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River Valley Yellow River
515 words
From 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose
that historians to this day marvel at, the
Egyptians, the Sumerians, the Indus River Valley
people, and the Shang dynasty in China. They all
had great accomplishments in government, and
religion and inventions. While they had their own
different civilizations many similarities arise,
such as depending on the river and their
polytheistic religions. They had very isolated
civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians.
The geography, religion, an...
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Oregon Territory White Settlers
1,112 words
... using white colonization of the Oregon Country
was closing the connections between the Cayuse
Indians and the Whitman mission. With the number
of whites now living in the former Cayuse land
came many diseases that were unfamiliar to the
Indians. Common sicknesses that whites were
accustomed to were killing the Natives. The Cayuse
became unresponsive to the Whitman's because the
couple helped the people who were killing them. In
1847, Narcissa said something about the continued
white settleme...
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Time Life Books King Tutankhamen
1,184 words
... d childless, leaving Aye to rule the throne
32. No matter how or why King Tutankhamen died, he
did and in a The discovery of King Tutankhamen was
very exciting. It is one of the most famous
discoveries in the whole world. The discovery took
place over 3, 000 years after King Tutankhamen
died. In November of 1922, Lord Carnarvon funded
an expedition to the Valley of the Kings. The
British archaeologist, Howard Carter, led the
group 33. Lord Carnarvon had already been
searching for King Tutank...
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Army Of Northern Virginia Confederate Troops
1,034 words
... slavery had an evil effect on masters as well
as slaves. Long before the war, he had freed the
few slaves whom he had inherited. Lee greatly
admired George Washington, and hated the thought
of a divided nation. But he came to feel that his
state was protecting the very liberty, freedom,
and legal principles for which Washington had
fought. He was willing to leave the union, as
Washington had left the British Empire, to fight
what the South called a second war of
independence. Lee had great d...
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Persian Gulf Nile River
909 words
The Egyptians were the first to make bread that is
soft, light and filled with air. They also made
the first ovens, because they need a different way
to bake the larger mass of dough used for this new
kind of bread. The Egyptians used mud bricks that
have been dried in the sun to make houses. The sun
is shining on our backs. In town, we shall be paid
fish for our barley. That was a song of Egyptian
farmers, more than 3, 000 year ago. Wall paintings
in ancient tombs show farmers at work in their ...
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Single Parent Families Young Mothers
1,083 words
There are so many young mothers in todays society
that its becoming so normal to have a one-parent
family with a young mother in charge. Young teen
mothers having children has increased so much over
the years that its now a regular thing. Being a
young single mother in todays society is
challenging but with the help of government
assistance single mothers are finding their way.
The government has provided some help for these
mothers with welfare. Welfare is a program for
single parents with low ...
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Ramses Ii Ancient Egypt
888 words
Ramses II Usermaatre Setepenre, third ruler of the
19 th Dynasty, was born about 1303 B. C in the
Eastern Nile Delta, following the death of his
grandfather King Ramses I and Father Sethi I, was
one of the longest reigning pharaohs of ancient
Egypt. He reigned 67 years (roughly from 1290 to
1224 B. C), during the early part of his reign,
Ramses fought to regain the territory in Africa
and Western Asia that Egypt had held during the 15
th and 16 th centuries B. C in the beginning as
coherent with...
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Chemical And Biological Global Warming
758 words
The health issues of global warming are causing
the human population rate to decrease over time.
The health issues are caused by infectious
microbes, pollution by chemical and biological
wastes. Many of these diseases will cause
illnesses or even death in the future. In fact,
many scientists and doctors have discovered these
diseases will cause human population to decrease
by deaths as they are transferred from one person
to the next either physical, eating animals
contaminated, mosquitoes, or e...
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Oversize Ripple Marks Landscapes Were Formed Flood
1,147 words
Human beings existing, breathing, and walking
around on a measureless, changing and growing
quickly as times goes by. Similar to the human
growth, landforms kept on changing rapidly over
years after years. For many centuries, geologists
believed landscapes were formed through a long
process known as uniformitarian- a gradually slow
process of changing its landscapes toward its
environments. Evidence of multiple catastrophism-
a speed process of landform has been developed
over the years, especia...
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Pakistan The Land Of Adventure And Nature
766 words
From the mighty stretches of the Karakoram's in
the North to the vast alluvial delta of the Indus
River in the South, Pakistan remains a land of
high adventure and nature. Trekking,
mountaineering, white water rafting, wild boar
hunting, mountain and desert jeep safaris, camel
and yak safaris, trout fishing and bird watching,
are a few activities, which entice the adventure
and nature lovers to Pakistan. Pakistan is endowed
with a rich and varied flora and fauna. High
Himalayas, Karakoram and th...
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Afford To Buy Thirty Thousand
977 words
GCSE History Coursework Styal Mill Why was the
site for Quarry Bank Mill chosen by Samuel Greg?
Samuel Greg was at great fortune when his uncle
died. He inherited a business in the manufacturing
industry as well as a large sum of money, around
thirty thousand pounds. This quantity of wealth
would be of the equivalent to that of a
millionaire in modern day society. As a wealthy
man he decided he was in a good position to expand
his business and set up a mill. He decided on the
site at Styal, a re...
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San Francisco Bay Jack London
1,613 words
Jack London fought his way up out of the factories
and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the
highest paid, most popular novelist and short
story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and
prolifically about the great questions of life and
death, the struggle to survive with dignity and
integrity, and he wove these elemental ideas into
stories of high adventure based on his own
firsthand experiences at sea, or in Alaska, or in
the fields and factories of California. As a
result, his wr...
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Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson
528 words
Draft 3 Pg 1 Jackson and Longstreet: Leading Men
of the CSA Through the actions of Thomas J.
Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, two of the
most distinguished generals in the Civil War, the
Confederate States of America benefited greatly.
These two men battled greatly at Lee s side and
were capable leaders. Although they both fought
much with Robert E. Lee and with each other and
were both strategical and tactical geniuses, they
had different ways of fighting. Jackson and
Longstreet fought m...
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King Charles Five Years
906 words
Saint Joan was born on January 6, 1412, in the
village of Loire my-la-Pucelle, on the Meuse
River, in Eastern France on January 6, 1412, to
Jacques and Isabelle d Arc. Joan was the youngest
of their suspected five children. While growing up
among the fields and pastures of her village, she
was addressed as Jeannette but when she entered
into her mission, her name was changed to Jeanne,
la Pucelle, or Joan, the Maid. As a child her
mother taught her domestic skills as well as her
base of religiou...
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Ethnic Cleansing Prime Minister
529 words
US Congressman Frank Pallone has condemned the
ethnic cleansing of Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir
and urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to
keep the community's concerns uppermost in his
mind during his upcoming visit to the state. It is
crucial that their [Kashmiri Pandits] concerns be
an important part of the prime ministers agenda
during his visit to Kashmir next month, Pallone,
also former co-chairman of the Congressional India
Caucus, said in a statement on Tuesday. In a
related letter...
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Late Nineteenth Century King Arthurs Court
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court Hank
Morgan, a Connecticut Yankee working in a
munitions factory near Hartford, is tapped on the
head by a crowbar during a quarrel with a fellow
worker. He awakens in the early part of the sixth
century, A. D. Captured by the knight Sir Kay, he
is taken to Camelot, King Arthurs court, where the
knights of the realm gather around the Table
Round. The Yankee is amazed to here each knight
exaggerate the tale of his own exploits in his
quest for the Holy G...
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Square Miles Miles North
1,106 words
Lateral Blast The sudden removal of the volcano's
north flank released pressure on the hydrothermal
and magmatic system within the volcano, triggering
a devastating lateral blast to the north. The
abrupt pressure release, or " uncorking,
" of the volcano by the avalanche can be
compared in some ways to the removal of the cap
from a vigorously shaken bottle of soda pop, or to
punching a hole in a boiler tank under high
pressure. The northward-directed lateral blast of
rock, ash, and hot...
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Valley Of Ashes East And West
1,174 words
The Mysterious Life of Jay Gatsby The story occurs
some time during the twenties, in a little rich
branch off Long Island, New York in two
neighborhoods called East and West Egg. People
often travel to and from the city by following an
old motor road in a place called the Valley of
ashes, a swamp filled with garbage and other
rubbish where the poor and less fortunate live. It
is unlike East and West Egg because the city is
surrounded by old and new wealth. These wealthy
people like to throw larg...
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Call Of The Wild Clara Valley
724 words
The book Call of the Wild by Jack London is about
a dog named Buck and his journey to find his true
family. Buck is ripped from his civilized home is
s unkissed State Clara Valley, California and
thrown in to the wilderness of the frozen Klondike
in Alaska. Many different types of people who wer
on the quest for with bought and used him for
pulling sleds. On the way up north, Buck made and
lost many friends. He also learned the law of
tooth and fang from the man in the red sweater. In
the end of...
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Presidential Palace Military Rule Lagos
970 words
Victor Espn was euphoric last year when newly
inaugurated Chilean President Ricardo Lagos opened
the doors of La Moneda, the fortress-like
presidential palace, to the public. I almost
cried, says the 50 -year-old convenience-store
owner, recalling his initial anxiety at ushering
his granddaughter past the stern-looking police
guards into the bomb-scarred building that is a
perennial reminder of Chiles violent clash between
military rule and democracy. Many Chileans were
moved by their new leader...
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