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Medieval CastlesIn 1494 the armies of the French king, Charles VIII, invaded Italy to capture the kingdom of Naples. They swept through the country and bombarded and destroyed many castles. This invasion signaled the end of the castle as a stronghold of defense. For centuries it had been the dominant ...
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Chivalry, the order of knighthood, and especially, the code of
knightly behavior, comes from many origins. In Middle English, the word
"chevalrie" meant "mounted horseman". In Old french, the word "chevalrie"
meant knightliness or "chevalier" meaning knight. (Microft, Encarta)
Almost all origins of the ...
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Biography Of Edgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, Virginia,
and in his many restless moves, lived in half a dozen Eastern cities. His
true home was always in the "misty mid region of Weir" of his own fertile
and troubled imagination.
His father was David Poe, a Baltimore actor. His ...
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This Is Audie Murphy's life story. At the tender age of 12, he becomes the head of the family after his father deserts them. He joins the army at the age of 18 and through the course of the war is decorated for valor nine times thus becoming the most decorated combat soldier in World War II. Audie does one of the ...
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George Washingtonis best known as the "Father of our Country." He cared for this country much like a parent would care for a child. During his presidency, he solved many noteworthy problems. His achievements led to a democratic, wonderful country we like to call The United States of America. Although ...
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Stan Kenton & His OrchestraBorn December 15, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas, Stanley Newcomb Kenton grew up in Los Angeles, California. Sometime around the age of 8, his mother, Stella, a traditionally-trained musician noticed her son's irrepressible aptitude for the piano and became his first teacher.
It wasn't long, however, ...
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Teddy RooseveltAscension To The White House As Governor of New York, Roosevelt would once again stand on his own and distance himself from the political bosses and machines that got him elected. The head of the Republican machine, Thomas Platt, had misgivings about making Roosevelt governor of New York because ...
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Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life ...
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African CultureWhen W.E.B. Du Bois announced in his marvelous work Souls of Black Folk, that the "problem of the 20th Century is the color line . . ." immediately he set out a social and analytical paradigm that instantly recognized that the major racial problem in America was that existing between Blacks and ...
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The Causes Of The American RevolutionThe American Revolution was huge turning point in American history; it was the mark of the end of the British rule and the beginning of the new self-governed America. There have been many debates on the reasons that the revolution began to take place. Some of these reasons have stronger debates ...
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Chuck YeagerGeneral Charles E. Yeager was born on February 13, 1923 in Myra, West Virginia and raised the nearby village of Hamlin for the first eighteen years of his life. His father drilled natural gas, and his mother was a housewife. At an early age, Chuck helped his father drill, and learned mechanics ...
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The Battle Of The Spanish ArmadaThe great naval battle between Spain and England in 1588- one of the
most important battles in the history of the world- is known as the Battle of
the Invincible Armada. But in a sense, this is a misnomer. An invincible armada
is one that cannot be defeated, yet the mighty fleet of warships that ...
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Origins Of Distrust Between ThThe Arab world has been one of the most confusing areas known to the western world. Because of this confusion, the people of the Middle East have been made to suffer, not only at the hands of the west, but also by their own. Even though Arab and western world relations have been stabalizing, they ...
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History Of LacrosseWhat is the ? It is a topic that holds interesting for me in two respects. First, I enjoy all types of history, so learning the who's and what's of the sport is interesting to me. Second, I play lacrosse and knowing who and how the sport was developed would help and interest me.
How the game of ...
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Medieval CastlesIn 1494 the armies of the French king, Charles VIII, invaded Italy to capture the kingdom of Naples. They swept through the country and bombarded and destroyed many castles. This invasion signaled the end of the castle as a stronghold of defense. For centuries it had been the dominant ...
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Candide The Satire Of An Age.Candide on the surface is a witty, gelastic story. However when inspected deeper it is a philippic writing against people of an uneducated status. Candid is an archetype of these idiocracies, for he lacks reason and has optimism that is truely irking, believing that this is the best of all ...
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Tour De EiffelThe Eiffel tower, or , is located in Paris, France.
It is very famous and a wonderful tourist attraction. The wrought-iron
skeleton is located on Champ de Mars. It also contains restaurants, a
weather station, and spaces for experiments, but they all came at a cost of
over $1 million, but the fees ...
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Mexico, in full United Mexican States (Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos), federal republic in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the east by the United States, the Gulf of , and the Caribbean Sea; on the south by Belize and Guatemala; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. ...
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Theodore Rooseveltswept into the White House (which he so named) under rather unfortunate circumstances; he had been vice-president under William McKinley, who was assassinated in September 1901. “” made exceedingly fortunate use of his time. The youngest President ever inaugurated; Roosevelt was also among the ...
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