Kamehameha is the first person to rule all the 8 main islands. He had to kill many high ali’i and their sons‚ he also had to kill his own relatives to conquer the hawaiian islands. Kamehameha needed to go through many wars and battles to kill the other ali’i. He had many foreign advisors‚ weapons‚ and techniques to help him in wars. His last battle in the unification of Hawaii is the battle of Nu’uanu‚ where he fought against Kalanikupule and Kaiana and he forced many warriors to fall off the cliff
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The Game Darfur is Dying is a game where you have to go through what the people in Darfur are going through. You are given the experience of suffering through hunger‚ loss of a family member or friend‚ and torture and pain. You are given the option to choose an avatar that varies from male to female from the age of 10 to a fully grown adult in their thirties. The first part of the game is to forage for water‚ but it is not as easy as it sounds. You have to run and hide from Janjaweed militias that
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Cambodian Genocide Dead bodies everywhere you turn. The smell of gunpowder‚ filth‚ and death choke your lungs. You wonder everyday whether it will be your last. All your body feels is pain; all your heart feels is emptiness. One might think this is how life was for Jews during the Jewish Holocaust. In reality‚ this is how life was for many Cambodians during the reign of Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979. This event‚ known to many as the Cambodian genocide‚ left a profound mark on the world around us
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The United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM I) was set up to safely make humanitarian aid possible to people trapped by civil war and famine. This was the first time that the peacekeeping force has been used for “humanitarian intervention”. This mission was set to provide protection‚ security for the people of Mogadishu and its surroundings. In November 1991‚ there was heavy fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu between armed forces allied to General Mohamad Farah Aidid‚ or to Mr. Ali
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The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a rebellion group which was originally formed against President Yoweri to stop oppression in north Uganda. Now the LRA is a rebel group who focuses on self-preservation by stealing supplies and abducting children from towns and villages to fill the ranks in its “army.” The LRA is led by Joseph Kony‚ who took over as leader when Alice Lakwena was exiled. The Ugandan government has been involved in trying to stop this group with the help of Democratic Republic of
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However the Kurdish genocide started decades before the Anfal and has claimed countless fatalities and victims. Anfal was part of an extensive policy that was started in the 1960s on Saddam Hussein’s ascension to power to ethnic cleansing the Kurdish inhabitance from northern part of Iraq. This process named as “Arabization” spanned the years from the early 1960s to 1991 and succeeded in substantively driving Kurdish families out of their houses in the Kurdistan region to desert areas of Iraq or
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Tuareg * They were once nomads throughout the Sahara. * The Tuareg today are found mostly in North Africa and West Africa. * Total population: 5.2 million * Niger: 1‚720‚000 (1998) * Mali: 1‚440‚000 (1991) * The language of the Tuareg is called Tamaschek. * Religion:Islam * They call themselves Kel Tamasheq/Kel Tamajaq‚ Kel Tagelmust or Imuhaq/Imuscha. * The most legendary of Tuareg leaders was Tin Hinan * Other confederation leaders followed under
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The Tlingit are a matrilineal society that occupy the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States. Historically‚ the Tlingit developed in the mild and rainy coastal beach heads of southeast Alaska‚ near the present day capital of Juneau. This area is home to various types of berries‚ ranging from strawberries and cranberries to the more exotic salmonberry and soapberry. It is also home to various species of animals‚ including brown bears‚ several species of salmon‚ and other maritime creatures.
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The Teke live in Congo and Eastern Gabon. The French first occupied Congo in 1880. The French ruled here for 80 years. During this time‚ the people of the Congo faced an attack that is still evident today. The parceling out of African territories to the Colonial government and the resulting damage to traditional economies including massive loss of lives. Because of this‚ tribal life and food production systems got ruined. Only after the people of Congo got independence in 1960‚ the masking traditions
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has changed the way people live‚ interact and conduct businesses. Rwanda‚ commonly known as “the Land of a Thousand Hills”‚ is a country in central Africa. This country faced a civil war in 1993. Between April and June 1994‚ an estimated 800‚000 Rwandans were killed [9]. After this genocide‚ one of the most important areas of development that the Government focused on was Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Rwanda‚ with its hilly terrain‚ is favorable for growing tea and coffee. Export
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