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- 6581: Biography of Pocahontas
- ... True Relation, in 1608? The only explanation is that Smith needed a story that would develop a hatred toward the Indians. This fabrication was just part of a longer one used as justification to wage war on the Powhatan Nation. The more Smith’s description is examined, the less believable it becomes. This was only one of three reports invented by the pretentious Smith that allege he was saved from death ...
- 6582: Mohandas K. Gandhi: “Live Simply So Others Can Simply Live”
- ... also led campaigns boosting Indian Rights. A note worthy fact for Gandhi was that when he felt justice was on the British side, he would work for them by being a paramedic in the Boer War (1899-1902) and the Zulu Rebellion (1906) where he received decorations. (World Book, 25). Unfortunately, not everybody was a follower of Mohandas Gandhi. Tragically on January 13, 1948 at the age of 78 Gandhi was ...
- 6583: Edward Vii
- ... In June of 1916, Saki goes back to London to spend time with his sister and brother. Three months later, he becomes a lance - sergeant ( langguth, 22). November of the same year, Saki enters World War I. Hector Hugh Munro, Saki, is killed by a sniper in the early hours of a winter day, on November 13, 1916 ( Langguth, 98). Saki is remembered for his fiction pieces distinguishing by dialogue and ...
- 6584: Ramses II: Magnificence On The Nile
- ... look across the Mediterranean Sea to the Hittite Empire were there were old scores to be settled. The young Pharaoh finally felt ready to embark on a invasion of Syria- a move guaranteed to provoke war with the Hittites. Four years after he came to the throne the young Pharaoh, greedy for renown, led a strong force into Palestine the summer of 1286 B.C. with a reliable and disciplined army ...
- 6585: Anne Moody
- ... created equal” and America is viewed as the land of equal opportunity. However, blacks soon found the lack of truth in these statements; and with the Montgomery bus boycott marking the beginning of retaliation, the civil rights movement will grow during the mid – sixties. In the autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody describes the environment, the thoughts, and the actions that formed her life while growing up in the ...
- 6586: Viete
- ... The last two books on astronomy have never been published. In 1573 Viète was appointed to the parliament of Brittany and in 1589 he worked for the French state as a parliamentary councillor. During the war with Spain (1590), Viète served Henry IV of France and deciphered the Spanish code in intercepted messages. Viète introduced the first systematic algebraic notation in his book In artem analyticam isagoge (1591). He demonstrated the ...
- 6587: Empress Wu
- ... moved a branch capital to Loyang permanently. The capital stayed there until 701 AD. Another accomplishment that she made during the time that she ruled was in 669 AD. During that year, she organized a civil servant examination and moved the seat of courts to the Loyang family. Also, she defeated the northern powers and created a twelve-part reform program. The program included things like the suppression of slander , remission ...
- 6588: Ernest Hemingway 4
- ... he enlisted as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy. In 1920 he starts working as a reporter and a foreign correspondent for Toronto. After being an ambulance driver in Italy in World War I, he converted to Catholicism and he often referred to himself for the rest of his life as a rotten Catholic (Lesnaik 20). Hemingway married four times during his life, each time to a Midwestern ...
- 6589: Ernest Hemingway 5
- ... are superficial and have no substantial goals in life. One of these friends was Lady Brett Ashley whom he was in love with. This was a futile relationship because of Jake s wound from the war. Couldn t we live together, Brett? Couldn t we just live together? (Hemingway, Sun 56). His other friend was his tennis partner, Robert Cohn, a graduate of Princeton and former boxer, whose only goal was ...
- 6590: The Declaration of Individualism and The Encouragement of Protest from Birmingham Jail
- ... King Junior. Martin Luther King Junior's letter from Birmingham Jail was an expression of his encouragement for protest against tradition and established laws and a justification for his actions. King, a leader of a civil-rights group that supported protest against traditional views, encouraged protesting against tradition and established laws that are unjust. In his letter from Birmingham Jail King states: "It was illegal to aid and comfort a Jew ...
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