Did Nazi Germany Build a Base in Antarctica? In December 1938‚ a ship named MS Schwabenland set off from the German city of Hamburg‚ on an expedition to Antarctica along with 57 men. In January of 1939‚ the ship arrived on what is now known as Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land‚ where Norway had claimed. However‚ the Germans ignored this and charted the region‚ and planted Swastikas in the ice. They named the region after the ship‚ naming it Neuschwabenland‚ meaning New Swabia. One objective
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liquor businesses there were more businesses with liquor after the law was passed before the law. Then‚ this person called Homer C. Cummings was fighting of crime every day and came up with an idea to stop the gangsters like Al Capone. He was going to build a building in a little island in the bay of San Francisco. It was going to be called Alcatraz. Alcatraz was a huge success it opened it’s doors in 1934 it closed just 29 years after in 1963. Alcatraz was a super-prison for super-prisoners the prison
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Rebuilding the Food Pyramid Sept 20‚ 201 Through years Americans have struggled with their diet nutritions. Many nutritionists have been trying to find a good method to help people have a healthy intake. The Food pyramid appears‚ and it has a long history. The U.S Department Agriculture (USDA) published the first food guide which was named How to Select Foods by Caroline Hunt (Healthy Eating Politics). Then‚ in 1946 it became The National Nutrition Guide because that was a war time. And then
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Structures During the Neothlithic era‚ many different cultures were beginning to create different yet similar structures for their cities. In England‚ humans built Stonehenge‚ in Egypt‚ humans began to build pyramids‚ and in Mesopotamia‚ Sumerians built ziggurats. All of these structures were used to either worship gods‚ or had some sort of religious belief behind them. In England‚ Stonehenge‚ the most famous megalithic structure‚ was built. It consisted of several large stones‚ the largest weighing
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The Building of the Pyramids The pyramids were built in ancient times by the Egyptians‚ who did not have the modern tools we have today. Pyramids have a square base and four triangular sides. These structures had a very stable shape for projects with large amounts of stone. They were specifically tombs that were made for burying Pharos. There are no records of building plans about how they were made‚ so nobody exactly knows what happened. Yet‚ archaeologists have come up with theories and ideas
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Ancient Egyptian Civilization The Growth of Egyptian Civilization Egypt has been called “the gift of the Nile.” Without this mighty river‚ all Egypt would be desert‚ for it receives little rainfall. Heavy spring and summer rains at the source of the Nile once caused the river to overflow regularly each July. The yearly flooding of the Nile made it possible for Neolithic farmers to grow crops in the valley. The flood waters brought moisture to the dry land and also left behind a layer of rich
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The Egyptian religion is one of the oldest practices when looking at how religions evolve over time. Egyptian religion is seen as a basis of many religions today such as Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam today‚ and many of their roots come from Egyptian practices. They had many gods that they worshiped within the duration of the religion which only ended when Christianity came to a head. The Egyptian religions had many gods that they worshiped‚ and their practices influence many religions today. Osiris
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Stalin could see that his former allies (and new rivals) in the West were working to build up West Germany as an anti-Soviet anchor in Central Europe‚ and in the summer of 1948 he sought to retaliate by imposing a blockade upon West Berlin. (West Berlin—comprising the British‚ American‚ and French sectors of the German capital—was an anticommunist island‚ surrounded on all sides by Soviet-controlled East Germany; the geography made it easy for Stalin to cut off access.) On 24 June 1948‚ Stalin blocked
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Julius Caesar made some very important decisions within his lifetime‚ leading to many things to happen over the course of a few decades. Julius Caesar was born on July 100 B.C. and died‚ brutally on the March 15‚ 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was born under parents who had noble backgrounds and died during a horrific stabbing‚ in which people stabbed him twenty-three times. Julius Caesar‚ a leader of the Roman empire‚ made the choice to expand his empire‚ impacting the destiny of the nation he lead. The
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The ancient Egyptians build pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The Pharaohs got buried in different pyramids that were specifically built for them. There were many different shapes and sizes from the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom. Out of the many pyramids built‚ three of them were best preserved. The most known are built for the Pharaoh Khufu which was known as the “Great Pyramid.” The sides of the Great Pyramid base average were 755 feet and its original height
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