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Mesabi Iron Ore Range of Minnesota

Steel (owned by Andrew Carnegie). John E. Merritt in a speech commemorating the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Mountain Iro...

DROC's Geopolitics

to topple him as well with the help of Uganda and Burundi (2002). Kabila was saved by other states and even rebels from neighbori...

18th Century Virginia and Slavery

convicts to be shipped to the Colonies and the influx of Negroes into the States (1944). It did seem that while laws which allowed...

Culture of Costa Rica

and final voyage to the New World. Archeologists have determined that native civilizations existed in Costa Rica for thousands of ...

Geography According to Carl Sauer and Ellen Churchill Semple

of any academic evidence or science-based assertions inherent in early geographical studies. Instead, Sauer argues that this type...

International Relations from a Geographic Perspective

steadily and peaked in 1941, when then-president Arnulfo Arias was deposed by his own military "over U.S. requests for military si...

A Character Analysis from The Kite Runner

to torment me anew. Suddenly the air in Rahim Khans little flat was too thick, too hot, too rich with the smell of the street" (H...

Overview of the Atacama Desert

altiplano, the foothills of the Andes, where alluvial salt pans give way to lofty white-capped volcanoes that march along the cont...

Religious Importance of Jerusalem

And finally, can the nature of Jerusalem as a "sacred space" for all three faiths "throw any light on the conduct of politicians a...

Geographical Aspects of Los Angeles County's Pacific Palisades

should disturb the essence of the idea. It is the same with architecture" (Levy, 1997, p. 69). Organization of the Eames H...

History and the Impact of Physical Geography

It was the revenue from the sale of tobacco "that produced the first returns on the investment of the Virginia Company" (Faragher,...

Nooksack River's North Fork Virtual Geology Field Trip

to stop - if not reverse - the damage already created by way of, for example, placing the fabric over a pre-seeded slope where the...

U.S. and Australia Country Facts

processing, steel, industrial and transportation equipment. Exports of $103 billion each year are oil, natural gas, coal, meat, g...

Buddhism History Examined

of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...

A Honduras Overview

on the Caribbean (U.S.Central Intelligence Agency, 2006). The capital is Tegucigalpa (Painter, 2006). Other large cities include...

Definition and Overview of Global Flows

for example are far easier when technology allows for that information to be transmitted immediately as opposed to taking days or ...

A Hub and Spokes and Airline Scheduling Overview

In this paper, well try to analyze, from a geographic sense, why airlines schedule the flights they do. We wont specifically go in...

Caribbean Restaurant Business Plan

prior to deciding to open his own Caribbean restaurant. The owner began as a waiter and worked his way up to manager. The owner al...

Australia and Average Length of Hospital Stays

the mid 1990s this was seven days (Duckett, 2002). However, there have also been cuts in the provision of rates for the stays at p...

Profile of Utica, New York

Europe and 2.2 percent are from Asia (City-Data.com, 2004). Utica also seems to be a destination site for refugees from Bosnia (Le...

Ancient Civilizations and Geography

subject to severe earthquakes and its climate is rather mild; Greece has mild wet winters, but dry hot summers (2001). Achi...

Human Societies and Physical Geography

For instance, the extent to which communities find it easy to travel to other areas for purposes of trade or other cultural exchan...

A Latin America Overview

excluding Canada (Latin America, 1993). Latin America contains 20 republics, complete with 20 different governments inclu...

History of Europe from the Fifteen through Nineteenth Centuries

In six pages this history of Europe overview examines the region's ocean sailing advantages and superiority along with the roles o...

Late Medieval Era and Scientific Discovery

In six pages this paper discusses the scientific advancements during this period with natural sciences, astronomy, geography, and ...

Rome and Pax Romana

Romans and the Germans were able to defeat the invading Huns. Yet four years later, Rome was sacked once more. In 476AC Odoacer ...

Flintknapping Stone Toolmaking

In eighteen pages this paper presents an overview of flintknapping stone toolmaking technology in a consideration of definitions, ...

Overview of Portland, Oregon

In eleven pages this paper presents a Portland, Oregon overview that features various subject headings that consider history, geog...

Future Global Predictions

in developed nations, leaving the existence of untouched habitats quite rare. The second trend noted is positive. The nations, p...

Tsar Nicholas II and Geography

In seven pages this paper examines how Manchuria, Siberia, Russia, China, and Japan geography influenced the decision making of Ru...