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- 2181: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... pictures were so close that you could see the writing on the sides of the missiles. That same day quarantine was unanimously approved by the Organization of American States (OAS). The quarantine was to take effect at 10:00am (EST) on the 24th October, 1962. By Wednesday October 24th saw the military raised to the highest level ever in United States Military history - DEFCON2. The Soviets sent their ships almost all ...
- 2182: Nigeria and Ogoni's Campaign
- ... oil operates abroad without proper policing. Furthermore, the brutality waged upon the Ogoni, as a result of their campaign to protect the environment, is a byproduct of society's increasing consumption of natural resources. In effect, it is a microcosm of what we are doing to the entire earth, just less visibly. Should multinationals, like Shell, be forced to take on social and political responsibilities or should they be allowed to ...
- 2183: The Medieval Period
- ... magic and the unknown. Practical chemistry was shunned upon by the general population until the end of the fourteenth century when the belief in magic began to subside, and the want of proof came into effect (Turner 190). More than just these beliefs came out of Islamic alchemy, the processes of calculation, evaporation, distillation, crystallization, and filtration were neared perfection (Turner 191). These process were not learned and perfected over night ...
- 2184: Operation Barbarossa: A Good Plan?
- ... railway engine, a single wagon, a single pound of grain, for the enemy if they had to retreat.vii To the Germans, this staunch and often suicidal determination was unnerving and it had a negative effect on their fighting morale. Stories of this Russian tenacity spread widely among the Germans. Tales of Russian fighter pilots who wouldn't bail out if shot down but would crash into German fuel trucks; of ...
- 2185: A Histographical Analysis Of Four Central Asian Leaders And Their Role During The Mongol Age
- ... stated that Chinggis himself was a cause. He believed he had divine power to conquer the world. The second reason was the climatic changes that occurred in the steppe region. There were ecological changes in effect in the steppe and the inhabitants started to leave. The last reason was an interinstitutional one. The way in which things were done also changes with the establishment of the ordo. This is just one ...
- 2186: The History of Stonehenge
- ... use of dozens of small boulders of the same material (Ancient Ruins and Archaeology). The upright stones were shaped with a central bulge, like the columns of many Greek temples, apparently to allow for the effect of perspective. This made them appear straight when 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 ...
- 2187: Iwo Jima
- ... 2) The Battle for Iwo Jima was very interesting to me and I wanted to find out all about it. In my research I want to discover what was the battle of Iwo Jimas effect on World War 2, and what battle tactics were used.3 days before the invasion the U.S. air force bombarded Iwo Jima with B-29 bombers. In those 3 days Iwo Jima took 40 ...
- 2188: The Root Of Western Civilization
- ... so little few of the missionaries. However, there were many conversions to Christianity within short period so this religion dominated. In the Western Civilization Society, the Hebrews were a culture that kept their maintenance in effect. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh chose Moses to guide the slaved people in Egypt to Palestine. Yahweh destroyed the pursuing Egyptian army, a sign of his great presence. Moses was also given the Ten ...
- 2189: Weapons of World War 1
- ... larger pieces limited theireffectiveness on the battlefield where military commanders treated them as short-range artillery pieces rather than as infantry weapons. I personally feel that the new weapons and war tatics had a positive effect on the war. I like speaking English freely and if things would have ended up different than they did than, maybe we wouldn't even be here. I think its totally amazing how these weapons ...
- 2190: Russia in 1910
- ... very backwards country. Peasants who lived in absolute poverty made up the vast majority of Russias population. Russia had a version of the futile system and it had ended 49 years earlier, but in effect it meant that peasants now owned the meager parcels of land upon which their survival rested. Their ruler, Czar Nicholas II, ruled of his disorganized nation. His government of appointed officials and men of inherited ...
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