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- 1901: The Medieval Period
- ... something like occult since. They referred alchemy to this because it dealt with properties of matter that could not be inferred by senses from humans. Alchemy became very interesting and popular due to the medieval interest in 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 ...
- 1902: Mission Days Report
- ... one time or another. How about you? There are several reasons why these structures were built in California. First, Spain desired to move North in order to gain land, as other countries also were taking interest in Alta (upper) California such as England, France, and Russia. The Russians, who moved progressively further South from Alaska each year, wanted to hunt the otter for their soft, dense, beautiful pelts. England and France ...
- 1903: The Root Of Western Civilization
- ... own nation. The prophet Isaiah told the Jewish people that a messiah would come to stop the suffering of the Jews which brought about brotherhood (p. 29-30). The Greeks were utilitarian. They showed practical interest in their society. They were given the Ten Commandments for a special reason; that they were the chosen people. Yahweh chose to guide them to the chosen land in Palestine. The Hebrews all believed that ...
- 1904: The Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment in Europe
- ... was an intellectual revolution occurring in the seventeenth century. It started in Europe and all Western civilization; eventually spreading throughout the rest of the world. The revolution was based on sixteenth century breakthroughs and an interest in the workings of the natural world. This was a time of many famous thinkers and scientists. Such as Descartes, Galileo, Newton, Kepler, Bacon, and Boyle. These are just a few; who along with many ...
- 1905: The Causes of World War 1, and the Battles
- ... Quite on the Western Front" one can clearly see what war had done to the people, especially to the young generation who fought it. The soldiers who fought in the Great War often lost their interest in life. The only significance in the lives of the soldiers was comradeship. Eric Remarque also mentions in his novel what was the opinion of the soldiers about the progress, "We are not youth any ...
- 1906: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... Meiji Era to be primarily an export based economy. Footnote22 Nakamura Takafusa Economic Growth in Prewar Japan (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983) 151-158. Nakamura Takafusa states that Japan was growing at vastly different rates between the urban areas and rural areas. Footnote23 Frank Gibney Japan the Fragile Superpower (New York: Meridian, 1985) 165-166. Footnote24 James B. Crawley Japan's Quest For Autonomy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966) 270 ...
- 1907: The Japanese Colonial Legacy In Korea
- ... Japan's colonial heavy industrial plants were located primarily around the Yalu River in North Korea. Because of this the North had an edge in industrialization. For many years the North had the fastest growth rates of the communist countries, and its cities were on par with those of Eastern Europe. It was not until the early 1970's that the South surpassed the North in levels of industrialization. Because most ...
- 1908: Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians: The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... Meiji Era to be primarily an export based economy. Footnote22 Nakamura Takafusa Economic Growth in Prewar Japan (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983) 151-158. Nakamura Takafusa states that Japan was growing at vastly different rates between the urban areas and rural areas. Footnote23 Frank Gibney Japan the Fragile Superpower (New York: Meridian, 1985) 165-166. Footnote24 James B. Crawley Japan's Quest For Autonomy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966) 270 ...
- 1909: The Battle of Midway in the Pacific
- ... of the battle. Seven hundred miles west of Midway, Ensign Jack Reid flew his PBY-5A across a largely empty ocean, nearing the end of the outward leg of his patrol. He found nothing of interest and started to turn back. Just as he did, Reid saw some specks on the horizon 30 miles ahead. At first he thought they were dirt spots on the windshield. Then he looked again and ...
- 1910: Hitler, Nazis, and The National Socialist German Workers' Party
- ... groups perished swiftly. Fluids from diseased animals were injected into humans to observe the effect. Prisoners were forced to exist on sea water to see how long castaways might survive. Gynecology was an area of interest. Various methods of sterilization were practiced--by massive X-ray, by irritants and drugs, by surgery without benefit of anesthetic. As techniques were perfected, it was determined that a doctor with 10 assistants could sterilize ...
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