.... after the Arabs, Persians and Turks. Their largest concentrations are now respectively in Turkey (approx. 52% of all Kurds), Iran(25.5%), Iraq (16%), Syria (5%) and the CIS (1.5%). Barring a catastrophe, Kurds will become the third most populous ethnic group in the Middle East by the year 2000, displacing the Turks. Furthermore, if present demographic trends hold, as they are likely to, in about fifty years Kurds will also replace the Turks as the majority ethnic group in Turkey itself. There is now one Kurdish city with a population of nearly a million (Kirminshan), two with over half a million (Diyarbekir, Kirkuk), five between a quart .....

.... or color. The only Chinese that legally entered the United States during the six decades the Exclusion Act was in place were those in “exempted classes” such as merchants, students, diplomats, and travelers (Chan). An unknown number illegally entered through the Canadian and Mexican borders and many others entered as “paper sons.” The act did not prevent Chinese immigration per se; it simply prevented most legal immigration. The 1907-1908 Gentleman’s Agreement was the result of a conflict between the San Francisco school board and the Asian (particularly Japanese) community related to school segregation. Pr .....

.... in 1945, he unconditionally surrendered to the Allies. The second, Isoroku Yamamoto, born in 1884, was the reluctant Commander- in-Chief of Japan's naval forces during WW II. He had a clear grasp of the situation and predicted that against a country like the U.S. or Britain, Japan would quickly lose the war. He died in 1943, shot down by the U.S. 13th Air Force in a surgical assassination strike. The last, Tojo Hideki, was born in 1884, and was the most violent of the three. He was the leader of the militaristic party that controlled the government from 1926 to 1945, and the one who commanded the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1937. He .....

.... right to expand westward to the Pacific ocean. On the other hand, Mexico was a new country wanting to protect itself from outside powers. Evidence of U.S. expansion is seen with the independence of Texas from Mexico. The strongest evidence of U.S. expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. From the beginning, the war was conceived as an opportunity for land expansion. Mexico feared the United States expansion goals. During the 16th century, the Spanish began to settle the region. The Spanish had all ready conquered and settled Central Mexico. Now they wanted to expand their land holdings north. The first expedition into the region, .....

.... food, and medicine. America was extremely supportive of the war as long as they didn’t have to get in the trenches of it. They supported the British forces by fulfilling much needed supplies. America gave the British Parliament 7 billion dollars’ worth of American accouterments in 1942. Life on board these great sea giants wasn’t so spectacular. Hundreds of sailors had to live in cramped spaces sometimes without air-conditioning or heating. As the war progressed accommodations were made radically better by being given more refrigeration spaces and spacious rooms. The American Navy had a lot of great conquests. Sunken subma .....

.... fils de , Jean, est né a Paris sans mariage en 1867. a essayé de suicide en 1868. Camille et Claude ont epousé en 1870, et il s'est refugé a Londres lorsque la guerre a escaladé. Le prochaine an son père est mort et a déménagé à Argenteuil. Argenteuil a situé près de Paris sur la Seine. En 1878 Michel, le deuxieme fils, est né. Camille est morte dans 1879 de tuberculose. Après la mort de Camille, Alice Horschedé a prend en charge la famille de Claude en plus de ses six enfants. Toute la famille s'est installé à Poissy en 1881. Neuf ans derniers en date, a acheté la maison de Giverny. Pendant les deux ans prochain, M. H .....

.... the country's self- confidence and sense of purpose. Even if you weren't alive during the '60s, you know what they meant when they said, "tune in, turn on, drop out." you know why the nation celebrates Martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. all of the social issues are reflected in today's society: the civil rights movement, the student movement, space exploration, the sexual revolution, the environment, medicine and health, and fun and fashion. The Civil Rights Movement The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev. Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s. but for mos .....

.... social structure. At the top of the American social hierarchy resided the church. Following the church were the noblemen, and behind them the noblewomen. After the nobility came the middle-class, which included male merchants and artisans succeeded by the middle-class females. The bottom rung of the social ladder consisted of black slaves. This conventional regime continued to dominate the Americas completely until the revolution sparked new standards of living for all races and sexes. Revolutionary efforts set a new course for American society. Both the poor and wealthy begun wearing homespun clothing and military leaders respec .....

.... Unfortunately, none of these men were as successful as Julius Caesar, and France's own mighty giant Napoleon Bonaparte. Well, maybe they were…I don't know, I was only covering Caesar and Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte's success as a military leader and conqueror can clearly be seen in Julius Caesar. Caesar achieved great glory by bringing his country out of turmoil, as did Napoleon. Looking to the past, Napoleon knew what steps to take in order to achieve success. Napoleon devoured books on the art of war. Volume after volume of military theory was read, analyzed and criticized. He studied the campaigns of history's most famous .....

.... crucial time. The Vietnam War had already been ignited and US involvement was apparent. Because Johnson was an insecure man, and with that insecurity came a fear of being ridiculed, he wanted to show the American people that he could be the best president in US history. Although his intentions to create a 'Great Society' and to win the war in Vietnam were probably for the best, he still managed to make more mistakes that anything else. In August of 1964, LBJ, wantin to look serious about the halt of communism, bombed the North Vietnamese for carrying out attacks on US warships, however, this was mainly to look tough in front of his rival Gol .....