... Berlin, into a cultural center he founded what was to become one of the finest libraries in the world, the Prussian State Library. He made his palace a center of art. Frederick construction program beautified Berlin with new churches and huge public buildings. He also established an academy of Sciences. Tsar Peter I was the only one of the autocrats to build an entirely new capital, called ST. Petersburg. Policies were implemented to establish precedence. Louis XIV implemented polices to expand Frances’s frontiers and to assert his superiority over other European states. In the early 1680s, Louis adopted the Marquis aim and asserted ...
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... restricted to reserves or “reservations”. Their land has been taken from them, and little if any was given in return. The people who live among these reservations try to preserve the “old way of life.” Another thing taken from the Indians of Americas was their way of life. One thing almost all people hold close to their heart is their way of life whatever it may be. The Indians however were persecuted for their beliefs and either killed or converted to the “Spanish Catholicism” or many other varying ways of life. This conversion did not take place peacefully. Many resisting Indians died for their cause. The Indians of the Americas could no longer hunt and g ...
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... live right on the coast of the Atlantic ocean, its no wonder why. This region has impacted Canada because they supply the country with revenue from the fish industry, as well as their abundant forest industry. However, because of differences in culture and lifestyles the people in this region have and that of the rest of the country, stereotypes have arisen, and this hasn't helped in uniting Canada as a country. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region consists of Ontario and Quebec. It is split into two parts by a thin arm of the Canadian Shield. This region is where the majority of Canada's population is centered. Canada's two most populated c ...
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... Wales, Northumberland and Durham. The strikers were aggravated further when mine owners brought in black-leg labour to work whilst strikes continued. Mining strikes were particularly known for rioting and looting, and during one particular strike in Tonypandy, Churchill brought in the military to crush uprisings, which led to sympathy strikes in other pits. Though, as T.O. Lloyd points out, these early strikes did not seriously affect the Liberal government (evidence of which is shown in the 1910 election results), the worst was yet to come. In 1911 a Dockers strike in Southampton and subsequent sympathy strikes in other ports led to widespread rioting, looti ...
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... brought out the worst in many people and many people who cherished the old America feared for the worst. During the period from 1921 to 1929 the economy was characterized by industrial growth and increased productivity. The "Welfare Capitalism", was initiated by corporate managers to improve the work environment. Therefore workers became even more productive, and new industries began emerging or expanding to great heights. Technology was increasing bringing the first radio commercial which was heard in 1920, and by 1929, 40% of the homes had radios. The Movie Industry boomed being able to build beautiful theatres. The love for the sporting events, and most popular ...
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... but eventually move to play it as a team. Henry is role-playing to regain the sense of order he has lost when he realizes the futility of the war and his lack of place in it. Catharine is role-playing to deal with the loss of her fiancé and to try to find order in the arena of the war. When they are able to role-play together, “ the promise of mutual support” is what becomes so important to them as they try to cope with their individual human vulnerability. Floating down the river with barely a hold on a piece of wood his life, he abandons everything except Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasingly difficult t ...
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... the command of British officers, besieged Jerusalem. By April, Haganah, the principal Jewish military group, seized the offensive, scoring victories against the Arab Liberation Army in northern Palestine, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. British military forces withdrew to Haifa; although officially neutral, some commanders assisted one side or the other. After the British had departed and the state of Israel had been established on May 15, 1948, under the premiership of David BEN-GURION, the Palestine Arab forces and foreign volunteers were joined by regular armies of Transjordan (now the kingdom of JORDAN), IRAQ, LEBANON, and SYRIA, with token support from S ...
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... sheep because of a storm. On the way to check on the sheep the group found bits of debris everywhere and a long shallow trench. Could it have been a weather balloon? Col. Blanchard sent Major Jesse Marcel to investigate. Marcel was able to determine what direction it came from, and which direction it was heading. He also believed it must of exploded above the ground and fell. Major Jesse Marcel said the debris was “strewn over a wide area and the metal was as thin as aluminium foil but indestructible”. Is there anything to indicate that this really was a UFO but it was being covered up the 509th bomb group? Back in Roswell, Glenn Dennis, a young mortician working a ...
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... in England and America, but by taking a look at the Muslim World from Bosnia to Nigeria, and from Indonesia to Morocco, one can clearly see that Muslims come from many various races, ethnic groups and nationalities. It is also interesting to note that in actuality, more than 80% of all Muslims are not Arabs - there are more Muslims in Indonesia than in the whole Arab World! So though even though it is true that most Arabs are Muslims, the large majority of Muslims are not Arabs. However, anyone who submits completely to God and worships Him alone is a Muslim. Continuity of the Message Islam is not a new religion because "submission to the will of God", i.e. Isla ...
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... of the Hindu god Vishnu (Visnu)--with a strong tinge of Jainism, a morally rigorous Indian religion, whose chief tenets are nonviolence and the belief that everything in the universe is eternal. Thus he took for granted ahimsa (noninjury to all living beings), vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between adherents of various creeds and sects. (see also Index: ahimsa, or ahimsa) Youth. The educational facilities at Porbandar were rudimentary; in the primary school that Mohandas attended, the children wrote the alphabet in the dust with their fingers. Luckily for him, his father became dewan of Rajkot, another princely state. Though ...
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