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… discoveries. These scientists and their discoveries helped pave the way for future discoveries in science and technology. Some of the famous names from the nineteenth-century are Charles Darwin, Joseph Lister, Allessandro Volta, Gregor Mendel, Louis…

… African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up by the Government of National Unity to work on the events that occurred as a result of apartheid. During this time, there were countless human rights abuses. The TRC uses its mandate through…

… things in leading the world a few steps closer to peace and he did all this with out resorting to violence. His actions and sayings have done much for this world and are still having effect today. Gandhi was a leader so it is time to take a look at…

… have been a member of the African National Congress for a long time. Our non-stop mission is to remove apartheid. Since 1944, when I had just joined the antiapartheid organization ANC, we have been trying to talk with the government officials about…

… 1894 in japarit, Victoria, Australia and died on the 15th of May 1978. His first appointment began in 1939, four months before Australia joined Britain by declaring war on Germany and his appointement ended in 1941. Then followeed eught years in…

… Napoleon Bonaparte Background Napoleon Bonaparte was born in August the 15th 1769 on the island of Corsica. He was the second of eight children of Carlo (Charles). Since Corsica had recently become a part France after the king bought it off the…

… autocracy. Many groups had tried to persuade or force him to share power. Most Russians lived in poverty even before the First World War which was one cause of the downfall of the Tsar's government. Many of the Russian people disliked the way that…

… revolution ever expensed by the world, greater than the American and French revolutions, and quite possibly greater than the agricultural revolution. While the Revolution has forever changed the way we live and view things, it is not known to many people…

… Republic of Congo was taken over by rouge military officers upon the deportation of former colonial powers. Many of the new leaders preached for unity and nationalism, only to turn into ruthless despotic leaders. They not only stole from their country…

… other countries, which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition, fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race as well as the assassination of the archduke Francis Ferdinand,…