Throughout time there has always been wars‚ and the hardships that follow shortly behind. The novella‚ Leaving Gilead by Pat Carr‚ the Civil War has began to engulf the Balm-of-Gilead Plantation. Ian Birdsong heads off as a confederate captain in the Arkansas 14th‚ leaving his daughter Saranell‚ his wife Geneva‚ and all of his slaves to keep the plantation running. As the Yankees crept closer to their home Geneva‚ Saranell‚ and the recently bought slave Renny‚ head off in hopes of evading the approaching
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Mops The Scandinavion world ond Europe in the eorly Viking Age I Scandinavia in the Viking Age 63 2 Scandinavian settlement in Eneland 83 The making of modern Europe was a slow and laborious business which the historian simplifies at peril. Modern conceptions of national growth and of national types are too easiiy applied to situations in the past where they are distorting‚ anachronistic and positively misleading. To be obsessed with the image of peaceful and peaceJoving Scandinavian farmers
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Vikings were well known for their technologically advanced shipbuilding. The ships featured key components that allowed them to journey to several coasts‚ islands‚ and eventually the continent of North America. The Viking’s ships are known as longships‚ as they ranged from 45 to 75 feet long. The ships were long and narrow with the sides tapered in toward the front and back of the boat‚ in order to cut through waves. This design would eventually help the Vikings cross the rough North Atlantic Ocean
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Anglo-Saxon/Viking culture “There were three broad social classes: the nobles or jarls‚ the middle class or karls and the slaves or thralls”(Viking society:Nobles‚Freemen‚Slaves). Viking culture had a much different way to distribute power. The king would have all the power/control over everything. Going forward with this in Beowulf the main power
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Police have been around since the early 1800’s since Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett had there go arounds with brawls and shooting each other. Now‚ police have been around for a long time and have progressed since then and still are but eventually they will end their legacy one day but hopefully created? June 5th‚ 1850 was a date to remember because one of the most known cops was born by the name Patt Garrett. Patt Garrett was a lawman who was known for killing the notorious BIlly the KId on July
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The Money Lover Edgar Quisenberry in Pat Frank’s “Alas Babylon” "Alas Babylon" is a story in which Pat Frank‚ the author‚ presents the Cold War. The character’s struggle against society and nature to survive without many vital amenities. Edgar Quisenberry‚ the president of First National Bank in Fort Repose‚ experiences the misery of a world that has been destructed by a nuclear bomb. Later‚ when Edgar Quisenberry was forced to close his bank‚ he realizes that all his hopes of having the bank’s
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Women are wearing long linen shift under woolen tunic‚ clipped at the shoulders by two brooches. All were wearing woolen and fur hats‚ socks‚ soft leather shoes and boots. They told me that I was drowning and they saved me and brought me inside their Viking community in Scandinavia. I heard about this place from my grandparents before but I can’t remember exactly what they said. I stood up and found myself in this long house and there was a hole on the roof. I asked them about the hole and they told
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When a hiker‚ named Goran Olsen‚ stopped to rest in Haukeli‚ he found a Viking sword under some rocks. Haukeli is a fishing and hunting area about one hundred and fifty miles to the west of Norway’s capital‚ Oslo. The sword is in good condition because of the large amount of snow and lack of humidity the area had. It is a bit longer than thirty inches and is made of iron. Archeologist believe that it was made during 750 A.D.‚ making it approximately one thousand sixty five years old. I chose
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Lenovo Capital Structure Change Terms of acquisition: IBM’s x86 server business acquisition The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion; Including US$2‚07billion paid in cash and the balance of US$182million in Lenovo ordinary shares. Motorola Mobility Acquisition The purchase price is approximately US$2.91 billion; Including US$1.41 billion paid at close‚ comprised of US$660 million in cash and US$750 million in Lenovo ordinary shares and the remaining US$1.5 billon paid in the form
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Introduction The Pat Parker (Parker) case is about a lawyer who started his own firm concentrating on writing reports and conducting political opposition research for political candidates. Parker successfully built a thriving business by providing political opposition research. Him primary customer group has been the Demographic Party. Parker provided research for all levels of political campaigns in Florida. Parker developed a billing system based on the type of campaign. This particular case is
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