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- 1221: Islam 3
- ... pleases in voluntary charity (sadaqah), seeking additional reward. This is preferably done in secret. Although the word "sadaqah" can be translated as charity, it has a wider meaning. Siyam Fasting, which involves abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking and marital intercourse, is observed throughout the daylight hours of the 29 or 30 days of the lunar month of Ramadhan in obedience to God's command. This teaches the believers patience and self ...
- 1222: Ireland An Expansion Through
- ... the Christian society. During this time Ireland was not a developed nation. It was a simple time with a simple way of life. Life revolved around the good things in life such as wealth, sex, drinking, and storytelling. The only problems within the society were those that were created in-between themselves or those brought on by the will of the Gods; for example extreme weather or unexplainable situations. It would ...
- 1223: Industrial Revolution 5
- ... interviewed a trapper that said “my daughter starts work at 3 a.m. and ended at 10:30 p.m. They get quarter of a hour for breakfast, and dinner a half an hour, and drinking a quarter of a hour.”* This made it so that children couldn’t work until age 10 and then they can only work about 8 hours a day. Later workers thought they were being treated ...
- 1224: Indian Affairs
- ... and its main goal was to prohibit alcohol through laws on the state level. Along with alcohol this group was also and opponent of slavery. The WCTU had reform ideas reaching beyond the issue of drinking, they also stood for morality and public order. This group also became an advocate for women’s right to vote. This organization performed one to the most noble efforts, because it focused on raising the ...
- 1225: India 2
- ... The other major nutritional deficiency diseases are vitamin A deficiency, goitre and iron deficiency anemia. In certain parts of India fluorosis is also a problem due to the presence of excessive amounts of fluoride in drinking water. Pellagra, caused due to niacin or nicotinic acid deficiency is prevalent in populations whose staple diet is maize Many of the diseases mentioned have secondary effects. PCM is known to lower work capacity and ...
- 1226: Imperialism
- ... interference by a stronger nation is necessary to stop suffering in a less fortunate nation. This is shown in Third World countries where people do not have access to basic needs such as food, clean drinking water, clothing, and medicine to cure even the most common disease. These are things people of developed nations take for granted and should share with countries where poverty poses a problem. Other humanitarian reasons to ...
- 1227: Hiram Ulysses Grant
- ... in 1848. Grant served in the Mexican War under the name of Gen. Zachary Taylor and Gen. Winfield Scott. In 1854 while stationed at Fort Humboldt, California, Grant resigned his commission because of loneliness and drinking problems. He spent the following years in unsuccessful farming and business ventures in Missouri. He moved to Galena, Illinois, in 1860 where he worked in his father’s leather shop. Grant was appointed colonel and ...
- 1228: Hero As Schinder
- ... machinery business. Schindler himself was a very tall and handsome man. Needless to say, all the young women adored him. He married Emilie Schindler at nineteen, but was never without a mistress or two. Hard drinking and feckless, he had the soul of a gambler, winning big and losing bigger. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. At this time, Schindler's father left his mother ...
- 1229: Hemmingway
- ... many people in the post war movement. He saw enough killing for his time and just wanted to have fun. Hemmingway went to Pamplona, Italy for the great festival. He spent most of his time drinking and making friends. Hemmingway was a wonderer and these experiences began to surface in his writing. The book The Sun Also Rises Hemmingway wrote about the time he spent in Italy. A group of easygoing ...
- 1230: Great Britain
- ... is completely surrounded by sea, isolating it from the rest of Europe. No part of Britain is far from the sea, which is an important resource for fishing, tourism and ports. Britain’s rivers provide drinking water for towns, and irrigate farmers’ crops. However rivers can cause floods. England The northern and western portions are mountainous. The highlands - the Pennine Chain, forms the backbone of northern England. Rolling plains occupy most ...
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