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As the 20th century approached, many European powers became hungry for more land and resources, which caused a massive foray into Africa. Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia, is a landlocked country located in South Africa, and was colonized by the British South African Company in the 1890s. According to James Pletcher in World Book Advanced, Zambia’s name is taken from the Zambezi River, which forms most of the country's southern border. It is located in south-central Africa and is one…

an American historian and a professor, Ellis got a bachelor’s from college William and Mary and a masters from Yale University. Ellis was well recognized as a scholar of America colonial history up to the early decades. He also taught classes on Vietnam and the American culture and also the 20th century. Ellis is the author of eight books for example Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence was one of New York time bestseller, American sphinx; a biography of Thomas Jefferson got…

Martha Gellhorn was a war correspondent and covered many wars in her lifetime from the Spanish Civil War to the United States Invasion in Panama. Martha began covering wars when she met an aspiring writer of the time, Ernest Hemingway who took Martha with him to cover the Spanish Civil War which sparked a fire in her to cover wars. Although Martha is most known through her war novels, she is also best known for her short stories and other novels as well. Martha a well rounded traveler ventured…

Comparison of Machiavelli’s behavior of known Politicians According to Niccolo Machiaville, he himself felt he was the most widely-read of the Renaissance thinkers. He retired from public service in order to become a writer and felt he was a Florentine politician. Shortly after his early retirement he was able to accomplish his dream and in 1513 he wrote his best known work, entitled The Prince, Principle II. In his book his main focus was on the way a good ruler or prince should perform. He…

The Cuban Revolution was the turning point from dictatorship to communism. It was a civil war that lasted three years, beginning on December 2, 1956 and ending on January 2, 1959. The guerilla forces led by Fidel Castro, fought to defeat the army and Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's current dictator of that time. Sailing from Mexico, where he was exiled, to Las Coloradas beach, Cuba, Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, and their small militia shared the goal of conquering Batista. Although Castro and his…

interviews with US., NATO and Afghan military leaders. Following the end of the US. military's combat mission last year, the Islamic radical insurgents have overrun dozens of checkpoints throughout the country and threatened entire districts. The army has rushed forces to take back terrain, but it doesn't have enough troops to defend every place under assault.” We have been continuing in this war for years with no decisive end in sight. Moving from the failures of the war, the total…

colleges and in communities across the United States. These rhetorical discourses ultimately changed the direction of human events. Sometimes these points of ideological protests shared views on specific issues, especially demonstrations against the Vietnam War, but each conflict was also its own local conflict. There is no evidence that any specific group organized the protests, or that speakers motivated demonstrations, or that the rhetoric of one protest caused other protests. Yet, the…

MAPLA was a left wing ideology group who attract the support of the Soviet Union. Major Backers of the group MAPLA were the Union of Socialist Satellite Republics (USSR) and Cuba. They were primary funded by legitimate oil sales and legitimate diamond exports. The only turned to smuggling when the UN had sanctions on Angola. MALPA was the legitimate government of Angola. This group would receive the most support…

Britain, France, and Italy came to colonies Somalia and split up the country. The British abandoned British Somalia after the natives uprising. After WWII the Italians were forced to leave Somalia and the country was given to the UN. In 1960 the Republic of Somalia was created from British Somalia and Italian Somalia. This is why people in Somali can speak English and others can speak Italian. Neighboring countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Above Somalia is the Gulf of Aden and east…

INTRODUCTION South Korea is one of the countries that have great success stories that was surprise most of people. In before year 1950s and early 1960, South Korea is a one of the country that involve as a poorest worlds in the world after World War II. “Most of people do not believe that this country survive as a poorest with only has $64 per capita income.” Mark Tran, (2011). South Korea was make a transformation from agricultural country being industrial country where can producing and…