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… one, Germany's industry was reorganized for a total mobilization. Between February 1942 and July 1944, armaments production increased threefold despite intense Allied bombing raids. Much of the labor for this increase came from the employment of…

… (77) starts his second term as the 40th president of the United States of America March 11: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes soviet leader after his predecessor Chernenko dies October 2: Rock Hudson (actor; Pillow Talk) age 59 dies of AIDS …

… civilization there have been three main religions. Most Americans are familiar with only Christianity and Judaism. But there is a third major religion that seems an ocean away. This religion is known as Islamic. What the majority of Americans fail…

… kin-community or descent-group. The word "caste" comes from the Portuguese casta (breed or race). The Sanskrit word applied to these groupings is varna, which means several things but is often interpreted to signify color. In a verse from the first…

… (by the way, all my essays are not very in depth because we have to write 2-3 600 word essays every week!) A totalitarian government is a modern autocratic regime in which the state controls all phases of society. It not only seeks to control…

… was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi. Her parents got rid of that name when they moved to America. They changed her name to Rachel Deborah Shilsky. Rachel's parents were opposite from each other. Her mother (Hudis) was an incredibly nice woman who was very…

… story, from their origins in the aftermath of the First Crusade, through their rise to supreme wealth and power - dominating medieval Europe for nearly two centuries - to their abrupt and dramatic suppression. Ferociously punished for alleged heresy…

… tour of France and the British Isles, the Templars' founder Hugues de Payens returned to the Holy Land - or Outremer ('Beyond the Sea') as it was known in Europe - with about 300 newly-enlisted knights. With them travelled Fulk, Count of Anjou,…

… James Wasserman, in his recent book The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven (2001), suggests that, through their contact with the Assassins, the Templars has adopted Islamic forms of gnosticism. The spiritual philosophy that underpinned…

… the Enola Gay, took off from the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands carrying an atomic bomb. Shortly after 8:15 A.M. from an altitude of about 31,600 feet, the bomb was released over Hiroshima, Japan. It exploded with terrible fury over the…