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Saint Paul's Cathedral
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... feet.
It was the largest church in England. The spire was 489 feet and was
completed in 1315. It was struck by lightening in 1447 and was not
repaired until 1462. Surrounding the Norman cathedral was the bishop's
palace, the deanery, and the houses of the residentiary canons. A chapter
house was built on the south side of the cathedral. The most famous part
of the precincts was Paul's Cross. It was an open air pulpit. The
Cathedral School was to the east. It is now very well known as St. Paul's
School. In the fourteenth century there were great changes in the interior
of the cathedral. The f ...
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Atlantis
Number of Words: 1025 / Number of Pages: 4
... and even continents. Plato believed that Thira, Crete, and the Canary Islands all used to be parts of . Scientists even believe that the island of Thera might possibly be . It was also said that was closely linked to the Americas and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Because of it’s size, was said to be a land bridge between the Americas and the area around the Pillars of Hercules. It is speculated that early Asians, animals, and plants traveled across to get to the Americas. This would explain why some plants and animals are indigenous to continents on both sides of the globe, and it would also expl ...
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Ecuador
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... flowers used in making insecticides. Farmers raise cattle for meat and dairy products.
On the coastal waters, fishing is rich. Ecuador is the leader in the tuna fishing. Ecuador also fishes herring, mackerel, and shrimp.
Transportation
The lack of all-weather roads held back economic development in Ecuador for many years. In the 1960's new roads have helped people to get from one place to another. The Pan American Highway runs through Ecuador from north to south.
Communication
The largest newspaper, El Universo, is published in Guayaquil. The daily sale of this newspaper is 84,000 copi ...
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The United States
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... has enjoyed economic preeminence, particularly during the post-World War II era. Yet the population, per-capita wealth, and general welfare are unevenly distributed, with affluent areas often contiguous with areas of poverty. Beginning in the 1970s faced economic difficulties brought on by a high foreign trade deficit, the declining value of the dollar abroad, high governmental spending, and inflation. In the 1980s, inflation was brought under control, and tax-cutting stimulated economic expansion in some sectors. The trade deficit remained, however, and the national debt burgeoned. To address the is ...
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Australia
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... Antarctica on early world maps.
In many ways Australia is unusual among continents. It lacks major relief
features and has a high proportion of dry land. The continent's isolation from
other landmasses accounts for its unique varieties of vegetation and animal life,
and for the existence of a Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) culture among the
Aborigines. Except for Antarctica, Australia was probably the last continent to
be inhabited by humans and the last to be explored and settled by Europeans. It
is the only continent comprising a single nation-state.
Dutch explorers first sighted Australia in the ea ...
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Jerusalem
Number of Words: 324 / Number of Pages: 2
... it is maintained that Jesus was
originally buried at this site. The Church was rebuilt by Crusaders in 1099
CE, but it was originally built in the fourth century.
The St. James Cathedral is the center of attention in the Armenian
part. Many families who escaped the Armenian Holocaust in 1915 settled in
the Old City. Many of the residents of this part of the Armenian Quarter
practice the Greek Orthodox religion.
The last section of the city is the Muslim Section. Atop the Temple
Mount are the gold-domed Dome of the Rock (661 BCE) and the silver-domed
al-Aqsa mosques. The Rock refe ...
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Modern Japan Since 1945
Number of Words: 352 / Number of Pages: 2
... goes a lot easier. In mid 1990 Japan was rank third for domestic product and weren’t far away to get second place. Japan was exporting passenger car, petroleum, iron and steel, electronic equipment, coal, pulp and natural gas. Petroleum is 35 per cent worth out of all exporting stuff. Japan gets 5 billion worth of cash from exporting and importing. Late 1990 the role of heavy industry grows in importance for the economy. The Japan manufacture for steelmaking was rank first, so was textile. In 1913 Japan was the second best for trading. Japan main trading partner is United States. Truck’s, ferryboats ...
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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... Rainier of Monaco that her father's domain (John B. Kelly,
Sr., was president of the Fairmount Park Commission) was larger than her
husband's. Indeed, the Principality of Monaco covers only .6 square miles,
but the 4,077.59 acres of Fairmount Park extend over 6 square miles.’ The
road we would be taking was, thusly, called Kelly Drive.
The tour then begun at the Philadelphia Art Museum, home of
hundreds of phenomenal artwork displays. Here, I saw the sculpture of Joan
of Arc, in which I found out a kind of interesting story. I found out that
Joan died at 19 years old when she was burned at the ...
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Alexander's Empire
Number of Words: 1858 / Number of Pages: 7
... cities, yet when Perdiccas III,
king of Macedonia, fell in 359 B.C. while fighting the Illyrians the
seaboard of his state was largely under Athenian control or in the hands of
the Chalcidian league, grouped about Olynthus.
Philip (382-36), brother of the dead king, was made regent for the
infant heir, soon set aside his nephew, and became outright king.
Once power was his, the young monarch swiftly brought order to his
domain by armed force when necessary, by diplomatic guile whenever he could,
Philip set out to make Macedon the greatest power in the Greek world.
Alexander was born in 3 ...
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Colombia
Number of Words: 522 / Number of Pages: 2
... coffee,allovial fertile soil {Colombia
contains several fertile low lying valleys,but only about 5% of the
country`s land area,chiefly at higher elevations,is cultivated.Soil
exhaustion and erosion,largely the result of primitive slash
burningfarming methods,are problems in argricultural regions}
,salt,oil,gold,fine timber hardwoods,
rice,cacao,tobacco,bananas,beans,maize sugar,illegal drugs is the 2nd most
highest export crop,textiles chemicals,silver,plantium,copper,bauxite,iron
ore,phosphates,uranium,leather,books,and emeralds.
Colombia,republic in South America,situated in the northwetsern
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