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- 591: Golda Meir
- ... in writing it. This book goes into great detail in describing the early life of Golda Mabovich. In my opinion, this book didn't have any faults because I have never before spent any time studying Golda Meir in my life. The author of the book Golda Meir, Karen McAuley, is a graduate of Bennington College. She has written several textbooks and she has devised educational programs for High School students ...
- 592: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... from something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbad Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed ...
- 593: Henry David Thoreau was a Rebel
- ... signaled by the dawn, also becomes a signal to renew the dawn in us, and rise with the sun to an intellectual level, by reading the best works of the best writers (184). Finally, by studying nature closely, Thoreau discovered the divine pattern of all creation, a simple leaf. "Thus it seemed that this one hillside illustrated the principle of all operations of Nature. The Maker of this earth but patented ...
- 594: Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell
- ... political altercations, he joined the Guelphs, as opposed to the Chibellines, and he was involved in a battle and emerged victorious. It was around this time, 1290, that Beatrice died, after she died he began studying philosophy, he read the works of Boethius and Cicero. He soon after married Gemma Donati, a member of a noble Florentine Guelph family. He attempted to settle down and forget Beatrice, however he became more ...
- 595: The Holocaust
- ... This study will highlight the inaccurate beliefs that were believed to be true about racial and religious differences at the time of the Holocaust. Students will learn it is wrong to have racial injustice by studying the Holocaust. They will learn the consequences when prejudice gets out of control. We see the beginnings of this sort of violence already occuring even in Bexar County as evidenced by gang disturbances such as ...
- 596: The Titanic - History of a Disaster
- ... he went aboard the U.S. Navy research ship Knorr. The ship used its sonar equipment to explore eighty percent of the ocean floor where the Titanic was believed to be. On September 1, after studying the video screens, Dr. Ballard discovered where the Titanic was lying. On a second expedition made in July of 1986, Ballard brought his small vessel called the Alvin to the site. His findings were as ...
- 597: The Tokugawa Period
- ... that Japan had never experienced before. This is also the period in which Japans distinct culture reached its apex. The number of historical records, right down to the local level, make Tokugawa perfect for studying (Lehmann 124). Not only is it of interest for its own sake, it is also important to study the period for better insight into the countries modernization. Before the country modernized, the system ruling over ...
- 598: The Treatment of Prisoners by Nazis
- ... conducted on dwarfs and twins. The Nazi doctors tried to connect to twins to form Siamese twins. The two twins were surgically connected along their arms and legs. Countless facts can be cultured by simply studying material pertaining to the camps. Some of these statistics include the layout of the camps, record keeping, death toll, and command staffs. Every day a new person learns about the Holocaust. It is an astounding ...
- 599: The Hellenistic Age
- ... important of which was Alexandria in Egypt. Under the Ptolemies, who used their wealth to attract poets, scholars, artists, and scientists, the city became a great economic, cultural, and religious center. A new institute of studying was encouraged during this time period; a literary criticism was pursued. Scholarship rather than inspiration marked poetry. Many advances were made in science as empirical medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. Hellenistic physicians, made dissection of human ...
- 600: History of the World
- ... of world history begins only about 5,500 years ago with the invention of writing. The period before people began to write is usually called prehistory. Archaeologists have pieced together the story of prehistory by studying what the people left behind, including artwork, tools, ruins of buildings, fossils, and even their own skeletons. Such objects provide the main evidence of what prehistoric people were like and how they lived. For a ...
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