Most important of all, these questions transform the act of reading from passive reception to an engaged and passionate interrogation. If we want students to remember historical facts, this approach, not memorization, is the key.
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Slavery in Africa - 0 views
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As the title suggests, this webpage covers the slavery in America. It talks about the traditions of slavery in America-- how it originated, role of slavery-- and effects of slave trade-- the trans saharan slavery and atlantic trade, which Morgan also covered in his article. It also covers the end of slave trading in Africa which might be irrelevant to the topics since Armesto and Morgan talks about the slavery itself not how it ended, but might be useful when one's comparing the slavery in Africa and in America how it differs.
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Featured Article, Teaching with Primary Sources (Library of Congress) - 0 views
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A nice, concise Sam Wineburg article outlining his key arguments about "historical thinking" and how it can be fostered through the use of Primary Source documents.
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Prince Carl of Solm's Texas Diary of People, Places, and Events - 2 views
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pg. 1 "The immigration sponsored by this body took place during the annexation period of the Republic of Texas, when the French, Spanish, and especially British eyes saw Texas playing an important role in curtailing America's manifest destiny."
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pg. 2 " In the decade of its existence, the Society [Adelsverein] founded[...] the cities of New Braunfels (once the fourth largest in the state) and Fredericksburg, anc concluded purportedly the only successful peace treaty with the Comanches, thereby opening up West Texas to further settlement."
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pg. 2 "Presumably because of his military experience as an officer of the Imperial Austrian army and, more importantly, his own desire to play a role in this event, the Adelsverein appointed Solms Commissioner-General in 1843 to direct the colonization project in Texas. Solms left Germany in May 1844 to direct its colonization project in Texas."
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pg. 2 "The key figure in the Adelverein's settlement of Texas was Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1812-76). Solms, the son of Queen Fredericke of Hannover, was a nephew (by marriage) of Queen Victoria[...]"
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pg. 2 Dedicated Sophienburg, Adelverein's administration building, to his fiance Princess Sophie von Salm-Salm.
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pg. 2 Died in November 1876 at Rheingrafenstein, the Solms' family fortress.
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pg. 3 "During his year's time in Texas, he made the necessary arrangements with the officials of the Republic of Texas for the immigration, he secured several tracts of land for the settlement, made the logistical arrangements for the arriving immigrants, and established Carlshafen, the port of debarkation, and the colony of New Braunfels."
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pg. 1 "In the fall of 1844, several hundred Society immigrants came to Texas. By 1850, nearly 10,000 immigrants had arrived in Texas on ninety-three ships under the auspices of the Adelsverein..."
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A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847 - 0 views
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pg. 20 "Prince Karl of Solms-Braunfels, born in 1812, was a descendant of a family of German nobility at Braunfels, Germany."
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pg. 20 "Accompanied by Bourgeois d'Orvanne, as Colonial Director, he journeyed to Texas and landed at Galveston on July 1, 1844."
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"[...] Verein's project which was to settle several thousand immigrants on a grant of land in Texas."
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"The eleven reports which he wrote [...] last report written on April 30, 1845 at the newly-established town of New Braunfels."
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"On May 15, 1845, Prince Solms returned to Germany to take a needed rest and to make an oral report to the directors on the progress of the immigration."
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pg. 20 "Prince Solms did not return to Texas; he died in 1875 without seeing again the town he established and named for his family."
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pg. 2 "This [...] 'Verein', was organized on April 20, 1842 at Biebrich on the Rhine by a group of noblement who purpose was to secure land in Texas for Germans and other Europeans who wished to settle there, and to provide for their welfare."
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pg. 2 "[...] Prince Leiningen went to Austin 'to confer with President Houston about a land grant and concessions for the Society.'"
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pg. 2 "In 1836 after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas gained its freedom from Mexico."
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pg. 3 "Due to the foresight of John O. Meuseback, many immigrants had left New Braunfels before the epidemic became severe."
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"Dr. Ferdinand Roemer in his book Texas, based on his stay in Texas from December 1845 to April 1847, wrote, "It is certain that in the few summer months of the year 1846 more than one thousand out of the four thousand German immigrants, who had come to Texas in the fall of 1845 under the protection of Mainzer Verein, died and not more than one thousand two hundred actually settled upon the land secured by the Verein."
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Handbook of Texas Online - SOLMS-BRAUNFELS, PRINCE CARL OF - 1 views
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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s, Grafenstein, Münzenberg, Wildenfels, and Sonnenwalde, the first commissioner-gene
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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drich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelit
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelit
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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SOLMS-BRAUNFELS, PRINCE CARL OF (1812-1875). Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander, Prince of Solms, Lord of Braunfels, Grafenstein, Münzenberg, Wildenfels, and Sonnenwalde, the first commissioner-general of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Queen Victoria, Czar Alexander I of Russia, King Leopold I of Belgium, and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Not only well connected, but also handsome, highly spirited, and romantic, the trilingual Carl was educated both as soldier and courtier. Because of his connections, he secured prestigious military assignments, awards, and knightships, even though in 1839 he was sentenced by a Prussian court martial to four months in prison as a result of having absented himself from his command without leave. An early morganatic marriage, which had commenced in secret in 1834, dimmed his prospects after it became known, until, under duress from all sides, Carl consented in 1841 to the putting away of his wife, pensioned as the Baroness Luise "von Schönau," and his three children by that marriage. That same year Carl became a captain of cavalry in the imperial army of Austria, progressing though prominent assignments in the Balkans, Bohemia, and the Rhineland. While stationed at the imperial garrison at Biebrich, he read Charles Sealsfield's novel about Texas (see POSTL, CARL ANTON), William Kennedyqv's geography of Texas, and G. A. Scherpf's guide to immigrants to Texas. As one of the twenty-five members of the Adelsverein, organized initially in 1842 and reorganized in 1844, Carl worked tirelessly to promote the growth, finances, administration, and political acceptance of the society. He lobbied his many relatives, traveled incognito through France and Belgium to the Isle of Wight, where he may have met with Prince Albert, and, along with other members, secured the covert support of England, France, and Belgium for the Texas colonial project, which was at once philanthropic, mercantile, and political.
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Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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eneral of the Adelsverein and imperial field marshal, was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince Carl's illustrious connections included Prince Frederick of Prussia, Qu
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was born at Neustrelitz on July 27, 1812, the youngest son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels and Princess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Carl was educated both as soldier and courtier.
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An early morganatic marriage, which had commenced in secret in 1834, dimmed his prospects
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Carl consented in 1841 to the putting away of his wife
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and his three children by that marriage
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That same year Carl became a captain of cavalry in the imperial army of Austria,
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prince led the first wagon train into the interior of Texas.
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secured the covert support of England, France, and Belgium for the Texas colonial project
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1844 Carl was appointed commissioner-general for the first colony that the society proposed to establish in Texas
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he traveled to London
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then to the United States, and westward down the Ohio and Mississippi to the Republic of Texas, where they arrived in Galveston on July 1, 1844.
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Seeing himself at the head of a migration of German artisans and peasants to what one of his colleagues called "the new Fatherland on the other side of the ocean,"
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German princes, counts, and noblemen...are bringing new crowns to old glory while at the same time insuring immeasurable riches for their children and grandchildren."
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Carl purchased land on Matagorda Bay for the establishment of a port of debarkation named Carlshafen, or Indianola
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traveled extensively throughout Texas and advised the Adelsverein, which already owned the right to settle Germans in the remote Fisher-Miller Land Grant, to buy even larger expanses reaching southward from the Llano River to Corpus Christi Bay and westward to the Rio Grande.
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December 1844 of the society's first settlers,
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As one of the twenty-five members of the Adelsverein, organized initially in 1842 and reorganized in 1844, Carl worked tirelessly to promote the growth, finances, administration, and political acceptance of the society.
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purchase from Juan MartÃn Veramendi and Raphael C. Garza of a fertile, well-watered tract on the Guadalupe and Comal rivers.
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The immigrant train reached this tract on Good Friday, March 21, 1845, and founded the settlement of New Braunfels, named for the Solms ancestral castle on the Lahn River, southwest of Wetzlar.
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Prince Carl left New Braunfels for Germany on May 15, 1845, he saw the work on the Zinkenburg, a stockade on a bluff on the east bank of Comal Creek, almost completed and work well underway on the Sophienburg, a fort on the Vereinsberg, a hill overlooking the old residential section of New Braunfels.
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arl resumed his military service, from which he had been given a year's leave, and on December 3, 1845 at Bendorf, he married Sophie,
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widowed princess of Salm-Salm and the daughter of the reigning prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
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1846 he published Texas, a clear and succinct geography and guide to Texas.
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fifty-nine-page memoir, transmitted to Queen Victoria in 1846, in which he explained that Europe and the westering United States were on a collision course to dominate world trade.
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America would likely win this race, Carl told the queen, if the United States reached the Pacific
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He left the Austrian army and became a colonel in the cavalry of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1846.
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An attempt to rejoin the Prussian army failed.
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In 1850 the Austrian army accepted him again, and by 1859 he had become a brigadier with command of dragoons on Lake Constance.
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took part in the unsuccessful war of Austria against Prussia.
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In 1866
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He retired as a field marshal in 1868 to his residence at the estate of Rheingrafenstein near Kreuznach on the Nahe River.
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Prince Carl died seven years later, on November 13, 1875, at the age of sixty-three
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Characterized by one of his German contemporaries in Texas as a "Texan Don Quixote" and by an eminent German historian as the last knight of the Middle Ages
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His two fixed passions, for which he was acknowledged to have had an expert eye, were fine horses and ruined castles-to which, in the early 1840s, he added empire-building
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A Biography of Prince Carl of Solms-Braufels and the history of his founding of New Braunfels.
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Title: Battle for Mongolia's ... - 0 views
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After declaring its independence in 1921 it fell under the control of the Soviet Union. But despite the brutal purges that followed, Mongolians often quip that the Soviets' grip at least helped them preserve their independence from China and avoid the fate of Chinese-ruled Inner Mongolia or Tibet
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Genghis, say Mongolians, was a bringer of peace who encouraged trade and the flow of wealth, technology and ideas across vastly different cultures
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interesting perception from the Mongolians looking onto their own leader. completly different from the lands that the Mongols once controlled
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Office of Tibet New York > www.tibetoffice.org/en - 0 views
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Inner Mongolia is notching up faster economic growth than any other region of China
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Genghis Khan theme park is run by the Donglian Group, a privately owned conglomerate of construction, property and education businesses based in Ordos City
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Local Darkhats complain they have been ill-compensated for the loss of their land. They are particularly incensed by tourists being diverted to the theme park, which obscures the mausoleum in a separate enclosure behind it
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road built by the Donglian Group linking up the two sites has covered a sacred spot where the mausoleum once stood before the communist government built a much grander one on the present site in 1956.
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to fear that Mongolia might eventually go the way of Inner Mongolia, the only difference being that instead of swallowing Mongolia, China will in effect rule it by controlling its economy.
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symbol of stirring nationalism in Mongolia is Genghis Khan
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He is glorified for uniting China, but his armies' forays as far as the Rhine and his butchery of Muslims are never mentioned.
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Historical Puzzle: Islamic Ex... - 0 views
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Then God sent help and the infidels were defeated
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infidel is a term used by Christians according to the Oxford English Dictionary
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Almighty God caused Rodrigo and his men to perish
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Tariq and others who believed that area was already theirs
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once a patrician capital,
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a barbarian government.
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established peaceful relations with the Christians in order to increase his revenues
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All of these lands remained under the control of the Christians
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which they have maintained stubbornly
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which ever since has borne his name.
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in so doing they received an education, until they got married.
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according to the chronicles.
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Monnoza was finally slain, and freedom was this restored to the Christian people.
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hose who remained from the Saracen host
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were dealt with by the sword according to the judgment of God, and the kingdom of Asturias arose by divine providence
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he lost both his kingdom and his country because of his evil ambition
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Zhang Qian's Western Expedition - 0 views
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establish relations with the Yuezhi.
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Shanyu died
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Zhang Qian first set out on his mission, he was accompanied by over one hundred men, but after thirteen years abroad, only he and Kanfu managed to make their way back to China.
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mountain trails that lead through the territory of the Qiang people, they will be molested by the Qiang, whlie if we send them a little farther north, they will be captured by the Xiongnu. It would seem that the most direct route, as well as the safest, would be that out of Shu.
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historical context. most been in time of confucionism/legalism were they werent as cut throat and militaristic
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The Xiongnu detained Zhang Qian for over ten years and gave him a wife from their own people, by whom he had a son
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Indian History Sourcebook: Ashoka, King of Behar: The Rock Edicts, c. 257 BCE - 1 views
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no animal may be slaughtered for sacrifice, nor may the holiday-feast be held, because His Sacred and Gracious Majesty the King sees much offense in the holiday-feast
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is this where most of the people of India started to eat vegetarian? "Though a significant portion of Indian food is vegetarian, many traditional Indian dishes also include chicken, goat, lamb, fish, and other meats."
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Is it Buddhists that don't eat red meat? I am almost sure that it is because souls can be reincarnated as a cow, Bramhan cow (i think). That's why they don't eat them because it could be the soul of someone trying to reach nirvana just like they are.
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three living creatures are slaughtered for curry
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the gods who were regarded as true all over India have been shown to be untrue. For
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This shows how the speaker, Ashoka, believed in the window of religion he had chosen (Buddhism).
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Ashoka also believed that all other religions were false, and Buddhism was the only true religion.
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My neighbors too should learn this lesson
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his purpose must be written on the rocks, both afar off and here
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virtues of the Law of Piety which must be practiced
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command of His Sacred and Gracious Majesty the King
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I am ready to do the people's business in all places
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I never feel full satisfaction in my efforts and dispatch of business
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free of religious cesses and declared entitled to the eighth share of the produce claimed by the Crown.
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Even those three living creatures henceforth shall not be slaughtered.
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The palace of the king and all of feasts there will become completely vegetarian because killing animals is wrong.
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I may discharge my debt to animate beings,
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