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    In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That phrase has been around for decades, but why is it so important? How did this man named Christopher Columbus manage to engrave his name into history? Every person in America knows this name because he is an integral part to the beginning of America. Not only did he do that but he started the ball rolling for hundreds of other different opportunities to take shape all over the world. The beginning of it all was in 1451. The son of a wool merchant in…

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    The period of 1000 – 1500 C.E. was a very tumultuous and transformative time, but as the world was changing, it was also coming closer together. The trans-continental trade, travel, and the exchange of ideas between cultures began to emerge as commonplace. Both the Indian-Ocean and the Sub-Saharan trade routes grew in popularity due to many factors, these factors having both positive and negative effects on Eurasia and the African continents. The interactions that occurred between peoples and…

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    Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa, Italy in 1451. He was known for his mystery and controversy also his bravery. Columbus was said to be the oldest of five children who came from a poor and barren family. Those who knew him while he attended the University of Pavia said he was a good observer and was very well read. Columbus was known for his voyages at sea and his ability to make maps. Much credit was given to him for opening up the Americans to the…

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    Several people around the world believe that Christopher Columbus discovered America, and a day should be dedicated to him for all that he has done. However, there are people who acknowledge Columbus Day to be unnecessary due to the fact he truly did not discover America. Even though Columbus is given recognition for intertwining the New World with the Old World, there should not be a day just for him. Columbus should not have a national holiday dedicated to him because he did not discover…

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    Summary The story of Charlotte’s Web takes place in Somerset County. Wilbur was the runt of eleven piglets that were born in the spring. He was saved from an early demise by a young girl name Fern. Wilbur was then given to Fern and she raised him as her own. As Wilbur began to grow, a decision was made to put him in the barn with the other animals. It was here that he met and quickly became friends with Charlotte the spider. Wilbur saved Charlotte from the wrath of Fern’s brother Avery. He was…

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    should not be allowed on the frontlines were the physical capabilities, mental health, and ability to handle equipment. The chances of Relationships between men and, women still find woman abroad. In an interview, I conducted with a Female Royal Bahamas Defense force officer Petty Officer Maxieann, Woodside I asked how she felt about, these factors that they said made women unfit for battle and, she went on to say “A solider Is a solider “. In her basic training to enter the force she had to…

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    “In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue” is a common phrase used to teach schoolchildren the history of exploration in North America. In the United States, we refer to Columbus as the first person to discover America. Not only do schools and government buildings close nationwide in remembrance of Columbus’s arrival to the New World on October 12th, our nation’s capital is the District of Columbia. However, Columbus was not the explorer, or person, history textbooks portray him as…

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    +Adam Molani IQ is not affected by education or environment. "Negroid" is the official scientific namo of the black sub-saharan race who have an average IQ of 68. Stop pretending you know about this subject. For over a century the IQ of people in every country has been intensively studied and thousands of international IQ surveys have been averaged out by hundreds of Universities to give reliable average IQ figures for each country. The racial correlation with IQ has been confirmed by EVERY…

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    Why explore the profound secrets of the earth when everyone believes circumnavigating it is illogical? During the Age of Exploration, people began doing what seemed impossible: expanding into the rest of the world between the 1400s and 1800s. Expeditions across the world were very long and expensive, not to mention very dangerous. Europeans risked perilous ocean voyages to discover new sea routes in order to expand and establish powerful trading empires. Many sailors died on the way and some…

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    This fact, and having read The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - A Trilogy in Four Parts before starting with this novel, equipped me with a preconception of Douglas Adams's work. I knew roughly what to expect from an Adams work of fiction. The title of the novel, too, causes more connections to be made, obviously to the genre of the murder mystery, but also to a specific post-modernist theory concerning the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. On the back there is a "blurb" by the…

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