state for ...
- 353: Heart Of Darkness - Colonization
- ... and varnished boots" (NA 2217). Meanwhile, "everything else in the station was a muddle" (NA 2217) and there were people breathing their last breaths just outside his door. The development of his hatred while in Africa is clear when he tells Marlow that "one comes to hate those savages - hate them to death" (NA 2218). His evilness is accentuated by the flies that "buzzed fiendishly" (NA 2217) around him, conjuring up ... great deal of irony and imagery to drive his point home. Conrad on the other hand, details a narrative of oppression and delves into character development to describe his thoughts and experiences with colonization in Africa. These works can be viewed as criticisms of events of the past, but they should also be viewed as warnings for the future. People should learn from the past and not make the same mistakes ...
- 354: AIDS: A Life or Death Issue
- ... if on contracts certain kinds of puenomia of rare types of cancer. After contracting AIDS you will likely die in a very short amount of time. First, when it originated. AID's originated somewhere in Africa about 25-30 years ago and was thought to have been brought here in the '70's. It first appeared in heterosexuals of both the sexes. It was probably spread so quickly through female prostitutes. AID's has already become a crisis of staggering proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that 20% of their people carry the virus. That is 2 out of every 10 people you see walking down the street. And that figure is increasing. And if no ...
- 355: Fire Ants
- ... are a delicately balanced environments with forces that keep the food chain functioning. The fire ant and the African killer bee do not have natural enemies in the Southern United States that reside in South Africa. As mankind destroys the rain forests of South America for cattle grazing, he has released things like the Hunta virus, and the Ebola virus in Africa. Both of these viruses could rapidly destroy populations. Mankind has made tremendous leaps in knowledge and technology during this century. If this use of that technology is not metered and controlled intelligently it may be ...
- 356: Compare And Cantrast WEB Du Bo
- ... Ghana where devoted mainly to this task. Du Bois placed his stress on culture and liberty, urging higher education, and full political and civil rights for all. He had become interested in the problems of Africa as well as Afro-Americans. Du Bois wanted Black Africa independent from colonial rule and united within. In 1961 he accepted the invitation of President Kwame Nkrumah to take up residence in Ghana, the first ex-colonial Black African nation. Du Bois had lived to ...
- 357: Heart Of Darkness
- ... that there is a great deal of tension in MarlowΉs mind about whether he should profit from the immoral actions of the company he works for which is involved in the ivory trade in Africa. Marlow believes that the company is ignorant of the tension between moral enlightenment and capitalism . The dehumanization of its laborers which is so early apparent to Marlow seems to be unknown to other members of ... logical that Marlow would have been second guessing his decision and feeling some kinship with the other (black) workers who are exploited, but he does not reveal any such understanding. Upon reaching his destination in Africa, Marlow finds that things are just the same. At the point when he is denied rest after traveling twenty miles on foot he sees things are not going to change. Marlow then tells of how ...
- 358: To Kill A Mockingbird 3
- ... I go home I m going to give a course on the Mrunas and bring J. Grimes Everett s message to Maycomb... (pg. 233-234). The are speaking with compassion of neglected Blacks somewhere in Africa while treating the Negroes that live in and around Maycomb with very little respect. Later in the conversation Mrs. Merriweather tells Scout, Out there in J. Grimes Everett s land there s nothing but sin and squalor (pg. 234). Harper Lee was showing us the difference between appearance and reality at the missionary circle. The ladies feel sorry for the Blacks in Africa but not the ones in Maycomb. They are both black, what difference does it make where they live? All the Blacks in Maycomb country are being prejudiced against by all the whites. A lesson on ...
- 359: Leprosy
- ... affects primarily the skin and nerves. It was discovered in 1874 by a Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.The disease was thought to have started somewhere in India and then was past on to Africa and Europe. In the late 1800's leprosy was very common throughout Europe. It became less and less through Europe and spread to areas of Africa that had bad nutrition and unhealthy living environments. Today the disease is not very common. Worldwide it is estimated that only five percent of the population is susceptible. There are not many cases of leprosy ...
- 360: Sweetness And Power
- ... dominance would not last due to French competition, though. Trade became very important due to production needs for sugar, and the infamous triangle trade became significant. The first and most famous triangle linked Britain to Africa and to the New World: finished goods were sold to Africa, African slaves to the Americans, and American tropical commodities (especially sugar) to the mother country and her importing neighbors (Pg. 43). Mintz then mentions the importance of plantations to sugar production and the importance of ...
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