(a) Who was Makarios Makarios III was the Archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Church of Cyprus since 1950 until his death in 1977. During the 1950s he became the political leader of the anti-colonial struggle of the Greek Cypriot movement EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) that fought against the British colonisers. Consequently Makarios‚ because of his dual role‚ became the Ethnarch‚ the de facto leader of the Greek Cypriot Community. Makarios showed from the early beginning
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Mexican War of Independence. It was much more difficult to prevent deaths from tuberculosis during this war because of lack of knowledge of the disease‚ a vaccine and medication to treat the disease. The Mexican War of Independence or Guerra de Independencia de México was an armed conflict‚ and the peak of a social and political process which ended the rule of Spain in the territory of New Spain in 1821. The war had its predecessor in the French invasion of Spain in 1808. Mexican Independence Day is
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collections: Genetics http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/collection/genetics Science (print ISSN 0036-8075; online ISSN 1095-9203) is published weekly‚ except the last week in December‚ by the American Association for the Advancement of Science‚ 1200 New York Avenue NW‚ Washington‚ DC 20005. Copyright 2010 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; all rights reserved. The title Science is a registered trademark of AAAS. Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on March 24‚ 2013 If you wish
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The Juan De Fuca tectonic plate is found on the west coast of North America. It is next to the North American plate‚ and according to America’s Tectonics‚ the Juan de Fuca plate is getting subducted under it. This plate is made of oceanic crust‚ but it is also basaltic in some areas. It was named after the pilot and sailor‚ Juan de Fuca‚ an explorer from Europe in the 1600s. The Juan de Fuca plate has a divergent boundary in the Juan de Fuca ridge. New material is made by the Juan de Fuca ridge
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De Jure Segregation means separation of people by law. A good example of this is the Jim Crow laws enforced here in the south. It was legal to have separate schools‚ housing‚ transportation‚ etc. for both races‚ black and white citizens. In the Brown case the Supreme Court ruled separate schools to be unconstitutional. However some states still violated the law. In the 1968 case‚ “Green v. County School Board‚ the Court reviewed a freedom-of-choice plan adopted by a small district in Virginia
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Las Desaparecidas De Juarez Located in the state if Chihuahua‚ Juarez is the 5th largest city in all of Mexico with almost two million people (Juarez-Mexico). The population of Juarez is not the what people from Mexico and all over the world talk about but instead they talk about the mass murders of young women‚ and female children which rose in numbers since 1993. From the years 1993-2003 there was a reported 265 murders or femicides of women; and an estimate of around 460 to this date (Casa
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European and American cultures. Christopher Columbus describes himself only as a person observing from the outside‚ and details the geography he encounters. The entries‚ therefore‚ are not considered literature of witness. Alvar Nunez de Vaca‚ however‚ becomes a part of the new culture and de Vaca writings are considered a literature of witness. Alvar de Vaca joins in customs of being naked; shares in hunting‚ fishing and gathering; sleeps on shells; and completes assigned tasks. Alvar de Vaca becomes
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The oldest masonry fort in the continental United States‚ the Castillo de San Marcos is a great example of Spanish influence in architecture. The monument‚ built from human determination‚ reflects a history that is centuries of years old. Throughout its history‚ the Castillo de San Marcos has been closely intertwined with the city of St. Augustine. The fort and the town serve as constant reminders of the early Spanish empire in the New World. Given the architectural details‚ the fort ultimately
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La Virgen de Guadalupe The culture of Mexico is unique‚ like that of any other country. Religion is one of the main parts of life in Mexico‚ since predominantly‚ people are Catholic. The devotion to the church and many saints especially to the Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe) which is the patroness of the America’s‚ is very present in Mexico. The Virgin of Guadalupe‚ the patroness of the Americas‚ is the symbolic mother of Mexicans everywhere‚ the symbol of Mexican identity‚ history
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There was no water‚ food‚ or supplies‚ and the odds were stacked against Cabeza de Vaca and his fellow survivors. Cabeza de Vaca was part of an expedition to establish settlements on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico‚ or what is now known as North America‚ but everything took a turn when the group got stranded. He‚ plus three other survivors‚ eventually made it to Mexico City after two years of trekking through deserts‚ mountains‚ and other rough terrains. How did he
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