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    The Eiffel Tower

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    scientific measurements and experiments. For the Universal Exhibition of 1889‚ a date that marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution‚ the Journal Officiel launched a major competition to construct an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars. In Paris‚ Alan Tillier gave specific measurements on the qualifications of the constructed structure. He went on to explain how the requirement for the structure was to have a square base that was 125 meters on each side and 300 meters high (190) there were

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    loyalty. To accomplish this there would have to be social and political reforms. A reformer said that if social abuses were eliminated the Prussians could fight with national honor. Military reforms improved the Prussian army. In the War of Liberation(1813)‚ the soldiers showed great

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    Picasso Essay

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    Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima Trinidad. Born in the city of Malaga in Spain‚ he was the first child of Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco (1838–1913) and María Picasso y Lopez. Picasso’s family was middle-class. His father was a painter who specialized in naturalistic depictions of birds and other game. For most of his life Ruiz was a professor of art at the School of Crafts and a curator of a local museum. Picasso

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    Arab Women Research Paper

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    There is distinction between lives of Arab Women and their perception by American Media. The stereotypes spin out of control. Rise of US Feminism and with the rise of ‘Islam’ as enemy emerged in 1970-80’s.  History of Arab Feminism is long‚ layered and impressive. (Oxymoronic)  Women NGO’s in Middle East and North Africa have risen exponentially in 1980-90’s.  Ex: New Woman’s group‚ Arab Woman’s Publishing House‚ the Alliance of Arab Women‚ the association for the development and Enhancement

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    Renee Cox

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    reaction and was into the immediate gratification of photography as opposed to film‚ which is a more laborious project.” After she had graduated she decided to use her time to photography. Cox later moved to Paris to have a career as a fashion photographer. Three years she spent working in Paris shooting photos for magazines. Cox decided to move back to New York where she worked for ten years shooting for her clients. The birth of her son in the 1990’s inspired her to focus on the fine art photography

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    Lebanon's Social Problems

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    Lebanon is a very beautiful country and an important destination for tourism. Lebanon or as the bible called it once “The land of milk and honey”. Beirut is the capital of the country and it’s also nicknamed “Paris of the East”. Famous people are originally half Lebanese such as the well known Columbian artist “Shakira”. There are five countries which surround Lebanon which are: Turkey‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ Cyprus & Palestine (Israel). Several problems started to appear in Lebanon. In 1943-1948 after

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    lasting peace. Suffered a stroke in 1919 but served as President until 1921. The USA and the Paris Peace Conference  The US Senate refused to ratify the settlement agreed at the Paris Peace Conference › What does Ratify mean?  The US wanted to return to Isolationism and keep out of foreign affairs as much as possible. Russia and Communism   Russia was not invited to participate in the Paris Peace Talks. The Bolshevik government was determined to spread Communism › Based on ideas of Karl

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    Operation Overlord

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    700 paratroopers were dropped to secure Normandy Beach. After two months of battle‚ Allied troops marched into Normandy on August 24th‚ 1944. The Invasion of Normandy not only was the turning point of the World War II‚ but also directly led to the liberation of Western Europe from the Nazi regime. Deception of the Germans was an important factor in the preparations for D-Day. Although the actual attack was to take place near Cotentin‚ German forces were misled into believing that the attack was to

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    African Nationalism

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    Essay 2: Critically discuss and analyze the different influences on‚ and the expressions of‚ African nationalism between the two world wars. There were various types of influences on Africa‚ which encouraged nationalism. The uniting of the continent brought on a movement called Pan- Africanism‚ although never succeeding in uniting all of Africa‚ it also brought up some of the most violent outbreaks against each other’s tribes and problems. Besides these devastating events‚ there have been some

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    History of the Middle East

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    | | |World War One |Misperceptions |Actors: Ottoman Empire |Jewish settlements |Paris Peace Conference | |Britain and Arabs ally against the Ottoman|Unaware of the details of the Sykes-Picot |Until 1917‚ retention of Arab customs in |Lovers of Zion; Rishon-le-Zion; more than 40 |Arabs should have

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