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- 12211: Egypt
- ... is considered a desert climate; hot, dry summers with moderate winters. The terrain of Egypt is a vast desert interrupted by the Nile valley and delta. The lowest point of this country is the Qattara Depression, which is 133 meters below sea level. The highest point of Egypt is Mount Catherine, which is 2,629 meters above sea level. Egypt has many natural resources, which are very useful for todays ...
- 12212: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett, who chose to raise his family in England, while his fortune grew in Jamaica. Elizabeth was educated at home, and had read passages from a number of Shakespearean plays, among other great works, before the age of ten. By her twelfth birthday she had written her first epic poem, which consisted of four books of rhyming couplets. Two years later Elizabeth developed a lung ailment that plagued ...
- 12213: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- ... Sudan, and Egypt's allies and vassals were supported against the Hittites, who now dominated Syria instead of Mitanni, and were attacking Egyptian-held territory. As the archives of Amarna show, Akhenaten maintained contact with great powers and closely followed rivalries and rebellions among his vassals. Akhenaten's innovations were ended by his successors, who restored polytheism and returned to Thebes; one, Tutankhamen, had the richest royal tomb ever to survive ...
- 12214: Copacabana
- Copacabana Copacabana, situated high about in the mountains region between Peru and Bolivia, is a place that unites the ideas of religion and great beauty. With a magnificent lake that spans beyond the eyes can see, a rough and traitorous mountain climb, and its ten-foot crosses that represent the apostles. Copacabana is a place of true wonder and ...
- 12215: The Townshend Act
- ... jobs, inevitably led to violence. In March 1770 a riot occurred between British troops and Boston citizens, who jeered and taunted the soldiers. The troops fired, killing five people. The so-called Boston Massacre aroused great colonial resentment. This anger was soon increased by further parliamentary legislation. Bowing to colonial economic boycotts, Parliament, guided by the new prime minister, Lord Frederick North, repealed the Townshend Acts in 1770 but retained the ...
- 12216: "The Yellow Wall-Paper"
- ... woman tells the men she is sick but they believe differently. "John is a physician, and perhaps- (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!"(507) The men are under the impression that what they say ...
- 12217: Emerson
- ... to study at Harvard College in August 1817. He worked his way through college as a messenger and writer because of the financial strain on his family after his father's death. He developed his great interests in literature and philosophy during this time. Emerson studied Latin, Greek, and French, but didn't pay much attention to mathematics. He liked living in solitude and independence and said that the best thing ...
- 12218: Israel
- ... important because it has few natural resources. The import aircraft, chemical products, rough diamonds, and machinery. There main exports are fruits, fertilizer, processed foods, textiles, and clothing. Three main trading partners are the United States, Great Britian, West Germany, Italy, France, Belgium and Luxemborg.
- 12219: Greece
- ... unifying almost all of the Greek city-states, Phillip was murdered. His son, Alexander, took the throne vowing to carry on his fathers dream of conquering and unifying all of the known world. Alexander the Great was a highly educated man. He was taught by Aristotle and was a veteran general of his fathers army. Since his father had already captured most of Greece, Alexander set out to conquer Egypt and ...
- 12220: Fray Junipero Serra
- ... their purposes were achieved: Spain claimed a new territory and the Catholic Church claimed new members. By the middle of the 18th century, Spanish cultural and religious influence was already evident in New Spain's great cathedral, schools, hospitals, and seaports. This sophisticated civilization was restricted to urban centers such as Mexico City. The outlying areas were unexplored and regarded as missionary territory. Serra landed in the port city of Vera ...
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