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- 391: King Of The Seas
- ... what a major improvement in warfare these ironclads were. A reporter from the Norfolk Day wrote: “This work will create a revolution in naval warfare. Americas improvement has impacted naval history in a way that no other invention ever has!” (Davis,135) Many times in United States history the major nations of the world, such as England, France and Germany, have ignored the United States in political matters but this invention and the ironclad to ironclad battle changed ... King of the Seas! Bibliography *Primary Sources Baxtor,James Phinney: The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship. Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1933. This book showed how the Ironclad changed Naval Warfare History. Berg, James: Out With the Old in With the New. Chicago University Press, 1943. This book showed the world going from wooden navies to iron clad navies. It explained ...
- 392: History Of Gunpowder
- GUNPOWDER Gunpowder is the oldest of all explosives. It was used by the ancient Chinese, Arabs, and people of India first. But exact directions on how to make it were not known to the western World until 1242, ...
- 393: History Of Willian Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare was one of the best authors, actors/playwrights of all time. William's poetry was full of images from nature, gardening, agricultural, pursuits, and country folklore. He was born and died on exactly the same date ...
- 394: Slavery - An Era Of Inhumanity
- ... bright, tenacious, bold, confident, and honest. Haley, like Stowe, portrays Kunta in a positive manner in order for the reader to realize that African-Americans had a long line of history before they were kidnapped into slavery. They too had forefathers who accomplished great achievements and benefited the next generation in many different ways. They were not savages or inhumane in ... matches and eagerly listening to the moral stories told by the village grandmothers, who loved the children as if they were their own. Older children attend school and learn the history of their forefathers as well as verses from the Koran. After classes are over, they tend the goats, which they do with extreme alertness for they are fully responsible for ... for writing Roots. In his commentary he states that "Haley's search for his ancestors is not conducted to discover unvarnished truth but rather, from one perspective, to justify the history of blacks in America"(Rampersad 247). African-Americans were torn away from their homeland and families by slave traders and Haley wants everyone to understand this. He wants people ...
- 395: Democracy History
- The word democracy is derived from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratos, meaning, "rule." A democracy is a way of governing in which the whole body of citizens takes charge of its own affairs. As ...
- 396: AZTECS
- ... marshes. Over a long period of time they built their empire with chinapas. Chinapas were formed by piling up mud from the lake bottom to make little islands(Aztec Empire History). Tenochtitlan (currently Mexico City), which means "Place of the Cactus", became the capital in 1325 and soon there came many islands in which bridges were built to connect the mainland ... southeast axis. The Aztecs conquered many cities and all became part of the empire which was wedged between high mountains and surrounded by lakes(Aztecs of Lost Civilization/ Azetc Empire History). The three social classes of the Aztecs were slave, commoner, and nobility. The slaves (lowest class) were basically servants, although they could buy there way to freedom or if they ... the raft with its roots. The home usually had it’s back to a canal with a canoe tied at the door so they could have efficient transportation(Aztec Empire History). At the peak of the Aztec market there were 60,000 visitors daily. Goods were brought to the Aztecs from tribute agreements with conquered territories and most goods were ...
- 397: History Of Womans Education
- American education started just as quickly as the settlers came to their "new world" however, until fairly recently, education has been predominantly male. Females were denied almost every right as a citizen, they could not hold property, could ...
- 398: Labor Union History In Califor
- By: Daniel Olmos E-mail: agentolmos The various labor movements in California have been among the most important in our nation. As a state with a tremendously diversified economy, California's workers are employed in every industry imaginable; ...
- 399: The Titanic - History of a Disaster
- On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings ...
- 400: Bangkok's Thammasat University Uprising
- ... s Thammasat University Uprising Nudged by a newly-freed media and an increasingly prosperous Chinese minority, the government of Thailand is being asked to come clean on the nation's history, including bits that have been swept under the carpet -- like the bloody suppression of a students uprising in 1976. Emerging from the shadow of decades of military rule, Thailand is ... of democracy ushered in by a students movement in October 1973 that had stunned the world by toppling a well-entrenched military dictatorship. Two decades on, with official versions of history still coy about these events, numerous Thai citizens are demanding an honest depiction of the past. This, in turn, has thrown up debate on issues relating to the way history has been written in Thailand. Activist leader's general opinion was that it was about time that Thailand as a society, introspect. They insisted Thailand needed to stop being ...
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