... is therefore used a propellant in a variety of thinks like ammunition. It is also used in explosives for blasting operations, fireworks and fuses in slightly different forms. Gunpowder has had a unique history since its discovery in the early 1100's. Gunpowder comes in many forms from a dirty burning black powder to a smokeless variety of powders. Gunpowder has been used for a number of things ... the last 900 years for a variety of things ranging from recreational uses to military warfare. The first people to acquire knowledge of the explosive properties of gunpowder were the early Chi...

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Assess the validity of the view that "the true achievement of colonial expansion of colonial expansion in the period 1870 - 1939 was the creation of the modern Southeast Asian state". When the Europeans powers came to Southeast Asia, their main interest was for their own economic gain, to exploit the resources of the Southeast Asian colonies. However, the traditional administrative system at that time was unable to facilitate their motive. Therefore, they introduced changes to the traditional system so as to strengthen their control of their system. As these changes were there for the better, ...

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Assess the validity of the view that "the true achievement of colonial expansion of colonial expansion in the period 1870 - 1939 was the creation of the modern Southeast Asian state". When the Europeans powers came to Southeast Asia, their main interest was for their own economic gain, to exploit the resources of the Southeast Asian colonies. However, the traditional administrative system at that time was unable to facilitate their motive. Therefore, they introduced changes to the traditional system so as to strengthen their control of their system. As these changes were there for the better, ...

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... had unprecedented potential for profitability. The commodification of drugs, both illicit and licit, follows the principles of capitalism and supply-and-demand. David Courtwright has summarized drug use throughout world history in his book, Forces of Habit. Courtwright described the "big three" and the "little three" drugs of all time. The "big three" drugs: alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine as well as ... holds its own all over the world. Education and anti-smoking ads have resulted in reduction of smoking, but not on a worldwide level. Arguably, the most successful drug in the history of...

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... era. One of the earliest known magicians was Dedi from Egypt. According to a legend, Dedi brought a headless ox to life by saying a magic spell. One of the oldest tricks in history of magic is called "Cups and Balls". This particular trick traces back to Greece, India and China. Three cups and a ball are involved and the ball disappears the cups cover ... most popular deceptions today. Priests in Greek temples practiced magic at a more sophisticated level, and claimed it was the magic of Gods. Another trick that became a popular classic was the Chinese Linking Rings. It was composed of ...

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... fire and exploded with a bang. Thus the "fire trees" and "silver flowers" were born. Later on in the year 1161, when the Chinese were suffering invasion from the Chin Tatars from the north some historical documents state that they successfully used explosives to defeat their attackers. This seems to ... However it was most likely really nothing more than some kind of metal bomb filled with gunpowder and was thrown at the Mongols by the defending Chinese. Only a few decades after this time, the Mongols completed their conquest of the greatest land empire ever known to man, not only includ...

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... , as his portrait appears on 10,000 yen bank notes. He was a leading intellectual figure and educational reformer of the later nineteenth century. This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and ... 's minds, the new civilization could not give its full benefit to this country. In his determination to save the coming generation, he was prepared even to face single-handed the Chinese scholars o...

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... was a sensation in London. Soon, the upper classes were getting small tattoos in discreet places. For a short time tattooing became a fad. The history of tattoos in the country of Australia begins with the arrival of convicts. In the early 1800's, Australia's convicts etched soot and the black sediment ... up on to their skins. There were family trees, slogans, religious symbols, and many more. Tattoos in the Chinese History a tattoo is called "Wen Shen" or "Ci Shen" in Chinese. The term means literally "puncture the body". Tattooing has been known and practiced in China for many years. B...

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The Mongol Trading Network By World History Honors April 22, 2013 During the thirteenth century, the Mongol empire dominated Eurasia through the conquests of Genghis Khan and several of his descendants. His territorial ... East and China.17 These exchanges continued, becoming more common in the process. This led to Middle Eastern pharmaceutical practices starting in China, and medical encyclopedias being translated into Chinese.18 The Mongol empire's economy was increased significantly thanks to Kublai, but the Mongols weren't the only ones affected by the new trade network; the economies of...

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... controlled in the same way that NGO's are, but they can still put pressure on national governments. For example, in recent years the Chinese authorities have cracked down on members of the Fulan Gong religious sect. In previous decades this may well have gone unnoticed, especially in countries ... but realistically perhaps we see the first signs of a true international system a bit more recently than that. These are some moments through history that have had significant effects on the development of this system: The formation of the Greek city-states The international system based on n...

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... after the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan.. But people do not realize the great contributions arab and muslim civilization has made in history. When they hear the word Arab, they think terrorist, turbon or even 7-11. But they are more than that. In the year 700, ... Arab and muslim was obliged to pursue knowledge in all its forms. They endeavoured to acquire the knowledge of previous civilizations by obtaining Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Chinese, Farsi, Armenian, Hebrew and Roman texts and translating them into Arabic. Arabic would become as essential as English is today....

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The Cost of Beauty Through out history countless women have been subject to a feeling of inferiority to the so called stronger and more able sex. Despite the great amounts of discomfort and pain, women were forced into ... corsets and women bound the feet). Today, many people believe that the practice of foot binding and corsetry was only available to the upper classes although history shows that is was not only a ritual of mutilation for the rich, but also the poor. The Chinese culture is radically different from that of Western Europe and America. During the early nineteen hundreds, the .....

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... long enough to pass those traits on to their offspring." Hence, In the middle of the nineteenth century the Bible was no longer considered the only authority over the story/history of human creation. Evolution was now a scientific matter, perpetually analyzed and debated. Research ranging from hominid, homo erectus, homo habilis studies evolved and perpetuated. The trellis theory, the argument that ... modern homo sapiens evolved locally from preexisting Homo erectus populations portrays the belief that modern Chinese were descended from Chinese Homo erectus, that modern Africans were d...

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... of religious oppression and economics. Between 1891 and 1900 3.5 million people arrived. Out of 3.5 million people only a little more than half were new immigrants. The greatest decade in United States history for immigration was 1901 to 1910. During that decade nearly 8.8 MILLION people arrived in America. Out of all those new immigrants, more than 70 percent were from the southern and ... wasn't until the discovery of gold in 1848 that California started to grow. Because of the gold rush people needed laborers to help build the transcontinental railroad, thus spurring the Chinese immi...

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... the invention of the printing press occurred first in Asia and not in Europe. Asians had invented ink and paper well before Europeans, two things very necessary for printing. The Chinese began printing with movable type well over 500 years before any European. The Europeans only took the knowledge gained about paper from Asia, its thought that presses and inks were ... on there own free of influence. Almost 400 years after Pi Scheng developed hand movable type; Guttenberg did the same, and received credit for the invention that would help change history. The difference in language and w...

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... of keeping outsiders away, they seem suspiciously symbolic of a different kind of wall that surrounded both of these cultures for years to come. Both China and England are considered by history to be insular societies. England's cultural insulation can primarily be attributed to is relative geographic isolation from the European continent. This kept the renaissance from reaching England almost until the ... 16th century. The Chinese were not so much geographically isolated as they were politically isolated. For thousands of years the Chinese would not allow any foreigners into their bor...

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Immigrants From the earliest times in the United States history, immigrants that have come to the United States have often faced nativism and discrimination. Immigrants in the early 1900's faced many problems. We have welcomed immigrants in times of expansion ... mostly from western and northern Europe. After1890 more immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe. Natives were very hostile toward Asian immigrants. In 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, stopping entry of most Chinese immigrants into the United States. More immigration laws were passed in 1875, 1882, and 1892. O...

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... of Europe is so important to Australia. To discover why contemporary Europe is of such importance to Australia, we must first look at its history. "Europe had a nightmarish twentieth century, wracked by wars, genocide, mass deportations and ideological hatreds."2 Within its turmoil existence it has seen ... the second world war, and a peaceful future looks promising as Australia leads the world in the amount of students studying the Japanese and Chinese language, for a nation that doesn't speak it natively. The primary reason for this trading change is that Australia and South-East Asi...

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The conflict: America vs. the World The United States are far on their way being a problem in the world. In history, we are used to see them as problem solvers but nowadays the roles have changed. After fifty years of political freedom and economical ... a full member on the evil list. Also, the United States has tried to provoke China during the conflict in ex- Yugoslavia. It blew up the Chinese embassy in Belgrade even though the bombs should be accurate enough for this not to happen. Last but definitely not least; the pentagon has purposely leaked information about ... refused to sign th...

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... that shows the interdependence of the continents and the influence each had on the economic development of the others. Frank's holistic look at economic history and interpretation of historical facts allows him to develop a unique and plausible version of world economic development; however, his failure to consider factors ... Frank explains that there are A and B economic cycles, these cycles result in different sections of the world coming to power at various times throughout history. The A & B cycles that Frank cites in ReOrient are from an early book that he wrote and a theory that...

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... complex, and our findings and conclusions bear directly on Britain political immigration and policy issues about economic and social Our aims are to: Know the first arrivals in Britain towards history of immigration to Britain. Understand what kind of people and what continents immigrate more and how people are trying to make their lives work? Mobilize memories of immigration and settlement ... to illustrate low complex patterns of inward and outward which make up the history of Britain. Assess the role of social and political intervention in achieving to set up laws for immigration and...

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... love for God (whichever God one may celebrate). This God is called the Divine. After Tantra was brought to China by traveling monks, it was combined with Taoist philosophy and Chinese medical theory, and was used by those who sought to increase health and (in some cases) achieve physical immortality (through sexual techniques thought to prolong the vitality of its participants ... , developed a complete, detailed, and scientific system of knowledge which comprises many principles of food preparation, exercise, healing, sexology, etc. " (Chang, 1). It is the most ancient system of knowled...

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... years, they have wandered the globe, more as crusaders and adventurers than as colonists have. The motivation for these travels varied significantly depending on the historical era involved. Through out history Ireland has gone through many problems dealing with many situations. These problems have forced Irish to leave their homelands and inspired them to leave for new hopes and dreams. The ... Irish emigrants were forced to leave the country by economic or political circumstances. Also, the "famine decade" from 1845 to1855 witnessed the largest mass exodus of Irish people in recorded ...

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... in China and also sent him on numerous diplomatic missions. In 1288, after 17 years in China, the Polo's returned home to Venice. By accident, Marcos travels were preserved in history. His native Venice and their rival Genoa were involved in conflict, and Marco was made a prisoner of war. Marco kept his fellow prisoners occupied by reciting his tales of his ... China. By the 1350's epidemics broke out so vast, that in parts of China 66% of the population was carried away. The worst case reported was in Hebei; the northern Chinese province lost 90 percent of its population. Economic grow...

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In the book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William McNeill proposed a theory that explained the social relations of civilizations in the old world from 500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. His Fourfold Cultural Balance theory states there ... the dominance of one culture over the others. The trade routes are the first factors to focus on that led to globalization. The Silk Road was a trade route in which Chinese people traded silk through the European continent for jade, horses, etc. The Caravan routes traded Middle Eastern African luxury items, such as ostrich feathers and preciou...

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