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of September 1939, the people of Poland awakened to vital news. A force of tanks, guns, and countless soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Pole's homelands. Germany's actions on that fateful…

that the earth was the center of the universe. Ptolemy stated that the Earth was stationary and that the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolved around imaginary points, which in turn revolved around the Earth. Copernicus knew that nature acted in…

South and also of the social and economic crisis that encompassed it during that time. The setting took place in a Southern town whose main economy came from cotton and saw mills and the time was during the Great Depression. Coming out in the 1940s,…

to as the Holocaust, which was the destruction of some six million Jews by the Nazis and their followers in Europe. “The general meaning of Holocaust is the great or total destruction of life.” Anther word for Holocaust is genocide, which is the…

18th amendment, also known as the Prohibition Amendment, which was directed to clean up the American Society, but as we all know; the goal was a failure. Criminal activities increased largely and many Americans died as a result of the Amendment.…

(slightly smaller than Maryland). This land is situated between Indonesia and Australia. The other half of the island is Indonesia’s province of West Timor. This small territory of East Timor is currently under a U.N. transitional government with…

New Year has been a traditional celebration that brings the Vietnamese a sense of happiness, hope and peace. However on January 31, 1968 Têt was a disastrous event for many Southern Vietnamese and American soldiers as General Vo Nguyen Giap , the…

is named for the Blue Ridge Mountains that are in it. It is the smallest region covering less than 2 percent of the state. It has many mountains consisting of metamorphic rock over 350 million years old. The next region is the Piedmont. The region…

in Russia in 1917? When the February Revolution of 1917 erupted, the Bolshevik’s were a minor concern and had no direct involvement in this initial bourgeoisie revolution. Prominent Bolshevik leaders like Lenin were abroad at the time and members…

and discussion with the Lost Boys of Sudan. The program was very interesting and helped me to connect my culture with ones that seemed completely unrelated. The program opened with music by a Youth Gospel Choir. They sang several songs ranging…