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- 2911: The Causes Of The Civil War
- ... the free factory workers in the North. Southerners said that slave owners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. . But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. During this time a surge ...
- 2912: The Rise And Fall Of Hitler Re
- ... in the next two decades. The government banned the Nazi party after the revolt. There were also many reasons for lack of Nazi activity. The Allies had loosened their grip on the German economy. The French had left the Ruhr leaving Germany’s industries intact, and the United States pumped in millions of dollars to stabilize Germany’s economy. Most Germans were happy. In 1925, the Nazis picked up where they ...
- 2913: Henry VIII
- ... Henry now the king, had many wars with Scotland and France, during 1542 King Henry's troops defeated the Scots at Solway Moss. In 1544, Henry's troops also captured Boulogne-sun-Mer from the French, and then a peace treaty was made when Henry received an indemnity from France in 1546. Henry's wars with Scotland remained indecisive inspite of some small victories. Though he opposed the Reformation, his very ...
- 2914: Galileo Galilei
- ... the doctrine of Copernicus. It had been argued against the said system that, if it were true, the inferior planets, Venus and Mercury, between the earth and the sun, should in the course of their revolution exhibit phases like those of the moon, and, these being invisible to the naked eye, Copernicus had to change the false explanation that these planets were transparent and the sun's rays passed through them ...
- 2915: The Slave Trade
- ... in North America, particularly on plantations. Few were fortunate enough to be house servants; most performed menial labor in the fields. How did it end? As far back as the mid-1500s, Jean Bodin, a French political philosopher, condemned the institution of slavery as immoral and unnatural. Few held the same opinion until the late 18th century, when abolitionist movements began to grow in Europe and the British colonies of the ...
- 2916: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... that flourished during the period from about 1880 to 1910 (Britannica). It was generally used for a convenient way to group together the generation of artists who sought new forms of expression during a pictorial revolution wrought by impressionism. Among these figures were Piere Bonnard, Paul Cenanne, Paul Gauglin, Odilon Redon, George Seurat, Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, and of course Vincent van Gogh (Britannica). Van Gogh was born on March 30 ...
- 2917: Book Review: Changing Concepts of Race in Britain and the United States between the World Wars.
- ... explaining human behavior (p.55). Ballen discovered that Ruth Benedict's critiques of racism in the 1930s were written in close partnership with Boas, but unfortunately, the author does not explore how Benedict, probably from French sources, introduced the word “racism” itself into our vocabulary (p.55). In building the case against racism, anthropologists were more important in the U.S. than in the U.K., whereas biologists were more important ...
- 2918: Great Expectations
- ... Wemmick, and the law, justice, and the courts are all important components of the story. Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. The Industrial Revolution had transformed the social landscape, enabling capitalists and manufacturers to amass huge fortunes. Although social class was no longer entirely dependent on heredity, the divisions between rich and poor remained nearly as wide as ever ...
- 2919: Early Western Civilization
- ... It’s likely, say scholars that Ramesses II’s tomb was originally far richer and more elaborate than King Tut’s. Unlike several other tombs in the valley, Ramesses’has never been fully excavated. A French team is clearing it now, and the entire tomb could be ready for visitors within five years, but it is not expected to offer archaeologists any surprises. Tomb 5 is a completly different story. Weeks ...
- 2920: Omar Khayyam The Enigma
- ... do this intentionally, his true goal was to truly capture the spirit of Khayyam. Unfortunately he completely misinterpreted Khayyam and the Meanings of his Poetry9. THE TRUE RUBAIYAT In 1867 J.B. Nicolas introduced a French translation of the Rubaiyat which differs greatly from FitzGerald’s in two respects. Nicolas suggested that Khayyam’s Writings are very deeply rooted in religion, this is a large contrast to FitzGerald’s interpretation of ...
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