Japan: Changes
.... since 1945.
Militarily, Japan has changed a great deal. In the past, Japan's military was feared by countries around the world. They had conquered the country with the most people (China) and the country with the most land (Russia). They had a perfect record of winning every war they were ever in. After the U.S. defeated Japan in 1945, they renounced the right to have a military and their world military power came to a close. Japan also lost it's ability to wage war on another country effectively. Sure they could, but they would have no defense or offense in a war. In their past history, Japan could defeat any nation, now th .....
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Pompeii
.... small heap of gold and silver coins. Because the restoration and decoration were not finished yet, while a squad of masons was still finishing the roof, and house decorators and painters were still at work in the rooms that had not yet been refitted, the owner thought it probably wise to have his precious silver ware hidden away by a trusted slave within a small and dark recess in the cellar" Maiuri, Amedo Pompeii à The author was right in all of his observations but then he starts going off into these assumptions about painters and roofers. He got the information about the painters and roofers probably from finding paintbrush .....
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Mt. St. Helens
.... little earthquakes before the eruption. The ash in the eruption reached speeds of 200 miles a hour. Mt. St. Helens was 9,677 feet high before the eruption, after the eruption it was 8,364 feet high. Sixty people died in the eruption. 230 square miles of timber lay dead and burnt on the ground! All the animals had left the surroundings of Mt. St. Helens. Slime was formed in the lakes by Mt. St. Helens by the eruption.
A senior citizen (84) named Harry Fruman would not leave his home on Mt. St. Helens, even after a warning of an eruption. He quoted "I talk to the mountain, the mountain talks to me. I am part of the mountain .....
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