It’s long been one of ancient history’s most intriguing mysteries: Why did the Maya‚ a remarkable civilization‚ suddenly collapse when it seemed to be in a good position to continue? Although the Mayan people never entirely disappeared‚ many of their past homes in the Americas went from busy cities to abandoned ruins. These abandoned ruins are the result of issues inside the tribes and cities that brought down their way of life. These issues could be internal reasons‚ such as a failing government
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On the morning of June 17th‚ 1972‚ burglars charged with attempted robbery and attempting to bug phone lines were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. This robbery began one of the most infamous scandals‚ later to be named “The Watergate Scandal”‚ in American history‚ and put the president himself under the microscope of the law. The Supreme Court tried the case against President Nixon and his seven aides who helped him cover up the conspiracy. After Nixon’s refusal to give
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Why did so many die? Have you ever imagined turning to cannibalism‚ drinking water with waste in it‚ or even eating your family’s pet to survive? The colonist of Jamestown were forced to these inhumane methods of survival to stay alive during the hard times that occurred during the existence of Jamestown. A large percent of Jamestown’s population died because of the constant lack of fresh water‚ food shortages‚ diseases brought by mosquitoes ‚ and the Powhatan Native Americans that neighbord the
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Gift of the Nile Herodotus referred to Egypt as the “gift of the Nile” because without the Nile Egypt would not exist. The Nile is the most important physical feature in Egypt. It’s the longest river in the world and flows through the world’s largest desert. Without the Nile Egypt would not be able to exist because the area that Egypt is in it does not rain and there are no other rivers. Egypt only exists along the Nile and the rest is desert. The Nile is Egypt’s only source for water since it
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continued to resist leaving there land‚ one Indian had other thoughts. The Indians now have a written alphabet made for them by a Cherokee member himself. The Indians them made school for the children to attend. The children attended these schools to learn how to read and write the language that was made. Of course this didn’t make Jackson happy. As time past the Cherokee Indians didn’t resist leaving any more. They knew if they didn’t leave they could be killed. Then Jackson would have his way. At this
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direction and when they realized their mistake‚ they decided to stop and set up camp on the slope of the mountain. Dyatlov‚ which was the leader of the hiking group‚ told Yuri before he left to send a message no later than January 12. However‚ Dyatlov did expected to be a longer than that but it was already January 20th and they still had not send the message‚ so volunteer students and teachers went to go help find the 9 hikers that went missing after the first rescue team went. The army
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experienced horrifying event’s that changed their lives forever. The survivors will never forget The Holocaust because it was a time in their lives that they lost everything they loved. To this day The Holocaust survivors tell stories about The Holocaust and how it changed them in person and their faith. Survivors resources to survive To begin with‚ the survivors back then were mistreated‚ left without food‚ and without shelter for being Jewish and choosing not to follow Hitler’s beliefs. His hate toward
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literacy test for the freedmen to vote. The South passed a literacy test that was required for the freedman. This restricted the freedman’s political freedom because most had no formal education‚ but neither did the average Confederate. So they added a rule that stated if your grandfather voted‚ you did not have to take the test. This meant that every freedman had to take the test‚ but no Confederate had to. Document h states the black codes‚ it states “No negro shall be allowed to come within the limits
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might say a God like complex. No matter‚ whichever way you look at it‚ he succeeded where others failed. Alexander wanted to be greater than his father‚ and he certainly achieved this goal. However‚ Alexander had a different way of doing things‚ he did not want to just conquer lands and take over the inhabitant’s lifestyle‚ but instead he tried to teach them new ideas and a new way of living. He brought to these lands the Hellenist lifestyle with philosophers‚ art‚ education‚ and sports. He turned
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This short summary will be a brief synopsis covering the issues America faces “fighting modern insurgents”. This paper will be based on information gathered from three videos created by Dr. Martin Catino. The First being “The Iran Threat”. This lecture give its listeners a glimpse of what methods and strategies the Iranian government has been trying to employ against the US and its allies. The lecture describes in detail the various threats that the United States and its allies (particularly
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