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- 3541: Genghis Khan Destined To Be A
- ... horses and a herd of remounts always followed the armies to ensure that there would be a sufficient amount of horses. Fresh mounts allowed men to travel faster. They usually covered over 80 miles a day. The horses also provided available fresh meat and their blood was boiled over a fire making a thick, black pudding. Also, when marching for days, the men responded to the lack of water by cutting a vein in the horse’s neck and drinking the blood. In 1220, Genghis and his hordes crushed the kingdom of Krorezm which is present day Uzebekistan and Turkmenistan, and the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand in present day Iran. The Kipchaks fell to them in 1223 along with some Russians at the Kalka River. In 17 years, Genghis Khan established an Empire superior in strength and achievement to Alexander the Great, Julius ...
- 3542: General George Patton
- ... helped to deceive German commanders into thinking that the invasion would take place in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. Patton's armoured units were not operational until August 1, almost two months after D-Day, but by the end of the month they had captured Mayenne, Laval, Le Mans, Reims, and Châlons. They did not stop until they hurtled against the strong German defenses at Nancy and Metz in November ...
- 3543: The Extent Of European Influen
- From the early day of the colonization, trade and commerce has played an important role in the forming and shaping of civilization in America. The first English settlement at Jamestown was established for the sole purpose of creating a ... the Cotton Kingdom. Prior to the cotton gin, the difficulty of removing the seed from the fibers prevented the crop from being commercially farmed in large quantities. A pound of cotton took almost a whole day to process. The crop could now be prepared cheaply and easily for the market. In the year prior to the invention of the cotton gin, the country produced around six thousand, five hundred pound bales ... humble beginnings, in a short period of time, grew to become greatest the world has ever seen and has elevated the quality of life mankind to levels that not even the boldest visionaries of the day could of predicted. Works Cited Kirkland, Edward C. A History of American Economic Life. New York, NY: Meredith Corporation, 1969. Nettels, Curtis P. The Emergence of a National Economy Volume II. New York NY: ...
- 3544: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Li
- ... 758). Roosevelt gave priority to the Western European Front and had General George Marshall, Chief of Staff, plan a holding operation in the Pacific and organize an expeditionary force for an invasion of Europe. The D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches in France, June 6, 1944, were followed by the allied invasion of Germany six months later (Britannica Vol. 12, Page 759). By April 1945 victory in Europe was certain. The ...
- 3545: Female Slaves And Their Famili
- ... men usually did chores such as trapping and hunting animals for food, while the women did more of the domestic duties. While these domestic duties tended to add more work to the slave woman's day, the domestic work was a way for women to rebel against the master to a degree. Women did this work to keep themselves and their families healthy, and would on occassion help a runaway slave ... 40-41) Female slaves understandably did not want their children to become slaves, if it was possible at all to avoid it. Thus many women tried to escape with their children. Some felt that they'd rather kill their children than have them become slaves. A good example of this is Margaret Garner. She and her husband and children escaped with a group of other slaves in the winter of 1856 ...
- 3546: Falkland Islands War Paper
- ... Magellan, or Sebald de Weert. (2) The events of January 2, 1883 are not in dispute, however. On this date, James Onslow, captain of the HMS Clio, dropped anchor just off the Falklands. The next day he went ashore and raised the British flag. (3) This action infuriated the Argentines, who had taken control of the Falklands upon receiving independence from Spain in 1816. With his imperialistic seizure of the islands ... April 3 and was told that a task force had already been dispatched to the South Atlantic. (14) The diplomatic response was equally swift. United Nations Security Council Resolution 502 was introduced on the very day of the invasion. Resolution 502 called for the immediate cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of all Argentine forces from the islands. The resolution passed by one vote and became, according to one source, “a ... bombs scored a direct hit on the runway, while the others fell off target. Later that morning, twelve V/STOL (very short take-off and landing) Sea Harriers carried out a series of raids. The day was capped when the first ground troops landed on both the east and west islands that make up the main body of the Falklands. (17) Historians generally classify the war as a British rout. ...
- 3547: Facts Behind The Great Depress
- ... Prices dropped precipitously, and thousands of people lost all they had invested. This collapse frequently meant complete financial ruin. On October 29 the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, had its worst day of panic selling. By the end of the year declines in stock values reached $15 billion. The Great Depression The stock market panic preceded an economic depression that not only spread over the United States ... and factories had closed, mortgages on farms and houses were being foreclosed in large numbers, and more than 10 million workers were unemployed. The presidential campaign of 1932, in which the Democratic candidate was Franklin D. Roosevelt, was waged on the issues of Prohibition and the economic crisis. The Democratic platform called for outright repeal of the 18th Amendment and promised a “new deal” in economic and social matters to bring ...
- 3548: Education History
- ... does one teach moral values and respect for teachers, students and the community without including the basic philosophy of religion and the worth of prayer. Religious liberals and non-believers have attacked beginning the school day with prayer. With the removal of the Pledge of Allegiance from the daily rite of school curriculum America had made a drastic statement to element any reference to any God, any religion and this sent ... why society is so bad isn’t the fault of the school system, but the lack of good upbringing by parents. Works Cited Gutmann, Amy. Democratic Education New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pulliam John D., James Van Patten. History of Education in America New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1999. Ravitch, Diane The Troubled Crusade: American Education Basic Books: New York, 1983.
- 3549: Early Colonies
- ... decisions that looked to their own interests rather than to the good of the colony. Also, this general court only met four times a year, which is far too little to get any important, every day decisions made. Other colonies with a unicameral, or one house assembly, government includes New Jersey and New York. New Jersey, before 1702, was proprietary; the business owners made decisions. This type of government is an ... many came to be motivated in origin by economy. Also, the American colonies evolved from non-representative and elitist governments into a more democratic system, which is closer to the pure democracy of today. Sources: D. J. Boorstin, The Americans, The colonial Experience, 1958 M. Boyd and W. Donald, American Civilization, 1968 Morison, Commager, Leuchtenberg, A Concise History of the American Republic, 1983 T. Sirevåg, American patterns, 1994 B. O'Callaghan ...
- 3550: Early Civilization
- ... had a very pessimistic view on life and it showed in everything they did. Their gods were capricious and playful, their literature had a negative undertone to it, and they struggled to make it from day to day. The Hebrew culture was a nomadic tribe that struggled for most of its history to find itself. It was always being taken over and it never had a city of its own. The one thing that kept them going to this day was their faith in their religion. If I had to choose which civilization I would like to live in, it would is the Hebrew culture because they were not a pessimistic society. That would ...
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