Ending the reign of a crime king: The taking down of Al Capone

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/11/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «The city of Chicago, Illinois has experienced numerous monumental periods and events during its history. From the famous Chicago Fire to the creation of the world's tallest building, it is quite easy to declare Chicago's past to be very eventful. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The city of Chicago.. Colonel Robert Isham Randolph.. Correctly examining the ending of Capone's reign.. Capone's continued development of a name and reputation.. Chicago's mob scene.. Capone - on the verge of breaking out and...»

How imperial Asian activity contributed to the causes of the First World War

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/17/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Imperialism is the policy of expanding national territory and influence. Throughout the nineteenth century Europe immersed itself in an embroiled colonial race that caused rivalries and friendships that were forever altering with every move. Central...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Asian colonial issues.. The Treaty of Nanking.. The Second Opium War.. The Treaty of Tensing.. Asia and the self-seeking conflicts.. 1860's Japan's modernization and industrialization.. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894.. Increasing...»

How Peter the Great's window to the West empowered Russia

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/17/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «It was during Peter the Great's reign that Russia emerged as a prevailing European power. This advancement of Russia into European affairs would be accredited to Peter's introduction of Western technological, cultural, military and political ideas...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Russia's campaign against the port in the city of Azov.. The beginning of Peter's opening of his window to the west.. His future love of all things naval and Western culture itself.. The Grand Embassy.. The building of St...»

Business plan: Green Oceans Fuels

Business & market   |   Business strategy   |   Summaries   |   11/17/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «BUSINESS DESCRIPTION: An ethanol production company with the uniqueness of making ethanol from sea-algae cellulose. This production method allows ethanol to be sold at a much lower price than competitors as well as making it cheaper than...»

Synopsis abstract : «Plan summary.. Products.. Unique features of the product.. Future products.. Market definition.. Competition.. Marketing plan.. Production plan.. Company structure.....»

Aboriginal Australians - Black response to white dominance 1788 - 1980

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/18/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «It seems that a sad hallmark of indigenous peoples is their oppression and systematic elimination at the hands of foreigners. The Native American marginally survives today after centuries of conflict with Europeans. The Ainu of Japan were nearly...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A story of two migrations.. Comparing the plight of the Aborigines to the situations in other societies.. The current hypothesis.. Aborigines came to Australia from the Southeast Asian continent.. Tribes and the division of labor in...»

Analyzing Oswald's relationship with the FBI

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/18/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «The United States intelligence community is comprised of people who live their lives according to a code of conduct and the orders they receive from superior members of their hierarchical "family". Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Oswald's request to see the FBI while in custody at the New Orleans police station.. Allegations that Oswald was an informant for the FBI.. The evidence and allegations about Oswald's connection to the FBI.. Walter claims that he had...»

The Meiji restoration and the dawning of Japanese modernity

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/19/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «The Meiji Ishin, or Meiji Restoration culminated in 1868 in the abolition of the feudal Tokugawa bakufu and made way for the modern, Westernized Japan. The mid nineteenth century was a time of vast development around the world, and Japan was...»

Synopsis abstract : «Thesis.. Background.. The Meiji Ishin - known as a Restoration.. Okubo and Saigo.. Different arguments for the motives and reasons for the Meiji Restoration.. The leaders of the restoration.. The Meiji generation.. the case of Japan - the...»

The historical conditions for the emergence of youth in Italian society

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   11/25/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «To analyze history is to delve into a world of a complex mixture of social, political, economic, and technological interaction. Indeed, it is these elements that define and furthermore provide some form of a substantive characterization of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A world of a complex mixture of social, political, economic, and technological interaction.. The ability to not only absorb the lessons of the past but also a framework through which to understand the present.. The 'third world'.. An...»

Discovering Barbarian Europe

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Presentation   |   11/28/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Almost everyone has seen a picture of Stonehenge, the famous circle of large upright stones in southern England. Yet very few people know that it was built in several stages over a period of more than a thousand years, starting nearly five thousand...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Stonehenge - the famous circle of large upright stones in southern England.. Arrival of the Romans in Britain.. Humans and environments.. Life after the ice age.. Early holocene warming.. The holocene optimum.. Population and...»

The city of Acre, Israel

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Presentation   |   11/28/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Since ancient times, the gateway to Palestine has been considered the magnificent harbor at Acre. Now a small Israeli city with a mixed population of Palestinians and Jews, Acre has for more than 4,000 years served the hinterland of southern...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Estimation of the population as of 2005.. Geography and history.. Location of Acre.. The oldest continuously populated cities in the world.. The archaeological record.. Akko incorporated into the empire of Alexander the Great - 332...»

The city of Alexandria - Egypt

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «An age-old eastern Mediterranean metropolis of nearly two and a half millennia, Alexandria is Egypt's second-largest city; an important, burgeoning industrial center; and the country's principal port. It also has survived as a romantic myth, as "the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Population estimates.. Location and history.. The construction of the city.. Location.. Ptolemaic Alexandria.. The Lighthouse of Pharos.. The Jewish community.. The Arab Muslim conquerors of Egypt.. Recent research.. A new city...»

Investigating the role of soil type, parcel proximity to village and the usage of manure in Nigerian land-use decisions ( with pictures and graphs )

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Research papers   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : «Extensive areas in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa are experiencing increasing population densities and cultivation pressure, insecure land tenure, low annual rainfall amounts (500-800 mm/yr), and soil infertility, all of which affect local cropping...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Conceptulization.. Source data.. Preferential soil cultivation.. Land-use dynamic.. Land-use dynamic vs. parcel proximity.. Land-use dynamic vs. soil type.. Manuring practices.. Manuring practices vs. soil type.. Manuring practices...»

Ankara: The capital of Turkey

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Presentation   |   12/08/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Some cities seem to go on forever, able to reappear in very different guises and characteristics from one era to another. Ankara is one such changeling. With its roots more than 4,000 years ago in the Bronze Age, it was a trading city to the Greeks,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Location and history.. Location.. Archaeological remains from Stone Age hunters.. The Achaemenid Persians.. Diocletian's persecution of Christians.. The drought in the middle of the fifth century . The Sassanian's...»

The battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   12/09/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «The year is 1942. Nazi gains in the Soviet Union and North Africa have brought the Allies to the verge of destruction, while Japan continues to conquer island after island in the Pacific. Even Australia is in full panic mode, as occupied New Guinea...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. War between the two continental powers of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.. The war as of June 22 1941.. The largest blitzkrieg offensive of all time. . Directive No. 21.. The fall of Kiev in September 1941.. Hitler's original plan...»

Ancient culture study: The pottery of Ancient Mesopotamia

Arts & media   |   Ancient history   |   Presentation   |   12/12/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The production of pottery can be considered one of the most important steps an early civilization can take. In point of fact, early societies are often distinguished by their development of pottery, such as the Pre-pottery Neolithic A and B periods...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How were the beveled-rim bowls produced?. Theories explaining the beveled-rim bowls.. The votive offering theory.. Thomas W. Beale's hypothesis.. Support for Beale's theory of offerings.. A. R. Millard's theory.. The literature and...»

The effect of black soldiers in the Civil War

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout the history of the United States, Africans and African-Americans have consistently been treated as second-class citizens. This prejudice is most apparent and appalling in the system of slavery that lasted for more than two hundred years...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The treatment of African-Americans as second-class citizens.. The Civil War and the second war of independence.. Organizations such as the Hannibal Guards.. Utilizing all of the anxious human capital available.. The 1st South Carolina...»

A critical study of Ramesses II: His contributions to Egypt as the last great pharaoh

History & geography   |   Ancient history   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The dictionary definition of "great" is: "of extraordinary powers; having unusual merit;" This definition fits with the interpretation of what it was to be great according to the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, especially those of the eighteenth and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The dictionary definition of 'great'.. Events that led up to the nineteenth dynasty. . Standard set by the actions of Ramesses I and Sethos I in relation to Ramesses II.. Egypt: overcome by a series of conquests interjected by brief...»

Slavery and politics in early America

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The legal practice of slavery in the United States of America ended on December 6th, 1865 with the passage of the 13th amendment to the Constitution. In the wake of the terrible carnage of the American Civil War, people have tried to make sense over...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The American revolution as a product of the system of slavery.. The ideals of the 18th century enlightenments.. The development of the declaration of independence.. The wake of the successful war to gain freedom from the British.. The...»

The truths we cling to: Un-Americanism and the Dies Committee

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «What does it mean to be 'un-American?' For most of the twentieth century, a congressional committee took upon itself the mission of defining that vague and often misused term. The committee went through different iterations and attacked different...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Samuel Dickstein (D-NY) as vice chairman of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities Authorized to Investigate Nazi Propaganda and Certain Other Propaganda Activities.. A report claiming no vestige of fascism existed in the...»

Critical study: Comparing the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

History & geography   |   Medieval history   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «One of the most interesting periods of Egyptian history comes during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. In approximately 1479 B.C., the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II died and, after a short dispute, was succeeded by his consort Hatshepsut who...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The biography of Hatshepsut. . Direct rule of Egypt by a queen.. Hatshepsut's successor.. The second element of this essay.. The expansion of trade. . Thutmose's strategy for increasing Egyptian trade output.. Increasing Egypt's...»

History of mathematics in China

History & geography   |   Ancient history   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   15 pages
Document abstract : «"Chinese mathematics" was defined by Chinese in ancient times as the "art of calculation". This art was both a practical and a spiritual one. Like in Europe, many traces of calculations and solutions of equations were found by archaeologists. Today,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Brief history.. The Chinese counting system.. Origins.. Schemes of notation.. Rod numeral system.. Traditional system (still used nowadays).. Complements.. Instruments to calculate.. Chinese counting boards.. The abacus.. The Chinese...»

The civil rights movement - From counters to subs

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «The Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery (speech by Lincoln Sept.23nd 1862  13th amendment in 1865); the 14th amendment declared everyone equal and the 15th gave the right to vote provided some very restrictive conditions were met....»

Synopsis abstract : «Black counterculture: Projects and action.. Political and ideological forefront.. The 'separate but equal' myth.. The three M's (Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr).. Expressions of Black counterculture.. Civil disobedience/legal...»

From toleration to proscription: Christian Emperors' attitude toward Paganism in the Fourth Century

History & geography   |   Ancient history   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Constantine's conversion to Christianity in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge is highly debated among scholars. There is on the other hand no doubt that the Roman population was widely pagan at that time and did not convert to Christianity...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Paganism, a secondary issue under Constantine?. The accuracy of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.. Constantine's religious legislation preserved in the Theodosian...»

The role of diasporas in conflict

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «The manner in which nation-states, borders, identities and conflicts are conceived of in the post-Cold War era is drastically different than the system that dominated much of the twentieth century. One of the most glaring physical examples of our...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Defining diaspora.. The definition of diaspora.. Attempting to retain dual levels of identity.. A change in the nature of conflict and the increased importance of diasporas.. The number and importance of diasporas.. The important...»

What were the major impacts of World War One on British society?

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «One could argue that World War One did not have a huge impact on British society compared to the Second World War. However, the conflict was soon called the 'Great War' in Britain, and it was the first time that the whole society was involved in the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Great War and British politics. . The political landscape dominated by two main parties.. 1915 - entry of Conservative and Labour politicians.. Impact on the Conservatives. . The advantage of the coalition government.. The...»

Church and state controversy in the middles ages

History & geography   |   Medieval history   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «The disputes between Ambrose and Theodosius, the Carolingian rebellious episcopacy and Louis the Pious, and Gregory VII and Henry IV led to a same conclusion; the three emperors did penance. We can view these disputes as different episodes at...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The relationship between Church and State.. The autonomy of spiritual and temporal.. The ambiguity within the Gospels.. The disputes between Ambrose and Theodosius.. The excommunication.. The public penance.. Ambrose's claim that it...»

The government of the Iroquois

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «The Iroquois confederation, also called the League of Nation was a confederation of five Nations. These Nations of Iroquois were the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas and the Senecas). A sixth Nation (the Tuscaroras) joined the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Great Law of Peace.. The origin of the League of the Iroquois: The establishment of the Great Law of Peace.. The principles of the government.. Social structure and political organization.. Social basis.. Social control and...»

The significance of the Magna Carta

History & geography   |   Medieval history   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : «The Magna Carta is a charter signed by King John in 1215, during the Middle Ages, a period organized around the system of feudalism. This text embodies an enormous advance politically speaking: it is the basis of the whole English institution....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The social and political context before 1215.. The writing and the content of the Magna Carta.. The consequences of the Magna Carta after 1215.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

Transition Macedonia

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout the centuries, the South-eastern corner of Europe has been the scene of many invasions and transcending civilizations. This left the trace of different cultures, religions and empires. One of the most evident cleavages in the region is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Linz and Stepan theory with respect to Macedonia.. The five arenas of democracy.. Democracy in multi-national states.. The actual state of Macedonian democracy.. Recapitulation.. Macedonia - a contested region throughout the...»

Community food security in North Minneapolis: Barriers and solutions

History & geography   |   Geography   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : «Despite an overwhelming amount of facts, studies, and annual reports proving the contrary, many people today continue to deny the existence of hunger in the United States. Middle-aged Americans will recall hearing their parents demanding them to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Continued to denial of the existence of hunger in the United States. . Keeping the hunger in this country invisible. . Community Food Security.. North Minneapolis.. Composition.. Minneapolis' most racially diverse...»

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