Basketball. What is it? How did it begin? Why is it so popular now as opposed to earlier in history. Basketball was brought to fruition in 1891‚ as a counterbalance to outdoor activities‚ the likes of soccer and lacrosse. It’s creator‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ a presbyterian preacher who worked as a physical education teacher at the YMCA international School (now Springfield College) was told to find and “athletic distraction” for the students there‚ and thus‚ basketball was born. Later on‚ in 1950
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History In the past its been known that the French and English haven’t always gotten along. They’ve shared their differences and have been competitive and selfish with each other since day one. Weather It be for land‚ power‚ resources or religion‚ they never truly saw eye to eye and tried to overtake one another‚ or simply just separate from each other. There are many events in history that show the rivalrous relationship between the two opposers‚ and
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Diego Ariza U.S History November 18th 2013 We Take Nothing By Conquest‚ Thank God What Zinn argues on this chapter eight is epitomized in the tittle of this chapter. “ We take nothing by conquest‚ Thank god. Zinn uses this statement to present how atrocious the conquest really was since there was a conquest. America wanted to hide it’s evil ways behind the facade of saying that America acquire land always through peaceful purchases. The war was very unpopular to many. Polk
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The soccer game is one of the most popular games around the world. The soccer game has a huge history over the centuries‚ but the 18th century was the beginning of the popularity of the soccer. The idea of the soccer has begun in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. It was during the Han dynasty that people dribbled leather ball by kicking the leather ball into a small net as known now a goal. The Romans and Greeks also support the idea‚ and they used to play it for fun. In Kyoto‚ Japan‚ this
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I am Thai‚ but inside I am also Chinese “My hometown China‚ I’m so sad that I had to leave you”‚ is a part of the song I heard all the time when I was little‚ and I still remember it. Not much is known about my background; I only know that I am actually Chinese. I could have cared less about it because I was born and raised in Thailand‚ and I considered myself Thai until my mom told me about my grandparents. My grandfather used to be a doctor in a small communist camp in China. He didn’t like it
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The late middle ages was the period of European history from 1300 to 1450‚ where prosperity and growth came to an end and the famines and plagues began. The Hundred Years’ War drained both England and France of resources while the Black Death caused the population of Europe to decrease drastically. Unfortunately‚ the Fourteenth Century saw several setbacks to the progress of the High Middle Ages. With the Hundred Years War and the Black Death came many changes for Europe‚ including inflation‚ advances
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The History Of Halloween Halloween is a night of candy‚ costumes‚ and fun that only comes around once a year on October 31st. This is a time when people get a chance to dress up and disguised himself or herself as someone or something else. People can go to parties‚ haunted houses‚ or go trick-or-treating. Halloween is a holiday for all aged‚ but is most popular for younger children. The holiday and tradition of Halloween is full of history‚ ancient religious beliefs‚ and stories. Although
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Aboriginal History Aborigines are the original inhabitants of Australia and have seen living for over 40‚000 years in Australia‚ They had owned everything on the continent before the first invaders arrived here. The newcomers took land away from them‚ and changed their life as well. Aborigines lost many things such as their land‚ their owned tribes more than what had they got from invaders. Before the British came‚ they had been living a simple life for a long time. They were hunting‚ speaking
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History of Basketball The first game similar to basketball may have been played by the early people of ancient Mexico as early as 500’s. The Mayan people used the decapitated skulls of their enemies as the ball. They also made sacrifices if you did not win the game. James Naismith was a man born on In 1861‚ James Naismith invented basketball. The idea of basketball came from Naismith’s early school education. He used to play a game known as duck-on-a-rock. The idea was to knock a "duck"
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He is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He was world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for 95 weeks. Now that you know the concept and history of the game you should know the rules. Below you will see the most common rules that you need to follow when you are playing
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