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home in Tangier on a Hajj, to Mecca as all good Muslims should do (p1). It was 29 years before he arrived home again, after travelling further than any known traveller before him: from Mali to China, from Russia to Zanzibar, with his years…

buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural mummies. Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals…

and each group thought they were doing everything much better than the other was. The major problem they were having was how to handle the issue of slavery in the territories. President Polk was unaware that his desire for expansion would eventually…

centuries continually experienced changes in their personal lives as well as in their societies. During the sixteenth century, people were affected by scholars such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. These scholars were instrumental in the developments…

religion was forming the institution of Christianity. The name Brigid was the name of the Celtic sun goddess. It is believed that Brigid was born into slavery and was converted to Christianity by St. Patrick sometime during her childhood. She…

World War II. Some of these reasons are the rise of dictatorships in Italy, Germany, and Eastern Europe. After World War I there was a need of dictatorships. There were parliamentary governments that were set up in these countries but rarely lasted.…

military leader Genghis Kahn brought together his people to build one of the largest empires of all time. From a young age he demonstrated the abilities of a skilled ruler, showing courage and ambition. As he grew older these attributes became…

ruled by a group called the ottomans. In 1811 Albanian Mohammed Ali took power and under his rule the economy and infrastructure expanded. Britain grew worried about Egypt's power, so in 1870 the French and British used the governments overspending…

defense expenditures and other expenditures in the federal budget was reasonably clear. And civil expenditures that became defense expenditures in time of war or national emergency were well understood. For example, the Coast Guard, as a peacetime…

his father, but as his late brother left a pregnant wife he was superceded by the baby boy as the ruler. While the child was young Lycurgus ruled Sparta as his guardian. However, the young king's mother, and her relatives, envied and hated Lycurgus.…