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- 451: Caesar 2
- ... in love with Calpurnia. That same year he married her. The following year, Caesar was appointed governor of Roman Gaul. He returned to Rome for a short time in 47 BC, but then left for Africa to crush his opponents. Caesar became increasingly interested in public affairs, and tried to gain the favor of the people. In 65 BC, he was elected to the office of aedile and organized public games ... Zela. He stated, Veni, vidi, vici, which means, I came, I saw, I conquered. (Abbott 214). The following year, 46 BC, Caesar won another battle after decisively defeating Pompey s forces at Thapsus in southern Africa. Cato the Younger, one of Pompey s supporters, killed himself when he heard of the defeat. Julius Caesar once again gained a victory over his opponents in 45 BC. It was this year at Munda ...
- 452: Operation Barbarossa: A Good Plan?
- ... German fold yet, now he was unwittingly using these countries as a spring board for the diplomatic takeover of Yugoslavia and an invasion of Greece. At the same time, two mechanized divisions know as the Africa Corps (Lt.General Erwin Rommel) were sent to Tripoli to help the defeated and panicking Italian Army in North Africa, and later, a costly invasion of the island of Crete would further detract from the German effort because of the heavy losses suffered by thousands of elite troops. These deployment were significant because each expansion ...
- 453: Important African American Figures
- ... they were economically strong, and to that end he founded a newspaper, Negro World, as well as other black-owned businesses such as the Black Star Line, a steamship company. Garvey pledged to establish in Africa a black-governed nation. Delany, Martin Robinson was an U.S. inventor, author, and physician. He was born in Charles Town, Va. in 1852 invented a device that would assist railroad locomotives in climbing and ... the Colored People of the United States Politically Considered', said to be the first full-length presentation of Black Nationalism (1852). He also formed National Emigration Convention 1854 to aid black people's emigration to Africa and was the first black to attain rank of major in U.S. Army during American Civil War Bates, Daisy and the Little Rock Nine were U.S. civil rights figures. Bates was born in ...
- 454: Egypt
- ... Regional library, and Barnes & Noble. I learned a lot about Egypt, I hope you enjoy my report. Most of Egypt is dry, & arid desert, spotted with small inhabited oases. The Nile River, the longest in Africa, it runs north through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea providing a fertile delta area that is the lifeblood of the country. Before the Asan Dam was built, this area was subject to seasonal flooding. Now ... in every several years. This all means that by the coast it is easy lifestyle, but in the south of Egypt it is a very hard lifestyle. The mighty Nile River is the longest in Africa & it was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt. Every Year it over flowed & made rich black soil along each bank providing a great crop growing land. The Old Egyptians called their country Kemet the word means ...
- 455: Mauritania
- ... high for anyone to afford any products. Mauritania's few infostructures are it's single railed railways, highways, ports, erchant marines, and small airports.[1][3] Population, Location, Area, Climate Mauritania is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its northwest, Mali to it's ... to do these things in order to improve it's national status of a lesser developed country. Bibliography [1] Encyclopedia Britanica 1986 (or 87 not sureJ)pages 957-959 [2] National Geographic Special edition (on Africa) 1-143J 1985 [3] MaUrItAnIa:the world fact book page of Mauritania (main sight for my informationJ) key word on aol ABC new. Dont have the web sight.
- 456: Geography of Mauritania
- ... high for anyone to afford any products. Mauritania's few infostructures are it's single railed railways, highways, ports, erchant marines, and small airports.[1][3] Population, Location, Area, Climate Mauritania is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its northwest, Mali to it's ... to do these things in order to improve it's national status of a lesser developed country. Bibliography [1] Encyclopedia Britanica 1986 (or 87 not sureJ)pages 957-959 [2] National Geographic Special edition (on Africa) 1-143J 1985 [3] MaUrItAnIa:the world fact book page of Mauritania
- 457: A Post-Modern Age
- ... to have grown slowly. Like the situation in many European cities, guilds controlled manufacture. In all these respects, Japan in the eighteenth century sought to spurn innovation and preserve stable tradition. Throughout the eighteenth century, Africa continued to supply slave labor to both North and South America. The slave trade drew Africa deeply into the transatlantic economy. Latin America remained at least in theory the monopolized preserve of Spain and Portugal; however, that monopoly could not survive the expansion of the British economy and the determination of ...
- 458: Voodoo Research Paper
- ... stories, but embraced for it s strength and history. Voodoo (also known as Vodun, Vodou, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomble) originated as an amalgam of African religions during the slave trade. As slaves were shipped from Africa to the Carribean and America, groups of slaves sharing a similier heretage were broken apart to prevent any since of community or bond between them. With no connection beyond the tortures of slavery, the slaves ... as members to the family of Gods. Individuals who lived great lives or led the voodoo followers are often praised and referred to as Petro. Many of the rulers who fought the slave traders in Africa and many of the priests who aided in the revolution have acquired this status. The voodoo culture has ordained the Catholic Saints in this way and acknowledge them as Petro. As Voodoo was founded in ...
- 459: Contain Communism
- ... of American States (OAS) to settle disputes among the nations of the Americas. As part of his worldwide campaign against communism, President Truman also implemented the Point Four Program to aid developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.1 Truman Doctrine, policy first set forth by United States President Harry S. Truman in 1947. The immediate objective of the policy was to send U.S. aid to anti-Communist forces ... to struggle over Europe. The USSR tried to protect Communist East Germany from serious population loss by building the Berlin Wall in 1961. Each superpower also attempted to gain influence over emerging nations in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. A serious crisis arose in 1962 when the USSR placed missiles in Cuba, their new ally. President John F. Kennedy threatened nuclear retaliation, and the Soviets withdrew the missiles ...
- 460: Amelia Earhart
- ... trip. Amelia decided since the next attempt would be later in the year, that it would be safer to reverse the original flight plan and fly eastwards due to weather conditions in the Caribbean and Africa. After delivery of the rebuilt Electra, Amelia departed from Los Angeles, California for Florida on May 21, 1937. On June 1, 1937 Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami, Florida bound for California by traveling around the world. The first destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico to the northeast edge of South America and then on to Africa and the Red Sea. The flight to Karachi was another first...no one had previously flown non-stop from the Red Sea to India before. From Karachi the Electra flew to Calcutta on June 17 ...
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