HIstory of voolleyballPatrese Moore Volleyball 29 November 2011 History of Volleyball Created in 1985 by William G Morgan‚ volleyball‚ originally called mintonette‚ is a game where two teams volleyed a ball back and forth across a net until one team missed. The first competitive game of volleyball was played on July 7‚ 1896. Four years before volleyball was invented‚ basketball was invented. Being that basketball is a fast paced sport‚ not everyone could keep up with its fast paced game. Morgan
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Informative Outline I. Preparation 1. Topic: Horseshoe pitching’s history‚ how the sport has evolved‚ and playing horse shoes today. 2. Specific Purpose: To inform the class of the history of the game of horseshoes‚ how the sport has evolved‚ and how to play a game of horseshoes today. 3. Thematic Statement: Today I am going to inform you a little about the game of horseshoes. I will mainly be talking about the history‚ how the sport has evolved‚ and how to play a game of horseshoes
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Australian Journal of Politics and History: Volume 52‚ Number 3‚ 2006‚ pp. 439-454. A Prehistory of Australia’s History Wars: The Evolution of Aboriginal History during the 1970s and 1980s LORENZO VERACINI Australian National University While an extensive debate has recently addressed more contemporary contributions to historical scholarship‚ the historiographical background to Australia’s History Wars has rarely been appraised. This article proposes an interpretative narrative of the evolution
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the fur trade as well as their reasons for marrying European fur traders. The article helps us more to understand the fur trade society by focusing on the motives and actions of Indian women in the fur trade which furthers our knowledge of Canadian history prior to confederation. Women in Between examines through multiple sources of traders observation‚ the life of an Indian women in the fur trade based on the accounts provided by men. Since it was noted in her article that Indian women‚ coming from
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History of Photography I have heard‚ more than once‚ that a picture is worth a thousand words. Although I can’t quote who said it‚ I could not agree more. A photograph is a very powerful tool‚ capable of telling a complete story with just one picture; let’s just hope the story is true. If taking out of context‚ a photograph can also be misleading. In addition with all the digital advances and different software in the market‚ it is relatively easy to manipulate a photography and therefore
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History of Asthma Long ago in ancient China‚ the first case of a mysterious shortness of breath was recorded. In modern life‚ we realize this “shortness of breath” as a lung disease known as asthma. The history of asthma spans all the way back to the ancient civilizations of China and Rome‚ and researches along the way have incorporated many different experiments‚ observations‚ and trials to create the knowledge of asthma that we have today. This disease battled with the human race for centuries
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Herodotus was born in 485 BC in the Greek City of Halicarnassus and is known as the pioneer of history. His series of books‚ The Histories was the first piece of literature that described historical events. No writer had ever attempted to analyze events in history before Herodotus‚ he catalyzed the study of history and allowed scholars to have a deeper understanding of events in the world. The Histories was an account of the Greco-Persian wars‚ which was a series of wars between the Persian Empire
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Blue P-333 9.12.2011 Major Factors Affecting the History of Sport The effect of sports on today’s world‚ particularly in the United States‚ is indeed profound. The history of sport has the potential to teach us a great deal about social changes and the nature of sport itself. Over the past twenty-five years or so‚ the field of history has expanded‚ embracing a broader view of historical topics and going far beyond political and military history in refiguring the historical paths of this and other
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History of Clowns David Ball What do you think of when you hear the word clown‚ you may think of the circus or a striking fear that could paralyze you in your tracks. A clown really is "a familiar comic character of pantomime and circus known by his distinctive makeup and costume‚ ludicrous antics‚ and buffoonery‚ whose purpose is to induce hearty laughter." ("A Brief History of Clowning") The first traceable evidence of the clown was in Ancient Greece‚ these clowns were bald headed‚ padded
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passages I have analyzed‚ "The Spice Route of Greco-Roman Times"‚ "Worth Its Weight in Pepper?"‚ "Revival of the Spice Route"‚ and "Spotlight on Saffron"‚ spices have had a great influence on our lives today. All of the articles I have analyzed present history within spices and their origins. However‚ not all of these articles provide an abundance of cultural information on spices. The map titled "The Spice Route of Greco-Roman Times" includes great detail of the historical importance of spices by
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