National Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan
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The Spanish and English colonies both moved to North America seeking opportunities. The difference is that the Spaniards sought gold‚ while the English colonists sought freedom‚ religiously or otherwise. Therefore‚ the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England had very different approaches to both politics and economic development. The Spaniards had ventured to the United States region of America from their previous Latin America area. They expected to find the
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Renaissance had started in Italy which also had spread almost all over Europe. Since the renaissance in Italy was a bit different from the renaissance in North Europe‚ historians decided to separate it into two namely‚ the Italian Renaissance and Northern European Renaissance. Both had many similar changes during this period but they also differ in many things such as in arts‚ literature‚ architectures and beliefs. Life in Italy during the renaissance period was very different compared from the
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an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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overcome many obstacles to obtain their rightful places in society. The improvements have been few and far in between‚ and the progress slow and morose. Yet‚ even through the challenges of change‚ women have been able to remain optimistic about their futures. During the 1840’s and ‘50’s‚ women from both the North and the South had unwavering roles that they played in their societies. Northern society bustled into wealth and culture. The homes were made more luxurious‚ adorning many intricate patterns
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Most of the powerful Western European Nations became involved in exploration of the Americas. Spain started the trend with the exploration of Columbus. Observers realized that Columbus had not discovered Spice Islands south of China‚ but a whole new world to the Europeans. Expeditions of exploration in search of wealth were the first action of the explorers of the new land. Immediate metal wealth was not found in the Caribbean Islands‚ but it was found later on the Americas mainland. England was
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How accurate is it to describe relations between the Mother Country and the American Colonies as peaceful and harmonious in the years 1740-63? During the years of 1740-63 the relations between Britain and the American colonies was to some extent mainly peaceful and harmonious. The economic growth gained by Britain as a result of trading and becoming a supplier changed the way the colonists perceived the British as now they were actually helping them. Even though the British never planned to treat
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Relations between Native Americans and Pennsylvania Virginia and New England Paduraru Alexandru Sebastian Redactare text C. Pralea 16.01.2013 The topic I chose to write is about the relations between 3 of the American colonies with the American natives. The colonies are Pennsylvania‚ Virginia and New England .I’ll try to write about how they established the colony ‚ how they developed afterwards and how the relations between the colonies and between them and natives evolved. The Pennsylvania
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to clearly defined trophic structure‚ biotic diversity‚ and material cycles (i.e.: exchange of materials between living and nonliving parts) within the system is an ecosystem."[1] Living organisms are continually engaged in a set of relationships with every other element constituting the environment in which they exist‚ and "ecosystem" describes any situation where there is relationship between organisms and their environment. What makes them geographical features is that they are located A biome
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At the end of the French and Indian War‚ the hostilities between Great Britain and the colonies progressed intensely. Britain started taxing the colonies while restricting their economy. Many violent arguments between the colonists and Britain also broke out‚ and fierce battles were fought due to the disagreements. Since Britain was in debt after the French and Indian War‚ they needed money‚ and an easy way to get the money was by taxing the colonists. The first tax was the Sugar Act that was
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