.... when the rulers of Atlantis threatened to invade all of Europe and Asia the Athenians, on behalf of all Greeks, defeated the Atlanteans to avoid enslavement. (4) The works of Plato opened the floodgates to endless speculation on whether the continent described was fact or fiction. Atlantis has since been placed in Spain, Mongolia, Palestine, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Greenland and Yucatan. Every nook and cranny of the globe has been hypothesized; mountain peaks, desert lands, the ocean floor and even the barren wasteland of Antarctica have been mentioned in theories. (5) While some of these the .....

.... listed in the previous paragraph are modified in the eastern parts of Tropical Africa by the mountains and monsoons. The soils of Tropical Africa pose another problem. They are unlike the soils of temperate areas. Soils are largely products of their climates, and tropical soils are different from temperate soils because the climate is different. Because of the great heat of the tropics tends to bake the soils, while on the other hand, the rainfall leaches them. The combined heat and moisture tend to produce very deep soils because the surface rock is rapidly broken down by chemical weathering. All this causes the food' .....

.... the Mediterranean sea. This remarkable old town lies at the foot of the rather imposing Massif Montgris. Locally known as "El Montgris" (literally the grey Mountain) the massif rises up over the town and dominates the skyline. Torroella sits on quaternary conglomerate deposits. These are easily eroded, hence the valley between Pals (10Km to the south) and Torroella is extremely flat. The valley is bisected by the river El Ter, which flows at a leisurely pace from the foothills of the Pyrenees. The river flows to the south of Torroella and winds it's way to its conclusion in the Playa de Pals (6Km east of Torroella). El Montg .....

.... attorney general, and to the territorial and federal district governors, diplomatic officials, the higher officers of the army, and ministers of the higher courts of justice. Unlike in the United States, as the leader of the dominant political party, the Mexican president is able to choose his successor and approve legislative candidates. The Mexican president can effect constitutional amendments that require approval by two-thirds vote of a quorum in Congress and the support of a majority of state legislatures. The chief executive may also establish basic rules (reglamentos), which give effect to general statutes and have the .....

.... population had no resources at all. World War I broke out August 1914, setting , Russia, Britain, Belgiumand Serbia at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Everyone assumed the war would be over in a few months. Instead, the war lasted for four years. Germany finally agreed to sign an armistice on November 11, 1948. (A kind of peace agreement). The death toll had been the largest of any previous wars. had lost over 1.4 million men and in all of Europe over 8.5 million were killed. People said it was the war to end all wars. Only twenty years later was plunged into another war with Germany. On June 22, 1940 .....

.... had medicinal qualitites, but, with characteristic reticence and secretiveness, they did not reveal this fact to the white man. They held the secret in their hearts as they gave ground and moved westward from the surging horde of white immigrants . . . " (1). To my mind, this sounded like a fallacy; how did they know the Indians knew if they never told anyone? Could I find out if the Indians considered the water medicinal? Could I prove this statement false? Farther on in the book, I came to the section titled "For Whites Only." "From the town's founding[,] no negros have ever lived here." This in itself, to me, was phen .....

.... purple sari caught Holzman 2 my eye. The different facial expressions, personalities, and wardrobes present added sparkle to the otherwise dull and uninteresting dimension of public transportation. While watching these different characters, I was drawn to the highest floor of the Sears Tower, where lights illuminated the sky and blended artfully into a pattern of lines. When I walked in the street, lights from stores and nightclubs permeated above and around me, making me feel as if I were at the bottom of a pit of existence, looking up at all the activity. This visual vertigo lasted until I ended at an .....

.... core principles remains constant. Yet, despite the ancient Egyptians' conservative nature, there were some changes within the infrastructure of their society. Throughout the ages known as the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom, there has been alterations to their religion, art, and architecture. Internal forces, as well as outside influences, have molded ancient Egyptian civilization. This paper will attempt to determine these forces which changed the Egyptians. Modifications of Egyptian life were subtle, but noticeable and significant nonetheless. Art, architecture, and religion will be the focus of this paper. Le .....

.... The capitol of Colorado is Denver. Some of the attractions Colorado offers is: skiing, hiking, and exploring. These play a major role in Colorado's economic progression. The land in Colorado is rocky and steep basically all over. This does not make it a very good place to farm or raise livestock. (Unless you raise Mountain goats) Although it is not good agriculturally, Colorado is a beautiful place to see. The recreation in Colorado is ideal for the outdoors (wo)man. The major sports end of the recreation has: football (Denver Broncos),basketball (Denver Nuggets), and baseball (Colorado Rockies). A popular sport stadium to visit .....

.... shot, and killed a Palestine protester, and wounded 11 others. The violence was about the expansion of a Jewish settlement called Qiryat Sefer. There were about 200 Palestinians rioting against the expansion. The soldiers tried to stop the protesters without violence. First they told the mob to go home, then they sprayed the crowd with tear gas, they fired guns in the air, to scare them, then they shot rubber shells at them. Still they wouldn1t move, so they opened fire. -The New York Times November 11, 1996 This is just minor compared to all the other stuff that has been going on over there. There have been bombin .....