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European History Essays and Term Papers
GangsOriginally the word gang had no negative connotation. In Old English, gang simply referred to a "number of people who went around together-a group." Today a gang can be defined in four basic ways:
� an organized group with a leader
� a unified group that usually remains together during peaceful ...
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British Imperialism In AfricaThe motives of Britain's imperialist activities in Africa from 1869 to 1912 were strategic and defensive. While other motives did exist, such as to colonize, to search for new markets and materials, to attain revenge and world prestige, to convert natives to Christianity, and to spread the English ...
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Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer was born in Florence, Italy in the
year of 1454. Florence was a good city to grow up in for young Amerigo, because
of the growing interest in the field of exploration. Some of the adults told
young Amerigo about the wonders and riches of the Indies. Like the other ...
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Human Cloning -“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life; and man became a livingsoul . . . and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman and brought ...
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Movie: The MissionThe movie, "The Mission," is about how the Spanish in cooperation with
Pourtugal try to get the Jesuits off land negotiated by the two countries. The
Spanish Church sends people into Asuncion, Paraguay to persuade the Jesuits to
get off the land. The film includes spiritual and political ...
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Problems Caused By Air PollutionSome people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the
people, but it is doing worse, by killing the earth and getting people sick.
"Air pollutants," according to Gay, "are known to cause respiratory diseases,
cancer, and other serious illnesses" (12). Air pollution not only ...
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Us Presidents 30-4230. President - Calvin Coolidge
Term - August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929
Coolidge set out to establish a working relationship with the leading members of the Harding administration, and he drew on many people for advice and help. The scandals of Harding's presidency, particularly the Teapot Dome ...
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The RenaissanceWithin only a few decades, between the years 1450 and 1550, the history of the world was changed drastically. During that century, in which the modern world was born, Gutenberg perfected printing, Christopher Columbous discovered continents unknown to Europe, it was found that the Earth revolved ...
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Holocaust 7Anti-Semitism has been a problem for the Jews ever since the seventeenth century. The Christians, while trying to convert the Jews to Christianity, took strong measures against the Jews. They burned the Talmud, a book of civil and religious laws, and torched other holy writings. Jews have always ...
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Medieval WeaponsWeapons are the tools of today and the death of tomorrow. At one time all weapons were tools. They were a means of survival among a harsh planet and cruel animals. The age of knights changed the true meaning of these tools forever. They now possessed the power of life and the power of death. ...
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Financial InstabilityThe soaring volume of international finance and increased
interdependence in recent decades has increased concerns about volatility and
threats of a financial crisis. This has led many to investigate and analyze the
origins, transmission, effects and policies aimed to impede ...
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Native American Experiences During King Philip's War1. In what ways does Rowlandson's narrative provide evidence about ?
2. Although it was not Rowlandson's intention to present them, can you uncover any Indian viewpoints on the English and on King Philip's War from her narrative?
3. How does Rowlandson's experience as a captive and author inform ...
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Ukraine's size is about 233,000 sq. miles. It is located to the north of the Black Sea. It is bordered by Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Most of the land is flat. The only uplands are the Carpathian Mountains, located in the southwest part of the country, and the Crimean Mountains, ...
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The PLOFunctioning as a Palestinian government, the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964 as a political body representing the
Palestinians in their efforts to reclaim their country from the Israelis.
Originally an umbrella organization of refugee and military groups, it
was ...
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Henrik Ibsen was born in the Stockman Building in Skien, Norway. He spent part of his childhood on Venstøp Farm after his father went bankrupt. In 1843, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Grimstad. That was when he began writing satire and elegant poems in the style of the time. He wrote his first ...
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Who Was To Blame For The Cold War??
The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it
developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be
argued that the Cold War was inevitable, and therefore no one's fault, due to
the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only ...
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Capital PunishmentIntroduction
is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since
the early 1800's most executions have resulted from convictions for murder. The
death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery,
kidnapping, rape, and treason. There is a lot of conflict between ...
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Painting Nude Figure By Pabblo PicassoPablo Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881. Pablo was the son of a respected art teacher, and due to his father's influence, young Pablo entered the Academy at Barcelona at age 14. This was where he painted his first great work, "Girl with Bare Feet". After two years of schooling, Picasso ...
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Apartheid In South AfricaINTRODUCTION
Canada is still correcting unjust treatment of our Aboriginal citizens, and
the end is not yet in sight. However, Canada has a better record, than
another former British colony, South Africa. For 250 years, South African
treatment of its original peoples, was an international ...
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Berlin WallWith the aim of preventing East Germans from seeking asylum in the West, the East German government in 1961 began constructing a system of concrete and barbed-wire barriers between East and West Berlin. This endured for nearly thirty years, a symbol not only of the division of Germany but of the ...
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