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William The Conqueror Curtain Wall
1,549 wordsChepstow which is a Norman castle was constructed beginning in 1067. This was less than a year after the new king, William the Conqueror, was crowned. It was built high over the river Wye in Southeast Wales. The Normans werent the first to realize the strategic value of this position. We know this because the arch above the main doorway into the hall was built by bricks taken from a Roman fort that used to stand close by. This position was an advantage partly because it allowed allies to bring s...
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Austro Prussian German Unification
1,625 wordsEvents in history often become associated with single individuals, such as Hitler and World War II, or Cavour, Mazzini and Garibaldi with Italian unification. The same seems to be true for German unification, with which Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck is generally associated. It is often argued that it was due to Bismarck's foresighted and planed actions that Germany became unified. Although Bismarck's action undoubtedly played a most fundamental role in German unification, it would give...
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Greek Civilization Asia Minor
1,587 wordsThe Ancient Greek civilization was located on the same land Greece is now, Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, South Italy, and Sicily. It is surrounded mountains and in the north by water. The Ionian and the Aegean seas, together with natural islands and bays, gave the Greeks the opportunity to develop their high level of commerce and their rich culture. The mountains, which surrounded Greece, gave them the advantage of being well protected. From earlier times, the Geeks lived in independent settlement...
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First Persian Gulf War 1990 1991
1,563 wordsThe First Persian Gulf War between 1990 and 1991 was the most militarily efficient campaign in US history where comparatively few lives were lost. This war accomplished many goals, including that it secured the economic advantages for the Western World. It encouraged a free flow of natural resources, established the value of air power and superiority, and verified that a free alliance for justice will prevail over armed aggression. In the end, the United States goals were accomplished: Kuwait wa...
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Canadian History And Defining Moments
1,392 words"Just watch me. " Thats what Pierre Trudeau said when asked by a reporter if he was willing to bring in the military, under the War Measures Act, to calm the FLQ separatist terrorist group, and quell their acts of terror on the citizens of Quebec. Canada had a unique and exciting history that has many defining moments. Three such defining moments are Vimy Ridge in World War One, Canadas participating in D-Day in World War Two, and the Avro Arrow Jet Program. To begin, Canadas victory at Vimy Rid...
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Russian Orthodox Church Half An Hour
1,512 wordsIn the course of history there have been many people who made a difference, but were, and still are, known for being outrageous and sometimes even crazy, for example Emperor Gaius who made his horse consul, but Rasputin probably defeats them all. Rasputin was born a peasant and at a very early age became involved in religion. At age 18, he joined a monastery for three months were he became a member of the Khlysty religion. After leaving the monastery, Rasputin met Makari who influences Rasputin ...
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Abortion Birth Control Or Legal Murder
1,339 words... ntroversial form of abortion is the partial-birth abortion. Using an ultra sound the abortionist grabs the baby's legs with forceps and pulls them out into the birth canal. The abortionist then delivers the entire baby except for the head and continues by jamming scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole. The scissors are removed and a suction is inserted. The baby's brains are sucked out causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed (Par...
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Roman Emperor Third Crusade
1,529 wordsCrusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades began around 1095. In order to takeover and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was located in Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their destiny. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding the area in the middle east for the Turks. The Turkish people forcefully invaded Byzantium, a Christian empire. The crusaders were a m...
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Good Friend Saturday Night
734 wordsEncountering a good friend can be quite difficult in the contemporary lives of teenagers. They experience an immense amount of worries and problems throughout the day, that being a good friend is one of their last priorities. I, myself, was once baffled by what the definition of a good friend was, until I discovered a single step that if taken would make you the greatest friend there is. Willingness. That is all it takes in order to be considered a good friend. If you lack will, there is a dimin...
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American Involvement In The Vietnam War
1,996 wordsThe Vietnam War is without a doubt one of the most memorable wars yet to date. Because of the time period the war took place there are many survivors that are still living. The basic reason I chose to do my individual project on the war was basically because it took place while I was a child. However, another reason I chose this topic was because I actually know a person who was in the war. The Vietnam War was basically a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. The war involved th...
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Human Resource Manager Human Resources Department
2,647 words... tor to consider when filling a vacancy is the method of application the business should use. A business may prefer applications in writing or answers to questions, which they have produced. There are three different methods a business could use: & # 61607; Application Form - an application form is a document, which is, contains questions designed by the company, which the applicant must complete. The results are then analysed by the company to decide upon which applicants are suitable in...
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Terrorist Acts Terrorist Groups
1,714 wordsNational terrorism has been the focus of attention since September 11. But now domestic terrorism is becoming increasingly common among hate groups across the nation. Domestic terrorism can be defined as visible crime, or "street crime. " These acts would consist of violent crimes, (acts against people in which injury or death results) property crimes (acts that threaten property held by individuals or the state) and public order crimes. (acts that threaten the general well-being of society and ...
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Taking Into Consideration Head Office
629 wordsPlanning Your Organization The Mission of The Organization The company Building & Construction LLC is the recognized construction company. The mission of the organization is To develop, create, build, and maintain the most efficient physical environment for working, living, and traveling; What are the specific tasks to be completed to accomplish the mission? The companys main objectives and specific tasks to be completed to accomplish the mission are: To remain competitive in its future activity...
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Art And Architecture Albert Speer
2,175 wordsMany people know that Adolph Hitler was an artist in his youth as an Austrian, but just how much art played a role in the National Socialist Germany seems to get underrated in the history books. Just as a racial war was waged against the Jewish population and the military fought the French and the Slavic people, an artistic cleansing for the Germanic culture was in progress. Special Nazi units were searching the ancient arts of antiquity for evidence of a great Germanic race that existed well be...
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Set Up Camp French And Indian War
2,212 wordsBenjamin Martin had seven children. His wife died while giving birth to his youngest daughter, Susan. The Martin family lived in South Carolina, where he built a small home on a farm. The Martins were well known and liked by both Patriots and Whigs alike. They only hired freedmen. Benjamin enjoyed making furniture; his main goal was to make the perfect chair, the three-pound rocking chair. His plantation, Fresh Water Plantation, was his retirement plan. The Patriot begins in March 1776, with a m...
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Professional Development Continuing Education
2,524 wordsIntroduction Change which has been well planned can in effect be the most important contributory factor to any projects eventual success. Upton and Brooks [ 1995 ] say: dissatisfaction alone is not sufficient to bring about change: people have to believe that the proposed change would lead to an improvement All staff within the NHS in recent years have experienced change[ref], particularly change that has been politically led and therefore experienced a process which has in effect changed the co...
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Roman Emperor Holy Land
1,297 wordsOverview and Analysis of the Crusades The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the middle ...
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U S Government People Republic Of China
1,237 wordsThe Discoverer Program was a fake to conceal the Corona Program, as a series of photo-reconnaissance spy satellites. Corona was the first photo-reconnaissance program, and the beginnings for military and space imaging programs of today. Corona was developed in secrecy so that the targeted nations wouldn t know what was planned. The U. S. government announced a series of scientific goals, including biological and reentry experiments for space flight, but none were actually planned. The cover was ...
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Five Year Plans Stalin
3,030 wordsJoanne Hawkins May 18 th 1998 HISTORY To what extent can the consolidation phase of the revolution (1923 - 1939) be called a revolution from above? Stalin? s rise to power and the subsequent introduction of his new industrially based Five Year economic plans in 1928 can be defined as a revolution from above. During the consolidation period between 1923 and 1939, he successfully industrialised Russia to such an extent that he had taken the nation from a backward, essentially peasant based society...
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Birth Control Planned Parenthood
1,106 wordsBirth control as a movement in the US has had a very uneven relationship to movements for women s rights. Discuss early birth control reform efforts in relationship to issues of gender and class power. Birth control was an early-twentieth-century slogan, but it has become the generic for all forms of control of reproduction. Although there are many types of birth control it s just as bad as abortion. With the spread of agriculture and the economic advantages of large families, religious and in s...
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