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Nostradamus
Number of Words: 513 / Number of Pages: 2
... Although Nostradamus was very interested in medicine, he began
reading books about the occult and took a fancy to predicting the future.
In 1550, he published his first book which contained prophecies for the
coming year. The almanac proved so successful and accurate that he began
publishing them annually. After several years, Nostradamus developed the
idea of writing a complete almanac, entitled Centuries. This book came to
consist of prophecies ranging in time from his present to the end of the
world. In Centuries there were one thousand quatrains, or verses of four
lines each. One which ...
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Comparison Of Trade Rivalries
Number of Words: 531 / Number of Pages: 2
... the U.S. was large and arrogant and refused to believe it
could face competition from Japan. Like Britain, U.S. industry
believed that they could hold onto markets and would not face
competition. British and U.S. industry were startled by the fast rate
of growth and industrialization that allowed Germany and Japan to
transform themselves quickly into trading rivals. This fast rate of
growth also caused friction between both sets of countries. Relations
between Germany and Great Britain were damaged as they bickered over
markets in particular colonies in Africa . This is simil ...
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Holocaust Rememberance Day
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... Jehova’s witnesses and Polish people,
the list goes on and on. Asides from all the deaths, Nazis are famous for notorious experiments
that they performed on “lower” races in and outside of their concentration camps. They tore apart
families, often making parents watch their children being escorted to the gas chambers. 11 million
people fled during the Holocaust, imagine how many lost their families.
On May 2nd you will see black tablecloths and burning candles on them. You can
also see some movies and statistics. When you do see this, stop for just a second and think about
those 11 milli ...
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The Hopewell
Number of Words: 3556 / Number of Pages: 13
... simply mingled with and mixed into the culture, is not certain, yet there has been no evidence of warfare to support the former. The result was a cultural explosion encompassing a vast majority of North America east of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast.
flourished in the Middle Woodland from 200 B.C. to AD 500. The environment was nearly what it is today. Temperate with lakes, streams, wetlands and flood-plains, the people took advantage of the seasonal weather in the Ohio River Valley via foraging as well as hunting and gathering. The cultivation of domestic strains of beans and maize was we ...
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The Protestant Reformation And Counter-Reformation
Number of Words: 319 / Number of Pages: 2
... of Lutheran ministers and also save peasants money. This
encouraged peasant converts. This also encouraged lords and princes to
convert. They would convert to sieze the holdings of the Church in their
lands and also to gian power over the new religion. Instead of the Church
controlling the officials, the officials controlled the (Lutheran) Church.
Lutherinism also stressed intent. He said that, for God to forgive a
person, the person would have to feel real regret, instead of iust paying a
fine. Luther also stated that, for a person to have good credited to their
soul, they would have to have a goo ...
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Vietnam War
Number of Words: 1451 / Number of Pages: 6
... government supported the South Vietnamese government. The government's policies led to rebellion in the South while the NFL was in the North Vietnam's team.
In 1940, the Japanese troops invaded French Indochina. Then the Vietnamese nationalists called the Viet Minh, began guerrilla warfare against Japan which got the US involved. The Viet Minh troops rescued US pilots that were down, located Japanese prison camps, and helped US prisoners escape, also providing advice and leadership to the Office of Strategic Services. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Viet Minh and was made a special OSS agent. Wh ...
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Atomic Bomb 7
Number of Words: 3133 / Number of Pages: 12
... The lives of millions of innocent people will be at risk. This is why we should fully understand the effects of the use of atomic bombs on mankind and the deadly repercussions such bombs will have on the future survival of our planet.
A man by the name of Albert Einstein first invented the Atomic Bomb during the late thirties and early forties. This was a time where the United States was involved in one of the worst wars ever recorded, World War Two. Hitler who lead the German army died later in the war was nicknamed the "Devil" himself (Bolt 5). After Germany was finally defeated, Japan continued on ...
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Timeline History Of Russia 1533-1991
Number of Words: 1221 / Number of Pages: 5
... from
the populace occures when they demand changes to the economic system. With
the development of the American, French and Spanish constitutions, the
serfs now demanded the abolishment of the monarchy dictatorship, communal
ownership of land and many other civil and social reforms. Unfortunately,
their rebellion was quickly dismantled by the Czar's military faction and
the system remained in tact.
1861-1905
Czar Nicholas II finally realized that his current economic monarchy
was holding back the development of the empire. He therefore created a
parliamentary system in 1905 which would ...
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James Watt Affected The Economic Growth Of Our Nation
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... it is possible." This method did not work at first, but in 1765 he discovered "that if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel, which was exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam, as an elastic fluid would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium. If that vessel were kept dry and cool by an injection, or otherwise, more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed." He fixed the problem of water and air coming out of the exhausted vessel by adding a pump to extract b ...
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Mining In Canada
Number of Words: 1920 / Number of Pages: 7
... the manufacturing sector, the high tech industries and even the better known resource industries are all dependent, in some way, on the mining industry. The mining industry will continue to be an important support to the economy. Mining is taking full advantage of the quick expansion of computers and microelectronics. These technologies are found in nearly every aspect of mineral development activity - from exploration methods, through production, mineral processing and even marketing. Computers and related equipment now have a lot of different applications in geophysical logging, geochemistry, geolog ...
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