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The Sexual Behavior of American Gis During the Early Years of the Occupation of Germany
World War II taxed many American GIs lives during their years of battle and turmoil, but after V.E. Day, victory in Europe, the only things taxed were young German women. The matter of the GIs sexual behavior had never really been an issue for the U.S. military before 1945, but
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The Sicilian Campaign: They Should Have Listened to Pericles
The Sicilian Campaign: They Should Have Listened to Pericles A city forever in search of new sources of wealth, natural resources, and food supplies, Athens decided to venture out in 415 B.C. on a second campaign of Sicilian conquest. They also sought to deal their Peloponnesian enemies a psychological blow
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The Siege, Fateful Summer, and the Long Retreat
1776 David McCullough did what I thought could never be done. He managed to make history interesting to me. 1776 turns out to be a book that once you start reading is impossible to stop. The title is a dead give away as to the content of the book. However
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The Sikhs
In the year 1469 a man named Guru Nanak was born into a Punjabi-Hindu family. His name means "He who was born at the home of his mother's parents", which was in Talwandi, near Labone ("Sikhs" 647). We know little about Nanak's life but a lot about his beliefs from
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The Silk Road
The four hundred years between the collapse of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.- C.E. 220) and the establishment of the Tang dynasty (618-906) mark a division in the history of China. During this period, foreign invasion, transcontinental trade, and missionary ambition opened the region to an unprecedented wealth of foreign
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The Silk Road
The Silk Road is the most well-known trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. Trade in silk grew under the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC - AD 220) in the first and second centuries AD Origanally, the Chinese trade silk internally, within the empire. Caravans from the empire's interior would carry
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The Sinking of the Titanic
Introduction The R.M.S. Titanic sideswiped an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912. Estimated to be able to stay afloat for 2 days under the worst scenario, the ship sank in less than 3 hours [Gannon, 1995]. Main Cause for Sinking The iceberg created a 300-foot gash in the
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The Slave Family Johnathan Blassingame
The Slave Family by John W. Blassingame John Blassingame's essay entitled "The Slave Family" analyzes the composition of the nineteenth century slave family in America. The essay offers a perspective into the lives of slaves including their hardships, trials, and their plight for a sense of commonality. The essay begins
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The Social Construct of an Agrarian Society
I'm going to post some intros from my college essays. Tell me if they grab your attention sufficiently. It is excessively dense, reflective, complex, and reading it gives me one of those migraines that feels not only like my sinus fluid is building up, but like it would feel much
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The Social, Political and Economic Factors That Led to the Emergence and Growth of the Sotho Kingdom
Delaine Abner The social, political and economic factors that led to the emergence and growth of the Sotho kingdom Moshoeshoe, who was the son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, is recognized as the founder of the Sotho Nation. He was mentored by the great Chief Motlomi,
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The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Axia College Material Appendix B The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Match race and ethnicity key terms with their correct descriptions: 1. Copy each key term from the Key Terms list below. 2. Paste each key term into the cell to the right of its matching description. Key Terms: Stereotype,
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The Song of Roland: Insight into Another World
The Song of Roland: Insight Into Another World Historians have now been able to date the first manuscripts of The Song of Roland as far back as the 11th century CE (1060 CE)- to be more specific, 1130 CE. However, some historians have dated the poem itself back to 1060
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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois is a influential work in African American literature and is an American classic. In this book Dubois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His concepts of life behind the veil of race and the
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The South Pole, a Comparison Essay
An arid tundra; temperatures so cold that limbs become black and immobile, land so barren that hardly anything can survive, this is the South Pole. Why anyone would want to go there may be hard to understand. Traveling to the South Pole isn't just a lengthy process and an uncomfortable
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The Space Race
The years after World War II was a time of great scientific and technological advancements. With these advancements came great tension and rivalry between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In
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The Space Race
Matt Flapan Mrs. Samuelson Term Paper US History Period 4 10/25/06 The Space Race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved both of those countries to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space,
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The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (July 1936Ð'-April 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a personal dictatorship. It was the result of
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The Spanish Inquisition
(1) Introduction In this paper I will show the events and the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition. I will also show the history before the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition involved many religious and powerful people. Their influence brought forth a quest to expel all who were not Christian. (2)
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The Spanish Inquisition and the Jews
THE SPANISH INQUISITION AND THE JEWS The meaning of the word "inquisition" is to examine. The Inquisitors "examined" alleged Heretics, those did not believe in the Roman Catholic Church, and they would be punished accordingly. Punishment meant torture and burning. The Spanish Inquisition lasted approximately five-hundred years, from the late
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The Spread of Christianity
The Spread of Christianity By: Ryan Ku The Apostle Paul had four missionary journeys. These journeys are responsible for the spread of Christianity and created many churches throughout countries of the Mediterranean. On his first journey, Barnabas, Saul, and Mark, church leaders, accompanied Paul travel to the island of Cyprus
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The Stamp Act Crisis
The Stamp Act Crisis One major event that reveals insight on the cause of the American Revolution was the passing of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. It required the colonists to pay a tax for stamped paper that all legal documents including marriage licenses,
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The State of Nature and Its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau
The State of Nature and its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau In his Leviathan Thomas Hobbes expresses a philosophy of civilization which is both practical and just and stems from a clear moral imperative. He begins with the assertion that in the state of nature man is condemned
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The State Washington State
A REPORT ON WASHINGTON STATE BY KATRINA SCHOLD The State of Washington is located in the far northwest corner of the United States. It has 66,582 square miles between the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Idaho boarder to the east. Washington borders Canada on the north and Oregon
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The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society
The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society Unlike the position of women in most other ancient civilizations, including that of Greece, the Egyptian woman seems to have enjoyed the same legal and economic rights as the Egyptian man-- at least in theory. This notion is reflected in Egyptian art
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The Stile of This Confederacy Shall Be - the United States of America
The Stile of this Confederacy shall be "The United States of America". II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. III. The said States hereby severally enter into
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The Stolen Generation
t h e s t o l e n g e n e r a t i o n Amid 1910 and 1970 up to 100,000 Aboriginal children were taken forcibly or under compulsion from their families by police or welfare officers. A number of these children were taken at
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The Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
AP US Founding Myths: The Stories that Hide Our Patriotic Past Most of the historical events that are taught today are merely fabrications of what really happened many years ago. These fabrications soon turn into myths because they are continually passed on incorrectly, but yet people still believe them to
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The Story of Chineses New Year
It was said that long long time ago, there lived a horrible beast named" Nian" in the mountain. Every year, on the first day of the year, which is the first new moon of the year, the beast would awaken and descend upon the village. He would eat all the
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The Structure of Greek Drama
The Structure of Greek Drama The history of the theatre comes from many different places: France, England, and even Rome. One of the key areas in which a lot of drama today is based on, is the Greek theatre. Some of the greatest comedies and tragedies in the theatrical world
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The Struggle of Equality for Blacks in the 21st Century
The Struggle of Equality for Blacks in the 21st Century On December 29, 2004, Richard Blakey was applying for a job interview at the very prestigious Public Relations firm, Ketchum, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He was the only black man applying for the job. Little did he know that he had
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