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King Baldwin I Of Jerusalem
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Baldwin of Boulogne I, brother to Godfrey of
Billion, Count of Edessa and King of Jerusalem.
Baldwin was one of the eight chief lay leaders of
the first Crusade (Setton 21). He died in 1118,
which marked an end of an era. Baldwin was the
last of the original leaders of the firs Crusade
(Setton 408). He founded the first Latin state in
the east, the county of Edessa. He founded and
transformed Jerusalem into a monarchy state.
Helped in the capture of Tripoli. Established the
county of Tripoli int...
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Concentration Camps Death Camps
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Introduction page 1 Concentration Camps pages 2 -
5 Death Camps page 6 Buchenwald pages 7 - 11
Conclusion page 12 - 13 Endnotes pages 14 - 15
Bibliography horrifying crime against humanity of
all times. "Hitler, in an attempt to establish the
pure Aryan race, decided that all mentally ill,
gypsies, non supporters of Nazism, and Jews were
to be eliminated from the German population. He
proceeded to reach his goal in a systematic
scheme. " One of his main methods of "doing away"
with these "undesi...
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Confederate Army President Lincoln
1,266 words
The American Civil War was a war of epic
proportion. Never before and not since have so
many Americans died in battle. It was truly tragic
in terms of material losses, financial losses, and
irreplaceable human life. By January of 1865, the
war that started nearly four years earlier was
coming to an end. Federal (Union) armies were
spread throughout the south and the Confederate
Army had shrunk extremely in size. In the year
before, the North had lost an enormous amount of
lives, but had more tha...
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Inversely Proportional Notre Dame
4,518 words
I spent my second night in a youth hostel in Paris
last night. I arrived in Paris around 6: 00 am
local time two days ago. The flight from LAX to
Orly airport was ten about hours long. It wasn't
so bad, though. There was nobody sitting next to
me and a nice, elderly French lady two seats away.
The charter flight that I flew on was run by a
French airline, and it seemed that the majority of
the passengers were French-speaking. When we were
taking off from LA, all of the announcements were
in both...
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Ender Told Bean Enemy Gate Is Always Open Battle
1,571 words
... heir commander was the all mighty Ender
Wiggin. Ender made it clear that all the spare
classes the army had would be training in the
battle room. He taught them how to spring off the
walls and to shoot will in mid-flight. He learnt
that when you " re hit, you become frozen like
stone. He selected 5 toon leaders instead of the
regular 4. Each toon had 8 members; Bean was in
Crazy Tom's toon C. Three weeks of training and
practicing Ender received his first slip under the
door; it was Dragon's...
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' Darren Socks Elisa
820 words
In this piece I create a particular day with a
girl and her pet. I intend to cause a deadly scene
where the supernatural is involved. I also plan to
allow the reader to make the story believable by
setting it in the real world. This piece is aimed
at all ages. The sound of glass shattering onto
the kitchen tiles was enough concern for Socks to
investigate. He pounced immediately out of his
personal rug and in a matter of seconds he was at
the scene. It appeared that broken pieces of glass
were s...
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Trip To United States
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It has been roughly six months since I have
arrived in the United States of America, and I
still remember vividly the day I left my native
country, India. The day before my departure, my
parents and I made the rounds of all my relatives
houses. All of them were happy to see me and proud
of me because I was leaving to the United States
to finish my education. I was starting a new part
of my life, embarking on a new journey. And they
were a bit sad well, especially my maternal
grandmother, whom I ...
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Brother And Sister Queen Of Egypt
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... r fathers pro-Roman policies. Upon returning
home, Cleopatra learned that there was a plot
among the three guardians of her brother. They
plotted to get rid of Cleopatra to gain control of
the throne for Ptolemy as well as for them.
Although kings and queens were supposed to rule
jointly, the queens always took second place to
the king. If the king was much younger than the
queen and not capable of making decisions, it was
supposed to be up to the guardians of the king to
represent him, shar...
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National Geographic Society York New York
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... vil service. Another contribution to the
Spartan government that Lycurgus provided was the
money system. The Spartans used pieces of iron
instead of silver and gold. This type of monetary
system was of very little value outside of the
Spartan city-state and made the citizens dependent
upon the local economy. The warrior culture of
Sparta was battle tested time and time again and
proved to be the strongest battle ready nation
within the Grecian region. The Spartans were
called upon during man...
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Irish Immigration To The United States
2,218 words
Irish Immigration to the United States Immigration
into America has shaped and molded us into who we
are today. Without groups such as the
Scotch-Irish, English, Dutch, etc. America would
not be the great melting pot that it has now
become. Each of these cultures brought with them a
sense of religion, culture and spirit. They took a
chance to better themselves, leaving everything
that was remotely comfortable in their life
behind, bringing with them great hope to the New
World. One such group is...
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Trail Of Tears And Cherokee Women
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Trail of Tears and Cherokee Women More than 150
years ago, in 1839, the United States forced the
Cherokee Nation West of the Mississippi River into
what later would become the state of Oklahoma. The
weather was unusually harsh that winter and the
cold, the disease and the hunger cost the Cherokee
Nation the lives of at least four thousand of the
fifteen thousand people who traveled the thousand
miles West (Perdue 93). Not only was the journey a
very cruel and dangerous one for the Native
America...
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Socialization Of Jewish People Into American Community
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Socialization of Jewish people into American
community Many different social and ethnic groups
have migrated to America to start new lives.
Certainly, each of these groups was unique and
each group socialized differently. The purpose of
this essay is to evaluate the dynamics of
socialization of Jewish people that came from
different communities all over the world. These
people had to learn how to adjust to their new
communities in the United States and learn how to
socialize. The Jewish people, ...
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La Paz Mirror Image
1,258 words
The Pearl MATERIAL SOCIETY, MATERIAL THOUGHTS Ever
since Midas lust for gold, it appears to be that
man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth.
Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all
undergone a change due to money. They are all
affected by their hunger for wealth and injury are
the base for their own destruction, and the
destruction of society. Steinbecks The Pearl is a
study of mans self destruction through greed.
Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant
man, had lived a sp...
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Ailill And Medb Brian Boru King
924 words
CuchulainsOliver Cromwell Sean Toomey Cuchulain's
real name was Setanta, and he lived with his
mother in Dundalk. He got his name by slaying King
Culanns dog. Without a dog he had no one to guard
the house, so he had to for punishment. Cuchulain
means hound of Clan. He decided to take up arms
and set out with a wise friend named Ibar. They
arrived at the fort of the three sons of Nechtan.
He fought the first son, Foil MacNechtain. Ibar
said he could not be pierced, so Cuchulain slams
him in the ...
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Christopher Columbus Native Americans
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Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? ? In the
education systems of many schools, Christopher
Columbus is portrayed to students as a hero. His
few heroic qualities have acted as a fa ade hiding
his evil side throughout the history of America.
Although Columbus is known for discovering America
and beginning the Age of Exploration, he, in
reality an horrendous man who allowed horrific
atrocities against the innocent Native Americans.
Today, Christopher Columbus is seen as a great man
and an impor...
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Compare And Contrast William Bradford
664 words
Compare and Contrast Essay The author John Smith,
a pilgrim who arrived to the Americas, wrote a
description of the new land in his book A
Description of New England. In this book Smith
shows a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure.
Also, William Bradford another pilgrim who arrived
to Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts, wrote a
book called Of Plymouth Plantation in which he
describes what really happened there, how did the
pilgrims actually lived. The purpose of this essay
is to compare...
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Robert E Lee Battle Of Gettysburg
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By: Mike Sidoti There Gettysburg Gettysburg By:
Mike Sidoti There is a lot of controversy as to
why the U. S. Civil War started. Historians
believe it was merely a difference in the two
cultures. The U. S. Civil War was mainly started
because of a difference in these two cultures. The
South had an agricultural economy, and the North
had a manufacturing economy. Because of such
different ideals, both areas were fighting for
different reasons. The North was fighting to
abolish slavery, while the S...
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Lies My Teacher Told Adam And Eve
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? The mythic origin of? the country we now know as
the United States? is at Plymouth Rock, and the
year is 1620. ? James W. Loewen stresses this
origin as mythic due to the fact that for
thousands of years humans had inhabited the land
now known as America. Loewen goes on to describe
the horrors the native peoples of America went
through due to the diseases and other such
terrible things the white? settlers? brought to
the? New World. ? However, it is barely mentioned
in Loewen? s book, The Lies...
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Mr And Mrs Living Room
889 words
L UQ T WR #T TOn August 10, 1969 the headline
Actress Is Among 5 Slain at Home in Beverly Hills
appeared on the front page of the New York Times
(Roberts). This was the beginning of a
investigation of police error which prolonged the
arrest of Charles Manson. There were several
people who claimed they had heard gunshots and
screaming in the early morning hours of August 9.
Mrs. Kott, who lived at 10070 Cielo Drive, heard
three or four gunshots at what she guessed was to
be about twelve thirty to...
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Holy Grail King Arthurs
888 words
Jim Dougherty Mrs. Shah English IV 541 - 08 10
October 2000 King Arthurs Quest for the Holy Grail
The Quest for the Holy Grail was the greatest and
noblest of all quests for King Arthurs Knights of
the Round Table. The Holy Grail was believed to be
the cup used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper,
and it was the cup that caught Christs blood when
he was thrust in the side with a spear at his
crucifixion. Joseph of Arimathea, the wealthy man
who allowed Christ to be placed in his tomb, is
said to ...
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