The Great Depression in the United States caused many to die of starvation‚ as they did not have money for food and because of the dust bowl. After the end of the Great Depression‚ the economy reformed and the United States was able to feed the hungry mouths across the country. However‚ less economically stable countries struggled to improve their agricultural techniques and had very little success in feeding the hungry. An agricultural scientist named Norman Borlaug‚ helped reduce the growing problems
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Rubens‚a Baroque painter‚ has contributed so much to art more than any other artist‚ because of his unique expression of form‚ composition‚ and color. He created about 3‚000 works of art throughout his life‚ all of which are now scattered in museums across the world. He is well known for his allegorical references‚ pyramidal composition‚ landscapes‚ and depiction of the human form through his depiction of corpulent women. He influenced many painters as well as avante-garde movements such as the Impressionist
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The Scientific Revolution marked the end of the Renaissance‚ and with it the beginning of the modern world view‚ and its contributions. The rise of the Renaissance brought about contributions from myriads of different subjects such as physics‚ astronomy‚ and chemistry. These scientific views helped change the way that we view our world now. The Scientific Revolution began in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance period‚ which was the revival of art‚ literature and architecture. The Scientific
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The Fall of Rome The early Roman state was founded in 509 B.C after the romans drove out the Etruscan king. Rome was known to be the center of the world which lasted for several centuries and the thought of such a worldwide power could decline was unheard of. Rome started out from a cluster of villages and into a great empire. It covered most of Europe‚ North Africa and parts of Asia. It was so powerful and seemingly unstoppable but as the aspects that made Rome so dominant started to fade
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economic depression‚ lasting a decade from 1929 to 1939. The economic demise originated in the United States and spread worldwide. There were five main contributions to the Great Depression: the Stock Market Crash of 1929‚ the failure of banks (bankruptcy)‚ rise in unemployment rates‚ the United States economic policy with Europe‚ and the environmental drought. The Bull Market of the 1920s‚ which was considered a period of faster rising stock prices than on average‚ ties into both the economic boom
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Jacobins‚ he managed to rise the power in France and establish a dictatorship of terror where he was implanting the power to all of his companions. Years later‚ the Convention had enough of him and send him to the guillotine‚ they did with Robespierre the same thing he did with those who risen against him or the reign of terror‚ death to the guillotine. Robespierre started with the dictatorship young. Seeing that he had a popular support‚ he presented himself to the State General elections in April
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Napoleon Bonaparte reigned supreme over France from 1799-1815 as a French General‚ First Consul‚ and Emperor. Known as one of the greatest military minds in the history of warfare‚ he expanded the borders of France across Europe to the edge of Russia‚ forming an Empire in the process. What is often overlooked however are his contributions to France and Europe as one of history’s great administrators. He came into power during the French Revolution following the Reign of Terror and during the Directory
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Did you know that the same man who invented the hand grenade also invented and manufactured the aluminum golf club? Sir William Mills was that person. He also invented other things that helped the British during World War I. Sir Williams Mills is an important person in history who had an interesting life‚ accomplished great things‚ and contributed important inventions to the world. William Mills was born on April 24th‚ 1856‚ in Wear Street‚ Southick‚ Sunderland. He was the son of David Mills‚ who
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In accordance with the multi-universe theory‚ a universe wherein Galileo Galilei was never born. A world where his discoveries were never made by him specifically: a world of chaos. Without the Enlightenment‚ and without Galileo Galilei‚ so many major scientific discoveries would cease to exist. Galileo’s innovations helped people such as Isaac Newton‚ Edwin Hubble‚ and Johann Nepenuk Maelzel. These people have many such great contributions to the world as a whole and without the influence and guidance
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Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) dove into progressive activity not long after his landing in New York from the West Indies in 1773. He served in the Continental Army and afterward in the Confederation Congress. Perpetually discontent with the Articles of Confederation‚ he was an early advocate of established change. A firm promoter of an in number‚ even blue-blooded‚ brought together government‚ he took an interest in the Constitutional Convention‚ composed a large number of The Federalist papers
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