History of Colombia Colombia was inhabited by indigenous societies during what was known as the pre-Columbian period ("Background Note: Colombia‚" 2012). These indigenous societies consisted of hunters and nomadic farmers‚ as well as the Chibchas ("Background Note: Colombia‚" 2012). The Chibchas are known to be one of the most developed indigenous groups in all of South America ("Background Note: Colombia‚" 2012). Santa Marta was founded in 1525‚ which was the first permanent Spanish settlement
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Ed Loretto Spring‚ 2014 History 7A Mon.‚ Wed. 8:30-10am Room C-113 748-2277 E-mail: eloretto@peralta.edu U.S. History to 1877 Week 1 -New World Encounters the Old World (Ch. 1) Week 2 -”New World” Colonization (Ch. 2‚ 3) Week 3 -Moving toward Independence (Ch. 5) PAPER I (Feb. 17) Week 4 -Revolution (Ch. 6) Week 5 -The Origins of The Constitution Week 6 REVIEW MIDTERM I (Mar. 17) Week 7 -The First Party System (Ch. 7) Week 8 -The Jeffersonians in Office
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History of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA P.E. director‚ made a game called Mignonette as a fun game to pass time by ‚ to be mostly be played inside but could be played outside‚ by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball was becoming popular in the area due to the fact that it had been invented just ten mile away for Springfield Massachusetts‚ four years before
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The History Boys Bennett’s setting is a northern grammar school and his focus is on the varied methods of training post A-level students for life. The headmaster‚ obsessed with league-tables and results‚ wants them all to be Oxbridge candidates. To this end‚ he engages a young historian‚ Irwin‚ who knows that the key to exam success lies in singularity and that "the wrong end of the stick is the right one". In the opposite camp is the gentle English master‚ Mr Hector‚ who argues that exams are
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Class Notes for CJ 352_Spring 2011 History Instructor: Marcos L. Misis (ABD) . 1 HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS IN AMERICA Early History of Corrections • Codified punishment for offenders was developed in the early ages of human history. • One of the earliest known written codes that specified different types of offenses and punishments was the Code of Hammurabi in 1750 B.C. The Code of Hammurabi was divided into sections to cover different types of offenses and contained descriptions
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History of Microsoft My research paper is going to be on whether or not Microsoft should be broken up by the Justice Department. In order to understand what is going on in the trial‚ you need to know the history of Microsoft. Without knowing the history of Microsoft‚ there would be no way of forming an accurate opinion of whether Microsoft should be broken up or not. Microsoft first came into existence in 1975 and was founded by William H. Gates III(Bill Gates) and Paul Allen. The first
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History of Cheese In developing a search strategy the most important thing is to decide on the keywords that sum up the information one wants. In my research paper I am researching on the history of cheese. The keywords in my topic are history and cheese. The synonyms of cheese include cheese flower‚ high mallow‚ malva sylvestris and tall mallow. History synonyms include account‚ chronicle and story. Cheese production and consumption has proliferated all over the world since its discovery years
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October 2013 Marijuana History When it comes to using the drug for medical purposes‚ though‚ no one did it like the ancients. Around 2000 B.C.‚ the Egyptians used cannabis to treat sore eyes (Webley). A millennium later‚ doctors in India could be found mixing the weed with milk to use as an anesthetic (Webley). In 200 B.C.‚ the Greeks used marijuana to remedy earaches (Webley). Pot even enjoyed its freedom in America ’s early days stated in the article Brief History by Kayla Webley. Now on
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Report about the History of Coffee Introduction This report aims to clarify how coffee was discovered and became a very popular drink consumed worldwide. As a tool and for supporting information I have used internet research to collect and compare information from different sources to support the content of this report. Origin of coffee The origin of coffee consists in three different stories: First‚ coffee had its origin in the Ethiopian province of Kaffa in the 15th century or even
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Mallory Harris L. Trewick ENC 1102 22 March 2015 History of the Swastika Most people associate the swastika with Hitler‚ the Nazis‚ and the Holocaust. Because of this‚ it has become a symbol of hatred and violence. However‚ the symbol known as the swastika has been in existence for three thousand years‚ and a variety of cultures have used it in a variety of ways. The initial meaning of the symbol was a positive one‚ and some cultures looked at the symbol as a religious emblem‚ similar to a cross
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