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Biography Of Christopher Columbus
Number of Words: 406 / Number of Pages: 2
... acquired during his travels, and by reading and
studying charts and maps, Christopher concluded that the earth was 25
percent smaller than was previously thought, and composed mostly of land.
On the basis of these faulty beliefs, he decided that Asia could be reached
quickly by sailing west. In 1484 he submitted his theories to John II, king
of Portugal, petitioning him to finance a westward crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean. His proposal was rejected by a royal maritime commission because of
his miscalculations and because Portuguese ships were already rounding
Africa.
Soon after, Columbus moved to Spai ...
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Benedict Arnold
Number of Words: 1834 / Number of Pages: 7
... counterpart was General John Burgoyne. The open-field battle style considerable favored the British troops of Burgoyne. The American’s had their backs against the wall; they were almost out of options, until their savior literally rode in on horseback. This man was General . He rode in from Freeman’s Farm where Gates, Arnold’s superior, had taken his authority away because of Arnold’s “insubordination”. Arnold thought nothing of Major Gates’orders to stay at Freeman’s Farm and rode off with no sign of slowing. “ No Man will keep me in my te ...
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Queen Elizabeth I
Number of Words: 815 / Number of Pages: 3
... but in four
languages. She was fluent in the languages of Greek, Latin, French, and
Italian.
When Henry died in 1547, her brother, Edward, took over the throne at
ten years of age. Edward, with a short reign on the throne, died in 1553,
and Elizabeth's half, older sister, Mary took the throne. Mary, like
Edward, died on November 17, 1558, after a short time on the throne.In
October 1562, Queen Elizabeth almost died of small pox.
In 1584, Europe's other major protestant leader, William of Orange,
was assassinated. For the first time in her life, Elizabeth showed some
concern. S ...
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Biography Of William Hearst
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... a success. This began his career in publishing.
In 1895, William moved to New York City and bought the New York
Journal and made it a success. New York became the headquarters for the
Hearst Corporation. He competed directly with The (New York) World which
was published by Joseph Pulitzer. Soon he purchased other papers and
magazines. Thirty years after managing the Examiner, William owned 25
daily newspapers and magazines. The Hearst eagle became his trademark. He
started the International News Service in 1909 to help reporting for all
the publications. Because he started out ...
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Frank Liszt
Number of Words: 717 / Number of Pages: 3
... from Ireland to Turkey, Portugal to Russia. In 1848, he took up a full-time job conducting post at the Weimar court. Living with Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, he wrote or revised most of the major works for which he is known, conducted new operas by Wagner, Berlioz and Verdi and, as the teacher of Hans von Bülow and others in the German avant-garde, became the figurehead of the 'New German school'. In 1861- 1869 he lived mainly in Rome, writing religious works taking minor orders in 1865; from 1870 he traveled regularly between Rome, Weimar and Budapest. He remained active as a teache ...
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The Work Of Cormac McCarthy
Number of Words: 1686 / Number of Pages: 7
... in memories and
contacts, held in an ongoing meaning by individuals as fragments, subject
to loss as memory dims and subject to arbitrary changes without order or
meaning" (Richey 141).
These same critics compare McCarthy's writing to past writers
saying that McCarthy shares some aspects of his writing with Thomas Pynchon,
Edmund Wilson, Saul Bellow, and James Joyce. "A sophisticated reader on
first looking into Joyce's Ulysses might well wonder about the meaning of
what is going on. A reader on first looking into McCarthy's fiction might
well wonder, just what is going on" (Aldridge 90). Al ...
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Is The History Nonsense?
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... in the present. As we know, "Rome is not built in one day." Our human development depends on the flow of history. We absorb knowledge from our history, remold our society, make new inventions and make progress. For example, the interaction of bursts of technological development First, appeared the steam power and drove the industrial revolution ; then introduced the railways; third , with the electrical power; fourth with cheap oil and the car. Not only are the history of innovation of technologies closely connected each other, but also are the political policies. This aspect is acknowledged by the ...
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Alexander The Great
Number of Words: 672 / Number of Pages: 3
... leadership and training which made the Macedonians incomparable in war and in administration and enabled them as rulers of the so-called Hellenistic kingdoms to control the greater part of the civilised world for a century or more". He believed in Homonoia and wanted all peoples to be united as one. He was able to gain the respect of the people he had just conquered and as a result, he had a multi-racial army. His ability to lead an army of such a diverse nature has never been rivalled. He integrated all of the people he conquered, including all of Asia, into one empire. "As his power extended, he d ...
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The Harmful Effects Of Discrimination And Segregation
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... obviously affect the children’s state of mind. In the experiment to prove this hypothesis many
black children were given a variety of white dolls and black dolls. They were then told to describe what they
thought of each doll. The results were in fact that majority of the young black children related the bad
characteristics with the black dolls and the good characteristics with the white dolls. It was then proven that
segregation and discrimination have long term inferiority issues with the children.
Fear is another result of discrimination and segregation. Segregation pushes the dominant g ...
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The Life Of Harry Houdini
Number of Words: 2044 / Number of Pages: 8
... Hungarian, and German. The family
was quite poor so most of the children began to work at an early age. From
the age of eight young Ehrich Weiss sold newspapers and worked as a shoe
shine boy. Please note that when coming to the United States there were
often many spellings of names as people adjusted to English. At the age of
12, young Ehrich left home to make his way in the world in an attempt to
help support his family. This was a great sign of independence. This is
contrary to those who incorrectly claim he was overly obsessed with his
mother. However he did love her very much.
Houdini moves to N ...
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