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African-Americans In The South
Number of Words: 1214 / Number of Pages: 5
... life helped sustain African Americans in slavery. People often chose their own partners, lived under the same roof, raised children together, and protected each other. Brutal treatment at the hands of slaveholders, however, threatened black family life. Enslaved women experienced sexual exploitation at the hands of slaveholders and overseers. Bondspeople lived with the constant fear of being sold away from their loved ones, with no chance of reunion. Historians estimate that most bondspeople were sold at least once in their lives. No event was more traumatic in the lives of enslaved individuals than ...
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Colonization
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... Passage. England, spurred by growing national rivalries with France and especially Spain, explored the New World for the purpose of harassing the Spanish and also in the hopes that it would not get left behind in the exploration race. Spain became the only country whose original intentions for exploring the New World translated into its final motivation for . The Spanish rigorously tried to convert the Indians and continued their search for silver and gold. England's initial quest for national superiority over Spain was added to its numerous motives for , while France and Holland digressed the mo ...
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The Age Of Exploration: Europe
Number of Words: 516 / Number of Pages: 2
... America.
Juan Ponce de Le¢n set out to find the Fountain of Youth. He never
did find the fountain, but he discovered the land that he named "Florida".
Vasci de Balboa was the first to push through the jungle of Central America,
On the other side he discovered a vast body of water that he named "South
Sea", because he thought that it was South of Asia. This Ocean was named
the "Pacific".
Magellan, of Portagual, founded the narrow straits at the Southern
tip of South America. It was later named the "Strait of Magellan". He was
later killed by Philippine Natives and four of his ships ...
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The Fall Of The Roman Empire
Number of Words: 420 / Number of Pages: 2
... A reason for this being the insufficience of a deep education.
For the schools at that time put a greater emphasis on reading and writing
rather than on stimulating intellectual education.
The third element resulting in the collapse of the Roman empire was
the instability of succession for the throne. At times rulership was passed
from father to son, yet at times it was not. Consequently leading up to
many conflicts and civil wars thereby weakening the empire.
The last reason for the fall of the Roman empire was its great size.
For many years the empire grew until it finally came to ...
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Saddam Hussien War
Number of Words: 1802 / Number of Pages: 7
... that Kuwait had illegally pumped oil from the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to reduce Iraq's essential oil income.
By invading Kuwait, Iraq succeeded in surprising the entire world. The USA ended her policy of accommodating Saddam Hussein, which had existed since the Iran-Iraq war. Negative attitude toward Iraq was soon a worldwide phenomenon. The United Nations Security Council passed 12 resolutions condemning the invasion. The ultimate decision was to use military force if Iraq did not withdraw unconditionally by January 15, 1991. Then, when the deadline was set, it was tim ...
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Black Plague
Number of Words: 1071 / Number of Pages: 4
... coughed or sneezed in to the air or by human fleas.
The plague had struck other parts of the world before it was first reported in Europe. The disease had been found in China and throughout India around 1332. Nomadic horsemen may have carried the plague westward between China and the Black Sea, where it apparently spread into Russia. Rumors had spread to Europe about the strange and terrible things happening in the East. Europeans began fearing this plague not knowing of its origin or cause. Eventually, the same unusual things started to occur in Europe and the plague was then reported to be in Eu ...
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The Vietnam War
Number of Words: 2695 / Number of Pages: 10
... "baby killers", and were often spat upon. With the complexities of war already long overdrawn because of the length of the war it is no wonder the returning solders often left home confused and returned home insane. Through an examination of , in particular an event know as the My Lai Massacre, and the people involved with both, it can be proven that when the threshold for violence of a person is met or exceeded, the resulting psychological scarring becomes the most prominent reason for war being hell.
Although officially, the Vietnam Conflict had neither a beginning nor an end, for the purpose of this ...
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Changes Before The Revolution
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... colonies. Slaves were also used in the northern colonies, but in far fewer numbers. The survival rates as well as birthrates tended to be high for slaves brought to the North American colonies. Also, the British colonies grew rapidly in population and wealth. Trade and cities flourished.
Building on English foundations of political liberty, the colonists extended the concepts of liberty and self-government far beyond those envisioned in the mother country. By the mid eighteenth century, the colonies all had similar systems of government. Governors would run each colony (there were three wa ...
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Intro To Islam
Number of Words: 2761 / Number of Pages: 11
... 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. Islam, has always been the only acceptable religion in the sight of God. For this reason, Islam is the true "natural religion", and it is t ...
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Adam Smith-free Trade
Number of Words: 1800 / Number of Pages: 7
... nations, as well as individuals, gain when they specialize in what they can do best and trade. Not, however, by trading goods for gold, but goods for other goods. "The revenue," he said, "of the person to whom it is paid, does not so properly consists in the piece of gold, as in what he can get for it or in what he can exchange it for" (Smith 499). This heretical statement set the stage for a controversy that has persisted for more than two hundred years. If Smith was right, as most economists nowadays believe he was, then there is no place in a rational world for measures to restrict trade thr ...
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