The Overland

Bryce Uphold Ms. Rossbach Honors English II 3/6/24 The Battle of Thermopylae Imagine a small number of soldiers trying to defend their land from upwards of 10 times their people to almost 40 times their people. This was shown in The Battle of Thermopylae, which was a war that took place in ancient Greece around 480 BCE and only took 5 days. This was a defense against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, led by Xerxes, and the defense was led by an alliance of Greek cities and states which were…

Maffeo remained in Venice anticipating the election of a new pope, but in 1271, after two years of waiting, they departed with Marco for the Mongol Court (Marco Polo britannica.com). Marco first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road (MARCO POLO HISTORY.com). Marco Polo documents his journey to China. According to britannica.com, the Polos had only been on the road for a few days when they learned that their friend,…

civilians. The first all-wheel drive system was built by the Cunningham Engineering Company of Boston, in 1900. The system was used on a steam wagon, which was driven by chains. The first dramatic change in all-wheel drive was in 1941, when Willy's Overland and Ford won the contract for the definitive general purpose vehicle, the jeep. The first civilian jeep was introduced to the public in 1946 after the war. The jeep was…

Memorials are made to honor people for what they accomplished in their lives. Memorials aren't just made for anyone though, usually whatever you accomplished has to be recognized by a lot of people as great. Otherwise you are just another soul that once lived. Most memorials aren't made by the person that it is made after has passed, this is because it is a symbol to remember what said person did. There is a much conservancy in memorials today. People questioning is that memorial really…

From traveling to the Yukon Territory, sailing around the Pacific Ocean, to writing many novels and short stories, Jack London has had a plethora of experiences in his life. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California to an unmarried mother, Flora Wellman. London was an illegitimate child. Jack’s father left his mother before he was born. His father could have possibly been William Chaney, a popular journalist and figure at the time. Since Jack’s mother was ill…

Over the course of year a retail company will lose thousands of dollars a year due to shoplifting and internal (employee) theft. Many companies will hire a staff who are trained to monitor and take action if necessary when it comes catching a shoplifter. Over years retail companies have seen many changes when it comes to theft. Shoplifters have got smarter in the ways they steal from a company. Even though we still see some shoplifters coming in and conceal one item and walking out the door.…

Ernest Shackleton led his crew on the Endurance to attempt to be the first group of individuals to cross the Antarctic continent overland. One day away from land the crew became iced in and eventually the ship sank. Leaving the crew with limited supplies. Ernest being the leader made sure every man went home alive. His leadership skills were spectacular during the journey. Ernest Shackleton was left with moral decision making in the days and months that passed between the sinking of the…

Francisco founded and who founded it? A. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776. It was founded by a Spanish explorer named Juan Bautista de Anza and Paloú. Anza lead an expedition northwest to the Pacific Coast and established the first successful overland connection between Sonora and Northern California. The Mexican viceroy was so impressed, he commissioned Anza to return to the San Francisco Bay and set up a permanent settlement. (San Francisco History) 2. Q: What is the oldest building…

In Mexico, 1979, the Ixtoc spilled an estimated 800,000 tons of oil into the water. Of this, about 10,000 caught fire. This causes smoke to pollute the air, and the ashes that were created were carried overland for hundreds of miles, killing animals and one or two humans. This is people when the air blew the ash miles away, because unknowingly drank polluted water and inhaled toxic air. About 114,000 tons of that oil started to biodegrade[2]…

to all phenomenon, industries and sectors. Among these (sectors) is the tourism sector. Slow tourism is a kind of conceptual framework which gives different options to travelling by car and also air (plane travel). People go to places more slowly overland, have a long stay and less travel, Dickenson, et al. (2010). Practicing slow tourism and travel is weighed against the dominant trend of rapid travel, equally as a means of getting from one destination to another and a method or means of…