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- 6901: The Roman Aqueduct
- ... first place, it is all wrong to build of masonry any continuous, simple channel above ground, and expect it to hold water long. The mere expansion and contraction of the stonework, beaten apon by the great heat of the summer, and exposed to frost in the winter will speedily crack such masonry channels, or their thin concrete lining. A crack once formed, the water will soon make it larger. A stitch ... it was granted to you. No one could draw water from the public supply without writing, from Caesar himself. If anyone polluted the public waters they were fined 450 coin ($1100 today). The Romans took great pride in their water and their creation of the aqueduct. I believe aqueducts are the most unique architectural creation. What could serve a greater purpose than delivering water to a city? Despite the times, Romans ...
- 6902: Comparison of Mexico and the United States
- ... The fact that the majority party leader in each house outranks the congressional president of each house (who is selected at monthly intervals) further restricts congressional autonomy. Potentially, however, the Chamber of Deputies could exercise great power over the executive through its functions of verifying the presidential electoral returns, passing the budget, and initiating tax bills. (Ladman, 1987). The United States legislative branch of the government is the Congress, which has ... seniority, a criterion that is increasingly challenged. Most of my sources seem to indicate that among the most important committees are those on Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Rules. The rules Committee, traditionally conservative, has great power to determine which bills will be brought to the floor of the House for consideration. (Adrian, 1978). Each state of the U.S. elects two senators. Senators must be at least thirty years old ...
- 6903: Ireland, History And Nature
- ... of violence between the irish end the englishmen, but none of them had been planned good, and the uprisings had not been very hard to drive back. But there were no real uprisings before the great famine when the potatoe crops failed. This happened during the years between 1845 and 1849. And during the next fifteen years over two million Irish people emigrated. After the great famine the uprisings grew in strength and in number. They became harder to repel and they also became better organized, but 'The Irish Problem' as it was called in England was never a big issue ...
- 6904: Vienna vs. Virginia
- ... all from the center. Streets either go straight to the middle or are a circle around the center. While on the other hand VA was established in the 1500’s as a colony. Filled with great plantations and fields for growing tobacco or food goods. Many cities in VA lack a randomness, since they were made with horses in mind, and now cars. Here the streets are wide and either made ... asphalt. Vienna’s roads are narrow and many are still cobble stone. Language is very different even though English was made from mostly German. American’s have over 900,000 words to choose from. A great many more that the 500,000 the Germans have. The chief reason form this is because where English made a new word, German speaking peoples have just combined two. Map and Landcarte for example. The ...
- 6905: Fiji
- ... about one-third. Most of Fiji’s other islands are just sand piles on coral reefs. Suva is the capital of Fiji and also its largest city (Fiji, no pg. #). Fiji legend says that the great chief Lutunasobasoba led his people to Fiji from across the ocean. Most people agree that settlers came into the Pacific from southeast Asia through Indonesia. Now, the Melanesians and Polynesians mixed to make a society ... minister selects a cavinet to help with governmental affairs. Fiji’s prresident is the head of state. The president is appointed to a five-year term by a traditional body of Fijian chiefs called the Great Council of Chiefs. The prime minister is appointed by the president. Fiji’s parliament is made up of a seventy-member House of Represenatives and a thirty-four-member Senate (Fiji, no pg. #). English is ...
- 6906: Jordan
- ... of Palestine. And in 1950 the Arabs took the West Bank, and nominated Amir Abdullah as the ruler of the country. In 1951, people in Jerusalem, who objected to his ideas, assassinated Amir Abdullah. Our great Jordanian army took these activists from the country with force. They alienated King Hussein from his Arab neighbors for years . We got pulled in to the Gulf War. Also, we got trapped between Iraq and ... country, and this creates a problem because now we will never have a country leader such as King Hussein. This is a horrible thing not just because he died, but also because he was a great ruler and we all loved him dearly. There is one main thing that our government can do to bring the unemployment rate down. All we have to do is restrict the labor immigration and then ...
- 6907: Saudi Arabia
- ... 4 inches. Because Saudi Arabia is so dry, it has no permanent rivers or lakes.(BOOK) Considerably more than half the area of Saudi Arabia is desert. Rub al-Khali, known in English as the Great Sandy Desert, extends over much of the southeast and beyond the southern frontier. Largely unexplored, Rub al-Khali has an estimated area of about 300,000 sq. miles. An extension of the Syrian Desert projects ... composing the Islam community, are the Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Afghans, Southeast Asians, and a small percentage of Chinese. In Europe, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity.(BOOK) Saudi Arabia is a nation of great diversity, it mixes the ancient Muslim teachings with new fascinating technology. Saudi is a home to millions of Muslims, and is a major gathering grounds for millions more. With Saudi's rich petroleum land, insures ...
- 6908: Ukraine
- ... Taras Shevchenko. He was born in Kiev on March 9, 1814, and he died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 10, 1861. He was born a serf who suffered under the tsars. He became a great poet and artist. He created the conditions that allowed the transformation of Ukrainian literature into a fully functional modern literature. HISTORY The fist groups to occupy what is now Ukraine were Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, and ... to die of starvation. People who did not appear to be starving were often suspected of stealing grain. They were either executed or deported. After the famine was over, Stalin said, “The famine was a great success and it showed who is master here
- 6909: North America
- ... things manufactured are processed food, machinery, electronic and aero space equipment, cars, chemicals, textile, clothing , paper, and printed materials. (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 96) In Canada factories are situated in the major cites or on the Great Lakes so it is easy to ship things.(World Regional Geography p153) They produce many of the same things there but one of the major export is lumber. (Grolier Enc.) In Mexico manufacturing has been ... It has almost every climate in the world that we broke into 5 major zones. It includes a couple counties the entire world depends of because of the manufacturing of products. North America is a great place . Resources Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 98 , Sub Topic ,NORTH AMERICA The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia ,Search ,North America World Regional Goegraphy 6th Edition,Prentice Hall, David L Clason p153
- 6910: China's Cities and Places
- ... million hectares) is devoted to livestock grazing and grain farming. Yet, growing along the Yellow River in Lanzhou are honeydew melons, peaches, and vegetables. Also, In Qufu, the Confucian Temple marks the birthplace of the great philosopher who lived from 551-479 B.C. His original simple dwelling has been surrounded in subsequent centuries with a complex of temples, gateways, pine trees, and tablets that testify to the people’s reverence ... place was Mount Tai in the East. It is one of the five sacred mountains in Taoist traditions, and it has been the source of many artistic masterpieces. So this shows you some of the great things in China that you could go visit. If I had the time, I would most definitely go visit China and its wonderful places. So I suggest that you one day go visit China yourself ...
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