History of Volleyball Today the sport of Volleyball is 119 years old; there are more than 46 million people in North America who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. William Morgan wanted to create a game which would have less physical contact then basketball for his class of businessmen at the time. William
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I. The Quest for Order A. Mesopotamia: "The land between the rivers" 1. Sumer a. Sumerians migrated to Sumer‚ 5000 B.C.E.‚ built irrigation networks b. Became dominant by 3000 B.C.E. c. Other inhabitants‚ mostly Semites - Akkadian‚ Hebrew‚ Aramaic‚ Phoenician 2. Sumerian city-states a. A dozen cities dominated the area from 3200 to 2350 B.C.E. b. Internal and external pressures promoted cities to become states c. Importance of government in irrigation and self-defense 3. Sumerian
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occur‚ wars are fought out‚ and someone is left without. And soon‚ the same conflicts happen‚ wars are fought out‚ and nothing changes. This has been realized by many people throughout history‚ and there has been recent movement for equality‚ not just an illusion of it. In American history‚ there is an undeniable history of racism‚ among other things. It is a shameful past‚ and it has not yet passed. Laws have been put into action‚ opinions have faded‚ and people have changed. Though‚ it does not change
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History of HIV/AIDS HIV or the human immunodeficiency virus is believed to have been around long before it was actually discovered. Research shows that it may have originated in primates and later to humans. No one is for sure how many cases there were in humans before 1970 but by 1980 the virus had spread to five continents. It is also unsure where the virus originated but is widely accepted that it can be traced back to Africa. The first cases of AIDS were identified among gay men in the early
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The History of Abortion Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth. An abortion results in the death of the embryo or fetus and may be either spontaneous or induced. For years‚ abortion has been an extremely controversial subject. The history of abortion reaches back not just decades‚ but centuries‚ and even milleniums. Today‚ policies regarding legal abortion in the U.S. is being debated everywhere. Many myths and misconceptions confuse this issue. A better understanding of
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History is important because WE ARE the past: we are the sum of all the events--good‚ bad‚ and indifferent--that have happened to us. This sum product guides our actions in the present. This is true not only for the individual (imagine what would have happened to you had your parents never met‚ or had your parents raised you with different values)‚ but for large societies as well (how would the U.S. be different‚ for example‚ if it had lost the American Revolution‚ or if the Spanish had founded
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History of the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Philippines History Languages Traditions Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Festivals Religion Literature Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport[show] Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Philippines portal v t e Part of a series on the History of the Philippines Prehistory (pre-900)[show] Classical Period (900–1521)[show] Spanish Period (1521–1898)[show] American Period (1898–1946)[show]
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History of Pharmacogenomics Today‚ 85% of the children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are cured of the disease. The drug used for the treatment can have severe side effects‚ depending on the genetic makeup of the patient. Included among those drugs is a thiopurine agent‚ 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). In some cases‚ this agent destroyed healthy bone marrow as well as cancer cells‚ but researchers could not explain why it happened in some cases and not others. Some key discoveries made
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History of Asthma Long ago in ancient China‚ the first case of a mysterious shortness of breath was recorded. In modern life‚ we realize this “shortness of breath” as a lung disease known as asthma. The history of asthma spans all the way back to the ancient civilizations of China and Rome‚ and researches along the way have incorporated many different experiments‚ observations‚ and trials to create the knowledge of asthma that we have today. This disease battled with the human race for centuries
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History of Microsoft My research paper is going to be on whether or not Microsoft should be broken up by the Justice Department. In order to understand what is going on in the trial‚ you need to know the history of Microsoft. Without knowing the history of Microsoft‚ there would be no way of forming an accurate opinion of whether Microsoft should be broken up or not. Microsoft first came into existence in 1975 and was founded by William H. Gates III(Bill Gates) and Paul Allen. The first
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