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- 4111: The Slave Trade
- ... of racism towards blacks was first unleashed. Although many like to think that the slave trade began with the Europeans capturing different tribesman of Africa and sending them to America, (as depicted in some modern day motion pictures), in reality the slave trade had been carrying on many years before that. Slavery has been recorded all through human history. The Islamic civilizations in the fourteen hundreds had a large trade system ... been abolished. Those who fled and did not make it were either killed on the spot or taken back to their owners and made an example of for the rest of the slaves. As each day went by the hatred towards blacks spread and grew like wildfire. The white plantation owners children were growing up in a hostile environment being taught from day one to hate blacks and only to see them as valuable property and not as people. It was not until the Civil War that the blacks had a chance at complete freedom. With the ...
- 4112: Shih Huang Ti
- ... created had watchtowers, forty feet tall, every two hundred yards. The purpose of these towers was to alert the defending soldiers of approaching, attacking tribes. The soldiers at the towers signaled to each other by day using smoke signals, waving flags, blowing horns, and ringing bells; by night by lighting firework-like objects in the sky. The wall, itself, was approximately fifteen hundred miles long, thirty feet high and, at the ... but the Mongols were successful at breaking through the wall. Also, many years later, the Manchus, another strong tribe, penetrated the wall and took over parts of China. During the Ming Dynasty( 1368-1644 A.D.), the Great Wall was repaired by General Xu Da and watchtowers were added by General Qi Jiguang. Most of what tourists see today was made by these two generals. During World War II, the Great ...
- 4113: The Gothic Age
- ... was just happy using what their forefathers had done. If not for this age, we would today be without many of our modern conveniences, so I firmly believe that this age was essential to modern day living. Body of Knowledge Gothic Architecture Anyone who has ever walked into a true Gothic cathedral knows how much of an impact one can have on a person . The sheer magnificence of it will shut ... the same mass. It had a floor that was seven thousand, seven hundred square meters. New Ideas in the Cathedral that Reflected Christianity There were many aspects about Gothic cathedrals that reflected the then modern-day ways of life, such as how a common belief in those times was that the closer you were to God, the holier you were. The architects would build huge spires and high ceilings which would ... keystone. -Stained Glass "[Stained glass windows were] ...a bearer of holy images, an intrinsically rich material resembling valuable stones, and a mystery, because it glowed without fire." -Abbot Sugar It was very common in this day for a person not to know how to read, and there was also a great burden on the Church for the villagers to know basic important scriptures, so there had to be pictures on ...
- 4114: Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People?
- ... improvements in industry and the attempted improvements in agriculture, Stalin started to make improvements in society. Soviet workers received some important social benefits, such as old-age pensions, free medical services, free education, and free day-care centers for children. There was also the possibility of personal advancement. To improve your position, you needed specialized skills or technical education. Massive numbers of trained experts were needed for the rapid industrialization going ... 2nd ed. New York: Scribner's, 1971. Lewis, Jonathan, and Phillip Whitehead. Stalin. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. Marrin, Albert. Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988. McKay, John P, Bennett D. Hill, and John Buckler. History of Western Society. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton, 1991. Treadgold, Donald W. Twentieth Century Russia. 2nd ed. Chicago: Rand, 1964.
- 4115: Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power?
- Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power? Thesis Does history repeat itself because people become power hungry? In the years from 58 B.C. to 1821 A.D., two infamous generals led armies to great success, yet met with similar fates. It is my belief that through the use of similar tactics, one general fell victim to a fate shared by another, earlier general. Could this fate have been avoided, if he'd carefully studied his predecessor's mistakes? Introduction: There have been several great military geniuses to come from Europe. Edward Rommel won a lot of victories against the British in World War II primarily because he ... the most influential on his strategies, was none other than Julius Caesar . It was Caesar that Napoleon modeled himself after the most. He wanted to be as great, if not greater than, Caesar. But he'd never get taller than Caesar. Julius Caesar was the Roman leader who changed the course of history for the Greco - Roman world. Caesar was able to create the Roman Empire because of his strength ...
- 4116: Tennyson as a Victorian
- ... women, and children accustomed to the community life of rural towns and farms to the varied and independent work habits of the farm, and the small shop, found themselves laboring up to sixteen hours a day, six days a week, in factories without any government safety regulations, and with very low pay. People were not known as individuals only as "hands" with no control over their lives, hired, and fired at ... In 1842 he published another of his works called Poems which had two volumes, one containing a revised selection from the volumes of 1830 and 1832, the other, new poems. The new poems included "Morte d' Arthur," and "The Two Voices of Sin" and other poems that revealed a strange naive quality such as "The May Queen," "Lady Clara Vere de Vere," and "The Lord of Burleigh." The new volume was ...
- 4117: Early Western Civilization, Egyptian tomb
- ... more wives(eight, not counting concubines) and claimed to have sired more children (as many as 162, by some accounts) than any other pharaoh in history. He presided over an empire that stretched from present-day Libya to Iraq in the east, as far north as Turkey and southward into the Sudan. Today, historians know a great deal about Ramesses and the customs of his day. However, the newly explored tomb suddenly presents scholars with all sort of puzzles to ponder. For one thing, many of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings are syringe-like, plunging straight as a ... more like an octopus, with a body surrounded by tentacles." The body in this case is an enormous square room, at least 50 ft. on a side and divided by 16 massive columns. In Ramesses `day the room would have seemed positively cavernous; now it is filled nearly to the top with rubble washed in over the centuries by infrequent flash floods. Anyone who wants to traverse the chamber has ...
- 4118: Life In The 1900s
- ... and even if it were for sale only the extremely rich had the option of purchasing the items. Sports being very new, in the aspect of it being organized was small time compared to present day. Travelling required time and was uncomfortable. Only the rich could have the luxurious accomadations for those long journeys. Many jobs were available to most people but you were under constant scrutiny while working and would ... virtually anybody willing to learn. Henry Ford revolutionized the world we live in by inventing the "horseless carriage", if it had not been for him, instead of taking the GO bus in the morning we'd be riding a horse named Wanda. Not only did his invention offer a method of transportation to the public, but it helped with our emergency services such as fire engines, police cars, and ambulances. Now ...
- 4119: The Holocaust
- ... people." The Germans under Adolf Hitler believed that the Jews were the cause of all the German troubles and were a threat to the German and Christian values. Dating back to the first century A.D. the Jews and Christians were always at war. The Jews were considered the murderers of Christ and were therefor denounced from society, rejected by the Conservatives and were not allowed to live in rural areas ... of the Jewish culture and learning perished. Deep mental scars plagued the survivors and their children.'' An aspect of human cruelty was exposed more brutal than the civilized world could admit.' In Israel, the Holocaust day is celebrated on Nisan 27, the date that marked the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943. Although the Germans had lost the war, they won their war on the Jews of Europe. END NOTES 1.) Rossel ...
- 4120: The Medieval Crusades: Actually Fought Over Dionysean Worship
- ... of their cherished religion. The fact that accounts of the Crusades were recorded as they are in the history books is due to the overwhelming influence exerted by overzealous religious leaders on historians of the day.It is an unfortunate fact that little remains of the historical representations of what actually happened. While the Church leaders of the day destroyed all written account of who initiated the ten Crusades and what really occurred in the course of these religious conquests,the true story of what happened survives to this day.High in the mountainous terrain of Northern Turkey exists a tribe of dedicated monks who,with their female counterparts,still engage in the rituals of Dionysean worship,just as they have for centuries in ...
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