Comparisons between the experiences of the Aztecs with the European world, as told in Leon-Portilla's The Broken Spears, and the experiences of the Africans with the European world, as described by Thornton's Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, are like comparing apples and oranges. ... These mass epidemics in the New World made out right conquest much easier. ... Cortes was seen as Quetzalcoatl who had vowed to return one day from the sea. ... Africans did not have the belief that their gods would return from the sea one day while that is exactly what the Azt...

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If Superman were the ruler of the world, the world would be a single state. ... The world is currently witnessing such narrow-minded problems in the middle-east, between Israel and Palestine, the far-east and many other regions of the world. ... If Superman ruled this world, there would not be any boundaries between nations and even the concept of sovereign nations will dissolve in the vast sea of human compassion, love and brotherhood. ... Terrorism is the biggest threat to the world now. ... Economic injustice is predominant in our world. ...

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The continents are imbedded in continental plates; the oceanic plates make up much of the sea floor. The study of Tectonic plates called plate tectonics helps to explain continental drift, the spreading of the sea floor, volcanic eruptions and how mountains are formed. ... 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. ... Beneath each of the world's great oceans there is a mid-ocean ridge. ...

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"Mamlukes, a servile army that eventually seized power in Egypt and Syria form 1250 to 1517, were mostly from the Black Sea region, " (Gomez 2005, 39). ... For example, Arabs viewed their slaves as inferior and most slaves entering the Arab world were black. ... As the Muslim world and European world began to merge, commercial expansions imposed a need for cheap labor. ... For example, Genoese sold Christian captives to Muslims and vice versa; Venetians got their captives from Black Sea (Gomez 2005, 59). ... The labor-intensive agriculture of the New World also required inexpensive labor. ...

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Introduction Many homes around the world have at least one cat living inside as a pet; in fact many homes have a few cats dwelling in them. ... This also led to the migration of cats over seas. Once people began traveling over seas in ships cats were brought along to rid the ships of vermin as well as the home (3). ... Conclusion There are many different species of cats in the world today, and they all serve many different functions. ...

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Pollution has become a major problem throughout the world. ... New "super chemicals" have been in use by the general public since as early as World War II. ... During World War II, soldiers were sprayed with large amounts of DDT to protect them from head lice, which causes typhus. ... After the war, DDT was used for insect control all over the world. ... By December almost 40% of the North Sea population of seals had died. ...

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### April Fools Day Traditionally April fools day has been celebrated by millions through out the world as just a simple joke or a practical prank that have been practice by young and old alike, there is no age barrier. ... He also noted a lunar forest, sea, lilac-hued quartz pyramids. ... It is wondered if this type of grandeur was inspiring to the great Orson Wells and his dramatic caper he hoaxed with iis members of a theater that created mass hysteria although not and April fools joke but it gave him national fame on Oct. 30th 1938 when he announced the "war of th...

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Africa contributed largely to one of the world's greatest civilizations that of ancient Egypt and Islamic Art. ... Between 500 and 800 A.D. they shifted to a sea-based trading economy and began to migrate south by ship. ...

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The conquistadors needed labor force in order to achieve their goal of colonizing the New World, so they went to Africa where the Royal African Monopoly controlled a vast majority of the community and forced them into slavery. ... Some of them died in the middle of the trip and were thrown to the sea as food for the sharks. ... Let our history show us that we can change, and that there is hope for a better world. ...

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According to many archaeologists, around the date an ice-free corridor appeared for human and animals freely crossed to explored the new world. ... This Hominid that left Africa continue to evolve into Homo sapiens as they did simultaneously at different areas of the world. The first human migrations originated in Africa more than 70,000 years ago and eventually came to populate the entire world. ... They said that once sea level was low enough because of the peak of the ice age period it creates enormous ice free-corridors, which make easier for human to cross even with obstacles and freezin...

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Also, they are the first specie of Genus Homo to have control of fire, which gave them the ability to migrate into colder climates of the world, such as those in Europe and Asia. ... Homo Sapiens are known to be much smarter than the Homo Erectus; their brains were quite bigger, so that they had the ability to make better tools and adapt to the most demanding weathers and ecosystems throughout the world. ... During the preagricultural period, height apparently declined by as much as two inches in many parts of the Old World (Greece, Israel, India, and northern and western Europe). ... However...

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Ghana - Under Economic Underdevelopment After its independence in 1957, Ghana appeared relatively prosperous compared with many other African countries. Agricultural crops, including yams, grains, cocoa, oil palms, kola nuts, and timber, formed the base of Ghana's economy, which was moderately sta...

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For example, concerning the Eldorado Exploring Expedition: Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world. ... For example, The sea-journey to the mouth of the Congo originally began I left in a French steamer and beginning with Dakar she called in every blamed port they have out there' and ended we passed various places: Gran' Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belon...

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