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Pope Urban Ii Fourth Crusade
1,968 wordsIn the year of our lord 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095 - 1464, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seldjuk Turks. There were eight crusades which were spurred for many different reasons by many different people that left a lasting effect to the world. These years of bloodshed were led by men of power to bring money, greed, and fame to themselves at the expense of others....
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Won The Election Richard Nixon
1,407 wordsRichard Mill house Nixon, our 37 th President of the United States was born on January 9, 1913 on Yorba Linda California. Nixon attended different elementary schools trough out Yorba Linda, Whittier, and Fullerton. In high school Nixon played football, and he also got into debating. After high school Nixon attended Whittier Collage, where he became president of the student body and also won many debating awards. When he graduated Whittier collage in 1934, he received a scholarship to Duke Univer...
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