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Papers on Geography
Chile
Number of words: 879 | Number of pages: 4.... He did not know the Indians had an ambush prepared for him.
Valdivia was captured and executed, his entire army was also killed.
The Spaniards eventually dominated CHILE During this period CHILE was a
Captaincy General of Spain and supposedly governed from Peru, where Spain had a
more important government because Peru was rich in Inca gold. In reality,
because CHILE was farther away geographically, local affairs were controlled by
a governor who commanded the army and each town had its own Cabildo (Council).
CHILE had plenty of wars. The Indians refused to stay quiet. Until the
mid 1700"s, these wars against t .....
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The Parthenon
Number of words: 315 | Number of pages: 2.... of the roof depicted the battle between her and Poseidon over
control of Athens. The eastern side depicted her birth. On the outer wall
above the columns there were 92 metopes (sculptured panels) depicting battle
scenes involving heroes and gods. They included the Trojan war, the Greeks
fighting the Amazons, and the gods against the Titans. Along the walls of the
enclosed room of the Parthenon a festival honoring Athena was shown, depicting
the men and women of Athens. The Parthenon focused on Athena and the greatness
of the city of Athens.
The Parthenon shows the architectural innovation ad nd the artistic genius of
the Ath .....
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Benin
Number of words: 450 | Number of pages: 2.... Government. Benin has been under military rule since 1970. The
constitution of 1977 instituted a national assembly, whose members belong
to the sole legal political party, the Benin People's Revolutionary Party.
History. Benin's history dates back to three principalities--Allada, Porto-
Novo, and Dahomey--in the S area who were being pushed by the N Kingdom of
Abomey in the 16th century. Dahomey was the most aggressive, pushing N and
selling slaves. In 1863 the king of Porto-Novo sought French protection. By
1892 France had subjugated all groups and made them protectorates as part
of French West Africa. In 1960 the country bec .....
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The Enigma Of Atlantis
Number of words: 230 | Number of pages: 1.... ever heard of passing it on from generation to generation?
Have gods ever laid before such cruel punishment on any civilization
like Plato claims was laid on Atlantis? To say that there was terrible heat,
then tidal waves, and earthquakes during a twenty four hour period of time is
unheard of.
Atlantis is just an island of the Greek Myths and that's all the island
of Atlantis is a myth. The idea that an island almost half the Atlantic Ocean
away (Thera) could be Atlantis is insane. According to what Plato said the
island Thera was supposed to be west of the pillars of Hercules, (the pillars of
Hercules is the name the G .....
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Boom Towns Of The Amazon
Number of words: 418 | Number of pages: 2.... and territories of Para, Ampa, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre and Rondonia. This section of Brazil has had the highest rate of urbanization than the rest of the country in recent years. This article examines the nature, causes and durability of frontier urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The rate of urbanization has been low in Amozonia. There is a mercantile dependence on extractive boom and bust cycles, which has created a scattered population of river settlements. Two cities, Belem and Manuas, which are the historical commercial centers that are located on the main watercourses, dominate this region. Instead of the classical .....
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Pakistan
Number of words: 1181 | Number of pages: 5.... ranks. One of the biggest problems was a bitter family feud between Benazir
Bhutto and her mother, Begum and brother, Murtaza. Murtaza had returned from
exile to claim a seat in the Sind provincial assembly, but was immediately
arrested for alleged terrorist activity. In late December 1993, Benazir removed
her mother as PPP co-chair after she had endorsed Murtaza's claim that he was
the rightful heir to his father's political legacy. However, in September 1994,
the family feud seemed to end during a visit of the prime minister to her mother
(Banks 717).
In Pakistan the end of the cold war had not brought on new, pragmatic
thi .....
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Canadian Identity Test.
Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3.... of people that are nice to
other countries and are less hated. One main thing known about Canada is that
we are a center for sports, we also have less racism than the U.s., because if a
black child walked into a school in the U.s. 30 years ago he would be made fun
of called names and even failed by the teachers because of his skin color. But
back in the 1800's black people thought of Canada as the free land.
4: I think Canada and the U.s are very different because, we have way
less violence, we have less pollution, we are more friendlier to our neibouring
countries, we have less pollution and free health care for that matter. .....
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Is Mesopotamia A Civilization?
Number of words: 775 | Number of pages: 3.... The gods could bring rain, floods or misfortune to a business or illness to a family. The people were the marionettes of the gods. The Mesopotamian created a strong mythology to explain their gods’ relationship to earth. The Mesopotamian also believed in afterlife. They believed that when they died, they would enter a dark underworld that was a land of no return. Some believed it to be a place where the dead would live forever, alone and in darkness. When the king died, the people’s fear of death rose because it was a bad omen to the future of the country. The fear of death and the afterlife was explained in many legen .....
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France
Number of words: 944 | Number of pages: 4.... 400 A.D.
the west roman empire's defense began to fall. After that France was an
independent country. Hugh Carpet was crowned the first king of France in 987 A.D.
In the 1700's the French Revolution started. The end of the French revolution
marked the end of absolute power for the French kings. Napoleon seized power in
1799. He founded the first empire in 1804. He was exiled in 1814.
Culture
The 1993 estimate of the French population was 57,566,091. The average
population density is 105.8 people per square kilometer. The population
distribution is 76% for urban areas and 26% for rural areas. Studies show that
the majority prefe .....
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Traveling To Moscow
Number of words: 326 | Number of pages: 2.... driving along you can wave it down and it will stop if it has a free seat, there is also a fixed fee of .600-$1.00. There are also regular taxies. These taxies can usually be found just about anywhere in the city. If your good at it try to settle a price with the driver it costs $30 to get from one end of the city to other. Lastly you could rent a car. When you rent a car you can get a car with a driver or without as driver but you are better off getting one with a driver because of the non-speaking policemen. .....
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