Landmass

because they were already there. Now it’s August 3, 1492 and Columbus sets sail and the most dangerous trip the world has ever known (Bodenner). If you can remember back then people thought that the world was flat and there was only one big landmass that ever existed, people literally did not know what was out there. When sailing with his three small ships he almost faced mutiny two times because no land had been found and the crew of 90 men…

1492 the wars in Spain came to a halt.King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had become two of the most important people in Catholicism, for they had become the Catholic Kings. In 1943 word had reached Europe that Christopher Columbus had reached a new landmass, also known as the new world. With this news, people from Europe started to come to the new world, and thus caused different ethnic groups to start mixing, not only in culture but in physical ethnicity as well. People that had Indigenous and…

From the time period of 1450 to 1800, both Russia and the Spanish had been striving to expand their empires to gain a better role in the global economy. For Russia, this expansion was limited to the Eurasian landmass while the Spanish looked to the Atlantic and set up colonies in the New World. Both of these empires broke free from their foreign rulers. Despite different branches of Christianity, within both of these empires' religions played key roles in terms of expansion. The Russians wanted…

The Eastern Roman Empire was an important power in the Mediterranean and in the west. The actions of this country impacted the entire landmass and even has its impact on society up to this very day. One of the important actions of the empire was Justinian’s campaign of reconquest in the west. The Eastern Roman Empire became known as the Byzantine Empire. It was a vast empire that included, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Libya.…

several beatings and killings of protesters by these forces. To this day, Assad has been killing his own people by targeting cities and areas containing rebels by using powerful tanks, mortars, rockets and sharpshooters. With ISIS now gaining more landmass in Syria, people are forced to decide whether to fight in rebel groups that are against the dictatorial Syrian government, be pro-Assad, join ISIS, or in this case, flee their homeland. This has unleashed the worst refugee crisis since World…

countries from all around the world require their citizens to be in the military for at least two years. But should the US require a two year mandatory military service? The United States has one of the largest countries in the world in terms of landmass, population, and even its economy. The US should not be one of the countries that require a two year mandatory military service because of its high population, it would increase the national debt, and it violates the free will of its people.…

billion kg. The surface temperature of the Earth is between -88 degrees Celsius and 58 degrees Celsius. The orbit period of the Earth 365.26 Earth days. Mars Mars’s nickname is the “Red Planet”. Mars and the Earth have approximately the same landmass. Mars has 2 known moons, the names of the moons are Phobos & Deimos. Only 18 of the missions have been successful. Mars is 30 million kilograms from the sun. Pieces of Mars has fallen to the Earth. Mars is named after the Roman god of war.…

It was after World War II that the Arctic became an area of significant importance due to the abundance of its supplies; because of scientific purposes, geopolitical factors and even for commercial businesses the Arctic has gained interest by a lot of countries. Many countries have been deploying military class vessels, icebreakers and have set surveillance in the Artic Region. Two strong theories have risen regarding the Artic: ‘’res nullius’’ which suggests that no nation can get full claims…

The nuclear family has stood as an imperative concept of civilization for many ages. Through the ideology of nature versus nurture, children often inherit similar mannerisms, skills, and attributes to their parents. However, in the eyes of Phillip Larkin society has been utterly mistaken. The speaker in Larkin’s “This Be the Verse” advises the reader to escape society’s cycle of individual degradation for it will plague mankind. According to Philip Larkin mankind is cursed by familial…

600 years of landform uplift finally gave way. The initial shaking caused liquefaction from the Spring melt and the proximity of the ocean saturating the soil and making it extremely unstable. When the spring-loaded trigger gave way it thrust the landmass towards the ocean for a period of 4.5 minutes during which most damage occurred. There was a vertical displacement of an area about 200,000 square miles. Prince William Sound experienced an uplift in land from 25 to 124 feet above sea level.…