These areas produce winds from East to Northeast, over the Sahara and the Kalahari. ... Moist air moving into Africa, mainly from the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, is monsoonal in character. ... Savannas occur in South America, northern Australia, and Africa. The savannas we are most familiar with are the East African savannas covered with acacia trees (Brown, 1972). ... The small mammals of East Africa include a varied assortment of rodents, insectivores, elephant shrews, and rabbits. ...

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The Middle East is a hot topic and seems to always be in the media, but I believe the media has created a different interpretation of the Middle East. ... Islam expanded from the Arabian Peninsula to influence in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. ... South Florida is the home to thousands of Muslims from around the world. Muslim from regions in Asia, Africa, the Americans and other places. ... There are several mosque and Islamic facilities throughout South Florida. ...

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The prejudices towards blacks throughout the north and south, forced them into a period of suffering and misery just as bad as slavery. ... Since most of the war had been fought in the south, all the cotton fields had been destroyed and they needed to be plowed and restored. ... This behavior was disgraceful for it portrayed African Americans as foolish and moronic. ... In this case, a 30-year-old black man named Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the white car of the East Louisiana Railroad. ... Today, select schools in the south are segregated. ...

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The Proclamation also supported the recruitment of African American soldiers, who made an important impact to the Union war battle. ... African men, who were fighting for their own deliverance, had redoubled their efforts to join the army. ... The Civil War was not being fought between the North and the South to end slavery. ... The Union Navy used as many as 500 ships to patrol the East Coast all the way from Virginia south to Florida and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. ... The number of casualties for the south was monumental. ...

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The Soviet Union organized its East European satellites into Warsaw Pact in 1955. ... Cuba, South Africa, Israel, India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Argentina were not among countries that signed NON-proliferation treaty in 1968. Argentina and Brazil engaged in a prestige race to become South America's first nuclear power but nuclear programs were bankrupting therefore both countries dropped their programs. ... South Africa started its nuclear program 1974 because of Soviet expansionist threat but in 1990 the threat disappeared therefore South Africa was the first and only state to give up t...

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First American military aid arrived on South Vietnam soil in 1955, just on the rising wake of cold war. ... By 1950's South-East Asia became place where interest of superpowers, such as United States, China and USSR, as well as fading colonial empires like France and United Kingdom, created deadly tensions. ... Cuba, Algeria, China, and some African countries already fall into the communist hands, and many others could follow. Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... Government overstates danger, and understates, or did not report tru...

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In the case of the Maji Maji rebellion in German East Africa in 1905-1906 as well as the events that led up to it, it appears that African historians as well as European historians have embellished the story to some extent. ... Between 75 and 80 percent of an estimated Herero poulation of between 60 and 80 thousand were slaughtered. 4 thousand of them were put into prison camps and 2 thousand managed to escape to South Africa? ... Africans that worked the fields were forced to work all day. ... A typical wage for an African work gang was about 35 cents per day for the entire group. ... Fro...

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He visited North Africa, British India and China. ... Initially Leopold had looked to the east in his efforts to gain colonies, but his attempt to gain the Philippines from Spain did not prove fruitful. ... The African International Association(A.I.A) was set up. ... Belgium was a late starter in the scramble for Africa and Leopold wanted his slice of the "magnificent African cake."" ... They had the power to exploit the African population more drastically than elsewhere in Africa. ...

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When you look at the map of the world, you see how well the east coast of North and South America fits into the west coast of Europe and Africa. ... An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean, which stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole. ... You can see this along the Pacific coast of South-America. ...

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Another section is devoted to the diverse cultures of the South Pacific. ... The voyagers and their descendants who formed settlements in the South Pacific encountered a wide variety of environments, and their art reflects the resources available to them. ... The ancient Near East is represented by a small number of seals, cuneiform tablets, and figurative tablets from Mesopotamia dating from the early second millennium B.C. ... In African sculpture the human form can have various meanings, some as explicit as fertility, some as abstract as justice. ... Unidentified carver from the Adeshina co...

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According to Desmond Tutu, former archbishop of the Anglican Church of South Africa, religion is not a drug to pacify, as Marx saw it, but a motivating force for active resistance and social involvement. ... King and Malcolm were both African American civil rights activists. ... " This signified their unknown, original African surnames and their rejection of their slave masters' last names. ... While he accepted the support of the whites for his new organization, membership was limited to African Americans. ... From the beginning of his pilgrimage to the Middle East, Malcolm X was re...

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El Niño is observed when the easterly trade winds weaken, allowing warmer waters of the western Pacific to migrate eastward and eventually reach the South American Coast (shown in orange). ... As upwelling persists, the level of the thermocline rises to shallower depths off the South American coast and is depressed in the western Pacific. ... El Niño causes all sorts of unusual weather, sometimes bringing rain to coastal deserts of South America which never see rain during non-El Niño years. ... As the pressure falls in the east and rises in the west, the surface pressure ...

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The area west of Broadway is Greenwich Village, and to the east is East Village. ... • 34th to 59th Street is generally regarded as "Midtown" • 59th to 110th Street contains the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, respectively. ... General areas in the Bronx • Van Cortlandt Park • Pelham Bay Park • South Bronx Today, Brooklyn is a borough of many neighborhoods, each with its own strong ethnic flavor. ... General areas in Brooklyn • Downtown • Brooklyn Heights • North Brooklyn • Institute Park • Park Slope and...

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He was the first, and still is the only, African American mayor of the city of Chicago. ... In addition, fundraising and committee work helped him gain knowledge and awareness about the issues affecting south side Blacks. ... The early fifties was a difficult time for African Americans even up north. ... " The Black Belt community with borders started at 35th street and extended 30 blocks south and seven blocks east to the lake. ... Washington had huge majorities on the south and west sides, due to the population of blacks in these areas of the city. ...

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Of volcanic origin, Saint Lucia is traversed from north to south by a forested mountain range that culminates in Mount Gimie. In the south is Soufriere, a volcanic crater with hot sulfur springs. ... Lucia, African culture was becoming established through the arrival of slaves for European plantations and, later, indentured laborers. ... African traditions have survived the repressions of slavery and servitude to become the strongest element in St. ... After the abolition of slavery, East Indians came to St. ...

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It mostly takes place in West Africa, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. ... It is usually practiced in countries in Africa. According to Women's Human Rights "it is common in a band that stretches from Senegal in West Africa to Ethiopia on the East Coast as well as from Egypt in the north to Tanzania in the South ". It is also performed in some parts of Middle East. ... In Africa newborn babies sometimes die when they are circumcised. ...

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Many of the farmers did not expect the conditions of the west, because they were so different from the east. ... In the beginning the government took no action the helping for equality among African Americans. ... One region that was greatly effected by these changes was the south. The south before and after the was was mainly known for their export of cotton goods, and slavery. ... The south's lack of industrialization, and extreme discrimination did not let them advance as a society. ...

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Fran caused not only damage to the east coast but also to the western part of North Carolina. ... Hurricane Fran formed a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on the twenty second of August. ... It became a tropical storm Fran August 27th located about 9000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. ... Power outages, flooded streets, downed trees and flapping roofs were reported from south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to North Topsail Beach North Carolina as hurricane Fran batters the region. ... Fran caused nearly half million tourists and residents to evacuate the coast of N...

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Later, more invited members: Charles Edward Russell, Oswald Garrison Villard, black clergymen Bishop Alexander Walters of the African A.M.E. ... His first attempt to expand the National Association for the Development of Colored People was in the South. ... Johnson started in Richmond, Virginia and went as far south as Tampa, Florida. ... These new branches throughout the South became known to many as the Dixie District. ... To protest the violence, race riots, and lynchings of East St. ...

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The music originated in the South Bronx of New York in the 1970"s. ... By the 70's, large African-American drug cartels became the leading supplier of heroin and cocain. ... The East Coast and West Coast rivalry quickly heated up. The New York Rappers knew they were the creators and didn't like the East Coast Rappers fame. ... The most famous example was when west coast star, Tupac Shakur and east coast star Notorious B.I.G. bumped heads. ...

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Britain got colonial possessions that it had occupied during the war, including Malta, Ceylon, and South Africa. Holland lost Ceylon and South Africa but got Belgium. ... In First World War the Austro-Hungarian, Turkish, and czarist were eliminated and Japan was confined to Far East. ... Whole of Africa and Asia became nations from colonies and the centre of international politics shifted from old world to new world. ...

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The Netherlands legalized it in 2000, Belgium in 2003, Canada in 2005, Spain in 2005, South Africa in 2006, Norway and Sweden in 2009, Iceland, Portugal, and Argentina in 2010, Denmark in 2012, and recently France and Brazil in 2013. ... Demographically Majorities in the East and the Midwest support same sex marriage. ... Demographically, people in the south are against same sex marriage. Down in the south people are more religious usually Christians. ...

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Blues was created at the tail end of the 19th century in the South region of the United States. ... So, technically Tupac was from the east coast, and originally has a strong New York accent that slowly faded. ... Like Many other blues singers that did Chicago Blues, Chester was born and raised in the South. ... Their lyrics described situations that were common in African American life. ... The STD and HIV/AIDs rate in the African American community is higher than any other race in the United States. ...

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Shortly after Columbus discovered America, in the early 1500s, Spain invaded what is now South America and attacked the Incas, Mayas and Aztecs who had civilized and developed cultures. ... These parts of South America gave them access to a lot of gold and silver. ... Today, there are small civilizations of these tribes in South America and North America, but they live in extreme poverty. ... It began in Zaire (a central African country) in 1976. It travelled around Africa, the Middle East and even travelled over to the Philippines. ...

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Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... The attack on the USS Cole, the bombings of two American embassies in Africa, these were workings of bin Laden and the al Queda network. ... Airplanes " The plane dipped its wings, leveled off and accelerated as it approached its final destination, the South Tower of the World Trade Center," says author of The Death of the Towers. The Boeing 767 flown into the South Tower, was chosen for its fuel tanks and size. ... He plead the fact that Kuwait had been...

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