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for humans there is a constant need for food to survive. For some cultures this need for food can be a great problem for them and therefore they must spend almost all their time searching for food. Depending on how one gets food this situation can be…

mind to ever live, spent his final days under the false accusations of the law. These accusation were that Socrates was not worshipping the gods of the popular ancient culture, and was also corrupting the young with his constant questioning of…

Franklin is one of the best known figures in Amercian history. His industrious rise to seccess, his role in this country's struggle for independence, and his investigations into the mysteries of electricity are among his famous accomplishments.…

of 1173 and 1350 as a bell tower the Leaning Tower of Pisa on a soft spot in the ground. With it being built only 2 meters above Sea Level the lean became obvious in the year 1178 when the third story was being built. There were three construction…

Meigs County, Ohio to Marcus Aurelius Bierce and Laura Sherwood Bierce. He was a "naughty" child, but, when he was not out playing devilish pranks, he would surround himself with the books of his literature-loving father. To these, he once wrote, he…

in a humble way, of which ignorant people would have trouble understanding because they perceive him as stupid because of his skin color. He used his opportunity of giving an Independence Day speech to express the true meaning of what the holiday means…

The stoning of St. Stephan 4. The blinding of Paul on his way to Damascus 5. The conversion of Saul 6. Saul returns to Jerusalem 7. Paul’s Belief and Theology 8. Paul’s Teaching Methods 9. The imprisonment and death of Paul 10. The…

life of a typical Roman Legionaire was a hard one. The combination of brutal training, discipline and organization, and long forced marches with many pounds of equipment all contributed to this, but because of these, the Roman Legions were a…

Gottfried von Leibniz, born on July 1st, 1646, was a German philosopher, as well as a mathematician, a universal genius, and a founder of modern science. He foresaw the development of symbolic logic and, unconnected with Isaac Newton, invented the calcu…

Freud; Probably the most influential activist in the realm of the study of the mind, Psychology; An influence so great that his works, ideologies and theories alike have imposed themselves upon the minds of many in this, the twentieth…