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- 1111: Cuban Revolution
- ... character, forced Castro to turn to the Soviets for alliance and aid. When Castro visited the United States in April, 1959, there were different respected individuals holding different views of him and his future actions. Nixon believed Castro to be naive, some others thought him a welcome change from Batista, still others called him an "immature but effective leader, without a well formed view of how to lead a revolutionary movement ...
- 1112: Crusades 4
- ... attack to recapture Jerusalem in 1187. In early October, Saladin defeated the crusaders and gained control of Jerusalem. Pope Gregory VIII then called for a third crusade. Frederick I, Roman Emperor, Philip II, French king, Richard I of England, all joined together to assemble one of the most powerful armies during the time of the middle ages. However, due to the many misfortunes the crusaders faced, they were not able to ...
- 1113: Communism
- ... of Communism. New York: Random House Publishing, 1960. Farah, Mounir, The Human Experience. Columbus: Bell & Howess Co., 1990. Luttwak, Edward N., The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union. New York: St. Martins Press, 1983. Pipes, Richard, Survival is Not Enough. New York: S&S Publishing, 1975. Stoessinger, John G., Nations in Darkness. Boston: Howard Books, 1985. Wren, Christopher S., The End of the Line. San Francisco: Blackhawk Publishing, 1988.
- 1114: Colonization
- ... established England as a great naval power and "cleared the way for English colonization of America."(pg.43) England's final motivation for colonization still included its sense of national greatness which was promoted by Richard Hakluyt: "to extend the reformed religion, to expand trade, to supply England's needs from her own dominions, to provide bases in case of war with Spain, to enlarge the queen's revenues and navy ...
- 1115: Civil War 2
- ... gun into the US artillery. In October of 1861 Lincoln bought ten "coffee-mill" guns, without consulting anyone, at a price of $1,300 each. It was the first machine-gun order in history. Dr. Richard J. Gatling, a North Carolina farm boy, patented a six-barrel machine gun on November 4, 1862. He later adapted it to use steel-jacketed cartridges. The rate of fire for the gun was 250 ...
- 1116: Battle Of Gettysburg
- ... Adolph von Steinwehr in reserve on Cemetery Hill south of Gettysburg, Howard rushed the rest of his winded men, who had come into Gettysburg on the run, to meet a new threat from Lieutenant General Richard Ewell sweeping down from the North of town. A. Wilson Greene makes a compelling argument defending Howard's strategic performance in his essay, "From Chancellorsville to Cemetery Hill." Howard's XI Corps deployed north of ...
- 1117: Ancient Greek Theatre Architec
- ... and Criticism. New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc. 1974 Foundation of the Hellenic World, the Theater, 1997, 10/19/1999, Norwich, John Julius, Great Architecture of the World. New York, Bonanza Books, 1982 Leacroft, Richard and Helen, Theatre and Playhouse. London, Methuen, 1984 Rawl, Mariam F. The First Theaters. Calliope. November 1997: 12-17
- 1118: A Short History Of Anti-semiti
- ... Germany, and were inescapably destined to touch even the most divine of the country s richly gifted artists. Centuries later, one of Germany s most respected and admired composers would emerge from the same soil-Richard Wagner. The composer openly voiced his dislike of the Jewish people, and according to Gordon Craig, (Wagner) prided himself on his services to the anti-Semitic cause (139). Even Hermann Levi, a Jewish conductor who ...
- 1119: A Comparison Of Medieval And R
- ... Faustus where Faustus has the opportunity to redeem himself, but does not, and "evil" conquers all. We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. Shakespeare especially dominates this subject matter because of historic events in his lifetime. Because of political strife between the Catholics and Protestants, and to avoid conflict, Queen Elizabeth forbid the subject ...
- 1120: American Revolution Are Teh Pe
- ... of the American colonies because they came together to help another colonies in need in the struggle against Britain. The British didn t expect this help to come the other colonies. On February 24th, 1774 Richard henry Lee spoke of how all the colonies began to become outraged over the acts being passed by the British Parliament. He feels that the colonies are becoming more united and should begin to defend ...
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