of the most famous rivers in the world flows through Billings‚ but it still does not have any beaches. Like Jeddah‚ Billings also has a nickname‚ “the Magic City.” Billings earned this name from how fast Billings grew into a town from a Railroad Outpost. In Jeddah the winters are cold‚ but the winters in Billings are much colder and full of snow. I enjoy learning the American culture and Billings has a lot of friendly people‚ but because I do not know many people it is hard for me
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countries enrolled their children in the school‚ which also served as a recruiting center for jihadis to fight the Nigerian State. In 2004 it moved to Kanamma‚ Yobe State‚ where it set up a base called "Afghanistan"‚ used to attack nearby police outposts‚ killing police officers. Yusuf is hostile to democracy and the secular education system‚ vowing that "this war that is yet to start would continue for long" if the political and educational system was not changed. The group became popular following
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Social classes fits into the thematic learning objective Development and Transformation of Social Structures (SOC) because all areas of the world in 1450-1750 were functioning under some kind of social or economic class. In the west‚ there were more opportunities for jobs. Southern and Eastern Asia also saw a continuation in the Caste System and the scholarly dominance. Social hierarchies and identities changed The Spanish conquest of the New World and establishment of profitable colonies led to
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Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers
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For centuries the Silk Road has served as a connector between empires‚ countries‚ and cities all over the world. The outposts and cities along the Silk Road became the melting pot of race‚ culture‚ and religion. Transculturations between countries were becoming more frequent throughout the world‚ while Normal citizens‚ travelers‚ explorers‚ and scholars of the Silk Road experienced it first hand. Scholars such as Pratt and Clifford theorized transculturation through documents of modern European
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to assassinate‚ ambush and sabotage. Unlike conventional wars in which the Americans may have fought‚ the war in Vietnam had no defined front lines. Much of the fighting consisted of hit and run attacks‚ with the guerrillas striking at government outposts and then retreating into the jungles. Most of the US soldiers were also caught out by booby traps set up by the Vietcong. These ranged from simple holes in the ground to metal spikes covered in poison or human excrement. Despite their
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Reasons for the British Colonization of North America The English had many motives for founding the colonies in America. The migration was provoked by various reasons. It is said that religious motives played the most important role but economic motives played just as big of a role. Social and political reasons did not play such a prime role but they did certainly affect the decision of the English into making the hard and long voyage. New economic opportunities
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“The Portuguese established fortresses and outposts along the coast‚ carrying out the lucrative business of slavery.” (“Bartolomeu Dias”‚ World History‚ ABC-CLIO). Although tragic for the African people living on the West Coast‚ this expansion allowed the Portuguese to make even more money because
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and transformed according to the needs and interest of the colonial rulers.”1 “Pre-doomed” Asia The extent of western penetration between the sixteenth century and the eighteenth century was limited compared to later years. Almost all western outposts in East and South Asia were there at the sufferance of the local kingdoms and were heavily regulated‚ as was the case for Guangdong in China2. Although several territories in Southeast Asia‚ like Melaka and Jayakarta3‚ were taken by force‚ two things
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far from their ancestral homes‚ along the coasts of Denmark‚ Sweden and Norway. The Vikings were a seafaring people from the late eighth to early 11th century who established a name for themselves as traders‚ explorers and warriors. They began to progress further into Europe in the late 700s A.D‚ and successfully colonized settlements in England‚ France‚ Russia and Iceland due to their mastery of ships and nautical and astrological knowledge. They also established settlements in parts of Greenland
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