The Empire Of Mali
.... The government of Mali was a dictatorship. The dictator, who had the
title of Mansa, was the sole secular and religious leader of his people,
though not he did not enjoy the same power as Egyptian Pharaohs did. The
base of government was located in the capital, known as Niani. It was once
written by a traveler that a person could travel safely without fear of
harm, and that the people of Mali hated injustice and the Mansa did not
tolerate injustice at all.
The military branch of government was constant. There was a standing
army of professional soldiers, so that Mali was ready for a battle without
having to rai .....
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Egyptian Mummies
.... One method attributed to the
lower class was to bury the body in the desert sand for a lengthy period of
time. The result of this method dried the skin of the body into a leathery
shell. Arab historian Abdel el Latif discovered on one of his expeditions
a rather unorthodox method of embalment. Latif and his team came across a
jar filled with honey. During a lunch break Latif and his party indulged
in the jar of honey until hair began to emerge from the jar. Upon close
observation the body of a small child was uncovered perfectly preserved in
the honey(not too appetizing).
The most well known mummies are those o .....
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The Indians Of New France
.... were already settled. By the
time Europeans arrived in North America, they found natives occupying large
amounts of land.2 The Indians helped start the history of New France.
Since the natives arrived early in North America, their population
started to increase quite rapidly. With the combination of migration as
well as the birth rate, the Indians inflated their population to a large
size. "In 1663, there were only still 3000 Europeans living in New France,
no more people than constituted a small Iroquoian tribe."3 The Indians
were in the majority before 1663.
Surrounding the area of New France there were two main .....
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Anger & Renewal In Indian Country
.... to the North American continent. Countries such as England,
Portugal, France and Spain entered the continent and set up colonies which
were widely spread out over the land. The natives of the area had formerly
agreed upon their occupation of the space, and so welcomed the newly
arrived settlers. An agreement was made in the two-row wampum treaty which
was signed between the natives and the settlers from Europe in 1664. The
agreement would allow Europeans to stay among the native people and use a
certain amount of their land, while in their own areas they would continue
to exercise their own laws and maintain their ow .....
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Sports In Canada In The 1920s
.... McDougall High School in Edmonton. From 1915 to 1940, they
played 522 games and lost 20. The Grads represented Canada at 4 Olympics,
and won every single one, including 27 Olympic basketball games in a row.
They were truly great. Even Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball,
called the Grads "the greatest team that ever stepped out onto the floor."
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The Pilgrims
.... not have many weapons, tools, or
medical assistance, but the settlers were strong willed and persistent, and
they survived. Most of the settlers were self reliant, and in top physical
condition. They built small houses to conserve time, as the winter was
coming.
The indians taught the people how to do many things. The settlers had
brought over the concept of farming, and the indians taught them how to tap
maple sugar, farm the new land, make pemmican, (which is a ground up
mixture of beef and berries) and forms of wilderness survival. (clothes
for the extreme cold, etc.) Pemmican was an important source of vitamin C
in .....
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The Protestant Reformation And Counter-Reformation
.... 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 good intent, not just a fear of Hell. I
believe that these facts were unimportant to converts compared to the facts
that Luther had .....
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Quebec's Quiet Revolution: What Is It? How Has It Changed Quebec's
.... The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the
teachers were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education
but Quebec needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a
government-run school system that would provide Quebec with people in
engineering, science, business and commerce.
With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music
about French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary
playwrights were very famous during that time. However, not all was going
well in Quebec. The French-English relation was going bad. Many studies
showed that French-Canad .....
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The Radical Stage Of The French Revolution (1792- 1793)
.... had their freedom and liberties, there
was still plenty of public dissent and disapproval as to whether or not
these laws would help create a new government and prevent the country from
breaking apart. The people had come this far and were not prepared to watch
their efforts lead to failure or the restoration of an absolute monarch. As
a result, the radical forces were able to gain the support of the citizens
in declaring that the constitution of 1791 was ineffective and useless
since it did not suit the needs of ALL the popula n of France. Moderate
forces preferred to concentrate on the foreign affairs of "new" France, but
the .....
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Hitler's Germany & Stalin's Russia: A Comparison
.... now have two men of equal aspirations
soon to be in control of two very similar governments.
In any rise of power, there needs to be a period of careful planning
requiring much thought. These two men had very little history with which to
work with which to model their revolutions. Times had been changing rapidly,
technological improvements in the fields of manufacturing, transportation,
and communication made this period of time very different from any other.
Hitler spent his time imprison writing his book, Mein Kampf, filling it
full of warped ideas of conquest and superiority of one race over another.
I think it is strange .....
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Roots Of Russian Revolution
.... Over five hundred peasant revolts
took place during his reign.
Alexander II, who took the throne in 1855 tried to avert revolt by
attempting reform. In 1861 he freed the serfs and gave them expectations
of free land allotments. But to their surprise, and anger, they were only
given the opportunity to share it as members of a village commune(mir). In
addition, the mir had to pay back the government for the land over a period
of 49 years with interest. Alexander also formed a series of elected local
councils that gave districts restricted jurisdiction of certain aspects of
life. He too became more of a reactionary towa .....
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Modern European History: The Reformation
.... movement which believed in the individuals
responsibility to reorganize society according to "God's plan". Max Weber,
the famous German sociologist, in his study The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism, argued that these ideas led to the development of
Capitalism. Secular life was able to develop in this environment.
The last important change came from thee many people who were not
satisfied with the existing forms of Government and religious authority.
Clergy and royalty were believed to be intermediaries between God and the
common person. This meant the a king could say God told him anything and
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