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- 1051: Crusades 3
- ... they and why did the Crusade movement ultimately fail The crusades were military expeditions launched against the Muslims by the Christians in an attempt to regain the Holy Land. They took place between 1095 A.D. and 1270 A.D. The word crusade, which is derived from the Latin crux ("cross") , is a reference to the biblical injunction that Christians carry their cross . Crusaders wore a red cloth cross sewn on their tunics to indicate ... Beers Patterns of Civilization, Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc. 1983. Pg. 70 4) J. McKay, B. Hill, J. Buckler, A History of Western Society, Pg. 272 5) Ibid Pg. 273 6) M Chambers, R Grew, D Herlihy, T.K. Rabb, I Woloch, The Western Experience Vol 1. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc. 1995. Pg. 286 7) B.F. Beers Patterns of Civilization, Pg. 71 8) David Gregory, The Medieval World ...
- 1052: Doomsday
- Doomsday. The day when every living thing on this earth will die and will face the Creator for Judgement Day. Many people believe this will happen, and soon. Possibly New Years' Eve, the year 2000. But will it happen? The world will soon find out. Three areas to be looked at are: the Cold War ... southwest. Two atomic bombs were dropped in total, both on August 6, 1945. The Cold War did not fully end until the destruction of the Berlin Wall, 1990. What would it be like living each day in constant fear? Afraid that this day will be the final day in the world's existence. In May of 1998 India began its testing of their nuclear weapons. This shows that they are ...
- 1053: Galileo
- ... child in his family. His family was part of the Italian nobility, though they weren¹t rich. His father was a merchant and musician, as well as a champion of advanced musical theories of the day. His family moved from Pisa to Florence, Italy in 1574. He started school that year at the local monastery of Vallombrosa. Only seven years later, in 1581, Galileo moved back to Pisa to start studies ... a mathematician and physicist got him a teaching job at the University of Pisa in 1589. He soon began arguments, with commonly accepted science, by pointing out mistakes in the science and mathematics of that day. To prove the common theory of gravity , Galileo dropped weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to prove his view of falling bodies. The law of falling bodies states, ³In the absence of air the ... number of stars, especially in the Milky Way. On January 7, 1610 in Padua, Italy, Galileo happened to aim his newly developed spyglass at the planet Jupiter and discover previously unknown worlds. ³On this seventh day of January in this present year 1610, at the first hour of dark, when I was viewing the heavenly bodies with my spyglass, Jupiter presented itself to me; and because I had prepared a ...
- 1054: Hitler And Gleichchaltung
- ... change in the constitution, a two- thirds majority was needed to approve it. Hitler had solved this problem earlier. After all, by the decree of February 28, which he had induced Hindenburg to sign the day after the Reichstag fire, he could arrest as many opposition deputies as was necessary to assure his two- thirds majority. The Enabling Law was passed by a vote of 444 to the 94 votes of ... National Socialism. Having successfully removed a possible political threat from regional parliaments, the Nazis next tackled labor, another potential center of resistance. On May 1,1933, Hitler invited labor leaders to celebrate the traditional May Day in Berlin and called on the workers to join the new classless Volksgemeinschaft. The following day the Fuhrer's security forces broke into and looted the offices and presses of the Social Democratic Free Trade Unions. The liberal Hirsch- Duncker unions yielded to Nazi pressure and dissolved themselves that same ...
- 1055: Hong Kong Transferring Hands
- ... ceded over to them. In 1860 the Chinese government also ceded Kowloon and Stonecutters Island to Britain. Britain establish a colony in 1843, it capital was Victoria. In 1898, Britain leased the rest of present day Hong Kong from China, otherwise known as the New Territories. The New Territories were leased for 99 years. The city of Victoria was located on Hong Kong Island, but due to vast urbanization on the ... an elected Legislature and the residents will retain some of their civil liberties. It was in an uneasy atmosphere that the British flag was lowered for the last time in Hong Kong and a new day for China had begun. “The world hasn’t realized that nothing has changed,” says Owen Chi, Assistant Executive director of Hong Kong Trade Development Council. “There are no soldiers on the streets,” he insist that ... Hong Kong’s government lies. The Chief Executive is not accountable to the citizens of Hong Kong, he answers only to China. Second, the way the laws are interpreted has changed. To properly compare present day Hong Kong’s and British colonial Hong Kong’s governments we must begin with the head of each government. When Hong Kong was a colony of Britain the Head of the government was the ...
- 1056: Mathematical Realism And Its D
- Reuben Hersh, a mathematician and mathematics philosopher, believes humans created math. He reasons that math is all in the heads of humans, and is a “social phenomenon”. According to Hersh math is not “physical, not mental, but social”. ...
- 1057: Description For The Existance
- ... who live and work in the real world do not concern ourselves with such activities. We realize that such discussions may have value and interest in the academic world, but the stress and pressure of day-to-day life forces us to deal with a very pragmatic way of making decisions. If I ask you to prove to me that you have $2.00, you would show it to me. Even in more ... galaxy like our Milky Way. All of these galaxies are moving relative to each other. Their movement has a very distinct pattern which causes the distance between the galaxies to get greater with every passing day. If we had three galaxies located at positions A, B. and C in the second diagram below, and if they are located as shown, tomorrow they will be further apart. The triangle they form ...
- 1058: Oklahoma City Bombing
- ... The Worst Terrorist Attack on US Soil.” Perhaps one of the issues that made this attack the most devastating that the US has experienced, was that 19 of the lives that were lost that spring day were those of children that were in the “America’s Kids Daycare Center.” While it is always difficult to lose a loved one or suffer the long-lasting scars of a terrorist attack, perhaps some ... the investigators that are subjected to these senseless acts of violence. This is the part of the terror that is most personal to me. During the Oklahoma City Bombing, my father was gone from the day after the bombing to the day after the implosion. That is almost two months. While the rescuers were searching for the survivors and the victims, he along with the other investigators, was in a relentless search for evidence that would ...
- 1059: Obidiah
- ... as sentenced by Yahweh Himself is severe and without hope for future restoration of this people. Edom¡¦s crime and reason for judgement is explained by Obadiah in this sense, ¡§you stood by on the day of your brother¡¦s captivity; and rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction .¡¨ Edom has displeased God by their consistent violence and hatred for their brother Jacob. Now Yahweh¡¦s judgement is passed, and there is no hope of restoration. This seems very contrary to ... you down, says the Lord¡¨(Obad 1:4). How easy it must have been for a nation destine from the womb to be lesser than, serve and even loved less (Gen 25:23), to one day find itself among some of the greatest of nations in number and land to become full of pride. This not only happened to the Edomites then, it also echo¡¦s the hearts of many ...
- 1060: Childcare
- ... Their fees range from $2000 to $4000 per month (plus room and board, if applicable) with many also expecting you to provide them with a car allowance and/or the use of the family vehicle. day care/family childcare - Care for infants and preschool children in the caregivers home. day care center and day nursery - Care for infants and preschool children. It may be located in the caregivers home or in another location. The center is licensed and the staff have to meet your states required minimum for ...
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