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    media portrayed the match as an ideological battle, exaggerating the political importance of the match, convincing society of the political importance of the match. The match attracted the attention of the Soviet Security Agency, the KGB, as well Henry Kissinger, the US National Security Advisor. Even though this was the case, the match had minimal effects on politics. Additionally, the match influenced society to be more accepting of the opposing ideologies between the United States(US) and the…

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    philosophy, and classics” (Adam Smith Biography). By studying at that college it got him into his future careers. Smith began to give public lectures on ethics and they would become the topic of his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, in 1759. Henry Home arranged for Smith to give these series of lectures on rhetoric and literature in 1746. Through these lectures in the 1750’s, Smith became lifelong friends with Scottish philosopher and economist David Hume. Smith, in 1751, was then…

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    This chapter talks about mental testing in America. James Cattell and Galton believed that intelligence is hereditary. Henry Herbert Goddard shared a similar view to James Cattell and Galton. He conducted a study in the heredity of feeblemindedness and wrote a book called “Kallikak Family.” Ligthner Witmer was an environmentalist and he believed that hereditary was an excuse for an action. One of the research psychiatrists in this area was Alfred Binet. Theodor Simone joined Binet’s team and…

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    1-The Eiffel Tower(Paris) It built in 1889.The Eiffel Tower (nickname the iron lady) named with it’s engineer.His name is Gustave Eiffel.It built for Expo 1889 Paris Fair.It has became a global icon of France.It’s three hundred meters high and one hundred twenty five meters wide.It is the tallest building in Paris.Every day millions of tourists visit here and see this wonderful structure. 2-The Great Wall of China Chinese Emperor Si-Huangti constructed the great Wall of the China in B.C(Before…

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    discovering an approach round will India, colonizing a few Atlantic islands, Also creating African exchanging presents which cultivated a blasting profession for West Africa in gold, ivory, and slaves. The heading benefactor of these voyages might have been Henry The Navigator, a Portuguese ruler.Those defining moment clinched alongside Portugal's mission for an ocean course with India might have been the adjusting of the southern tip from claiming Africa, attained Toward Bartholomew Diaz. In…

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    Hadley Watson Dr. Keith Hale English 1213 Composition II 10 October 2016 European Encounters with the Beothuk Before European interaction, the natives of Newfoundland, the Beothuk, estimated a population of less than one thousand inhabitants (Pastore). John Cabot, sailing under the authority of England, sailed to the east coast of Canada in 1497, which lead to the first recorded foreign interactions with the Beothuk people. The Beothuk initially avoided the Europeans. However, England’s greed…

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    On March 23, 1775, in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry gave a speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses. His speech contained a quote that would verbalize the morale of many Americans for the revolutionary years to come, “Give me liberty or give me death”. The odds were stacked against the Americans, but the determination to rid themselves of a tyrannical leach pushed them through to victory. The colonists managed to turn the tide in the war with the British and secure their homeland because of…

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    women learnt the steps and movements from the dancing masters, then they participate in the performance with the music in celebration events in the court. A century later, an Italian noblewoman, Catherine de Medici, who was the wife of King Henry II of France, and she was a patron of art as she began to introduce ballet of early dance style into the French court (Atlanta Ballet). In the 17th century, King Louis XIV invited…

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    arly years Carver was born into slavery in Diamond Grove, Newton County, near Crystal Place, now known as Diamond, Missouri, possibly in 1864 or 1865, though the exact date is not known.[8][9] His master, Moses Carver, was a German American immigrant who had purchased George's parents, Mary and Giles, from William P. McGinnis on October 9, 1855, for $700. Carver had 10 sisters and a brother, all of whom died prematurely.[citation needed] When George was only a week old, he, a sister, and his…

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    William the conqueror came to England he promoted the idea for Jewish merchants to come from northern France to England (Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK). Jews then followed from other countries like Germany, Italy, Spain, England (Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK. Christians were prohibited to work as moneylenders and were able to sell at…

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