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- 11201: Louis Leakey
- ... he was German and Britain had won that region of Africa in World War I, he was not able to go there. Leakey was fascinated with the site and told Reck that they would one day go back. For the time being, this had to be put on hold. Finishing finals, Leakey graduated with excellent marks and recieved many grants for research in Africa. He was twenty-three, and he was ...
- 11202: Gods And Goddesses
- ... earth-shaker and was given the dominion of the sea. The Cyclopes gave Zeus the thunderbolt and Hades a helmet, gave Poseidon his trident. Cronos used to swallow his offspring because he learned that one day one of his children will over throne him. Poseidon was swallowed by his father as were Hestia, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Zeus was the only one who escaped that fate. He lived in a golden ...
- 11203: Gilded Age
- ... In Cherny's book, Richard Jensen said that "Elections were treated like battles in which the two main armies (parties) concentrated on fielding the maximum number of troops (voters) on the battlefield (polls) on election day" (Cherny 12). America was supposedly a country where a man could choose freely who he wanted to represent him, but in reality parties choose the candidates. In the video "The River Ran Red," the events ...
- 11204: Gibbons V. Ogden (1824)
- ... Power to be reckoned with. Also, by putting off the slavery issue again, he extended the amount of time before there eventually would be an outbreak over the issue. He and the others knew the day would come, but they would deal with it at that later time; probably by use of arms. For his contributions to the development of Federal power as displayed in this, Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), and ...
- 11205: Germany 3
- ... war on the British Isles. Germany loses an outstanding amount of equipment and lives because Britain was ready for them. But Germany kept bombing London at night until the next spring. They called off all day raids, and this virtually meant that they couldnt win. With Hitlers success in the 40s many Americans, especially Roosevelt, believed that this was entirely different from WWI. And if Britain fell to Hitler ...
- 11206: Great Zimbabwe
- ... 12th and 17th centuries because it was stationed on the shortest route between the northern gold fields, and the Indian Ocean. Archaeologists believed that this masterful stonework was built somewhere around 1100 and 1600 A.D. Great Zimbabwe covers 1,779 acres and is made up of 3 main structures. The first one is the Hill Complex; Hill Complex is the oldest part of the site. The hill was approximately 262 ...
- 11207: Great Depression Timeline
- ... national income has dropped from 15 to 9 percent since 1920. Between May 1928 and September 1929, the average prices of stocks will rise 40 percent. Trading will mushroom from 2-3 million shares per day to over 5 million. The boom is largely artificial. 1929 Herbert Hoover becomes President. Hoover is a staunch individualist but not as committed to laissez-faire ideology as Coolidge. More than half of all Americans ...
- 11208: Grenada
- ... that Americans were free to leave on regular or charter flights. Also clearly in contradiction was Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North report to the press stating that the airports were open for two hour even the day before the invasion (Speakes 161-162). There was no evidence that the student or citizens were in any danger, except during the invasion. In fact, eight days after the murder of Bishop, no incident involving ...
- 11209: Gilgamesh
- ... properly and how to wear clothes. Enkidu then enters the city of Uruk during a great celebration. Gilgamesh, as the king, claims the right to have sexual intercourse first with every new bride on the day of her wedding, as Enkidu enters the city, Gilgamesh is about to claim that right. Infuriated at this abuse, Enkidu stands in Front of the door of the marital chamber and blocks Gilgamesh's way ...
- 11210: German Unificatio
- ... perfectly for Bismarck. He responded harshly to the French, sending them a letter reportedly from William. This letter, which consisted of nothing but mockery of the French, was sent to the French newspapers on Bastille Day. When the French people read this letter, they were deeply offended and clamored for a war against its makers, the Prussians. Bismarck was certain that a patriotic war against France would unite Germany. The second ...
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