Sharpsburg, Maryland, along the Antietam Creek. This was the first invasion of the Northern States. George B. McClellan was defending Washington D.C. against Lee. McClellan’s army attacked Lee’s army first on September 14. Lee’s army were blocked at the South Mountain. He wanted to turn his back against Virginia, but once he heard that Jackson had captured Harper’s Ferry, he decided to stay near Sharpsburg, Maryland. On the morning of September 17, the Battle of Antietam began. There were a total of 87
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their empire around 1240 by a a group of west Africans called the Mande. The Mande conquered Kumbi. Their homeland was Mali which was south of Kumbi, closer to the Niger River the Mande build a soon to be empire that stretched from the west coast to Gao.Mali gained its wealth by taking control of the trade route, particularly the gold trade route.Mali’s leaders decide to accept the religion of Islam. Which makes the muslim faith more influential across west Africa. The people of Mali were very accustomed
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Ghana, around 900 CE. Ghana developed to control the Trans-Saharan trade. Ghana was a monarchy, and the state made money by taxing merchants. Gold and iron were produced in Africa and traded north. Salt and manufactured European goods were traded south. Historians have limited information about Ghana because there were few literate people. Most of our records come either from travelling merchants or from stories passed down orally by professional story-tellers called griots. Mali replaced Ghana
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most crucial part to understanding the subject was when she sang, “Black body swinging in the Southern breeze, strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” She used the metaphor of strange fruit to the black bodies that were being lynched in the south. The content to
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The Flash APA 6Th Edition Juan Carlos Garcia South Texas College "My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive” Like most comic book characters we often get different versions to a character’s past, and story lines. I’ll be talking from the current TV show The Flash from The CW Network. The First episode aired: October 7, 2014 and right now season 2 is going on and episode 18 will be airing April 19th. The title of this episode is “Versus Zoom” This is Barry Allen and he is known
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significant example of on-going ecological processes (monsoon rains, flooding, delta formation, tidal influence and plant colonisation). Long Description The Sundarbans consist of three wildlife sanctuaries (Sundarbans West, East and South) lying on disjunct deltaic islands just west of the main outflow of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, close to the border with India. The sanctuaries are intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mud flats and small islands of salt tolerant mangrove
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Christopher Morisseau Benin Country Profile Physical Geography Benin is a small nation located in western Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a north-south strip of land bordered to the north by Niger, along the Niger River, as well as Burkina Faso, Togo to the West, and Nigeria to the East. To the south lies the Bight of Benin, which forms the northeastern segment of the Gulf of Guinea, on the Atlantic Ocean. This gives the country a coastline of about 121 km, or 75 miles. It encompasses a total area of
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061, West Bengal, India Guest Faculty Department of Education, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata-700 050 E-mail: pkm.edu@rediffmail.com Phone: +91 9836622451(M), +91 033-2452-3699/4104 (Office) Fax: 033-2473-7365 Website: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-2603, http://www.hindawi.com/50378302/ www.sarsunacollege.ac.in ======================================================================= PERSONAL DETAILS Date and Place of Birth : 4th March, 1980 Kuldanga, Panchla, Howrah, West Bengal-711302
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Gambia Country in West Africa The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. It's known for its diverse ecosystems around the central Gambia River. Abundant wildlife in its Kiang West National Park and Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve includes monkeys, hippos and rare birds. The capital, Banjul, and nearby Serekunda offer access to beaches running south from Bakau to Kololi. Capital: Banjul President: Yahya Jammeh Official language: English
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The rise of the Berlin Wall physically began the morning of August 13th 1961, but the separation of East and West Germany began years before. The life span of the wall lasted until November 9th 1989, just a mere 28 years later. The purpose of the Berlin wall was to separate the East and the West sides of Germany. The result of WWII divided Germany into zones; those zones were given to Great Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union. The rise and the fall of the Berlin Wall were key
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