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‘Sultan of Swat.’” Happy Birthday, Babe Ruth, the "Sultan of Swat", Findingdulcinea, 6 Feb. 2010, Montville, Leigh. The Big Bam: the Life and Times of Babe Ruth. New York, Doubleday, 2006. Rader, Benjamin G. “Babe Ruth.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Nov.…

providing water for regional “agricultural irrigation” (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica; “Selenga (Selenge) River Delta”). However, the Selenga River is also a “substantial source of water for Lake Baikal,” a body of water in Russia that sustains an ecosystem with multiple endemic species, represents twenty percent of the world’s freshwater, and serves as a hub for industry in the region (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica; Galazy). As a result, when Mongolian power companies backed…

The Great Depression was a time of desperate need for a large fraction of the American people. In the beginning of this dark period, Americans were holding on to false sense of hope in the name of a very weak and apathetic president that we know today as Herbert Hoover. Hoover is infamous for having ignored the signs of the coming depression and was disapproved of on a wide scale for the majority of his presidency. Following the failed presidency of Herbert Hoover came one of the most beloved…

“About Racism.” Racism. It Stops With Me, 4 Oct. 2017, https://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/about-racism Smedley, Audrey. “Racism.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 22 Mar.2017, www.britannica.com/topic/racism. Siddiqui, Samana. “A Brief History of Racism in the United States.” Muhammad Ali & Young Muslims [Interview] | SoundVision.com, 24 May 2018, www.soundvision.com/article/a-brief-history-of-racism-in-the-united-states…

The Heian period, which lasted from 794 to 1185 CE, was undoubtedly the basis of modern Japanese culture. The period began when the Emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan from Nara to Heian-Kyō (now known as Kyoto) after Buddhist monasteries became oppressive. The Heian period is also known for the Fujiwara Clan. During the Heian period, the emperor lost most of his power and became more of a representative to Japan letting aforementioned Fujiwara Clan gain said power. They were a…

Taking Over Rome: Someone Was Going to Do It "Greatness might have cost the Romans their freedom, but it gave them the world" - Tom Holland Julius Caesar completely changed Rome. He initiated transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Without this morph in government, Ancient Roman culture as it is known to the modern world never would have existed. This is because the Pax Romana, during which Roman culture really developed, would not have been started by Augustus if…

The southern states seceded from the Union for multiple reasons. State’s rights, disputes over tariffs, and slavery were the fuel for the impending fire which was to come. Slavery would pose the largest disparity between the North and the South, neither trusting the other on the topic. Nevertheless, The Compromise of 1850 contained embedded seeds of dispute (Compromise, 2018). The Fugitive Slave Act sparked a compelling response from the Northern moderate antislavery groups becoming more engaged…

The Jeffersonian Democracy as described by historians was a new way to potentially unite America’s political ambitions by petitioning highly political biased newspapers for support with the intended result of separating it from the Federalists (Schultz, n.d.). This type of campaigning at the grassroots level, exploiting barbeques and clambakes for political gain, was tactics not used or even thought of by the Federalists which made them appear to be out of touch. At times, the campaign would…

genre creative nonfiction, because of the authors’ use of modern frameworks, round characters, and juxtaposition. Overall, the term graphic novel is not an awful one, both Maus and Persepolis are graphic novels. By the definition in the Encyclopædia Britannica, a graphic novel is “a type of text combining words and images—essentially a comic, although the term…

Eap1 WW Term 165. Essay #2 Final Draft. Name: Meera Talafha. Instructor: Mrs. Patricia Krejcik. Friday 9/30/ 2016 Sports is a passion for many people around the world. Millions of dollars are spent to host the mega-events like the Olympics. There are many contradictory views about the reasons that make the country want or be unwilling to host the Olympic games. The question that arises here is whether the impacts that will be reflected on the economic and social position in the host country…