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    Iran-Iraq

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    Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq war started in the 1980s and continued till 1988 making it the longest conventional war after the second Sino-Japanese War(1). It officially began on Sept. 22‚ 1980‚ with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran(1). The Iran-Iraq War was multifaceted and included religious schisms‚ border disputes‚ and political differences. The war broke hostilities ranging from conflicts between the religious pacts of Sunni-verses-Shia and Arab-verses-Persians‚ to a personal

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    Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago is a film from 1965 based on the novel “Doctor Zhivago (1957) directed by David Lean. This scene is from Yuri‚ a little boy’s perspective of his mothers funeral. Many of the shots are from the same height as Yuri. The first scene is an extreme long shot and shows us an open landscape with huge mountains in the background. The mountains seems very powerful‚ and is the first thing you notice‚ but then your eyes are dragged down to a large group of people wandering

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    Shell Structures

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    Addis Ababa University Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Department Structural Engineering Shell Structure Assignment on Hyperbolic Shell By:-Surafel Tsegaye ID.No. GSR/1927/03 Submitted to: - Dr. Shfiraw Taye Date 05/08/2011 Assignment on Hyperbolic Shell Hyperbolic Shell z r Dimensions a=32.65m ru=34m Zu=37m Zt=112m b=127.3556 ⁄ ⁄ ψ=75.6208 cos(ψ)=0.2483 tan(ψ)=3.9006 Loading Using ACI 350-01 Dead load factor of 1.4 Addis Ababa University‚ Institute

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    that made up the Mesopotamia and the Nile River in Egypt had an influence in one way or another‚ the two I want to compare are the Sumerians and the Assyrians. I believe that the Sumerians were the greatest influence during this ancient period. The Sumer Empire reigned from 3200-2350 BC. The Sumerians were located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq. Since they were on the Fertile Crescent where irregular flooding was common‚ they created an irrigation network that helped them

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    Wood types differ considerably in properties such as color‚ density‚ and hardness‚ making timber a resource that is valuable in a wide variety of contexts. Each of the samples of commonly used woods shown here has distinctive characteristics. Mahogany is a tropical tree prized for its heavy‚ strong‚ easily worked wood. Hickory is a tough‚ hard wood used for tool handles‚ furniture‚ and smoke wood for meat. Instrument makers favor the strong‚ richly colored wood of the cherry tree. Yew is strong‚

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    Battle Royal The native Africans ’ heritage and way of life were forever altered by the white slave drivers who took them into captivity in the 18th century. Along with their freedom‚ slaves were also robbed of their culture and consequently their identities. They became property instead of people‚ leaving them at the hands of merciless slave owners. Their quest to reclaim their stolen identities was a long and difficult struggle‚ especially in the years following the Civil War and the subsequent

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    Red River War 1874

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    The Red River War of 1874 During the summer of 1874‚ the U. S. Army launched a campaign to remove the Comanche‚ Kiowa‚ Southern Cheyenne‚ and Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains and enforce their relocation to reservations in Indian Territory. The actions of 1874 were unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this area of the western frontier. The Red River War led to the end of an entire way of life for the Southern Plains tribes and brought about a new chapter in Texas history

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    Sea shells by the sea shore “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” ~ A tongue twister. I was at the beach today. It was a family picnic and my husband‚ his cousins‚ their children‚ their friends‚ their children‚ were all in attendance. Unlike the last one‚ there was less tension in the air‚ but that is another story. The real story is about a seashell. I picked up a seashell by the edge of the waters‚ i.e. ‘by the sea shore’. The picnic was actually a business meeting in disguise but I felt

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    used for baking active lime and dolomite in the steel factory and ferroalloy factory. This limestone rotary kiln can produce lime with advantages of strong ability to react chemically‚ low volume density and large specific surface. At present‚ it has been one of the most preferred auxiliary equipment for steel-making‚ coking and calcium carbide industries. Moreover‚ it is also the best kiln type in limestone industries for its strong adaptability to raw and fuel materials‚ convenient maintenance

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    The Sumerians and Akkadians were the first civilizations to settle in Mesopotamia.The Sumerians people and Akkadians have multiple similarities and differences.Both civilizations lived in modern day Iraq.Both civilizations spoke two different languages.They both had similar farming methods as well.Each of these civilizations had for the the most part a lot of Accomplishments.The customs of these civilizations very similar in a variety of ways. There are Many similarities between the Sumerians and

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