professor at London’s Imperial College of Medicine‚ who was not affiliated with the study‚ said it was possible that coca leaves - which contain a small amount of cocaine - "were smoked by people in Britain in the 17th century." Cocaine itself did not come to Britain until about 1900‚ but coca leaves‚ chewed by many Incas in the 1500s‚ were transported to Europe in the 17th century by Spanish explorers. The results of the study are published in the South African Journal of
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In the War of 1812‚ blockades were some of the earliest tactics deployed by the British. While you would think that the U.S. Industry would not be affected‚ but it was. Imports and exports were blocked from ports‚ which made the industry slower and weaker‚ but more advanced. The U.S. industry could not trade overseas‚ and were limited in materials‚ and not in advances. The blockades closed off mostly northern ports at the beginning of the war‚ and all of the eastern ports at the end of the war
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The Xbox launch was mainly a “strategy to move beyond the PC market”. Microsoft was ready to release their first fully computing system in order to “develop into living rooms worldwide.” By 2001‚ Microsoft was able to envision one of the most technological advanced consoles. They “outclassed any current existing system” by developing a high performance‚ easy- to-use platform that incorporated the first Worlds’ integrated high speed gaming network: the Xbox Live. However‚ Microsoft was making a
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03-05-13 Interact with History In my opinion‚ the government did not do as well of a job on reconstructing the south as they could have. I think that the best plan made for reconstruction was Lincoln’s ten percent plan. This plan’s intentions were to bring the southern states back into the union as quickly as possible. Lincoln believed that secession was unconstitutional therefore it was impossible. He believed that it was the people who had rebelled not the state. Lincoln’s ten percent plan
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The British enlightenment was one of the most important enlightenments that paved the foundation of the modern world we live in today. Often overlooked‚ the British enlightenment set the stage for others and brought new ideas to a new age that were revolutionary to say the least. Some of these reasons as to why the British enlightenment paved the way for the modern world are the fact that British enlightenment thinkers brought in new ideas that changed the way we view the world and how it affects
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direction and when they realized their mistake‚ they decided to stop and set up camp on the slope of the mountain. Dyatlov‚ which was the leader of the hiking group‚ told Yuri before he left to send a message no later than January 12. However‚ Dyatlov did expected to be a longer than that but it was already January 20th and they still had not send the message‚ so volunteer students and teachers went to go help find the 9 hikers that went missing after the first rescue team went. The army
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start his adventure; so first he made it to troy island that where there was a war and Odysseus with his men’s fought against the other men’s in war for about 10 years but then Odysseus and men’s thought of a plan to final win the war;so what they did was they build a fake horse and also went to the other men’s headquarters and said we give up. However it was not the other men’s thought it was over because it was only about a few of them that went to go said that they give up but everyone was in
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that after the attack on pearl harbor the U.S would definitely fight back and there was a lot of talk going on about this during the time‚ unfortunately they had no way of knowing how and when they would strike. As civilians they thought if the U.S did choose to fight it would be with the japanese military which made more sense. Sadly ‚ that was not the way things turned out because the bombs landed in cities where it was resolved solely on civilians which meant innocent lives were to be taken such
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in order to pay off a debt that his father had owed to the Danes. This is a mark of true heroism‚ as Beowulf‚ a Geat‚ was risking his life to save people who were not even his own. Beowulf’s conflict with Grendel was nearly selfless‚ although he did enjoy the fame and reward that followed Grendel’s defeat. He risked his life for what he felt was the good the people‚
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you think of when you hear the name‚ “Pocahontas”? For me‚ the Disney movie‚ “Pocahontas”‚ pops up in my head. The movie where animals followed Pocahontas while she was singing gracefully about love and freedom. To be honest‚ as a kid‚ I absolutely did not understand the plot of the movie. The storyline was not simple as a poor girl who magically obtained a dress and fall in love with a prince in the movie‚ “Cinderella”. But as I became older‚ I began to learn that the story took place in Jamestown
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