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…of the beads switched from vertical to horizontal. The abacus as we know it today was chronicled in 1200 A.D. China. The simple wooden rack held parallel wires which contained beads and when these beads are moved along the wire according to 'programming' rules…

…to study the English language. Abdullah later concluded that the thoughts and actions of Singapore Malay rulers in the early 19th century were not geared to any form of economic development and that these behaviour traits could be termed as manifestations…

…protection for the vulnerable British Empire. Joseph Stalin had many demands that angered Winston Churchill; President Roosevelt became the prime negotiator in the disagreement. The Soviet Union wanted war reparations from Germany to rebuild their homeland…

…for the individual, prostrate and helpless at the hands of the omnipotent state. The most barbarous and cruel regimes have been those ruled under Marxist principles; Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and so forth. The economic…

…the tenicle like grasp of the Soviet Union reaching outward to the extreme western tip of Europe. I also visualize images of an alliance forming between the U.S.S.R. with China and Japan. It does not take any imagination whatsoever to visualize that without…

…include static notions of Orient and Occident where Oriental nations are naturally less developed than Occidental nations, notions of progress as being both linear and materialistic and; most importantly, the presence of empirical* systems of thought…

…by previous empires/governments including Rome, China, and others. Instead of using a monetary system (gold and silver coins, paper money, etc.), it was replaced by a system that used land as payment. For different things (“…meritorious work or religious purpose…

…in Latin America because of the problems created by the war between Japan and China, which began in 1937, the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and finally with the military and diplomatic efforts necessitated by the entrance of the United States into the war…

…U.S. IMPERIALISM AROUND THE WORLD ESSAY Imperialism, the process of building empires by controlling the politics and the economics in other countries, was in full effect around the 19th century. Most world powers were using…

…big discovery was the terra sigillata molds. These molds were used to mass-produce a certain kind of pottery. The pottery was called Samian ware. Samian ware was the ancient equivalent of fine china. It was all red and had a glossy shine…