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King Tut
Words: 656 - Pages: 3.... A new religion and capital
was established in Thebes. His new city was called Akhetaten, meaning “Horizon of
the Aten.” Akhenaten and his wife, Nefertiti had six daughters, and no one to be
the next pharaoh. Ankhesenpaaten was one of the daughters of Akhenaten and
Nefertiti. Ankhesenpaaten married Tutankhamun. After the death of Akhenaten,
Tutankhamun became the next pharaoh at age 9. Since he became a pharaoh at
such a young age, he was not able to make decisions. Ay who was the father of
Nefertiti and Horemheb who was the commander in chief of the army was in charge.
Tutankhamun was taught many skills when he was young. He .....
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I, Tituba Black Witch Of Salem
Words: 738 - Pages: 3.... Tituba felt racism from her people in another way. When she didn't know how to party and didn't know how black people were "supposed" to act she felt resentment and animosity from the blacks present. They felt as if she didn't know how to be one of them and that she was not truly "black". We take from these examples that racism isn't always felt from someone outside of your race but it can be felt the same if not even more heartfelt from with in your race.
Religion isn't really something you practice in Tituba's vocabulary; she has formed her own beliefs that have been instilled in her by her mother and Mama Yaya. When Tituba first .....
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The Metis
Words: 519 - Pages: 2.... by hunting buffalo, making pemmican or
finding employment as freight drivers.
After a while Canada bought Rupertsland from Hudson Bay Company. When the
Metis heard this they were alarmed. They feared their religion,their
language, their lands and their old, free way of* life. They had known for
some time that Canada was busy constructing a colonists highway from Lake
Superior to the Red River. The situation became tense surveyors were sent
into the flow of settlers, and it was considered a wise move to have the
surveying well under way before settlement began in earnest. It was decided
to use a system or land survey similar to that .....
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Andy Warhol 2
Words: 958 - Pages: 4.... this period. He later began to make movies and photography. (Coplans pg 47-48)
At the beginning of his work, he started out with the making comic strip “reproductions.” They really shouldn’t be considered reproductions because they aren’t always an extremely accurate portrayal of the product. Some of his pieces such as the thirty-two painting collection of Campbell’s Soup Cans, are almost identical to the models he used. While others have a looser quality and are merely starting points on which to begin. (Coplans pg 47)
He accomplished the mass amounts of the same subject through many methods. Sometimes he would just paint .....
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Roman History
Words: 744 - Pages: 3.... Some people would have an epitaph on
there tomb. This was a brief description of the person
how they lived and died. On the birthdays of the dead the
family would have a meal in there honor. Most
tombstones had a chute where food could be dropped
into, this was thought to nourish the soul. Some
Mausoleums had kitchen facilities and eating areas for
these occasions. Most Romans belonged to a funeral
club. These were clubs that a Roman would join and pay
into over there life to pay for there funeral. The only
class that had trouble paying into it were the unskilled
plebs, they were usually thrown into a pit just outside the
city walls.
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The Whiskey Rebellion
Words: 497 - Pages: 2.... 12,950 troops. After
this, many problems arose, both political and logistical. These dilemmas had to
be overcome, and by October, 1794 the men were on the march towards Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. There, they contained the mob hysteria and anger. This event
represented the first use of the Militia Law of 1792 enabling the militia to “
execute the laws of the union, and suppress insurrection” (The Whiskey Rebellion
of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1).
It is clear that George Washington was the source of success in the
Whiskey Rebellion. When the militia, with Washington and Hamilton at its lead,
reached western Pennsylvania, it became clear .....
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Shoeless Joe And The Black Sox Scandal
Words: 408 - Pages: 2.... placed a two million dollar bet on the underdog Reds. One
year later, in September 1920, Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson signed
confessions to receiving five thousand dollars to throw the World Series.
Before the trial for Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson, there was a turnover in
the Illinois State Attorney's Office and all the confessions mysteriously
disappeared. The three baseball players then said they didn't sign the
confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for Major League
Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three players were
guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the team that threw
the .....
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Magdelana Abakanowicz
Words: 230 - Pages: 1.... are human and animal figures presented in large groups of 50, 80, or 150 exemplars. Abakanowicz also works in drawing, painting, choreographing dances, and architectural projects. Her work can be seen in museums all over the world. Often in her work she explores the alerted reality created by groups of sculpture in a gallery while also drawing heavily upon her personal and family history. Abakanowicz’s work demonstrates an evolution from themes to dwellings, to humans, to the primality of organic growth itself. Abakanowicz’s strong idealism and forceful speaking style suggest a productive tenacity born of a defensive self-belief. She fe .....
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Silent Nightmare
Words: 2885 - Pages: 11.... of the disaster when they did finally acknowledge what had happened.
We now believe that "at least 27 cities and villages near the Chernobyl nuclear plant are too contaminated by radioactivity to be resettled in the foreseeable future; and that "the radiation released stretched world wide (1). We also know that the explosion and fire tore apart one of the reactors and that "31 people died" (2). However this figure conflicts with the April 29,1986 United Press International "unconfirmed" report that over 2000 people were killed by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion (3).
Looking back, we can see that as the story unfolded, .....
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Israel 2
Words: 1548 - Pages: 6.... varies considerably with altitude, exposure to the sea, and predominant winds. January is normally the coldest month and August the warmest. In upland regions such as Jerusalem, January temperatures average 9 degrees Celsius (48 Degrees Fahrenheit) while August temperatures average 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit). In coastal plains, including Haifa and Tel Aviv – Yafo, January averages 12 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) and August averages 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit). The highest and lowest elevations are subject to extremes: frost occurs a few days a year in mountainous inland regions, while summer tem .....
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