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- 15831: End of the Cold War
- ... events of the late 1980’s greatly altered the political and economical landscape of Europe. They brought dramatic changes as well as revealing much uncomfortable continuity from the past. The decade threw up as many new difficulties as it did gains. Together these presented the EU with many challenges that few expected when the Berlin Wall was breached. Challenges of the 1990’s Initially the seemed to be very welcome. This ... in the east from voters (despite communism). Disarmament was taking speed and even the newly liberated Russian states were keen. The charter of Paris also seemed to note an harmonious style of relations in the ‘New Europe’. If this did not stop the Yugoslav Federation, people hoped it would at least continue peacefully. Unfortunately this was not to be, the horrific nature of the Yugoslav conflict threatened Europe as a whole ...
- 15832: Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead
- ... Garcia was born in 1942, in San Francisco's Mission District. His father, a spanish immigrant named Jose "Joe" Garcia, had been a jazz clarinetist and Dixieland bandleader in the thirties, and he named his new son after his favorite Broadway composer, Jerome Kern. In the spring of 1948, while on a fishing trip, Garcia saw his father swept to his death by a California river. After his father's death ... Pigpen became the frontman, singing Jimmy Reed and Lightnin' Hopkins tunes. Then in February 1964, the Beatles made their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and virtually overnight, youth culture was imbued with a new spirit and sense of identity. Gracia understood the group's promise after seeing its first film, A Hard Day's Night. As a result, the folky purism of Mother McCree's all-acoustic form began ...
- 15833: War in the Falklands
- ... On February 1982, there was supposed to be a meeting where the British government would hold a meeting with the Argentinean government to talk about preventing the war. This was a two-day event in New York, the first day the Argentineans were to host the meeting, but there was a glitch in planning, and the dates were to be changed. The leaders were under so much pressure, that some said ... the British did not want to lose it. If they did loose it, it would make their government and army look bad, and they did not want that. I also read how some of the new weapons were used and their effects on the war. I thought this book was not too good. It did include many historical facts and dates, and the format was excellent. The things that made this ...
- 15834: Greece
- ... unifying Greece. After unifying almost all of the Greek city-states, Phillip was murdered. His son, Alexander, took the throne vowing to carry on his fathers dream of conquering and unifying all of the known world. Alexander the Great was a highly educated man. He was taught by Aristotle and was a veteran general of his fathers army. Since his father had already captured most of Greece, Alexander set out to ... poor geography, communications, and resources. They warred constantly with each other until finally conquered and unified by Phillip of Macedonia. This area was expanded by Alexander. His unification and leadership of this part of the world made it the largest and most powerful empire of it's time in history.
- 15835: A Story From America
- ... you’re trying to say, is that we maybe could find the murder in one of the apartments opposite Mrs Alpher’s windows”. The idea wasn’t bad at all I thoungt, she opened the new cupboard to get some files. “OK. we’ll go over to her apartment right away”. It was quite strange to enter the apartment, it had an unusual structure, but also it had a certain charm ... of the murder. Mrs Sherly 25 years old, lives opposide Mrs Alpher’s apartment on Main Street. Do not have a good point of view, but have been jealous of Mrs Alpher, because of her new lover (according to other close friends). She was home, but was sleeping at the time of the murder. Mr Edwoods 34 years old, lives nextdoor to Mrs Sherly. Has a good point of view to ...
- 15836: Zora Neale Hurston's: Their Eyes Were Watching God
- ... lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show yuh." (Pg.28) Janie is promised that she will be treated quite well. So naturally, she leaves Logan and sets out for a new town with Jody. This relationship can be classified as equal in some aspects. However, for the most part, this too becomes a marriage based on inequality. Joe gains the power he wanted and Janie gains ... someone. However, just as much as Janie loves Tea Cake, Tea Cake loves Janie. He does not force her to do anything which she does not want to do. If she wants to do something new, he will help her to learn how, instead of telling her that she is not allowed to try it. Tea Cake even gives up his life to save her from a mad dog. But, just ...
- 15837: Puritanism
- ... They were put there because their names had been "cried out" by tormented young girls as the cause of their pain. Everyone waited for a trial of a crime punishable by death in 17th-century New England, the practice of witchcraft. Under the Massachusetts Bay Colony legal structure, those who were accused of consorting with the devil were considered felons. Today, a person must commit a serious crime, such as murder ... evidence. This belief in the power of the accused to use their invisible shapes or specters to torture their victims had sealed the fates of those tried by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The new court released those awaiting trials and pardoned those awaiting execution. In effect, the Salem witch trials were over. After the trials had concluded, Jurors and magistrates apologized. Restitution was made to the victims' families and ...
- 15838: The European Enlightenment
- Western Civilization The European Enlightenment Researchers show the European Enlightenment came about as the result of the new natural science ideas of Isaac Newton, the political and social theories of great thinkers like Hobbes, and the psychology of John Locke. Much of Newton's thought comes from the thirteenth century science of men ... of Louis XIV who ruled France from 1643 to 1715. The reign of Louis XIV is considered the beginning of the modern state. Many countries and leaders turned to him as a model of this new government. Here, the military was under the direct control of the government and a national tax collection in which taxes went directly to the national government rather than passing through regional nobility. However, after decades ...
- 15839: Slaughterhouse - Five: Satire About War and Life
- ... a work that makes fun of something serious. In this case it is war. The plot of this novel is very scattered, and skips around a great deal. It goes from Billy’s experience of World war II as a soldier and POW, to Tralfamadore, the alien planet to which Billy was abducted, to the present day, where Billy is a successful optometrist, as well as a husband and father. Throughout the novel, Vonnegut uses various forms of humor such as sarcasm, exaggeration, and irony to get across one main point: war is senseless. In every section of the novel that is about World War II, there is satire there to set the mood. One example of satirizing events experienced in WWII was after Billy was captured by the Germans. He was thrown on a boxcar of a train ...
- 15840: The History of Thailand and Malaysia
- ... of what is now Cambodia established the kingdom of Funan. This Kingdom became one of the greatest powers in early Southeast Asia. By A.D. 600 Funan had lost its power and influence, and a new kingdom had risen. The Chenla had arisen north of Funan. In the 700’s the kingdom of Chenla had broke up. Between the 800’s and the 1400’s the kingdom of Khmer had risen ... to form a kingdom. This kingdom adopted features of the Mon and Pyu cultures, including Theravada Buddhism religion. Nearly, 250 years later Mongol invaders captured Pagan, and the kingdom shattered. In the 1500’s a new Burman kingdom arose at Toungoo. This kingdom was later brought down in 1752 by a Mon rebellion. Thailand was another country in Southeast Asia that was inhabited many thousands of years ago. Thailand first settlers ...
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