During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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Ancient Rome was undoubtably one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Although Rome did fall‚ its remnants can still be seen today. The Roman Coulessum‚ the aqueducts‚ and much more. But what If I told you that not all of their legacy remained on the physical? To further understand let us look at how Rome was governed. Though Rome was best known as an empire‚ and a republic‚ it actually started out with a king. This was when the Senate was first introduced. The Roman Senate was a group
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How Did The Stalemate End? The stalemate came about at Christmas 1914 along the Western Front. From there the different countries fought each other in different battles and tried to outflank the other. By March 1918 the stalemate was broken. In this question I will explain why the war ended and why Germany was finally beaten. New Technology like the Tank New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken. The idea of tanks was brought
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of 1938 without confrontation‚ German then demanded that Czechoslovakia turns over the Sudetenland in the late summer of 1938. The British Prime Minister‚ Neville Chamberlain‚ engaged Adolf Hitler at the Munich Conference in an attempt to de-escalate the situation‚ which
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How did the Nazi dictatorship work? A review of historiography. Author: Ron Grant 2010 Introduction: A trawl of Advanced Higher History past papers establishes the importance of awareness of the personality and role of Hitler‚ his leadership skills – or even lack of them? – and the changing nature of the movement led by him. How did the Nazi party change as it moved from the struggle for power to the “Machtergreifung” of 30 January 1933 and the consolidation of power thereafter? Tim
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need him‚ one of his first encounters was with the demon Grendel. After fighting Grendel Beowulf then killed his mother after she retaliated. Years after these two fights Beowulf would then‚ at the age of 50‚ kill a dragon that was terrorising his citizens. Beowulf would secede in doing this but in doing so he would die as well. The first battle that Beowulf fought was against the demonic beast Grendel. In this fight he helped out the Dans out of desire for renown and honor. He fights the demon
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How many of you all enjoy live internet streaming/instant movie? Which one of the providers you enjoy the most? Amazon? Netflix? Redbox? Well due to the lack of communication from the CEO of Netflix‚ Reed Hastings’ ineffective introduction of the company’s merge with Qwikster‚ Netflix may now be considered the least favorable movie provider. Recently‚ one of the most popular movie provider via mail and internet has raised their rates tremendously without much or any notice to their subscribers. Netflix
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Byzantire Empire. They wanted to conquer most of Anatolia-cities such as‚ Nicaea and Antioch. In 1092 the Great Sel Jurk’s Sulton Malik Shahded died‚ thereby his empire began to fragment. The Byzantire Empire came under a new attack. In 1095‚ Byzantire’s Emperor-Alexius I Komnenos wrote to Pope Urban II making a desperate appeal for military aid from his fellow Christian from the West. The results from the letter will be like anything ever seen before. Pope Urban saw the Emperor appeal as a golden opportunity-a
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The English sonnet underwent changes in the 16th century. The most significant change would be how sonnets are now structured. The Italian Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced as two parts: 8 lines with the scheme of abbaabba and then six lines with the scheme of cdcdcd. This can be seen in Petrarch‚ Rima 140. However‚ William Shakeseare change how sonnets would be written. He came up with the Shakespearean sonnet with is fourteen‚ ten syllable lines with a certain rhyme scheme (abab cdcd
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books‚ primarily “The Origin of the Species”‚ and his discoveries created a turning point in modern science. Darwin’s impact on conventional thought including‚ social darwinism‚ imperialism and racism was dramatic. His work changed many people’s religious‚ scientific and social beliefs. Prior to Charles Darwin’s work and discoveries‚ including the voyage of the Beagle‚ there were different beliefs and other very influential scientists. Before his work‚ the common religious belief in Europe was
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