Alexander the Great was born in Pella to his parents‚ Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympia. Growing up Alexander never got to see his father‚ he spent most of his time and days engaging in military campaigns. His father PHilip hired a tutor‚ Leonidas to teach Alexander math‚ archery‚ and horsemanship. He was an Ancient Greek king he took charge at the age of 18. After his father died he got the support from the Macedonian army. Alexander conquered Egypt and Persia as a king. His kingdom ranged
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CITY TALK AMSTERDAM POPULATION: Approx. 78‚000 SHORT HISTORY It is said that Amsterdam was founded at the place where two fishermen and a seasick dog jumped ashore from a small boat to escape a storm in the Zuiderzee. The dog threw up‚ thus marking the spot. The Fishermen slogged up a muddy bank and had a stiff drink‚ thus laying the foundations of a tavern around which the entire metropolis would grow. The city’s original coat of arms backs up this tale‚ and you can see representations
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The fourth chapter of Quibuyen’s “A Nation Aborted” explores the meaning of Rizal’s intellectual work by scrutinizing the fusion of Rizal’s biography and history. Quibuyen begins his chapter by refuting what Austin Coates and Maria Guerrero have said- that Rizal inspired the Filipinos to make the first revolution in Asia single-handedly with ideas all his own. Quibyen presents in this chapter two crucial things to consider in interpreting Rizal’s work: (1) Rizal’s ideas that embodied like a form
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The battle of Petersburg was a long and devastating battle whose outcome signaled the death toll for the Confederate Army. The railroads that ran through Petersburg were the locomotion that shipped many of the supplies that General Lee and his troops needed to Richmond‚ the ‘capital’ of the south‚ thus “General Ulysses S. Grant cut off all of Petersburg’s supply lines ensuring the fall of Richmond…” (National Park Service). The fall of Richmond was a critical and final blow to General Lee and the
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John Gerety‚ age 85‚ passed away June 5th‚ 2080. He was born February 25th‚ 1995 in Baltimore‚ Maryland. John passed away from a stroke while playing a round of golf with his Wednesday afternoon golf group in which he’s been apart of since the beginning of his retirement. John and his wife of 58 years‚ Katherine‚ moved to Amelia Island‚ Florida during their retirement years. Before their settling in Florida‚ they lived a happy‚ loving‚ and healthy life with their three children Annie‚ Gracie‚ and
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Malala Malala Yousafzai was born on July‚ 12‚ 1997. She was born in Mingora‚ Pakistan. Mingora is in Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. Her parents are Ziauddin and Toor Peki Yousafzai. She enjoyed reading books and playing outside when she was little. Education was very important to her father and when she was old enough to go to school‚ she went to the school her dad had started. Swat Valley had always been a good place to live and tourists visited all the time. Malala herself described it
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Gabrielle Rabito Katharine Stinson was born September 18‚ 1917 in Fuquay-Varina‚ North Carolina. Growing up‚ Stinson was fascinated by airplanes‚ which isn’t a surprise considering she grew up in the same state that the Wright brothers flew the very first plane 14 years before she was born. Her first ride was when she was ten years old‚ with a former World War 1 pilot‚ Eddie Stinson. Ever since that first ride‚ Katharine knew that her goal in life was to fly a plane. She got a job at the Raleigh
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Stephen was born into a famous family in Lawrenceville‚ Pennsylvania. Stephen Foster had many siblings and out of all of them‚ he was the youngest.As he matured‚ he applied to 3 colleges after being accepted to Allegheny College in 1840. Six years later he went to work with his brother as a bookkeeper in Cincinnati. In July 22‚ 1850 Stephen married Jane Denny McDowell. They had a daughter named Marion. Later on he had no inspiration to write songs‚ until the civil war has started creating him to
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Brought up in a small town just west of Washington D.C called Arthur Capper‚ Mae Belk‚ the vibrant‚ outgoing mother of five has never shied away from the spotlight. Early on‚ like many others life threw her some devastating personal struggles. She bounced back and overcame those grave tragedies in tremendous fashion turning them into one victory after another. Naturally blessed with ever evolving entrepreneurial spirit‚ she went on to create a remarkable powerhouse‚ not only to benefit herself
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Ted Bundy was born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers which is now known as the Lund Family Center in Burlington‚ Vermont on November 24th 1946 to Eleanor Louise Cowell. His father’s identity was never fully determined but his birth certificate says his dad is was a salesman and an Air Force veteran named Lloyd Marshall‚ but Elizabeth later claimed that she was seduced by a sailor who she says she thinks his name was Jack Worthington. Years later they would come to discover that there was
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