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…Cyprus - History Of The Conflict Cyprus, an island in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the cross-roads of three continents - Europe, Asia and Africa - has one of the oldest histories of the world, dating back 9000 years. Its strategic position, its wealth…

…Egypt for just four years. Studies on his body done by twentieth-century scientists revealed the cause of this mysterious death. They found many clues that led them to believe that he had died from smallpox. Throughout all of history, smallpox has been…

…(Shubert 15). The two combined are the backbones of the law we abide by today. The system of common law was developed in England. Throughout history the class system was always the way to royalty and nobility. However, over the years it was beginning…

…to be tactful and patient was one of the main reasons he gained enough power to fully solidify Rome as a world power and one of the greatest Empire's in world history. Augustus was quite modest in receiving titles and accolades, which won him the approval…

…The history of baseball deeply embedded in the folklore of American sports is the story of baseball's invention by a young West Point cadet, Abner Doubleday, in the summer of 1839 at the village of Cooperstown, New York. Mostly a Northern…

…The history of Christianity in Egypt dates back verily to the beginnings of Christianity itself. Many Christians hold that Christianity was brought to Egypt by the Apostle Saint Mark in the early part of the first century AD. Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea…

…This was a paper that I had to write for World History about 1978 The year 1978 posed an eventful and intriguing year. From the stressful and exerting affairs of the world to the rising popularity in sports and entertainment. Many factors of the year…

…," including its legendary basis, elaborate rituals, and the rules and manner of play. Given the paucity of early data, we shall probably never be able to reconstruct the history of the sport. Attempts to connect it to the rubber-ball games of Meso-America…

…The History and Future of Space Exploration Franklin Cantrell Earth & Space Science For centuries man has looked up at the sky in wonder. Primitive man drew pictures of stars on stones…

…. In each culture they were viewed as having supernatural properties. The first magic square in history was created in China by an unknown mathematician, sometime before the first century AD. "Called the Lo Shu square, it is a magic square of 3 that was said…