History‚ a struggle over the past in the present to shape the future‚ is an exploration of the causal relationships between individuals and events. History has always been contested terrain‚ due to the fact that history is established through individual and collective memories‚ which by nature are subjective and coloured by circumstance. In the post modern era‚ the conventional ways of thinking which dismiss memory due to its bias have been challenged‚ and the credibility of history has been diminished
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HISTORY OF ITSEKIRI‚ WARRI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA‚ DELTA STATE The Itsekiris are a peculiar and unique people in the Nigerian Niger Delta. They have inhabited their homeland‚ which now constitutes the Warri Local Government Areas of Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ for centuries. The Itsekiris have rich traditional and cultural practices. In the 15th century‚ the early Itsekiris adopted a prince (Ginuwa) from the kingdom of Benin as a monarch‚ and quickly united into a kingdom under his rule. Prior to this
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Ramabai Ranade The late Smt. Ramabai Ranade - whose birth centenary was celebrated in India on January 25‚ 1962 - was born in January 1862 in a small village in Sangli District near Pune. Her father had not imparted education to her. Educating Girls was a taboo in those days. As a little girl of 11 years she was married to Shri Mahadev Govind Ranade‚ a pioneer in the social reform movement. He devoted all his apparel time to educate her in face of all opposition of the women in the house and helped
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What is purpose of education? People are provided the education in their life time. School teaches the importance of the education to the students and parents and grandparents also teach the importance of the education. We are provided school education‚ home education and education of life. We are educated to success in our lives‚ to be honest and upright people and to increase their knowledge. We are provided education to success in our lives and to make our dreams to be true
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In the 1920s‚ many Americans were trying to achieve the infamous “American Dream.” The dream was to be rich‚ successful‚ happy‚ and one of the social elites. However‚ even though this was the dream for Americans in the 1920s‚ the general standard has changed over the years into the present time. Since the 1920s‚ the dream of putting a high emphasis on an individualistic and materialistic life has evolved into a present day dream of working hard‚ holding a well-paying job‚ and raising a family. The
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eDWIN cHADWICK AND tHE public health system What part did Edwin Chadwick play in bringing about changes in public Health Provision? Edwin Chadwick was born in Manchester on 24th January 1800. His father encouraged him to read books by radicals such as Tom Paine. Chadwick went to London to study Law but his personal finances were limited. He made money by writing essays for publications such as the ‘Westminster Review’. Despite his training in Law‚ his essays were usually on scientific principles
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M.ALI: 1965 On November 27‚ Coretta Scott King‚ SDS President Carl Oglesby‚ and Dr. Benjamin Spock‚ among others‚ spoke at an anti-war rally of about 30‚000 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ in the largest demonstration to date. Parallel protests occurred elsewhere around the nation. On that same day‚ President Johnson announced a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Indochina‚ from 120‚000 to 400‚000 troops. 1967 March 25 – Civil rights leader Martin Luther King led a march of 5‚000 against the war
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1. What is Jerry Bentley’s thesis? Large scale conversion only took place when powerful political‚ social or economic incentives encouraged it and even then it led universally to syncretism rather than outright adoption of a foreign cultural tradition. 2. According to Bentley’s book‚ what does the term conversion mean? Conversion is an extremely complicated process involving the involving the communication of beliefs and negotiation of values across cultural boundary lines‚ but a process that
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The Odyssey (opening verses) Homer‚ 8th century BC‚ translated by Robert Fagles Sing to me of the man‚ Muse1‚ the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course‚ once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.2 Many cities of men he saw and learned
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Banga Banga is a barangay of the philippine component city City Of Bayawan (Tulong) in the province Negros Oriental in Central Visayas which is part of the Visayas group of islands. Banga belongs to the barangays of Component City City Of Bayawan (Tulong) which are in the outlying area. The component city City Of Bayawan (Tulong) with a population of about 110‚250 and its 28 barangays belong to the partly urban areas in the Philippines. While some of the barangays developed modern urban structures
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