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propellant and it was used with early muzzle-type firearms" (Bellis, 2008). Black powder is a mechanical explosive, and its very m...

This 4 page paper discusses David Northrup’s idea that history should be considered as comprising two periods, before and after ...

Hawkins, a former slave, slaves constantly spoke of the possibility of escape among themselves. Hawkins writes that the yearning f...

and while the film industry was just a gleam in the eye of motion picture gurus, the industry would later become important to Holl...

readers would be going backward and forward in terms of years. however, it is the concept and theme of civilizations that is prima...

(2004, August 3). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Retrieved November 11, 2006 from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/p...

necessity of lighting the stage meant the use of oil lamps and dozens of candles, but the smoke was irritating and the open flames...

theology, to Scandinavian mythology, Hindu theology, African mythology, and Navajo healing rituals. The reader then explores mank...

impacts of coal, however, have been positive. Indeed, the thesis can be presented that coal has impacted human culture in a diver...

is primarily tied to their being a Slavic people. The author indicates that the Slavs settled "beside the Danube, where the Hungar...

faced. Foner explains that by the time the Savannah Colloquy would come around, slavery was already an institution3. He explains t...

the 16th century, tobacco was already considered something of great worth. One author, Thomas Hariot, back in 1590, wrote A Briefe...

it is known, had emanated from the history of Silicon Valley. The 1970s ushered in the Silicon Valley phenomenon. The name Silico...

has long been recognized that people do not age at the same rate. In early modern Europe, the period during which a person is cons...

his architects one can see what was perhaps the simple brick exterior that appears even more rustic as it is set off by ornamentat...

Many Indians remain in the area, along with individuals who are in the fur business. Fur trappers and traders are a part of Nevada...

first king to actually inflict his control past his own city-state (BetBasoo, 2006). He essentially laid down the model that all o...

This 4 page paper examines Machiavelli's work and its applicability to Europe and the world. Examples are provided. Bibliography l...

ultimately responsible for encounters that were neither anticipated nor appropriately handled, with environmental degradation repr...

taking place in a world that was growing more modern. The authors illustrate that, as is perhaps often in the case of long wars a...

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

something associated more with power and prestige than it is with the conquering of lands or people. He writes: "The original mean...

Quadratic Formula," 2007). It should be said that many believed that the Babylonians were more advanced than the Egyptians ("Highl...

advances in technology, new concerns arise. Again, the concept of downloading music has been discussed. But the issues that face t...

the light of the gospel in our honorable nation of England...what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained a...

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

This 5-page paper examines the history of the Catholic Church and Christianity until 1500 BCE, and examines its influence on gover...

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

Afghanistan, and why it has such a blind hatred toward America -- and all things Western. Though we cant really come up with a sol...