Though the discovered by accident‚ gunpowder changed the trajectory of combat operations. Discovered in the ninth century Chinese alchemist developed something with the potential of conquering nations. Gunpowder is used in many weapons throughout history and to this day‚ but one of the first was flying fire. With the simple invention of the gunpowder cannon‚ a totally new type of defense was unearthed. When the devastating power of the cannon was shrunken down into a handheld weapon‚ the course of
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The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction After World War I‚ American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their truthful representation of American life and people was evident in
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has always been an empire. It dominated over a realm of territories and established its mark almost over every corner of the continent. What appeared to be an empire consequently led to imperialism. American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th century marked the country’s beginnings as a global superpower. But with these advances came with great responsibility. From 1950 to 1980‚ the world marveled at the feet of the economic Golden Age brought by the first American Empire – developing countries
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According to Wikipedia‚ an invention is a new form‚ composition of matter‚ device‚ or process. When the Internet was introduced it created a free-flowing stream of information through out the world. It has established a boundless. The World Wide Web has established a new spectrum of opportunity that has become one of the greatest tools to society. Today‚ the Internet provides resources and services such as e-mail‚ online libraries‚ financial tools‚ and more. Many businesses rely on the Internet’s
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In 1438 C.E. the inca could travel all over horses or even inventions like the wheel or water bottles or cup they had to make all of that stuff out of stone kinda like how they had to make tools weapons out of sticks rock vines and stone and even obsidian. The most modern day resource was mortar which was used to make houses schools and temples for priests.The people that built the temples would decorate the temples with gold and silver jewelry for the holy gods like the inti. For food the incas
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There are so many new inventions that have changed the way we live. Some of the inventions are cell phones‚ computers‚ texting‚ face book‚ GPS‚ I Pods and many more. Every invention has there own way on how they change the way we live like the GPS shows us how to get to places‚ texting so you don’t get bored if your out of the house‚ computers to look up information‚ cell phones to contact anybody in case of emergency‚ I pods can be heard at any moment and anytime of day whether your bored or not
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The Korean War: Impact on the 20th Century (Korean War. Digital image. Amvets.org. Korean War Veterans Association‚ n.d. Web. 03 May 2013.) Dillon Matthews 5/7/13 Period 3 Whats the point of a war when the winning country loses approximately 36‚000 men for no territorial gain‚ compensation‚ and they weren’t doing this to defend their own territory? The United States‚ over a period of about three years‚ spent what is estimated to 678 billion dollars in todays money on the Korean war. These
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During the Industrial Revolution numerous inventions were created in order to solve problems that arose at that time. Also‚ in this time period one invention created a “ripple-effect” that soon led to the development of another invention. Over time as more and more innovations came about the simpler life became. In our current time period there are a variety of inventions that people use to simplify their lives on a daily basis. Nowadays many of these utilities are taken advantage of. People do not
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THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY Before the invention of photography‚ images were painted by artists or were duplicated by using printing plates. An image made by a painter was unique of its kind and copies of it could not be produced. Similarly‚ printing was done by hand and it required a lot of time and skill. The need remained for a process to be invented that could produce images of fine quality as well as to duplicate them. This was achieved in the 19th century with the invention of photography
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The most important invention of ALL time has to be the invention of Apple Incorporated. It is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and a commercial server. Apple’s most popular inventions are the iPhone‚ iPod music player‚ and Macintosh computer line-up. (WHO)The inventers of Apple Inc. are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.(WHERE) Apple Inc. was incorporated in January 3‚ 1977‚ in Cupertino‚ California. (WHEN)The inspiration came from when Mr. Wozniak attended
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