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- 4571: Civil Disobedience
- ... his group of supporters and volunteers. They were trained daily before they began to protest, not on how to fight back to the physical attacks they would receive, but to be prepared for the physical abuse they would have to endure. The volunteers were trained to believe that Bull Conor, the police sheriff, wanted them to fight back with violence. King taught them to accept it, and continue to participate in ...
- 4572: Hammurabi
- ... judges. Included in these crimes were: bigamy, incest, kidnapping, adultery and theft. There were also laws similar to today. For example, a husband who wished to divorce his wife, was required to pay alimony and child support. By creating the world's first set of organized laws, Hammurabi constituted a model set of moral codes for other civilizations to duplicate. "The code of Hammurabi is believed to have greatly influenced the ...
- 4573: Hitler Youth
- ... to point out these features. As the years progressed the Youth movement started accepting younger children and made the programs more physical. By 1936 for Hitlers birthday, his present would be to have every child over ten in the movement. If anyone would hold out his or her parents would be punished or even sent to jail. This birthday present made the youth organization grow to about 6 million. When ...
- 4574: Hundreds Years War
- ... of French sovereignty. He became the French regent and upon Charles VI's death, the King of England would succeed to a dual monarchy. However, when Charles VI died, the King of England was a child. 17 Henry VI was too young and inexperienced to supervise a kingdom and lead an army. As a result, authority did not rest in any one person, but in all of the lords together. This ...
- 4575: Aids
- ... were infected.(Aids in Africa,1994) All pregnant women with the virus have a risk of passing it onto the baby. One other major problem in the spread of AIDS is through rape and sexual abuse. In Africa these kinds of sexual actions are never discussed by the media or by the public. All the sexual problems, whether cultural or personal, are kept secrets. Confronting these issues is so uncommon in ...
- 4576: A Remarkable Woman Of The Earl
- ... that many a time she saw and heard yelling Indians ride by the place on the surrounding hills, but she was molested and remained secluded in her small cabin. The Jackson's only had one child and passed away in infancy. While living here on lower Oak Creek, Mrs. Jackson named House Mountain. At this time, there was a tall rock chimney at one end of the mountain formation which was ...
- 4577: France
- ... 99). During a French education, emphasis is placed on the transfer of knowledge. This approach is different from the U.S. where the emphasis is placed on showing the excitement of learning and how the child can find information for him or herself (Lect. Notes #4 Sp.99). As in the U.S., education is separated into levels that must be passed in a sequence to go on. There are 5 ...
- 4578: Aeschylus
- ... by Agamemnon and then carried to Argos as his slave and mistress was my favorite character. She was also Apollos lover given the gift of prophecy, but when she refused to bear him a child was punished by making everyone around her disbelieve her predictions. Cassandra is most significant character. She would be played by Julia Roberts character in Pretty Women. Julias character is underestimated because of her status ...
- 4579: Concentration Camps
- ... to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish prisoners because they were more feared for their military might. They were looked upon by Hess as expendable labor due to their inferior abilities and physical weakness. Of the 12,000 prisoners ...
- 4580: Plato
- Plato was born to an aristocratic family in Athens, Greece. When he was a child his father, Ariston, who was believed to be descended from the early kings of Athens died, and his mother, Perictione married Pyrilampes. As a young man Plato was always interested in political leadership and eventually ...
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