CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The idea of a glorious earthly paradise far from the known world had existed in the European imagination long before 1492. That idea of a distant paradise on earth shaped the way Europeans came to think of America after Columbus and his successors reported their discoveries. For example‚ the following mythic lands may have served as inspirations for the alluring idea of America as a place of joy‚ ease‚ riches‚ and regeneration: a. the Garden of the Hesperides of Greek myth
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Moving To A New Country; What Makes People Do So The love I feel for my country‚ the land I was born in‚ is something inexplicable. The feeling I get when my country’s name is pronounced is almost like the same feelings of butterflies in the stomach people feel when they are in love. So‚ why is it that I decided to desert my land and move to a new country? As in many other countries‚ the financial situation in my country was not very suitable my family and I to live in‚ and as many other people
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Moving Around The World By Ashhad Hanafi In 2001‚ Sana Hanafi moved over 7‚000 miles to start her future in the US. Sana comes from Pakistan‚ a country located in southern Asia (see image on left). She came with her Husband after they were newly married. Together they have moved across the country numerous times‚ settling in over 5 states! Why move so often‚ though? Why move at all? According to Sana‚ she “...was studying for my medical boards and my Husband was trying to get better opportunities
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Billy Mitchell was the founding father of what is now the Air Force. His legacy of tragedy and triumph resonates with the proposition that success always starts with failure. The tragedy of his court martial‚ subsequent resignation after a long military career‚ and early death ended in triumph because his vision became a reality in the creation of today’s independent Air Force. Mitchell’s vision for the Air Force past and present was a theory of airpower not based on a single idea but on the combined
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changed my life was moving to New Jersey in 2013. Moving to New Jersey led me to compete in National History Day (NHD). Furthermore‚ I got into a Gifted and Talented school for the first time. This resulted in me making incredible friends and having amazing teachers. If you do not know‚ National History Day is a rigorous History competition. The competition divides into five different categories‚ the category I competed in was the exhibit category. Each year the competition selects a new theme‚ last year’s
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about to sail to the New World from Spain on your old reliable ship. You wonder what you are going to find and what you are going to do if you meet any Native Americans. Then you think about the past‚ and in the past what has happened when cultures collide to get you to that day. So what happens when cultures collide? Is it always battles? do new cultures always form? The advances of technology help reach new cultures like how the compass and caravel helped get to the New World. Then when Christopher
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Environment Moving away from my family and friends was not easy for me. The day I moved away a lot of things were going through my mind. As I took the last look at home I remember the good and bad times that I had with my family and friends‚ at the time my main worry was if I would adjust to the environment and I was trying to be strong and hold my tears. Moving away was an experience that change my life as a person‚ it tough me how to deal with change and to adjust to a new environment.
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“Wrong answer Laurran‚ do it again‚” Mrs. Taylor raised her voice at me. The room went silent. Nobody was talking or moving‚ to scared to get scolded by Mrs. Taylor. I always wondered who would want to marry her‚ or how she treated her kids at home. I honestly feel bad for her two kids if she treated her own students this way. I sat there‚ my eyes tearing up from embarrassment and failure. Mrs. Taylor doesn’t understand how hard it is; doing math that is a grade above your level of experience. She
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could see tourists‚ and heard the snapping of their cameras. I saw shops opening for the new day. I saw the sun rising over the castle. I stepped onto the street‚ saw the butterflies fluttering through the gardens‚ which‚ I felt was similar to the butterflies fluttering inside me. However‚ excitement of a brand-new‚ different place was mixed in with my fear and nervousness. Moving to Scotland changed my entire world‚ for the worse at first‚ however‚ there is an immense amount that I have learnt from
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Early life[edit] Elliot was born in Portland‚ Oregon‚ to Fred and Clara Elliot. Fred was of Scottish heritage; his grandparents were the first of his family to settle in North America. Clara’s parents moved near the turn of the 20th century from Switzerland to eastern Washington‚ where they operated a large ranch. They met in Portland‚ where Clara was studying to be a chiropractor and Fred‚ having devoted himself to Christian ministry‚ was working as a traveling preacher with the Plymouth Brethren
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