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- 10221: The Empire of Mali
- ... unclear: they may have traded for either salt or copper or both). Culture (Roles of men and women) Not much is said about the culture. Apparently the religion was the culture. The people placed a high standard on justice. People who lived in cities were probably scholars, merchants, or government officials. Those who did not were either miners or farmers. Conclusion During its peak, Mali was a great and powerful empire ...
- 10222: Japan: After World War II
- ... before a concerted effort was made to obtain one in America. Compulsory education was extened to nine years, efforts were made to make education more a traning in thinking than in rote memory, and the school system above the six elementary grades was revised to conform to the American pattern. This last mechanical change produced great confusion and dissatisfaction but became so entrenched that it could not be re vised even ...
- 10223: The Idea of Humanism and the Renaissance
- ... divisions. The new rich consisted of successful merchants, capitalists, and bankers innovators of new systems of making money. The Humanism philosophy was also a very popular with the people and many political leaders rose to high positions with support of these ideals. Three humanists even became chancellors of Florence -- they used their rhetorical skills to strongly rally the people of Florence against their enemies. The great changes in Education of the ...
- 10224: The Unification of Europe Under the Maastricht Treaty
- ... make sacrifices. No body likes to make sacrifices. Countries with advancing economies like Germany will have to slow down to accommodate country's with poorer economic systems. Nations like England will have to merge their high currency rate with country's such as Italy, whom are infamous for their treasured currency the Lira. No one likes to get the short end of a stick - Why should these countries give up some ...
- 10225: The Medieval Crusades: Actually Fought Over Dionysean Worship
- ... leaders of the day destroyed all written account of who initiated the ten Crusades and what really occurred in the course of these religious conquests,the true story of what happened survives to this day.High in the mountainous terrain of Northern Turkey exists a tribe of dedicated monks who,with their female counterparts,still engage in the rituals of Dionysean worship,just as they have for centuries in their mountaintop ...
- 10226: The Toltecs, Aztecs, and Mayans
- ... towering temples, created huge sculptures, and had human sacrifices. The center of Aztec civilization was a river valley in Mexico. The emperor of the Aztecs was called the "huey tlatoani" (great speaker). A council of high-ranking no bles chose him from the members of a royal family. The Aztec society had four main classes nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The typical Aztec household consisted of a husband and wife, their ...
- 10227: Ancient Egypt
- ... thirst or to be torn to pieces by horrible executioners. If the decision was favorable, the ka went to the heavenly realm of the fields of Yaru, where grain grew 3.7 m (12 ft) high and existence was a glorified version of life on earth. All the necessities for this perfect existence, from furniture to reading matter, were, therefore, put into the tombs. As a payment for the afterlife and ...
- 10228: History Repeats Itself
- ... it needed and caused it to lose sight of hard work. Spain went from being supportive to parasitic as "reformers in early seventeenth--century Madrid put the ratio of parasites to actual productive workers as high as 30:1" (AC 39). In the end, "narrow monetary wealth, irresponsible finance and an indolent rentier class were important in the decline that was taking hold in Spain one hundred to one hundred fifty ...
- 10229: The Cuban Revolution
- ... highest number of T.V. sets per capita out of all the Latin American countries . Many gambling casinos were also present. While life for the poor was plagued with unemployment, inadequate health care, and a high illiteracy rate. Castro's take over of the government, changed many ways of life in Cuba, most of which benefited the poor or the majority of the people. Education was improved for the poor, there ...
- 10230: Curfews
- ... also an entire other battle going on over daytime curfews. Concerns that home-schooled children were being discriminated against by the institution of daytime curfews have been raised over the past few years. The Home School Legal Defense Association has produced a poster that reads, “Do daytime curfews work? Ask the experts.” Below the text are pictures of Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin (“Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” 2). There ...
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