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- 7161: European Settlements
- The European history of Virginia began in 1570 with a short-lived Spanish mission probably located on the York River. In 1584, Sir Humphrey Gilbert obtained a grant from Queen Elizabeth to colonize all of North America not occuppied by the Spanish or French. The first ...
- 7162: Enlightenment Thinkers
- ... Hobbes decided that conflict was part of human nature. Without governments to keep order, Hobbes said, there would be war of everyone against everyone. In this state of nature life would be nasty, brutish, and short. In his book Leviathan, Hobbes argued that to escape such a bleak life, people gave up their rights to a strong ruler. In exchange, they gained law and order. Hobbes called this agreement, by which ...
- 7163: Egypt Civilization
- ... were sleeveless. This looks very different from the tom paintings where women are shown wearing skintight transparent dresses with no underclothes. I guess they wanted the art more attractive. Men usually wore loin-cloths and short kilts. Much of the people's clothes were made of linen because for the mostly hot weather they needed light, loose, and easily washed clothes. Linen was perfect for that. Children went naked whenever it ...
- 7164: Early Resistance To British Na
- ... call the protest off and admit it a mistake. Gandhi himself was arrested shortly afterward in 1922 and sentenced to six years, but he was released four years early due to appendicitis. However, even this short sentence took its toll. The INC had split into two parts and the strong bond that had grown between the Hindus and Muslims when they protested together had dissolved as well. Small struggles still took ...
- 7165: Early Leaders And Great Kingdo
- ... and established the cities of Gao, Walata, Timbuktu, and Nenne as major intellectual centers where scholarship was encouraged. Timbuktu was a grand city of about one hundred thousand residents. Its wealth in gold and its stories of intrigue and mystery made it one of the most celebrated cities of its time. It flourished as a business district with many shops, a religious site with the Great Mosque, and an intellectual center ...
- 7166: Eleanor Aquitaine
- ... piece was still in and Gangrene set in. Eleanor took Richards death as a great shock and never fully recovered. With Richard's death his brother John would now become King, who unlike Richard was short, fat and ugly. He lived a life of luxury and became known as a glutton and a drunkard. Eleanor died April 1of 1204. During her lifetime Eleanor had accomplished what many only have dreamed of ...
- 7167: Education Of The Middle Ages
- ... chastity, obedience, and the law or the lord if not followed they would be thrown out of the monastery. Most monasteries had a rule of silence: monks could not talk which other except for a short period of time. During meals one monk might read passages from the bible while the others mediated. Even though monks lives seem to be so hard it was the best place to go for a ...
- 7168: King Arthur Versus Zeus
- Inside the compilation of mythical stories of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, retold by Roger Green, and Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, two major characters in each story that could be expressed in similar ...
- 7169: Korean War 2
- ... United Nations played a major role in. It was also part of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union. One of the deadliest war in history, it took many lives in such a short span of time of three years. Even after all these deaths, the conflict isn't completely resolved in Korea. There are still American troops stationed in South Korea, in case the Communists decide to take ...
- 7170: East Asian Crisis In The Econo
- ... designed to restore the health of the Asian economy. The International Monetary Fund is offering $60 billion in aid packages to Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea (Lacayo 1). The aid will be used for converting short-term debt to long-term debt and to keep currencies from falling lower in the world market (Passell 2). Lower currency values make repaying loans to other nations more difficult (Sanger 1 ). The aid packages ...
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