Saturday, October 24, 2009

What were some of the scientific advancements in Elizabethan times?

What were of the scientific advancements in Elizabethan times (Shakespears's time) or roughly around the 15th-16th. I already know about DaVinci, Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Gutenberg . What else could I touch on.
What were some of the scientific advancements in Elizabethan times?
Not really scientific but they learned to keep their jackets out of puddles. It's more manly to heft the girl up and carry her, and you get a quick fumble at the same time..............
What were some of the scientific advancements in Elizabethan times?
scientific method, gravity, ecocentric model, advancement of gov't, Shakespeare himself, development of the telescope, electricity, stuff like that. Give these a try.


How did The United States and European Nations react to the Iron Curtain?

How did The United States and European Nations react to the Iron Curtain?





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How did The United States and European Nations react to the Iron Curtain?
they were cranky.
How did The United States and European Nations react to the Iron Curtain?
Among other things, they formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which guaranteed that if any of the member nations were attacked, the others would come to their aid.
Reply:Almost to the point of Paranoia.


They formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).


Troops were deployed - in fact we still have a military presence in most of the world, especially in Germany.


We flew spy planes over communist countries - remember the U2? That how we also saw the missiles in Cuba, another communist country.


We formed the CIA out of the military OSS.


We had the McCarthy hearing were people were accused of being Communist and many lost there jobs or were "Black Listed".
Reply:the U.S. focused on the policy of containment. They did three things to react to the Iron Curtain. One was the Truman Doctrine which gave 400 million dollars to greece and turkey.


The second was the marshall plan which gave 12 billion dollars to different countries. This was made to give money to countries who fought against communism. The third was NATO which consisted of around twelve countries who agreed that an attack against one was an attack against them all. A little while later the USSR came up with their own version of NATO called the Warsaw Pact.


Why did the Germans attack the U.S during WW1????

Please help asap!


I know Germany attacked U.S Merchant boats but why did they do it.


I thought it was becuase it they found out the the U.S was helping Great Britain by selling war items but i cant find any info on it..


if you can help pleas do i really need it!!!!


Thank You
Why did the Germans attack the U.S during WW1????
we said we kick *** and they said lets party
Why did the Germans attack the U.S during WW1????
they didnt, japan did, germany didnt attack us untill we attacked them








lol, i was thinkin of ww2
Reply:Wikipedia, read through it, and do your own damn homework.





Marko, you're thinking of WWII.
Reply:We were sending war munitions to Britain and in general supporting the British war effort. Although the US officially was neutral, it in fact favored the British.
Reply:The Germans said any ship going to Briatain is a potential target so stay away. The US said that violates the right to freely trade and were also shipping in lots of ammo and arms to help the British.





So US ships ended up running the U boat blockade and ineveitably some of them were sunk-notably the Lusitania, which blew up and sank so quickly because it was loaded with ammotal, despite the US assurances that it was a peaceful, innocent passenger ship.
Reply:Yes Germans attacked US ships because US ships were supplying britain.
Reply:German U-boats attempted to cut the supply lines between North America and Britain. The nature of submarine warfare meant that attacks often came without warning, giving the crews of the merchant ships little hope of survival. The United States launched a protest, and Germany modified its rules of engagement. After the infamous sinking of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania in 1915, Germany promised not to target passenger liners, while Britain armed its merchant ships. Finally, in early 1917 Germany adopted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, realizing the Americans would eventually enter the war.[31] Germany sought to strangle Allied sea lanes before the U.S. could transport a large army overseas.
Reply:that's ww2 and to stop resupplying britian with much needed raw materials. this could help you out. http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/at...
Reply:We were supplying Britain with weapons and arms. The Germans were supposed to fire across the bow of a suspected ship and then search the ship for arms. The Germans instead fired on the ships with torpedoes without warning because the only ships that can get by the British fleet were submarines. The submarines have only torpedoes.
Reply:Germany was blockading Great Britain, just as the British were blockading Germany. International conventions hadn't quite caught up with the reality of modern warfare, but the Germans did warn the US in advance when they extended their blockade to include foreign-flagged ships. It's an open question whether Germany was the aggressor in firing on American shipping, or if the American ships were the aggressors in sailing into a wartime port under blockade.


What were some events that demonstrated the end of the Cold War era?

tearing doen of the berlin wall!
What were some events that demonstrated the end of the Cold War era?
I think the biggest event is in August of 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed, lol. That put an end to it.





But in April of the same year the Warsaw Pact ended, leading up to the fall of the soviet union... so take your pick. I'd go with August.
What were some events that demonstrated the end of the Cold War era?
I believe the Cold War continues, but at a reduced level of tension. Putin is clearly a dictator and nationalist.
Reply:For me there was only one BIG EVENT ... the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. I was born BEFORE that wall went up, and my mother was with the Air Force unit sent over to West Berlin right after the wall went up ... she transferred, but I still remember the 'terror' of those days. I watched the news on the TV and CRIED ... my kids watched with me, and to this day, I like to go to the place in our city where there is a small section of that old Berlin Wall to see it to remind myself that the Cold War is OVER!
Reply:The major reason was economic problems faced by all the communist countries because Russian economy was rapidly declining. And all those soviet states were dependent on Russian administration. So Russia broke and everything else followed.
Reply:Pitiful Ukrainian girls started populating the brothels outside Western military bases.





We stopped brandishing our nukes so frequently and actually started destroying some of them.





MiGs at airshows!

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British in India compared to British in China?

I have to write a 6 page essay comparing and contrasting the British occupation of India to the British occupation of China during the Opium Wars. There are very few links on the events in China. I know all about the Opium Wars; however it is the conditions during the British occupation, and like the return of Hong Kong that is fuzzy. Any help is greatly appreciated


What do you know about the pre colonial past of the Bahamas?

it is for a report


What did quebec nationalism impact during the 1980s and 19990s?

who and what did it impact and why


Does anyone have information or links on 'The Hippies and the Peace/war Movement'?

They wanted to be an example of how to run the 'world' without govn't, - in the traditional sense.





They were after 'enlightenment' by any means necessary. Hallucinatory drugs (LCD) were expected / encouraged to be used.





Some lived on communes, - working on farms.





"Free-love" was a concept of "doing-it" with zero expectations of a relationship.





Some were anti-war, and therefore it didn't matter what govn't ruled over the people. Some hippies would have been "pinko-s". ie. somewhat 1/2 'red' as in 'red communist'.
Does anyone have information or links on 'The Hippies and the Peace/war Movement'?
The Hippies were a youth movement that started in part as a reaction to their parents generation during the 1960s. Drugs were a big part of the movement but not the complete focus. Love and compassion towards others, expanding your consciousness (both with and without drugs), spiritual awakening, appreciation of nature, and so on.





The Anti-war protests were composed of people from all walks of life, young, old, rich, poor, black, and white. The Vietnam War tended to draft the very poor and mostly black. Mainstream America began to change their opinion of the war when newscast started to show the mayhem. I still vividly remember watching a scene of a GI light a Vietnamese hut on fire.





At the time, my mother was in her 30s and active in both the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements. She was a middle-class housewife with 3 children, a Sunday School teacher, college educated and appalled by what she saw. She thought Hippies were irresponsible but didn't care as long as they didn't hurt anyone.





It was a very complicated time in American history.





Tom Brokaw did an excellent documentary on the History Channel called "1968". The link is below. I recommend it. You can also check and see if your local library has a copy.





If you're old enough the movie "Apocalypse Now" is one of the best war movies ever. A movie called "Joe" also examines the alienation between the different social and age groups.

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What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?

other than the new testament, There are 39 sources stating Jesus exists. Josephine the Roman Jewish historian is one of these sources.
What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?
The historian is Josephus, a male name, not Josephine.
What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?
Be careful to remember that some guy named Jesus having lived does not mean he was the "Son of God".
Reply:There are 0 contemporary accounts of Jesus, and no physical evidence or records of his existence. There are the gospels, whom most scholars believe were written in 70CE or later.


Josephus, a jewish historian who was originally a rebel against Rome, wrote both a history of the jews and an account of the Roman war against Judea. The mention of Jesus in Josephus is suspect, especially since it is uncritical of the claims of Jesus. But Josephus himself was not born until a few years after Jesus died.


There are other referneces in writings such as Tacitus and Pliny the Younger. These basically indicate that there was a cultish religion called christianity, that was based around the life of a jew who had been killed by the Romans. So they do less to establish the existence of Jesus than the existence of Christians.


So, on the actual proof side, there is little to no evidence. Given the times and the commoness of the name Jesus (like John or William today), it's completely plausible that there was someone named Jesus who might have been a preacher and gained followers, and who was crucified by the Romans. But based on the available evidence, one could theorize Jesus was Buddha reincarnated, Jesus was married, Jesus was gay, Jesus was a space alien, etc. It all comes down to belief. You may believe in the gospel accounts of Jesus, or you may not. Believers cannot prove he did exist, and of course one cannot disprove a negative. Whatever the truth is, it's long since been covered, erased, modified, and otherwise altered by generations of believers who had access to the earliest writings that might have settled the issue.


What caused the collapse of the soviet union?

OK easy *cough* question; what caused the collapse of the soviet union? The catch is that you have to do it in under 20 words. All i want is a concise answer, help me understand! :-)
What caused the collapse of the soviet union?
The basic under twnety word answer is the same thing that sustained it, communism.





Try reading "Animal Farm," it's viewed as a predictive parralel to the Soviet Union. Predictive in that it came out before the fall of the Soviet Union. Parralel in that it seems to mimic the rise and eventual fall of the Soviet Union.
What caused the collapse of the soviet union?
Yearning for freedom in mankind is too strong to resist, no matter how long it takes to end an evil!





There: exactly 20 words!
Reply:Ronald Reagan thought he did!


The collapse of their economy ( that concise enough for you)
Reply:they ran out of money
Reply:Gorbachev's Perestroika=reform which also included public opinion that led to the fall of the USSR.


What are the five most important advances made during the renaissance?

What is the most important?
What are the five most important advances made during the renaissance?
That's like asking, "How high is up?" You would probably get as many answers as you would have people answering that question.


Really, isn't that a matter of interpretation too?

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Was President Truman's firing of General MacArthur justified?

I know that the reason was insubbordination, and some of the differnences between the two were regarding MacArthurs actions at the Yalu River, as well as his desire to Atom bomb China. Were their any other differences regarding how to conduct the Korean war between Truman and MacArthur? Are there any other reasons to justify his actions of firing him?
Was President Truman's firing of General MacArthur justified?
One of the founding principles of this republic is that the military is controlled by a civilian commander in chief. The purpose of this was the need to prevent a military commander from assuming the role of dictator. It was Washington's refusal to do so at the end of the war that prompted George III to comment that he was one of the greatest men to ever have lived.





If a general, and I mean any general, whether his name is John Fremont, George McClellan, or Douglas MacArthur, begins to act in a manner that goes contrary to the orders of his commander in chief, he has to be reprimanded, and if necessary, removed.





It was President Truman's assessment that he be removed.





If Ike had tried pulling the same stunts as Commander of NATO, MacArthur probably would have agreed that the President remove Eisenhower.
Was President Truman's firing of General MacArthur justified?
MacArthur should have been fired before the Korean conflict ever began, but he was so hugely popular that it was inexpedient. Of course, his position in Japan had only fed into his propensity to edge past being an instrument of policy into an active role in determining policy, which is something that's occasionally thrust on general officers by politicians who really do know better than to do so.
Reply:looks like your first two responses took care of anything i would have said, other than i believe arrogance is as good an excuse as laziness or insubordination to fire someone, because of the difficulties they cause amongst their fellow workers... or in this case, officers.... , and macarthur was truly arrogant


Why did "Alexander The Great" stop his conquest in India?

His remaining Greeks and Macedonians wanted to go home. They were all fabulously wealthy, and wanted to go West and enjoy it.
Why did "Alexander The Great" stop his conquest in India?
He was seriously injured in battle. His own men didn't think he was going to make it. His own men were tired of fighting and traveling and wanted to go home. He needed their support. That's why he stopped.
Why did "Alexander The Great" stop his conquest in India?
His armies were basically tired of fighting seemingly endless numbers of Indians and were homesick.
Reply:Simply put, he got beat.
Reply:His troops had been away from home for a long time, and were very tired of the campaign by then. Plus, most of them believed that the literal 'edge/end of the world' was just a few miles past where they were, so it would have served no purpose to go any further. Why they didn't bother to ask the people of India if that was true (and they would have been told of what is present day China...a huge swath of land yet to go before hitting the Pacific) well, they weren't terribly interested in what a conquered people had to say


Abe Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton?

What are some of the differences in their political views? Which leader's views are most reflected in the United States today? If possible, support your answer with examples.
Abe Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton?
Both believed in a strong central government. Ham was one of the Federalists who supported a strong government at the time when the Constitution was being debated. Lincoln assumed a strong leadership in order to fight the South.


Hamilton had an important influence in creating a strong banking system. The Fed today would be perfectly to his liking.


What were henery the eighths important contribuitions?

history report!
What were henery the eighths important contribuitions?
He's most noted for:


Breaking with the Catholic Church and creating a separate Church, the Anglican Church, also known as the Church of England.





Also known for giving birth to Elizabeth I, probably the greatest monarch ever to rule Britain.

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What class did elizabethan shoemakers fit into? what did they do other then make shoes?

They would have been tradesmen . They woul;d have made all kinds of leather goods besides shoes . saddles , wallets , purses , whips , saddle bags


What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?

In a nutshell what were their believes and how did their culture affected their literature ?
What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?
In terms of Literature, the Anglo-Saxons believed in "oral history" (stories told through the generations by word of mouth) and as such no written "literature" exists from this period - those that do begun orally, such as Beowulf.





More generally, the Anglo-Saxons found themselves filling a void in British society after the Romans scarpered. Culturally, they were similar to the Nordic nations and those of the Germanic tribes (in particular those of current-day Holstein-Schleiswig) - IE Polytheistic religion.





For events, a lot happened in the 600 or so years of Anglo-Saxon rule (between about 400AD and 1066 - Hastings) but can be summed up simply - not much happened except a few Vikings had a bash.
What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?
mostly they played saxophones to some old client east wood films


Why was John F. Kennedy's Brain the most important thing, about his murder?

Perhaps because he was shot in the head and they were unable to find the bullet so they figured it was logged in his brain.
Why was John F. Kennedy's Brain the most important thing, about his murder?
Because it was reported missing after the autopsy . It wasn't really missing though . It was all over the street in Dallas and all over the car and all over his wife .


Why did they kill John F. Kennedy?

"They" didn't ! lee harvey oswald did !! For the same reason most crazy assassins kill . To be remembered .

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What significant things happened during the medieval period ?

What were the important events of this time period ?
What significant things happened during the medieval period ?
These are just European events. There were countless other events happening all over the world.


1066-Battle of Hastings which signals the start of the Middle Ages.





1215-Magna Carta signed





1298-99-The travels of Marco Polo is written





1337-1453-Hundred years war





1453-fall of Constantinople


What are five important advances made during the renaissance?

????? Please be more specific on what you want.


African slaves?

how were the slaves captured in west africa? ANd explain (please.please.please), the tratment of slaves on the middle passage.


History assignment........................HELP!
African slaves?
http://cghs.dadeschools.net/african-amer...
African slaves?
Zuzalok has it all there for you...Kudos!
Reply:They were often sold by family members.
Reply:the westerners lured them with chocolate
Reply:the slave brokers landed at specific locations on the western coast of africa, major port cities, and let it be known they were interested in buying slaves. Africans then went out and captured their enemies, their neighbors, or pretty much any other africans they could get their hands on, and brought them to the port stations to sell them.





The middle passage refers to loading up a big pile of slaves onto a boat and sailing them to the slave markets in North, Central, and South America. The quarters were dark and cramped, the slaves were kept chained and given very little food and had to sit and sleep in their own piss and crap


What are the significance of the renaissance period ?

What was the big issue bewtween the church and the royal kingdom ?

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U.S. History I ??!! please help!?

what were the key compromises that were made in the constitution and distinguish between the positions of the federalists and anti federalists
U.S. History I ??!! please help!?
i think its in your textbook...


Age of Jefferson?

The Age of Thomas Jefferson in 1800-1816.


This time period includes the following events:


-Louisiana purchase


-Burr conspiracy


-Supreme Court under John Marshall


-Neutral rights, impressment, embargo


-Madison's presidency


-War of 1812





1. WHY is this time period called the "Jefferson Age" when it includes Madisons' presidency also?





2. WHY isn't it only from 1800 to upto end of Jefferson's presidency?





3. What's a theme that occurred during 1800-1816 American history that recurred/is recurring in later part of history?


Early Middle Ages Question!?

what are four things or traditions that were kept after the fall of the roman empire entering the early middle ages?





thanks!
Early Middle Ages Question!?
chess


shinti which is now a form of hockey


art including painting, storytelling and the theatre


can't think of a fourth
Early Middle Ages Question!?
The Church





Art %26amp; archetecture





Olympics





Army


Two actions taken by the United States government that have been influenced by geographic factors?

I need help with this US History practice question. I don't have any ideas so far. What I have to do is above ^ and includes:


-State one reason the United States took the action


-Describe how the geographic factor influenced the action.


-Discuss the impact of the action on the US
Two actions taken by the United States government that have been influenced by geographic factors?
Most of these actions will be related to naval control of choke points on the world's shipping routes.


Try Somalia, Panama or Hawaii for examples.
Two actions taken by the United States government that have been influenced by geographic factors?
#1 cuban missle crisis





The same missles were in russia at one time, however we would have had some sort of warning of their launch, and the ability to counter-launch, hence 'mutual destruction' prevented anyone from attacking. However, with Cuba so close, those missles could launch and hit the US before we could Counter-launch





#2 choice of where to dig the Panama canal...of course, we dug it at the most narrow point, but our decision to even dig a canal at all was influenced by the geography of having a big honking contient called South America hanging onto the bottom of North America, causing us to have such a long voyage from New York to San Francisco


During 1914-1939 french english relations in canada?

i need answers fast


full sentences would be nice
During 1914-1939 french english relations in canada?
hello. Canada was pat of the British Empire, had been since a major War that ended in say, 1760..look it up.


Name for law-making body in england; French-indian war... HISTORY HELP!!!?

OK:





name of the law making body in england





Three results of the french-indian war: england took___, england was___($), and americans were rpoud to be british





General in charch of the continental army during revolutionary war





What battle was the turning point of the war for independance





americans gained there ___ in the ___ ___ ___ that ended the revolutionary war








what is a tax on imports, sometimes meant to help US businesses





Who did the US fight in the war of 1812





The idea that the US should spread "from sea to shining sea"





the two territories that the US took from mexico after the mexican war





what event caused the first southern states to succed from the union





who did the confederate states of america elect as their president





lincoln waited for a victory at antietem before he freed the slaves by signing the ___ ___





PLEASE HELP WITH THIS... EVEN IF YOU HAVE JUST SOME OF THE ANSWERS. THANKS!
Name for law-making body in england; French-indian war... HISTORY HELP!!!?
The lawmaking body in England is called Parliament


Second one I'm not sure I understand, Britain took Canada, and control of the fur trade.


The commander of the Continental army was George Washington


Saratoga was a turning point, convincing France that we were "in it to win it".


Taxing imported goods, produces revenue for the US government, by taxing any manufactured item brought in from overseas, but helps business because US manufacturers can sell their goods for less than those imported.


The War of 1812 was between the US and Great Britain


Manifest Destiny fits into the principle that the US should spread from sea to shining sea.


We took California and New Mexico from Mexico after the war, these included California, most of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.


The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in November 1860 prompted 11 states to secede from the Union, beginning with South Carolina in December of that year.


The President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, former Senator from Mississippi and former Secretary of War.


The document signed after Antietam was the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed any slave who lived anywhere where that state or a part of that state was in rebellion against the US as of January 1, 1863, but it would take the Union army to make that freedom happen.

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What do you think about Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)....?

I liked his music.
What do you think about Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)....?
I think questions about what people think Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) belong in the Polls %26amp; Surveys category, not in the History category.
What do you think about Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)....?
He is an idiot!!!!!


Did Blacks Or whites invent rock and roll??

My brother and i are having an argument on which race created rock and roll!My brother claims black people did,But i think that white people did?!?!Which one is it???HELP!!!
Did Blacks Or whites invent rock and roll??
It's not as straight forward as you may think. There is a large R%26amp;B influence to rock and roll. I think the answer is that they both did.
Did Blacks Or whites invent rock and roll??
Look up Big Mama Thornton..."You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" years before Elvis...Black folk invented R%26amp;B White folks repackaged it as R%26amp;R and made a fortune...and didn't share.


EDIT: It was called "Race" music on colored radio stations and sold as "Race Records." I use "colored" advisable as at that time there were only colored, n*gro and that other ugly word..Black and African American came much later.
Reply:I think its mostly influence by blacks. I'm pretty sure I've heard they called rock music black music back then.
Reply:Rock and Roll was not invented buy simply evolved from many different genres. R%26amp;B played a major roll , if you will. Blues music , Europeon music that early settlers brought over also had an influence also jazz.
Reply:I think some of the biggest early influences to rock music were blues (mainly black musician) and country (mainly white musicians).


Look at a band like Led Zeppelin and you can tell it's got blues in in, listen to a band like social distortion and alot of the guitar sounds country in origin.


Both are rock bands.


If you go back to something old like Elvis Presley, I personally think he sounded more country, but alot of his songs have a definite blues feel to them as well.


Also keep in mind that rock has always been rebelious music for it's era, and black people historically have not been accepted into American society very readily, so historicallically in America they are a rebelious people.


One more thing to think about is it has only been exetremely recently that blacks haven't been common to rock, for decades musicians of any genre could be any race, just nowadays people have decided that certain color people have to make certain kinds of music. Makes you wonder who's really more racist.


And last of all, Hendrix was black, but his band was white.





I think we stopped having so many black rockers in the eighties. I don't know why.
Reply:Rock and Roll wasn't invented - it developed out of other music forms. Rhythm %26amp; Blues, gospel, Jazz, Ragtime, country western, and others all contributed. Generally, however, the influence of Black musicians was stronger than white musicians upon Rock %26amp; Roll.


What caused humanism to fail?

during the rennaisance. what disadvantage caused this?





simple answers please its for an essay thanks
What caused humanism to fail?
appathy
What caused humanism to fail?
Organized religion.The reason for this, it seems to me, reduces to meaning. For all that Christianity talks about the infinite nature of God, it is not this aspect of the divine that is important to people. Instead, the lives of Christians are imbued with meaning by the personal nature of their God. If the Christian God was supposed to have been infinite and infinitely distant and utterly unconcerned with mortals, I doubt that the religion would have been so successful in the struggle against other worldviews. Instead, though, the Christian God is supposed to have incarnated as a person to save us all from our supposed sins. Thus, the cosmological and the personal are, in Christianity, commingled into one cohesive (if relatively absurd) scheme, and a Christian becomes an integral and important part the universe. Other traditional religions provide similar sources of consolation for humans beset by finitude and misery.





Secular humanism also has a coherent (if dynamic and evolving) account of the world, stitched together out of scientific cosmology, evolutionary biology, history, and moral philosophy. However, in the humanistic worldview, these strands are not commingled: though the universe is significant for the existence of people, it is also entirely indifferent to their wellbeing. For humanists, all meaning and purpose in human existence is provided on a human scale. Humanists have faith that we can provide all the meaning we need ourselves, from our concerns, out of our own ideas and philosophies. In the face of the infinite, however, these meanings and purposes dissolve into absolute and utter insignificance. The humanist's universe might provoke dizzying awe, but it is a distant awe compared with the more limited but also more intimate awe of the religious.





Perhaps some of us feel a certain exhiliration when contemplating the universe as revealed to us by science, a universe that is vaster and more complex and more empty of meaning than we could possibly have imagined. For most people, though, such chill vistas are not enough. The decay of the old religious certainties has left a void, a vacuum of meaning, in the hearts of many modern men and women. We are living in an age without a central narrative that shapes lives and weaves them as essential threads into the tapestry of the world. Instead, people desperately search for meaning, for the feeling of being truly alive, for anything to keep the warmth from bleeding away into the cold emptiness. For many, this search is for the ephemeral thrill of vivid experience. Others seek personal growth or the attainment of some brand of perfection. Still others try to wrap themselves in the fake consolations of a spirituality that remakes the world as a smaller, cosier place. There are many ways to hide: we have become good at inventing distractions.





Humanism has failed. It has failed because it does not give people a vital place in the universe. It has failed because people care more about where we are going than whence we came, more about morality than reality, more about meaning than facts, more about "why?" than "how?", more about warm emotion than cold reason. Until we who are without gods and demons and heavens and hells can provide those things, our worldview will remain marginal. The losses of the old faiths will not be our gains. Furthermore, in painting this picture we must not cheat by softening the findings of science or including meaning and purpose by sleight of hand. Our worldview must not just feel authentic, but must be authentic.





Fortunately, we live in an age in which this is possible. We have two advantages over humanists of previous times. Firstly, we know that it is possible for life to influence the evolution of the universe in deep and pervasive ways. Through sufficient wisdom and determination, we can thus make the human future coincide ever more closely with the future of first the Earth, then the solar system, then the galaxy and finally the whole universe. Secondly, we are living for the first time with the real possibility of great longevity and then effective immortality. Perhaps we will not achieve these things in our lifetime, but we know they are possible and we can strive for them with all our energies. Thus, our own personal futures could through our own efforts coincide with the human future and thus the universal future. If the religious worldview is characterised by the universe reaching down to imbue human life with meaning, the transhumanist worldview is characterised by something stranger and nobler. Human life will be the torch-bearer that sets the universe alight with the fire of meaning.


Did george washington have a middle name?

That is an interesting question. I find no reference of a middle name for President George Washington. By the way, he signed his name "G. Washington".

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Did ancient Greece win many wars?

if they did how many wars they did they win and could you name them?


thank you
Did ancient Greece win many wars?
ancient greece wasn't a country it was a collection of cities that were each their own government, and only ruled about one day's walk beyond the city walls.





For example, the two most famous ancient greek cities were Athens and Sparta. They fought eachother more than once. When Sparta beat Athens, do you count that as a 'win'? what about when Athens beat Sparta, is that a 'win' too?





But to answer your question in another way, yes, many of the ancient greek city-states were quite successful militarily
Did ancient Greece win many wars?
hmmm
Reply:well it wasnt really a country but the Greek city-states won many battles
Reply:The Greeks mostly fought among themselves. If you want some wars they participated in, try googling Greek-Persian wars.
Reply:Classical ancient Greece was indeed city-states, not one united country, until Philip II of Macedonia conquered and ruled most all of Greece as one nation. His son Alexander the Great then took the Greek power and culture and conquered huge territory, never losing a battle. But I'm ahead of myself. Ancient Greece of Sparta/Athens fame united most famously against the Persians. The Persian king Darius first tried to invade Greece, but was stopped at the Battle of Marathon. His son Xerxes tried later, with a bigger army, but his army took a big hit against a much smaller force (led by Spartans) at the Battle of Thermopylae. The Persians did eventually win Thermopylae, despite the high cost, and burned Athens. But finally the Persian navy was defeated by the largely Athenian navy at the Battle of Salamis. I believe there was one final land battle that the Greeks won, but the point is they won the Persian wars, beating a huge world power for that time.





There is also the Peloponesean (I know I spelled that wrong)wars, but that was Greek city-state vs. Greek city-state, mostly Sparta vs. Athens.


Did John Hancock have a british accent?

I was doing an Oral report where I had to talk about John Hancock as if I was him and I was wondering if he had a British accent.
Did John Hancock have a british accent?
yes, the Colonists and the British Islanders probably had very similar accents. Of course, there are probably a half dozen different british accents you would here if you were in England right now, so exactly what that accent would be is a bit hard to say. Normally port cities and towns would have the most similar accents due to so much colonial-british empire interactions.





He sure wouldn't have sounded like a modern day American
Did John Hancock have a british accent?
More than likely yes. Probably sounded like the Kings James version of the Bible.
Reply:He would have had a New England accent . Probably a very rich new england accent at that .
Reply:According to H.L. Menken’s “The American Language” (1921), a distinctive American dialect had developed by the time of the American Revolution. It was roundly criticized in England, but defiantly used by Americans even though, technically, they were still then British subjects. The 1770’s were 150 years from the earliest English settlers, so many generations had developed various “Americanisms” and other “corruptions” of the English of the mother country. A similar evolution happened with the colony of Australia where a very distinctive dialect has developed.


The Manifest Destiny influenced the reasons for war with Canada or Mexico?

Both. The mexican american war 1846 gave the southweest to the US the was of 1812 was before manifest destiny. However, one campaign slogan during the time period was "54 40 or fight" refering to the latitude between the US and Canada. The US was very willing at the time to go to war with canada and england again if we could not get the border agreed to. That is why our northern border runs along that latitude.
The Manifest Destiny influenced the reasons for war with Canada or Mexico?
yes because of the theory of manifest destiny we believed we deserved all of n America so e invaded Canada and Mexican territory most of e time successful with Mexico however with Canada we failed because of their sentinels and snipers. So yes manifest destiny had a lot to do with the invasion of Canada and Mexico.


What reward did kipling suggest the "White Man" gets for carrying his 'burden"?

This question related to peom "White Man's Burden" by Kipling?
What reward did kipling suggest the "White Man" gets for carrying his 'burden"?
I'm not sure but I think it was a burden because supposedly God had chosen them to help other races. So, heavenly rewards maybe? But double check that.
What reward did kipling suggest the "White Man" gets for carrying his 'burden"?
oh i just went over this in history! the reward it hatred by the people though the white man 'has' to do it because they are the superior race and need to civilize everyone...
Reply:Most of the poem describes what the white man does and offers and sacrifices, as well as the resentment and hatred he gets for doing what he does. But he ends the poem with "the judgement of his peers", meaning that his fellow whites will decide if it was all worth it, and at least implying that the judgement will be a favorable one. After all, if one cannot win the approval of your peers, what is the point of doing something at all?

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I need help a.s.a.p. president roosevelt executive order 9066?

which ordered all japanese americans to be relocated from their home to internment camps after bombing of pearl harbor by japan


i need some statistics


Hisory help?

Can anyone think of any terms in history from that are ABC terms?





Like from:


Westward Expansion


Big Business


Immigration


Spanish American War


Progressives


World War 1


The 1920s


The Great Depression


World War 2


The Cold War


Civil Rights


What was the importance of trade to the muslim empires?

Trade was the backbone of economies of empires in the Middle East+Central Asia for centuries until sea routes were established.

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Why did Hitler decide to copyright the India's spiritual symbols and concepts?

Just wondering since the whole concept of "Aryans" and the "swastika" had originated from India.........I am just wondering why didn't Hitler call his race the "Nordic race" or the "Visigoth race" and why didn't he use some sort of symbol traditionally represented Germany acurately? like a sword with a Cross through it to represent the First Reich. It makes no sense that Hitler would decide to borrow spiritual concepts from a race of "inferior dark skinned people" for his race of "superior white skinned people"........
Why did Hitler decide to copyright the India's spiritual symbols and concepts?
idk but he was as crazy as all get out
Why did Hitler decide to copyright the India's spiritual symbols and concepts?
The Swastika has been used by humans since prehistory. The word Swastika has its roots in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India, but the actual symbol is older. Swastikas have been found on vases, coins, and other artifacts all over the world.





The swastika was a symbol of the Nordic god Thor, and was adopted by a lot of German occult/magical groups in the late 1890s.





Dr. Friedrich Krohn designed the classic Nazi Swastika in 1919. Unlike the rest of Germany, Dr. Krohn acknowledged the ancient Buddhists used the symbol, and argued that the Nazi Swastika should point "anti-clock-wise" because to Buddhists this signifies "fortune and well-being". Hitler demanded that the Nazi Swastika point "clock-wise", which to Buddhists signifies "cessation" or "away from God".





Also, much of the earlier spiritual concepts of Hinduism are traceable to the non-Indus Aryan invaders of India, and not at all contradictory from a racist perspective
Reply:The use of the swastika was associated by Nazi theorists with their conjecture of Aryan cultural descent of the German people. Following the Nordicist version of the Aryan invasion theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the swastika sprang, were the prototypical white invaders. It was also widely believed that the Indian caste system had originated as a means to avoid racial mixing
Reply:the geometric shape (equalateral cross) called the swastika has occured in thousands of cultures over time.





the "swastika" in this case is full of symbolism, the 'equalateral cross' i.e. the shape that was supposedly borrowed/stolen from hindu religion (even though it also occured in many Native American artworks and religions, as well as some ancient African and Asian cultures) was actually said to represent Thor's Hammer in flight, Thor of couse being a Nordic/Germanic god.





Now, the Swasitka was first encountered by mainstream western civilization when artifacts from Troy were uncovered in the 1790s. Troy was a famous city that stood opposite of the Greek City States, and a lot of rulers claimed some relation to nobles who fled Troy, this was their excuse for why they should rule, because they were decended from royalty of Troy.





A lot of 1800s and early 1900s Europeans liked the idea of their culture stepping back all the way to Ancient and Honorable Troy, especially as Western Civilization is built on a foundation of Greece Civilization, it is much better to say you are connected to it by birth rather than just copying it, especially when your rulership is passed down by birth rather than elections.





It also appeared in Germanic Migration Period and Viking Age artifacts (thors hammer being thrown and all) so it was a great way for the Germans to say "See, we are noble people, decended from the famous people of Troy, so that means we are better than everyone else)





Also, ancient Troy was located in Turkey. People of the time were quite aware of a "Indo-European" langauge that was a common beginning for a lot of the languages of northern and central europe, and also some areas of south west asia...namely turkey. This allowed the Germans to have another connection to Troy. As this area brushed up against the middle east, it ran smack into another language family, the Semetic Tongues, and it being quite different was quite important...so you have the added benifit of it drastically stating 'We aren't Jews' which was of course important to the German People of the day





At the time it wasn't well traced back all the way to India, and there were theories abound regarding it actually being even older, and the sanskrit being found in india had spred their from a civilization even older than Troy. Some even misinterpreted the forward spread of the Sanskrit tongue as backward spread, and tried to claim that the original 'indo-european people' stated in germany/nordic regions, moved to Troy, where the language spread over to India.


Why was the spanish armada formed ? thanks?

After Queen Elizabeth I had Mary Queen of Scots beheaded, Phillip II of Spain declared that since his wife, Mary Tudor (Queen Mary I of England) had been the last "legitimate" queen of England (Elizabeth had been excommunicated by the Pope) that he was actually the legitimate King of England.





He got permission from the Pope and assembled a huge fleet with which to attack England with the goal of removing Elizabeth from the throne and taking it for himself. This fleet is known as the Spanish Armada.





The attempt to attack England failed. Check Wikipedia for details.
Why was the spanish armada formed ? thanks?
The Spanish Armada was formed to invade England. The plan was not so much to carry troops all the way from Spain, but to gain control of the English Channel so troops already in the Spanish controlled Netherlands could be carried over to England.





The English managed to keep the Armada travelling downwind past all appropriate ports, so the scheme failed.


When did william shakespear die?

i need to know for a project i am doing
When did william shakespear die?
LONG LONG TIME AGO -- google your own homework!!!
When did william shakespear die?
on his 52nd birthday ....
Reply:The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown - he died April 23rd 1616 at the age of 52 (William Shakespeare's birth date has been estimated as 26th April 1564)





The exact date of death is not known but it seems fitting that he died on April 23rd April, the same date given for his birth


http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/de...
Reply:April 23, 1616.
Reply:A little known fact, he had only left his wife his "second best bed"........yeah that's gratefulness for ya!


Compare and contrast the Russian Revolution to the Chinese Civil war.?

I need to know


1. Key figures/ participants


2. Important Events


4.Outcome
Compare and contrast the Russian Revolution to the Chinese Civil war.?
Google: Bolshevik+October revolution


Mao+China;s civil war
Compare and contrast the Russian Revolution to the Chinese Civil war.?
Russian revolution- The Bolsheviks pretty much overthrew the provisional govt+western powers easily with some force.





Chinese Civil war- Years of fighting with the nationalists almost destroying the commies until nationalist popularity and moral dropped to rock bottom. After that the commies pretty much wiped the nationalists out.
Reply:Yes, I have compared and contrasted the Russian Revolution (and the civil war that came after it) with the Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Civil War.





If you need to know key figures/participants, important events, and the outcome - try reading Edgar Snow's 'Red Star Over China' and 'Red China Today: The Other Side of the River.'

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How does ww2 lead to decolonization which leads to the cold war which leads to the iraq war?

The continuing causes of Revolution:





WW2 --%26gt; Decolonization --%26gt; Cold War --%26gt; Iraq War





^ how did all these events lead up to each other throughout history


Sir Isaac newton's failures?

What are some of Sir Isaac Newton's failure???


10 points for the best help!!!!?

What was Andrew Jackson's view of the government in the US


and what was John Quincy Adams's???


I'm trying to learn some history during my summer vacation right now but I can't find the answer anywhere.
10 points for the best help!!!!?
JQA: Democratc/Republican


AJ: Democratic
10 points for the best help!!!!?
Hmm mm mm - - - personality rather than politics plays an important role in determining the politics of J Q Adams and Andrew Jackson hence the term Jacksonian Democracy.


J Q Adams clung to a stubborn view that somehow, and even J Q was uncertain how, there should be cooperation between the Executive and the Legislative Branch, that together two two forces should work to resolve issues important to America. J Q Adams imagined an Executive holding learned discussions with Cabinet Members, reaching a consensus and then bringing those views to the Legislative who in turn would discuss how best to implement Executives policies.





Andrew Jackson was far more combative. He was actually in agreement with J Q Adams in that the Executive/President ought to consult with advisers before presenting those ideas to Congress BUT - - - - instead of holding out an Olive Branch, Jackson preferred to wield lit like a club. Jackson believed in a strong Executive, one who set the course of policy whereas J Q Adams felt that since the Congress represented to views of the assorted States that their policies ought to be given consideration and even accepted as valid.





Jackson was firmly convinced that his views were foremost, that most Congressmen (there were no women in Congress them hence it was a more screwed up place), that most Congressmen were self serving hacks who had to slapped around until they conceded to the Presdients dictates.





J Q Adams tried to be a deal maker and that proved his undoing and later as a Congressman he learned that Jackson was right, most Congressmen of that era (oh how things have changed - - - - ha) were venal crooks.





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Reply:According to my textbook:





Andrew Jackson (Dem.)


"Jackson and his followers were not egalitarians. They did nothing to challenge the existence of slavery; they supervised one of the harshest assaults on American Indians in the nation's history; and they accepted the necessity of economic inequality and social gradation. Jackson himself was a frontier aristocrat, and most of those who served him were people of wealth and standing."





also - other things I know of him:


He was called the "President of the Common Man", He presided over the "democratization" of the American government, it was during his term that more people were given the privelege of voting (went from 'landed' white male citizens to all white male citizens), he embraced the spoils system, and believed in "equal protection and equal benefits" for all white male citizens, he ordered the removal of Indians from their homes (Indian Removal Act of 1830), he did many things for the banking industry including getting rid of the Bank of the US, and many other things I can't think of right now. Here is a page on AJ from the white house's site:


http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presid...





John Quincy Adams (No party affiliation):


could not find much about him except that during the election of 1824, there was only 1 official political party %26amp; that was the Republican party and Adams was not affiliated with that party and did not run under any party. He believed in the nationalist system and/or Clay's American System. He was actually elected by the House of Representatives as no candidate of that election had a majority of the electoral votes and that left the "decision" up to the House of Reps. Jackson was an opponent and complained all during Adams term that the election was corrupt ("Corrupt Bargain") and continuously blocked anything he could that was put out by Adams and his supporters (talk about a sore loser!)


Adams president page at whitehouse.gov


http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presid...





Something to keep in mind: our political party system today is very, very, very different to what it was in the 19th century. If you want to make comparisons between presidents %26amp; party affiliation, you should consider looking at what it meant to be a Republican, Democrat, Whig, Socialist, etc. during that particular candidates time and not compare it to what it means today.


Hope this helps!


Who was the father and mother of George Washington Alexander.?

Born sept. 1839, in Bevard, Henderson Co. North Carolina. Died 2 April 1915 Crawford Co. Mo. Married Milenda Jane Barton in 1865. 25th N.C. infantry duering the U.S. civel war. Moved to Mo. in 1881
Who was the father and mother of George Washington Alexander.?
Why don't you go to the link below and ask if they have any record of him serving in that Regiment. If they don't they probably tell you where you look him up.





25th North Carolina Infantry, Inc. portraying


25th Regiment,


North Carolina Troops


and


14th Iowa, U. S.


"Reliving American History"

History

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Was Mexicos help necessary for the allies to win ww2?

No, Mexico as a country didn't "play a role" in WWII.
Was Mexicos help necessary for the allies to win ww2?
Sort of - - - - Mexican farm workers spilled into California and worked the fields a vital task especially since the Japanese farmers had been packed out to 'Internment Camps' and many Americans went off to fight the war ---





http://www.farmworkers.org/usneedbp.html


"""For the size of this war production, the United States utilized all of its available resources. Men and women of all ages worked day and night in factories and the healthiest and strongest young people were sent to the front lines.


In this context of conflict of war, in which the destiny of humanity was at stake, is when the Mexican laborers made their appearance. On August 4, 1942 the governments of the United States and Mexico signed a treaty for the recruitment and employment of Mexican citizens in order to alleviate the shortages of manual labor in the agricultural fields and to help maintain the American railways.


The predominant elements of the prevalent situation of 1942 which culminated with the signing of the Bracero Treaty were reported by Ernesto Galarza, the Mexican consulate official assigned to Washington D.C., in the following manner:


"Constant demand of agricultural workers anticipating the production for the war; the opinion expressed by the bosses that local and national agricultural manual labor would be reduced by the recruitments in the military and in other industries; the traditional opinion established in the south of Mexico is a natural reserve of agricultural manual labor and railroad maintenance; Mexico's desire to cooperate in the American's war effort by providing manual labor; the increasingly difficult circumstances of the Mexican working class in the cities and rural communities in regards to the scarcity of nourishment, increasing price rates and other economic overturnings; and Mexican workers' hope of earning better wages in the United States than in Mexico..."


The Bracero Treaty officially ended on May 30, 1963 but the agricultural workers continued coming into the United States until 1964. Soon after, the farmworkers who had dedicated their best efforts during hard times for the United States, were now being thrown out of the country.""





AND THEN THERE IS THIS~!!


http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-m...


"""Nearly a century after a bitter defeat by the United States, Mexico sent a military force to fight against the Axis powers alongside U.S. military forces in World War II. It was the first time that Mexico sent combat personnel abroad and the first time both nations battled a common threat. This unique unit was the Mexican air force, Fuerza Aerea Mexicana (FAM). Its pilots provided air support in the liberation of the Philippines and flew long-range sorties over Formosa, earning praise from Allied theater commander General Douglas MacArthur and decorations from the U.S., Mexican and Philippine governments.---------------On May 13, 1942, a Mexican oil tanker was torpedoed by a U-boat, killing 13 crewmen. A protest filed by the Mexican government was answered with the sinking of a second tanker. When Germany refused to indemnify Mexico, President Manuel Avila Camacho declared war on the Axis powers.""


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Was Mexicos help necessary for the allies to win ww2?
No, but Mexico is one of the two Latin American nations to have declared war on Germany, following the US's lead.


Mexico sent a unit of its air force to serve in the Phillippines during the war, and had some oil tankers sunk in the Gulf of Mexico by German U-boats.





It was a welcome act of support and solidarity, but not essential to the prosecution of the war.
Reply:No





In WW 1, the Germans tried to get the Mexicans to attack the US, but the Mexicans never did, but the US knew about it. They wouldn't have been trusted much when WW2 rolled around, plus they were already much behind the rest of the 'western world' at that time in terms of resources, wealth, industrilization, and military, so even if they wanted to help, they wouldn't have been able to do anything militarily.
Reply:Mexico contributed to the Allied war effort in a few different ways, but I wouldn't say it was necessary. Mexico provided oil, raw materials, and manpower for the United States. The Mexican military also fought against Germany and Italy in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, and against Japan in the Philippines and Taiwan.


Christianity in the early middle ages?

the spread of christianity through western europe contributed to continuity between the roman empire and medieval europe. Can someone help me explain the contribution? please and thank you! :)
Christianity in the early middle ages?
Yup, thanks to Roman Emperor Constantine helping spread it "Roman style" (by that I mean he forcefully converted everyone who wasn't a Christian and persecuted anyone who refused to shed their "pagan" beliefs)


Native American help!ASAP!?

i really need to know some things about native americans from the desert southwest,pacific northwest,eastern woodlands and great plains.





1)what struggles did the tribes have.


2)***what struggles did the native americans have when the pioneers and families came in their homes and territory?*****(yeah basicly the same thing at the top but this is really what i need to know!
Native American help!ASAP!?
I can't answer number one but I have two answers for number 2.





1. When the pioneers came over here they brought diseaes with them that the native americans han't built up immunities to.





2. When they came over here they took there land.

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What are 2 islamic acheivements in art, literature, medicine, and economics?

2 in each. i looked all over for the answer to this but im having a lot of trouble.
What are 2 islamic acheivements in art, literature, medicine, and economics?
Medicine=hygiene+the stuff Ibn Sina/Avincenna was known for.


Economics=some modern accounting methods and trade with China+Europe


Literature=Translation of Greek classics from Greek to Arabic+poetry


Art=beautifully styled tiles?
What are 2 islamic acheivements in art, literature, medicine, and economics?
Seriosuly, just becuase the west doesn't know about it doesn't make it good. These links will help you.





http://www.islamicart.com/main/architect...


http://www.islamicart.com/main/calligrap...





Medicine


http://islamicart.com//main/architecture...





Economic


http://islamicart.com//main/architecture...


The origins of capitalism and free markets can be traced back to the Islamic Golden Age and Muslim Agricultural Revolution,[7] where the first market economy and earliest forms of merchant capitalism took root between the 8th鈥?2th centuries, which some refer to as "Islamic capitalism".[8] A vigorous monetary economy was created on the basis of the expanding levels of circulation of a stable high-value currency (the dinar) and the integration of monetary areas that were previously independent. Innovative new business techniques and forms of business organisation were introduced by economists, merchants and traders during this time. Such innovations included the earliest trading companies, big businesses, contracts, bills of exchange, long-distance international trade, the first forms of partnership (mufawada) such as limited partnerships (mudaraba), and the earliest forms of credit, debt, profit, loss, capital (al-mal), capital accumulation (nama al-mal),[9] circulating capital, capital expenditure, revenue, cheques, promissory notes,[10] trusts (see Waqf), startup companies,[11] savings accounts, transactional accounts, pawning, loaning, exchange rates, bankers, money changers, ledgers, deposits, assignments, the double-entry bookkeeping system,[12] and lawsuits.[13] Organizational enterprises similar to corporations independent from the state also existed in the medieval Islamic world, while the agency institution was also introduced.[14][15] Many of these early capitalist concepts were adopted and further advanced in medieval Europe from the 13th century onwards.[9]





The systems of contract relied upon by merchants was very effective. Merchants would buy and sell on commission, with money loaned to them by wealthy investors, or a joint investment of several merchants, who were often Muslim, Christian and Jewish. Recently, a collection of documents was found in an Egyptian synagogue shedding a very detailed and human light on the life of medieval Middle Eastern merchants. Business partnerships would be made for many commercial ventures, and bonds of kinship enabled trade networks to form over huge distances. Networks developed during this time enabled a world in which money could be promised by a bank in Baghdad and cashed in Spain, creating the cheque system of today.[citation needed] Each time items passed through the cities along this extraordinary network, the city imposed a tax, resulting in high prices once reaching the final destination. These innovations made by Muslims and Jews laid the foundations for the modern economic system.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_eco...








Hope this helps


Pearl Harbor?

Hey everyone. I was just wondering what pearl harbor was. Thanks!
Pearl Harbor?
Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the island of O驶ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.
Pearl Harbor?
it was when the Japanese attacked a military base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. and brought the US into WWII
Reply:The natural harbor in Hawaii where the US Navy bases it's Pacific Fleet. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl in the hopes of knocking out the US Pacific Fleet.
Reply:Pearl Harbor is a Naval Installation on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Prior to WW2 the US government transfered the US Pacific fleet from its home port of San Deigo, CA to Pearl as a precautionary measure against the increasing Japanese aggressions in Asia.





However Pearl Harbor is better known for the suprise Japanese aerial attack on our Naval Ships and air installations on December 7 ,1941. The attack caught the US navy off guard causing the sinking of several US ships and the loss of about 2,100 American sailors and soilders. This attack is what pushed the United States into WWII.


Wat do u know about da trojan war?

i need an important event on da trojan war


please explaine in great detail


please!!
Wat do u know about da trojan war?
Trojan Horse





When the Greeks had lain siege to Troy for ten years, without results, they pretended to retreat. They left behind a huge wooden horse, in which a number of Greek heroes, among whom Odysseus, had hidden themselves. The spy Sinon convinced the Trojans, despite the warnings of Laocoon, to move the horse inside the city as a war trophy. In the following night, the Greeks left the wooden horse and attacked the unsuspecting and celebrating Trojans, and finally conquered Troy.
Wat do u know about da trojan war?
I know several things on the Trojan War.





If you need an important event on the Trojan War, I suggest you read a book on the Trojan War, and after you read it you can explain what you read in great detail to your teacher.
Reply:They say that's where the expression "Beware Greeks bearing gifts" came from because the Trojan Horse..
Reply:The death of Patrockles. At this point in the book, Achilles has been "sitting out" the war for some time because of Agamemnon's insult to him. (Agamemnon took away a prize, the female prisoner Briseis, from Achilles). Because their greatest warrior was no longer fighting, and because Zeus was now favoring the Trojans (Zeus had agreed to make Achilles look good by having him able to save the Greeks at the last minute), the Greeks had been pushed back to the edge of the sea, behind the barricades they had set up to protect their ships. Patrokles, Achilles' "companion" (the exact relationship is not stated but it may well have been a homosexual one), begs Achilles to allow him, Patcokles, to wear Achilles' armor and fight the Trojans. Achilles agrees, but warns Patrokles to fight only enough to stop the Trojan advance.


While Achilles remains in his tent, Patrokles leads the Myrmodons, the soldiers of Achilles, into battle. The Trojans and Greeks both believe Achilles has returned to battle, and the Trojans begin falling back. Caught up in the fight, Patrokles disobeys Achilles and continues to advance, the Greeks following.


Hector, the greatest of the Trojan heroes, advances to fight who he believes is Achilles before the Trojans are routed. There is a man to man duel, and Hector kills Patrockles. There is then a great battle as the Trojans try to haul away the body of Patrokles, while the Greeks fight equally hard to prevent the body's theft.


The Trojans are able to strip the armor off of the body, but the Greeks recover the body itself. Hector will claim the armor as booty, and wear it later on, a mistake that will cost him his life. Meantime the Greeks take the body of Patrokles back to Achilles, who begins to wail in anger and grief.


The death of Patrokles will seal the fate of Hector, and indirectly Troy. Achilles has his mother obtain a new set of armor from the god Hephestus, as well as a great shield. Intent on revenge, Achilles rejoins the war. So fearsome is he that the Trojans are pushed back into Troy itself. Hector, decieved by the goddess Athena, remains outside the walls of Troy too long. Realizing too late he is alone, Hector attempts to get back into Troy. But Achilles stays between Hector and the gates of Troy, and the two run around the walls 7 times before Hector decides to stop and fight.





The rest of the story is straightforward. Achilles kills Hector, hauls away his body, and abuses it. He refuses even a great ransom for it, preferring to let it sit and rot. But the gods preserve the body, and eventually Priam, king of Troy, sneaks into the very tent of Achilles and begs for the body of his son back. Finally relenting, Achilles returns the body, ensures that Priam gets safely out of the Greek camp, and agrees to a truce so that both sides can hold funeral games. The Iliad ends with a detailed description of those games, the contests, the winners, and their prizes.





It's not in the Iliad, but in another year Achilles will die when hit by an arrow shot by Paris, brother of Hector and the man who stole Helen of Troy in the first place. Not long after, Odysseus would come up with the idea of the Trojan Horse, and Troy would fall, burned, its people massacred or enslaved.


First World War?

Hello Everyone! Just wondering what some of the causes of the FIRST world war were?





Thanks!
First World War?
imperialism is one of the many reasons
First World War?
The Causes of World War 1


The 3 main things that caused WW1 were:


The Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand


The rise of Nationalism


The building up of the Military and Aliances
Reply:there are many. imperalisam, building of arms and tension in the Balkan Peninsula
Reply:-Building tensions in the Balkan peninsula due to Austro-Hungarian presence


-Rise of nationalism in imperialist states


-Assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo, which was done by the organization "The Black Hand" who were a group of Serbian nationalists


-The blank check Germany gave to Austria


-The sinking of the ship Lusitania, which carried many American citizens


-German and French tensions


-The German "Shieffland Plan"


-Economic instability caused by imperialisim

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?

I am mainly looking for info about the depression in Calhoun County or in the Gadsen area.
Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?
The Library of Congress is the place to start. In particular, the WPA, or Works Progress Administration, sent writers, artists, photographers, and scholars of all sorts into the states to document the Depression. Here's one link


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/a...





A famous collaboration produced a book with photographs, Let Us Now Praise Men by James Agee and Walker Evans.


You can see an archive of the photos here


http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/gal...
Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?
I have problems enough just finding information about the Great Depression let alone finding information about one county in Alabama.





Wheww!! Where to start? Do you live in that county? If yes, I'd start by researching into your local newspapers. They are usually on microfilm at your local library. Stories in the newspapers should lead you to State or Federal actions that affected this county.





Then, you could investigate the State and Federal programs (probably the WPA or CCC) that had impact on your area of investigation. There probably aren't many websites that would deal with this county. On the State or Federal level, you might find a few.





I have been researching the social history of the Great Depression for about 5 years.


Why did the U.S.A. pick red, white, and blue as our flags colors?

What do the red, white, and blue of the flag represent?





The Continental Congress left no record to show why it chose the colors. However, in 1782, the Congress of the Confederation chose these same colors for the Great Seal of the United States and listed their meaning as follows: white to mean purity and innocence, red for valor and hardiness, and blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice. According to legend, George Washington interpreted the elements of the flag this way: the stars were taken from the sky, the red from the British colors, and the white stripes signified the secession from the home country. However, there is no official designation or meaning for the colors of the flag.


http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/index.htm...
Why did the U.S.A. pick red, white, and blue as our flags colors?
What do the colors of the Flag mean?


Sentimental writers and orators sometimes ascribe meanings to the colors in the flag. The practice is erroneous, as are statements on this subject attributed to George Washington and other founders of the country.





From the book "Our Flag" published in 1989 by the House of Representatives...





"On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing a committee to devise a seal for the United States of America. This mission, designed to reflect the Founding Fathers' beliefs, values, and sovereignty of the new Nation, did not become a reality until June 20, 1782. In heraldic devices, such as seals, each element has a specific meaning. Even colors have specific meanings. The colors red, white, and blue did not have meanings for The Stars and Stripes when it was adopted in 1777. However, the colors in the Great Seal did have specific meanings. Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, reporting to Congress on the Seal, stated:





"The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness %26amp; valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance %26amp; justice."


Also this from a book about the flag published in 1977 by the House of Representatives...





"The star is a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun."





The quote below concerning gold fringe on the Flag is from the book "So Proudly We Hail, The History of the United States Flag" Smithsonian Institute Press 1981, by Wiliam R. Furlong and Byron McCandless. "The placing of a fringe on Our Flag is optional with the person of organization, and no Act of Congress or Executive Order either prohibits the practice, according to the Institute of Hearaldry. Fringe is used on indoor flags only, as fringe on flags on outdoor flags would deteriorate rapidly. The fringe on a Flag is considered and 'honorable enrichment only', and its official use by the US Army dates from 1895.. A 1925 Attorney General's Opinion states: 'the fringe does not appear to be regarded as an integral part of the Flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. An external fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under law, such additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is not necessarily true of the fringe.'"





The gold trim is generally used on ceremonial indoor flags that are used for special services and is believed to have been first used in a military setting. It has no specific significance that I have ever run across, and its (gold trim) use is in compliance with applicable flag codes and laws.
Why did the U.S.A. pick red, white, and blue as our flags colors?
Some of the early flag designs depicted the "union jack" in the spot where the field of blue and stars is now located, but we didn't want such a direct refrence to the British Empire in our flag. Still, the US was heavily infliuenced by the two world powers of the day, the French Empire, whose flag was Blue-White-Red, and the British Empire, whose flag was White-Blue-Red, so it only made sense that the US would choose similar colors





Plus these three were the most commonly available 'bright' dies of the day


Question underneath?

what degree of importance did trade, military activity, and religious development have on Indian society during the Kushan and Gupta eras?


What are some facts that made Caligula mad or crazy?

*facts* PLease?





10 points for most facts!
What are some facts that made Caligula mad or crazy?
He got sick to what only was described as brain fever. There is a debate on whether he was clinically insane. Follow the links for more information.


http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caligula....


http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcal...
What are some facts that made Caligula mad or crazy?
One of the most overlooked facts concerning the Roman Empire was their piping system. A good deal of their water conduits were made of lead.


For centuries they used lead pipes for conduits to homes and wells for drinking water.


Drinking utensils were made of lead as well. Wine cups and other drinks were poured into as well as poured out of as in pitchers of water into goblets and cups for refreshments. The Romans had a tradition of mulling their wine and this was done on low heat in lead goblets as well. That naturally increased the lead contents of the drink.


The toxic poisoning was passed on from one generation to another through procreation as well as tradition. Eventually a great number of Romans succumbed to the poisoning effects of lead. It's no wonder; the metal permeated the social structure from the plebeians to the Emperors.


Caligula was a product of incestuous relationships in his ancestery, and he drank from the same cup as his underlings did. His insanity may not have been due to this poisoning entirely, but! .... it sure as hell did have a great deal to do with his insanity.


(It has been suggested that this common poisoning within the Roman Empire was one of the major factors in the decline of the Roman Empire. This theory has been in amongst the historians %26amp; scholars for some time now.)
Reply:There are no facts that tells exactly why Caligula went crazy, only speculative theories. There are many facts that illustrate his insanity, however, from his capricious murders to naming his favorite horse, Incitatus, to the Senate. (Well, Suetonius actually says he was only planning to name him co-consul, but you can't be a consul without being a senator). What caused the insanity? Growing up in stream of military camps? Being part of a family where you might be murdered by your relatives at any moment? The amount of lead in your drinking water? Maybe all of those were contributing factors, and all indications were that he at least a few screws loose before he became emperor, but best bets are that the fever he fell victim to early in reign may have been some sort of encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, from which he never fully recovered.





Edit: if lead poisoning contributed to the fall of the roman empire, it was a really slow acting poison. Caligula was one of the very first emperors, and the "fall" of Roman was further from Caligula's future than the length of time that United States has existed.
Reply:In the first months Caligula's reign was mild and his policies showed some political judgement. Even then, Caligula took much pleasure in attending punishments and executions and he preferred to have them prolonged. In May his grandmother Antonia, who might have been a good influence, died. In October Caligula fell seriously ill, and after his recovering Caligula seems to have changed for the worse. In a few months he entirely exhausted the treasury, which Tiberius had filled by years of economizing. In 38, while having an affair with Macro's wife, he accused Macro of being her pimp and ordered him to commit suicide. Tiberius' grandson and heir, Tiberius Gemellus, once drank a cough medicine that Caligula mistook for an antidote to poison. When accused, the youth replied: "Antidote - how can one take an antidote against Caesar?" Soon afterwards Tiberius Gemellus was murdered. It became a capital crime not to bequeath the Emperor everything. In 39 Caligula revived Tiberius' treason trials. People suspected of disloyalty were executed or driven to suicide. A supervisor of games and beast-fights was flogged with chains before Caligula for days on end, and was not put to dead until Caligula was offended by the smell of the gangrene in his brain. On one occasion, when there weren't enough condemned criminals to fight the tigers and lions in the arena, Caligula ordered some spectators to be dragged from the benches into the arena. Another time, Caligula decided to proclaim his mastery of the sea by building a three mile long bridge of boats across the Bay of Naples. He crossed them on horseback, wearing the breastplate of Alexander the Great. Thus he claimed that, like the god Neptune, he had ridden across the waters. He gave his horse, Incitatus, jewelled necklaces, a marble stable with furniture and a staff of servants to itself and made it a priest of his temple and even proposed to make it a senator. Caligula loved dressing up and used to dress in rich silk, ornamented with precious stones and he wore jewels on his shoes. Pearls were dissolved in vinegar, which he then drank, and he liked to roll on heaps of gold. Like his nephew, Nero (37 AD-68 AD), Caligula appeared as athlete, charioteer, singer and dancer. To increase his revenues Caligula introduced all possible forms of taxation and rich people who had involuntary willed him their estates were murdered. Once, when a supposedly rich man had finally died, but turned out to have left no money, Caligula commented: "Oh dear, he died in vain." Caligula even opened a brothel in his palace where Roman matrons, their daughters and freeborn youths could be hired for money.





Caligula was irresistibly attracted by every pretty young woman whom he did not possess. He even committed incest with his own three sisters. He would carefully examine women of rank in Rome and whenever he felt so inclined, he would send for whoever pleased him best. He debauched them and left them like fruit he had tasted and thrown away. Afterwards, he would openly discuss his bedfellow in detail. His first wife, Julia Claudilla, died young. In the first year of his reign Caligula attended a wedding and ran off with the bride, Livia Orestilla, whom he divorced after a few days. He soon tired of his rich third wife, Lollia Paulina, too. He made the older Milonia Caesonia (卤5-41) his fourth wife in 38, when she was already pregnant. The sensual and immoral Caesonia was an excellent match for him. Caesonia gave birth to a daughter, Julia Drusilla, whom Caligula considered his own child, because "she was so savage even in childhood that she used to attack with her nails the faces and eyes of the children who played with her". Whenever Caligula kissed the neck of his wife or mistress, he used to say: "This lovely neck will be chopped as soon as I say so". In addition, Caligula had sexual relations with men like the pantomime actor Mnester, Valerius Catullus and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Lepidus was married to Caligula's favourite sister Drusilla and also engaged in affairs with Caligula's other sisters. Meanwhile, Caligula forced Drusilla to live with him as his wife, following the practice of the Egyptian pharaohs. It was said that when Drusilla became pregnant, Caligula couldn't wait for the birth of their god-like child and disembowelled her to pluck the unborn baby from her womb. True or not, Drusilla died and Caligula had her deified. The next year Caligula had Marcus Aemilius Lepidus murdered. In addition, he had his sisters Livilla and Agrippina the younger (to the right), Nero's mother, exiled to an island and confiscated their possessions.





Caligula demanded that he be worshipped as a god. Caligula's self-indulgence in his supposed divinity deteriorated his insane behaviour. He was convinced that he was entitled to behave like a god. Thus, he set up a special temple with a life-sized statue of himself in gold, which was dressed each day in clothing such as he wore himself. As a sun god he courted the moon. He claimed fellowship with the gods as his equals, identifying himself in particular with Jupiter, but also with female gods like Juno, Diana or Venus. Standing near the image of Jupiter, Caligula once asked the actor Apelles whether Jupiter or Caligula were greater. When Apelles hesitated, Caligula had him cut to pieces with the whip, praising his voice as he pled for mercy, remarking on the melodiousness of his groans. He justified himself by saying: "Remember that I have the power to do anything to anyone."





Caligula's behaviour, a splitting of emotions and thoughts, is nowadays diagnosed as schizophrenia. The absolute power that Caligula enjoyed strengthened and developed the worst features of his character. His grandmother, Antonia, and his favourite sister, Drusilla, who could both have had a restraining influence on him, died during the first year of his reign. In his youth - as a favourite of the soldiers - he must have been thoroughly spoilt. The near-extinction of his family and the subsequent fear for his own life during his adolescent years will surely have marked his personality. However, Caligula's madness could have been organically influenced, because it was said to have become apparent after a serious illness which he had suffered in October 37. If this disease was encephalitis, then it could very likely have been a contributory factor to the bizarre features of his behaviour, for encephalitis can cause a marked character change and give rise to impulsive, aggressive and intemperate activity, similar in its symptoms to those of schizophrenia. In addition, Caligula had inherited epilepsy. Some forms of epilepsy have symptoms similar to those of both schizophrenia and the post-encephalitic syndrome. At times, because of sudden faintness, Caligula was sometimes hardly able to move his limbs, to stand up, to collect his thoughts or to hold up his head. He suffered severely from sleeplessness, never sleeping for more than three hours a night and even for that length of time he did not sleep quietly; he was terrified by strange manifestations.





After a 4-year-reign the Praetorians stabbed Caligula to death when he left the theatre. His fourth wife was stabbed to death too, while their infant daughter's head was smashed against a wall. One of the conspirators was Cornelius Sabinus, whose wife had been debauched and publicly humiliated by Caligula. Another conspirator was Cassius Chaerea, who hated Caligula, because he had remorselessly imitated his high, effiminate voice. Suetonius wrote that Caligula's reign of terror had been so severe that the Romans refused to believe that he was actually dead.


http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs...
Reply:One interesting theory is that his mental problems were the direct result of lead poisoning - not so farfetched, because drinking cups were made from alloys that contained lead and wine, or any other acidic liquid, would leach the lead from the alloy. It was also considered to be a reason for the drop in fertility and the low birthrate among the nobility. The poorer people couldn't afford the metal cups, so were not poisoned. Ironic, isn't it?

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Poland and Germany economy?

What are the major types of economy in Poland? What are the major types of economy in Germany?


History review essays for final exam. pleeeasee hellp.?

has to be like 5 well written sentences. INEEDTOPASSSSS!! :(





Although Industrialization increased the United States' power as a nation and made life more comfortable for many it aslso brought serious problems. Explain what these problems were both for industrial workers and for the country as a whole.





Discuss three social or political incidents or situations from the 1920's that resulted from bias in American society.





Discuss the fundamental causes of World War I





What alternative strategies did women sufferage activist follow in the late 1800's and early 1900's? How did each strategy contribute to the passage %26amp; ratification of the 19th amendment?





What were some problems with the "dollar diplomacy" in the early 1900's?





Explain how bias was displayed in both Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist view points?





Discuss the social, political, and economic results of WWI.





What forced FDR to wait until the bombing of Pearl Harbor before entering the war
History review essays for final exam. pleeeasee hellp.?
I hate it when people say this to me but if you used your textbook for a lot of these questions, I'm sure you could easily find your answer.





for the one about waiting to get into wwII I think it was because he didn't want to risk any of the american's lives unless he had to. Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked whether the US was in the war prior to the attack or not. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was going to happen because it was an easy target.





Hopefully this will help and good luck!


Which was most responsible for the rapid economic growth of New York City during the 19th century?

1. presence of the New York Stock Exchange


2. rise of domestic and foreign commerce


3. rise or urban transportation


4. migration of blacks from rural south





and can anyone tell me why?


thnx =)
Which was most responsible for the rapid economic growth of New York City during the 19th century?
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There is a wonderful book you ought to check out---


""Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898


by Edwin G. Burrows (Author), Mike Wallace"


Which though the size of the New York Telephone Books (both white %26amp; yellow pages) is readable and atually fun to peruse. In this book the authors illustrate how New York City became not only the primary port for America but for all of America not only due to the wonderful port but due to the concentration of capital/money in NY City plus the brainpower.





A bit of that was the Erie Canal which carried grain and other cargo from the American Midwest but most importantly crops which one would think the South could ship on their own, primarilly cotton, were first carried to New York before being transshipped to Europe.





Much of this was due to the aggressiveness of New York Cities' Merchant-Bankers and much was due to the Steam Roller Effect. Simply put once New York was on a roll the city was impossible to stop. Anyone attempting to compete faced defeat because New York City simply grew bigger and bigger. Quite swiftly Southern Cotton Interests had so much money tied up with New York City Merchant-Bankers that they could not fight back. Much of this explains why Southerners blame the North in particular New York City for their financial woes but that would require an even longer explanation.


A final note - - - - New York City merchant-bankers were ruthless under their guidance the New York City region became the primary port for both incoming and outgoing cargo throughout the 19th Century.





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