The First Barbary War: It’s Influence on Presidential War Powers The First Barbary War: It’s Influence on Presidential War Powers On May 10th 1801‚ Yusuf Karamanli‚ the Pasha of Tripoli‚ ordered the United States flag cut down in front of the U.S. Consulate. This act sprung the United States into its first armed conflict overseas and ignited the domestic debate over presidential war powers for centuries to come. The First Barbary War was a result of President Thomas Jefferson refusing to pay tributes
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MINING Modern mining is an industry that involves the exploration for and removal of minerals from the earth‚ economically and with minimum damage to the environment. Mining is important because minerals are major sources of energy as well as materials such as fertilizers and steel. Mining is necessary for nations to have adequate and dependable supplies of minerals and materials to meet their economic and defense needs at acceptable environmental‚ energy‚ and economic costs. There are significant
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I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s
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India (i/ˈɪndiə/)‚ officially the Republic of India (Bharat Ganrajya)[c]‚ is a country in South Asia. It is theseventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the south-west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east‚ it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] China‚ Nepal‚ andBhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east
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Jake Shawver Cultural Anthropology Elmhurst College Fall 2012 Turkey and Modernity Turkey has always historically been a region of economic and/or military importance. Whether it was under Roman occupation‚ or as the independent Ottomans‚ this region has always been one of vast importance‚ and this trend has continued into the modern era. Starting with the earliest traces of civilization and extending well beyond the democratic reforms of their beloved commander Ataturk (which literally means
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Chapter 7: Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia Main Ideas / Questions Record for Review The Islamic Heartlands in the During his reign from 775 to 785‚ al-Mahdi had tried to Middle and Late Abbasid Era consolidate its relationship with the Shi’ites‚ but had failed. Harun al-Rashid ascended the throne from 786-809. Imperial Extravagance and The tales of The Thousand and One Nights was set in Succession Disputes Baghdad during Harun’s
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friends and tear myself away from my home. As my parents were still alive‚ it weighed grievously upon me to part from them‚ and both they and I were afflicted with sorrow.” He travelled to Mecca overland‚ following the North African coast across the sultanates of Abd al-Wadid and Hafsid. The route took him through Tlemcen‚ Béjaïa‚ and then Tunis‚ where he stayed for two months. For safety‚ he usually joined a caravan to reduce the risk of an attack by wandering Arab Bedouin. Ibn Battuta then arrived
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Lingua Franca is a pidgin‚ a trade language used by numerous language communities around the Mediterranean‚ to communicate with others whose language they did not speak. It is‚ in fact‚ the mother of all pidgins‚ seemingly in use since the Middle Ages and surviving until the nineteenth century‚ when it disappeared with hardly a trace‚ probably under the onslaught of the triumphant French language‚ leaving only a few anecdotal quotations in the writings of travelers or observers‚ an imperfect French/Lingua
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Cultural attractions St.John’s Fort Rebuilt by the Dutch in the 18th century‚ St. John’s Fort was once a private Portuguese chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The fort has an interesting feature - cannons face inland as‚ during that time‚ attacks on Melaka came mainly from the hinterland instead of from the sea. Another attraction for many is the view from the top of the hill where St. John’s Fort stands‚ particularly for the fantastic tropical sunsets St.Paul’s Hill (A’Famosa) The
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Minangkabau (Fundamental of culture‚ religion‚ belief and tradition) The Minangkabau ethnic group‚ also known as Minang (Urang minang in Minangkabau language)‚ is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra‚ in Indonesia. Their culture is matrilineal‚ with property and land passing down from mother to daughter‚ while religious and political affairs are the responsibility of men (although some women also play important roles in these areas). Today 4 million Minangs live in West Sumatra‚ while about
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