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- 6301: The Medieval Period
- ... based on spiritual belief and magic, the people involved in the modern science of chemistry can look back to medieval Islam and see where the foundation was set (Turner 193-194). As with alchemy, many great discoveries were made in the field of optics. These discoveries made by the mathematics and physicians are arguably the most original and important discoveries in the history of the Islamic world (Turner 195). The Islamic ... occurred in Islam in the field of optics (Turner 194). Even though most of the important discoveries were not appreciated and looked upon as references until centuries later, thanks to people like Haytham and the great Islamic alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, science progressed greatly in an otherwise global technological standstill (Turner 194). Although, these scientists, sometimes thought of as extremists by their peers, made us realize what an important role on ...
- 6302: Description Dominance of Greco-Roman Culture
- Description Dominance of Greco-Roman Culture Greco-Roman Culture came to dominate the Mediterranean world because in principle it was superior to all other cultures. The Greeks demonstrated great genius for philosophy and art while the Romans mastered law and order. Behind their superior cultures, was the essence the people themselves. The cultural values for which the people strived for, is the underlying reason ... not known to the multitude." Greek architecture and sculptures, exemplified by the Parthenon, and Poseidon and Doryphoros, respectively, also demonstrate the ideas of balance, perfection, and the ideal. Poets and playwrights were also included. The Great Dionysia celebrated the best tragedies through competition, another expression of arete. According to Sullivan, the tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are still to this day "unsurpassed." All based on the pursuit of excellence, and carried ...
- 6303: World War II in Europe
- ... troops were evacuated across the English Channel in a heroic nine day rescue effort aided by 600 private boats, known as Operation Sea Lion. In June 1940, Italy suddenly invaded France and declared war on Great Britain. France surrendered and Britain faced Hitler alone. As the German air force bombed British airfields, factories, and cities to prepare the way for German armies to cross the English Channel, Britain found leadership in ... than 90 of its crew. In June 1941 Hitler, wanting Russia's vast wheat and oil supplies, suddenly attacked the Soviet Union. As German armies quickly advanced into the USSR, Stalin signed an alliance with Great Britain, and the United States offered lend-lease aid. By summer 1942 the Germans pushed deep into the Soviet Union, capturing the rich farmland of the Ukraine and threatening the cities of Stalingrad, Leningrad, and ...
- 6304: The History of Stonehenge
- ... seen from below. The innermost lintels were cut to a tapering shape for the same reason (The Age of God-Kings). Many of the upright stones still bear the hammer marks of the builders. The great stones or lintels which, were raised up to link the tops of the upright stones, are not merely straight edged slabs of rock. Each was carefully cut on the curve so that when they were ... at the northeast entrance of Stonehenge. It weighs 35 tons and is about twenty feet high with four feet concealed underground The Heel Stone was placed in the direction the sun rise and cast a great shadow when the sun is at its most northerly point on Midsummer Day, at the summer solstice. The second phase, known as Stonehenge II, was begun in 2200 BC. This stage consisted of the digging ...
- 6305: NATO Airstrikes in Kosovo
- ... technically in war nearly 50 years after Truman's stroke to involve America in Korea. North Vietnam won its anti-American war and still controls the whole part of Vietnam. Let's see America's great "victory" in Iraq, Saddam Hussein still grasp his throne tightly. Will NATO drive Milosevic from his position? Ironically it seems Milosevic will still be the president of Yugoslavia as NATO's bombing made him as ... lost 576 servicemen according to Milosevic's latest address to the nation. Yes, it's very lucky and should thank high-tech war-aircrafts. Milosevic has accepted the EU's peace agreement. It seems a "great victory" for NATO. However, the price for this "victory" is too high. The Yugoslavian economy has been destroyed and a large number of refugees from Kosovo are in other countries which is a heavy burden ...
- 6306: The Slavery of Africans
- ... who perhaps once did have slaves. Also worth noting is the idea that those nations most responsible for slavery are unable to pay for it, such as Belgium and Portugal, while relatively benign countries like Great Britain are economic powers in Europe (Mazuri, 22). This makes the interesting point of such, and I feel that Britain does not have to pick up the slack and pay for what other nations did ... would, once again, like to make clear that I do not disagree that slavery was an act of near genocide, and ought never be forgotten nor trivialized - we owe the African of our day a great apology. Nor do I disagree that perhaps Africans contributed to global markets in the early days of European expansion (Miller, 71). However, I do not think it right that we bandage Africa in requital of ...
- 6307: Spanish Influence
- ... much work at all. Many institutions were also implemented for the upkeep of the economy. Slavery, as mentioned above, was the key to mass output from the encomiendas and missions. Many workers could accomplish a great deal and produce a lot of money. Furthermore, the larger the encomienda or mission, the more its output. If the soil on a mission or encomienda is fertile, much can be grown and sold for ... establishments enforced, the Spaniards would not have been able to settle the New World as quickly and as aggressively as they did. Only with proper control and strict institutions did Spain conquer and create the great nation it is today.
- 6308: Weapons of World War 1
- ... from the target. Passive acoustic torpedoes moved toward the underwater noise generated by the target ship its self. The submarine provided the ideal weapon platform for the torpedo. Perfected during the war, and used in great numbers by Germany , the submarine proved too slow to challenge naval vessels but was extremely effective in attacking the slower merchant ships and convoys, which normally followed set courses. Germany challenged British sea power with ... minefields. Allied vessels had no reliable way of detecting submarines underwater, and by 1918 U-boats had sunk more than 11 million tons of shipping. Some say had Germany been able to build more submarines , Great Britain might easily have lost the war. During world war 1 the new flying machines became even deadlier weapon systems. Aircraft were remarkably effective in attacking surface warships with bombs, torpedoes, and with cannon as ...
- 6309: D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy
- ... sound operation. After reviewing the disastrous hit-and-run raid in 1942 in Dieppe, planners decided that the strength of German defenses required not a number of separate assaults by relatively small units but a great concentration of power in a single main landing. The invasion site would have to be close to at least one major port and airbase to allow for efficient supply lines. Possible sites included among others ... As time for the invasion neared, the German's focus of the deception had shifted from the regions of the Balkans and Norway to the Pas de Calais. The concentration of Allied troops was so great, that an invasion of France seemed inevitable. Bombing attacks, sabotage by the French Resistance and false messages from compromised German agents all focused on the Pas de Calais with only minimal attention to Normandy. Also ...
- 6310: Ancient Greece
- ... Peloponnesus and Crete, using iron weapons to conquer the people of those regions. The Invading Dorians overthrew Achaean kings and settled in the southern and eastern part of the peninsula. The Hellenic Period After the great migrations in the Aegean, the Greek developed a proud racial consciousness. They Called themselves Hellenes. The term Greeks, used by foreign peoples, was derived from Graecia, the Latin for a small Hellenic tribe of Epirus ... Isthmian, Pythian, and Nemean. Monarchy to Democracy Some unification of the city-states took place. Between the 8th and 6th centuries BC, Athens and Sparta became the two dominant cities of Greece. Each of these great states united its weaker neighbors into a league or confederacy under its control. Sparta, a completely militarized and aristocratic state, established its leadership mainly by conquest, and kept its subject states under strict rule. The ...
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