Bogotá D.C. a city in central Colombia‚ is the country’s capital‚ located at an elevation of about 2‚650 m. / 8‚660 ft. on a mountain rimmed plateau high in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes Mountains. This gives it constant spring like weather. It lies only 4°36’ north of the equator. Bogotá was founded on the 6th of August 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who fought the Chibcha Indians near the site of the populous tribe center called Bacatá. The new city became
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2010 Anesthesia Anesthesia is the loss of feeling or sensation. It may be accomplished without the loss of consciousness‚ or with partial or total loss of consciousness. Anesthesia has not been around forever‚ but there is a background history of its creation and the primitive anesthetics used before anesthesia was discovered. Today there are many different anesthetics and delivery methods dependent to the type of procedure. Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are a crucial part
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and some type of force to hurl the objects (Catapult history). Catapults were first used in Asia to increase the range and power of a crossbow that was used in war as a weapon. Diodorus Siculus‚ was the first to show the use of a mechanical arrow firing catapult 399 BC (History) that was much like a crossbow and called a Gastraphete (Catapult history). This Gastraphete was later made into a bigger version known as the Ballista (Catapult history). Catapults were then brought to Europe when used during
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Texas History Texas history itself had its own amazing story. The small number of American settlers moved to the land of Texas had led to the dramatic war with the Mexicans. The land of Texas was used to be owned by Mexicans. Due to the argument between Texans and Mexicans caused the battle of San Jacinto and Mexican War. In long ago before American settlers moved to Texas‚ this place was so rich and an abundance of land.
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Running Head: History of Trigonometry History of Trigonometry Rome Fiedler History of Mathematics 501 University of Akron April 29‚ 2012 History of Trigonometry: An Introduction Trigonometry is useful in our world. By exploring where these concepts come from provides an understanding in putting this mathematics to use. The term Trigonometry comes from the Greek word trigon‚ meaning triangle and the Greek word meatria meaning measurement. However it
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HISTORY OF ARNIS Arnis‚ as a martial art‚ was spawned in Philippine soil. It was known in ancient Philippines as kali‚ an ancient Malayan word that implies a large bladed weapon longer than a knife. This art was practiced primarily for self-defense by the pre-Spanish Filipinos who were noted for their friendly nature and legendary hospitality. The lives of Filipino heroes are linked with the awesome power of the martial art of Arnis. They triumphantly waged their heroic battles for freedom and
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Brandie Hunter Mrs. Houston COS 116 1 February 2011 History of Haircoloring The first major break through in hair coloring history came in 1863‚ when chemist Dr. August Wilhelm Von Hofmann reported the dye properties of paraphenylenediamine. His discovery led to the birth of the synthetic hair dye industry‚ and PPD still Dominates the field today. Hofmann was also known for his studies of organic derivatives of ammonia and for discovering the first unsaturated alcohol and
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THE HISTORY OF MALACCA Malacca is a small state encompassing 1657km2 on the Western Peninsular of Malaysia. Geographically positioned along East-West trading route‚ at the busiest and narrowest point of Straits of Malacca‚ the state experienced a unique culmination of cultural and historical influences from Malay Sultanate (1400-1511)‚ Portuguese colonial (1511-1641)‚ Dutch colonial (1641-1795)‚ English colonial (1795-1942‚ 1945-1957) and Japanese occupancy (1942-1945). Today‚ independent Malacca
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Summary: Unhistorical Data There are some narratives that have been previously accepted in Philippine History as facts but later were found out to be historical errors. Maragtas It is the story about ten Malay datu from Borneo who settled into the Philippine Islands. According to the Maragtas at around 1250 A.D.‚ ten Bornean Datu left their kingdom in search of new homes across the sea to escape the merciless rule of Sultan Makatunaw. Led by Datu Puti‚ the Borneans landed in the island of Panay and
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man will poop. Everything in this world has history and we have set out to discover the history of poop. Through hours and hours of endless research with the brightest scholars in the world‚ we have narrowed down many questions about the history of poop. And it is our honour to share this history of poop with all the people in the world. Below you will find the most educated answer crap can buy to some of the most baffling questions in poop history. 1. Who took the first poop? It is our belief
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