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in title, tags, annotations or urlThis Day in History - What Happened today - HIStoRY - 0 views
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Vice President Al Gore concedes defeat to George W. Bush in his bid for the presidency, following weeks of legal battles over the recounting of votes in Florida, on December 13, 2000.
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In a televised speech from his ceremonial office next to the White House, Gore said that while he was deeply disappointed and sharply disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that ended his campaign, ”partisan rancor must now be put aside.”
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“I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College” he said. “And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.”
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Ancient Rome - Facts, Location, & Timeline - HISTORY - 1 views
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In 49 B.C., Caesar and one of his legions crossed the Rubicon, a river on the border between Italy from Cisalpine Gaul. Caesar’s invasion of Italy ignited a civil war from which he emerged as dictator of Rome for life in 45 B.C.
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Less than a year later, Julius Caesar was murdered on the ides of March (March 15, 44 B.C.) by a group of his enemies (led by the republican nobles Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius). Consul Mark Antony and Caesar’s great-nephew and adopted heir, Octavian, joined forces to crush Brutus and Cassius and divided power in Rome with ex-consul Lepidus in what was known as the Second Triumvirate. With Octavian leading the western provinces, Antony the east, and Lepidus Africa, tensions developed by 36 B.C. and the triumvirate soon dissolved. In 31 B.C., Octavian triumped over the forces of Antony and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt (also rumored to be the onetime lover of Julius Caesar) in the Battle of Actium. In the wake of this devastating defeat, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide.
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By 29 B.C., Octavian was the sole leader of Rome and all its provinces. To avoid meeting Caesar’s fate, he made sure To make his position as absolute ruler acceptable To the public by apparently resToring the political institutions of the Roman republic while in reality retaining all real power for himself. In 27 B.C., Octavian assumed the title of Augustus, becoming the first emperor of Rome.
Alexander the Great - Ancient Greece for Kids - 2 views
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Macedonian
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Alexander had many teachers, one of which was Aristotle.
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Home - 0 views
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The link located to the left, "2012-2013 Blog"
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Welcome to 2012-2013!! Mr. Holman and Mr. Pennington are looking forward to a great school year filled with collaboration, creative thinking, problem solving, and new ways of engaging in learning. As you can see, this blog belongs to the students of Beachwood Middle School and Chardon Middle School.
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Welcome to 7th Grade. Mr. Holman is looking forward to a great school year filled with collaboration, creative
Ancient Civilizations | Ancient History for Kids - 1 views
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This massive Arid climate makes it a strange place for a large population of people
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It flows north through the Sahara creating a long oasis in the desert eventually dumping into the Mediterranean Sea
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The Nile River is the world’s longest river
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Feudal System - 4 views
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prisoner of war, his life was saved by his nobility, and his ransom had practically to be raised by the "villains" of his domains.
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The Feudal System Right of Hunting
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privileges dearest to and most valued by the nobles.
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Peasant Life In The Middle Ages - The Finer Times - 1 views
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Peasant life in the Middle Ages was noticeably difficult. Families and entire villages were exposed to disease, war and generally a life of poverty.
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most people across Europe were peasants or “velleins”
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worked in the vast stretches of lands owned by the local lords
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Digital History - 1 views
The Third Crusade - 7 views
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He raised money for the enterprise bythe persecution and robbery of the Jewsthe imposition of an unusual tax upon all classesthe sale of offices, dignities, and the royal lands
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The knightly adventures and chivalrous exploits which mark the career of Richard in the Holy Land read like a romance.
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At one time, when Richard was sick with a fever, Saladin, knowing that he was poorly supplied with delicacies, sent him a gift of the choicest fruits of the land.
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Illuminated Manuscripts - Ancient History Encyclopedia - 4 views
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Illuminated manuscripts were hand-made books, usually on Christian scripture or practice, produced in Western Europe between c. 500-c. 1600 CE. They are so called because of the use of gold and silver which illuminates the text and accompanying illustrations.
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Hand-made illuminated manuscripts were initially produced by monks in abbeys but, as they became more popular, production became commercialized and was taken over by secular book-makers. Illuminated manuscripts were quite costly to produce and only those of significant means could afford them. The most popular type was the Book of Hours which was a Christian devotional of prayers to be said at certain times throughout the day. More Books of Hours have survived than any other work of the period simply because more of them were produced. The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in c. 1440 CE signaled the beginning of the end of hand-made books generally and illuminated manuscripts specifically.
Battle of Tours - HISToRY - 0 views
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At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance inTo Western Europe. Abd-ar-Rahman, the Muslim governor of Cordoba, was killed in the fighting, and the Moors retreated from Gaul, never To return in such force.
History of Islam: Lesson for Kids | Study.com - 0 views
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The Birth of IslamA man named Muhammad was born around 570 CE in the city of Mecca, in what is modern-day Saudi Arabia. Muhammad's parents died when he was young, and as a teenager, he was forced to work as a caravan leader. He was very good at his job; when he was older, the owner of the caravan, an older woman whose husband had died, proposed to him. Muhammad was now wealthy and had plenty of time to think about his faith. The wickedness and greed of his people worried him. He also didn't like that the people were worshiping idols, or false gods, instead of Allah so he prayed for his people. Muslims believe that Muhammad received a revelation from Allah in 610 telling him to preach to his people. These were the first revelations of the Qur'an.
Middle Ages for Kids: Knight's Coat of Arms - 0 views
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Red was the color of a warrior and nobility. Other colors included blue for truth and sincerity, black for piety and knowledge, and green for hope and joy. The colors in heraldry are called tinctures.
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the lion stood for majesty and strength, the elephant for wit and ambition, the boar for courage and ferocity, and the sun for power and glory.
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Knights and nobles in the Middle Ages often had a coat of arms.
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Objectivity and Bias in the Study of History - 0 views
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Voltaire pointed out that history is a pack of tricks we play upon the dead.
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the present can and does influence our knowledge of the past because past events do not any longer exist anywhere except in mind of the historian, who has now become both subject and object.
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Some people have gone so far as to say that the closest we can get to what actually happened is to believe what the records say actually happened.
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The Posterity Project: "History is never true." - 0 views
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History, written by a contemporary, is likely to be less accurate, less truthful than the history of the past written by someone living in the present.