metal technology. European soldiers’ demands led to the production of stronger‚ longer‚ and sharper swords. The rapier‚ with its extra long blade‚ represented a very high point in metalworking technology and became fashionable in Renaissance Europe. Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his most trusted officers debated their options for how to deal with Atahualpa‚ the last Inca emperor.
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Japanese-American farmers. These individuals saw internment as a positive means of uprooting their Japanese-American competitors. California experienced a wave of anti-Japanese prejudice‚ in part because of the concentration of new immigrants. The San Francisco Board of Education separated Japanese students from Caucasian students. The Board ordered 93 Japanese students in the district to attend a segregated school in Chinatown. Japanese Americans weren’t the only people to be interned during WWII‚ Italian
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The way to hope and success was not not what every individual expected. Gold fever floated people oversea mouth to mouth and walking 3000 miles. Hundreds of large to small towns sprang out. Especially San Francisco‚ the boom town. Every single man had their own skill. Some left their job for hope and could use their skill to make a profit around the gold mine area. Surprisingly entrepreneurs popped up and a new technology got invented. Decades after decades
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The artwork that is titled “Clouds Over San Francisco No.2”was created by Dina Budginas. She was born in Lithuania and soon migrated to Germany‚that is where she discovered her love for art. Dina is a self taught artist who picked up great nurturing skills along the way while attending art schools. She attended three art schools‚one that was located in Boston and the other two in Los Angeles by the names of Otis Art Institute and El Camino College. Her art life was put on hold due to raising four
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Chapter 25 and 26 Context: Mayas feelings when returning to mother starts to appreciate San Francisco transitions between the two cultures Characters: Momma: Always reaches to religion Maya: admires the way momma adjusts to the culture sorrow was confirmed to gloom at separating from bailey for a month (214) Naive to the new culture The fact her mother is human is important cause humans make mistakes too Bailey: Traumatised from the experience of carrying a dead body “Bailey was talking so fast
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One early morning in 1962‚ Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin broke out of Alcatraz prison. Using nothing but a raft fashioned out of raincoats‚ the three men traveled out into the foggy San Francisco Bay‚ never to be seen again. This was over 50 years ago‚ but the escape is still significant today. Society today still cares about the escape from Alcatraz because of its presence in the media‚ Alcatraz’s reputation as “escape-proof”‚ and natural human curiosity. First of all‚ the
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Druga Gimnazija Sarajevo-IBO Javier Ochoa Spanish Civil war To what extent was the contribution of foreign powers to Franco’s victory in the Spanish Civil War exaggerated? Word count : 1800 Plan of investigation3 Summary of evidence3-5 Evaluation of sources 6-8 Analysis8-10 Conclusion10-11 List of sources11 Plan of the Investigation The Spanish Civil War(1936-39)‚ was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain‚ supported by conservative elements within
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Republican forces were made up of assorted factions (Communists‚ Socialists‚ Anarchists‚ to name a few) with wildly differing approaches to government and eventual aims‚ but a common opposition to the Nationalists. The Nationalists‚ led by General Francisco Franco‚ were also factionalized but to a lesser extent. They sought a return to the golden days of Spain‚ based on law‚ order‚ and traditional Catholic family values.[10] At about 16:30 on Monday‚ 26 April 1937‚ warplanes of the German Condor Legion
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Columbus’s "discovery" of Caribbean islands densely populated by Native Americans. The most dramatic moment in subsequent European-Native American relations was the first encounter between the Inca emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca on November 16‚ 1532. Atahuallpa was absolute monarch of the largest and most advanced state in the New World‚ while Pizarro represented the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (also known as King Charles
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plants and animals‚ germs‚ orientation of continental axes‚ and ecological barriers. Throughout the book‚ he refers back to the "Collision at Cajamarca‚" or the first encounter between the Incan emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro‚ as a "broad window onto world history." The encounter is effective in capturing his argument‚ namely that the Spanish "victory" over the Incas was all but a foregone conclusion given the centuries of accumulated benefits conferred on the
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