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thought that they would never be defeated again after what happened during the holocaust. The six day war in 1967 was one of the shortest wars ever seen. Within those days Israel captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt along with the West Bank. With the war israelis established themselves as the dominant regional power. The United States of America and Israel are very close allies. When Israel first became an independent country the US. recognized them as a country with a…

Journey to Work: Transnational Prostitution in Colonial British West Africa is an ambitious undertaking achieved by Saheed Aderinto. In this article, his main argument is that local social processes contributed to change the perceptions on the prostitution in Nigeria, and that prostitution network in Nigeria-Gold Coast flourished partly because men benefited of the remittance of women. But he also announces that his article adresses multiple other questions: « How did the attitudes of…

Kanye West is a hip-hop recording artist and is notoriously known for his unique style of music. He left college in order to pursue his musical career. When he dropped his first album, “The College Dropout,” he rattled the hip hop industry by deviating from popular gangster and club music found in hip hop. In his own music, he is more concerned with the concept of religion, racism, family, and higher education. One noteworthy song that came out of that album was Jesus Walks. In this song, West…

that might have little or no knowledge about their ancestry. This document serves as an enlightenment to shed some light on things that happened way before our time. Nevertheless, these intentions may not be met well, as people might not accept his story and the messages he was trying…

pros of the wall in East Berlin under the communist system. People had excellent health care and free public transport. All the people enjoyed full employment, food and rents. East Germans believed that the communism was fairer than the capitalism of West Germany. However they did lack some key freedoms including the freedom of speech, the ability to vote. The wall also prevented people of East Germany to leave and many families were unable to access luxurious goods such coffee. People were…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Arvind Ashok on Tuesday, January 19th at Starbucks in Round Rock, Texas for about forty minutes. Throughout our conversation, he struck me as a young man who while seeming terse and systematic in his answers, was authentic in his thirst for learning inside and outside the classroom and his skill as an on point communicator was present throughout the interview. Arvind grew up in a house with books of all types, which he soon learned were fun and took them in…

West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles, California. West Hollywood is known for a variety of things, including the Sunset Strip, its large LGBT population and regular celebrity sightings. Since its earliest years, West Hollywood has earned a reputation for its nightlife and home to emerging artists in the entertainment industry. Based on the city’s history and current demographics, it is suitable for a new live entertainment venue to be established. SWOT Analysis Strengths: One of the biggest…

area which he spoke at. Ronald Reagan uses diction, ethos and a understanding tone, one which he feels what the people want and therefore addresses the German political officials on the issues about the wall and how there should not be a “East” or “West” berlin Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in the small town of Tampico, Illinois, to parents John Reagan and Nelle Wilson Reagan. Like…

Mali Empire, located in West Africa, affected them via, developing dominance in trans-Sharan trade route, evolving their devotion to Islam, administrating them to embrace an educational system based on Islam, and engaging in the expansion of land. II. The expansion of trade and the movement of people affected the Mali empire by developing dominance in trans-Sharan trade route using the natural resource in their homeland. 1. Mali acquired control over the salt trade. (Story). i. By taking…

other things, such as salt. “Much gold was traded through the Sahara desert, to the countries on the North African coast” (MaliTrade). Being the center of trade, West Africa had many connections to the Islamic trade networks, meaning that they had access to many trade routes and could make even more money off of trade. There were many stories of the overflowing amounts of gold in Mali, and that attracted merchants and traders from all over…