When a baby boy was born in El Ferrol‚ Spain no one thought he would become the famous ruler of Spain alas he did and everyone soon knew the name Francisco Franco. Franco’s father was an officer in the spanish naval administrative group and his mother was a upper middle class conservative roman catholic. Franco came from four generations of naval officers. From birth it was expected that Franco would also go down the same path. When he was 14 years old he attended a military school and graduated
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(present-day Myanmar) Burmese political leader I n 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi became the major leader of the movement toward the reestablishment of democracy in Burma (now Myanmar). In 1991‚ while under house arrest by the government for her activities‚ she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Early life Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon‚ Burma‚ on June 19‚ 1945‚ the youngest of three children of Bogyoke (Generalissimo) Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi. (In Burma all names are individual and people do
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African Culture San Jeremy Frye Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Kathryn Sorensen January 14 2013 This is a short essay on the African Culture San. I will be describing their style of living and the kinship system of San. I will identify examples of how the kinship system impacts the way this culture behaves thinks‚ acts‚ and lives. I will also be explaining how the kinship system impacts these same behaviors in my own life. The San culture is
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Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Spain‚ in 1476. He was born into a family of farmers‚ who were‚ uneducated‚ and poor. Ever since Francisco was young he always dreamed of going to the new world. In 1513‚ Francisco left on his first voyage with Balboa. The expedition led to the discover of the Pacific Ocean. After their discovery‚ Francisco arrested Balboa under the orders Pedro Arias de Ávila‚ who was the Governor of Castilla de Oro. Francisco then moved to Panama City‚ where he became mayer
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion HIST102 – American History since 1877 Today‚ April 17‚ 2013‚ marks the 52nd anniversary of the invasion at the Bay of Pigs. The Bay of Pigs invasion was an event that took place on the south shores of Cuba in April 1961. America’s involvement consisted of assisting Cuban exiles in trying to overtake Fidel Castro’s newly seized Communist Cuban government. This involvement has been viewed by many as an utter failure. Set in motion late in the Eisenhower
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Vina San Pedro 2. Vina San Pedro is part of the 3 largest wineries of Chile. In 1994 Compana Cervecerias Unidas purchased 48.4 % of VPS shares‚ gaining partial ownership. Through several different implementations CCU increased the number of customers and increase domestic sales‚ something VPS had been struggling with. In 1997 Matias Elton was appointed president and was put in charge of growing furthermore the domestic market‚ increase quality‚ expand sales and achieve further economies of
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How scholars criticize the practice of bay’ al-Inah in Malaysia Islamic Banking Bay’ al-Inah is a sale contract with immediate repurchase. It takes place when a person sells an asset in credit and immediately buys back the asset in cash at lower price. This practice has gained some popularity in the South East Asian region‚ despite the fact that it has been rejected outright in almost all other Muslim countries by the Islamic scholars. The classical jurists were in disagreement in assessing the
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America (Massachusetts Bay) in the 17th century‚ in New England‚ situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England‚ including portions of the U.S. states of Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. Territory claimed but never administered by the colonial government extended as far west as the
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The Jiquilisco Bay is a 150 mile stretch of land located on the Southeast Pacific coast of El Salvador that acts as one of the last primary nesting habitats for the endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle. The location was established as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2005 and is currently under the protection of the Ministry of Natural Resources‚ which works to preserve the ecosystem. The bay itself is the largest mangrove in the country‚ which a critical aspect in the ultimate survival of the Hawksbill
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The San Andreas Fault is a fault that goes about 800 miles through California. The fault is named after the San Andreas Lake which is a lake that formed in the middle of the Fault. A fault is a break in the earth’s surface where two tectonic plates meet. The San Andreas Fault forms the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world. It is about ten miles deep. The San Andreas Fault caused the 1906 San Francisco
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