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After the death of Charlemagne in 814 and the eventual collapse of his empire, Europe was under attack and on the defensive. Nomadic people from Asia pillaged eastern and central Europe until the 10th century. Beginning about 800, several centuries of Viking raids disrupted life in northern Europe and even threatened Mediterranean cities. But the greatest threat came from the forces of Islam. Eventually these threats became real. Battles broke out and these battles turned to wars spanning from 1095

The American Civil War, known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as by other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Of the 34 states that existed in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and went on to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, although

“have lower life expectancies than the general population, and have an incidence of infant mortality that is two-times higher than the national average,” according to David M. Carne’s “Hispanic and Farmworker Health: A Community Health Survey of Hood River County, Oregon” (Carne 11). The increased infant mortality rate (IMR) is particularly concerning, as infants aren’t participating in farmwork, meaning that the high IMR is likely from a lack of access to healthcare infrastructure. Most MSFWs do not

he left home to pursue a printer’s job in St. Louis. Despite his passion for writing, he became a river pilot in St. Louis in 1858. It was on the river that he found his eventual alternate self though. Clemens got the name Mark Twain from the river term that meant two fathoms or twelve feet. The name Mark Twain really means that it is safe to navigate a boat. When the Civil War halted the river trade in 1861, Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, continued to pursue his passion of writing

Who is Francis Marion? Hunter Ellis History 441: South Carolina November 29, 2016 Who was the man behind the myth of the “Swamp Fox” and what is the legend of the general? Francis Marion was born February 26, 1732 in Berkeley County, South Carolina to a family of plantation owners. Not much is known about his early life before he began his military career. The only information that is known is that from the manuscripts of the men who served with him. What he is most known for are his

Robert Edward Lee. Robert Edward Lee was a general in the American Civil War. He led his men and stood with them in each and every they were in and got many of them out safely. Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 at Stratford in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the youngest son of Major-General Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee and his second wife, Ann Hill (Carter) Lee. His siblings from his father’s first wife are Philip Ludwell Lee, Lucy Grymes Lee, Henry Lee, and Nathaniel Greene Lee. His

Tax Increment Financing Economic growth is the focus of every city. Through economies of scale cities such as Chicago and New York continue to experience great economic expansion. Continued growth, however, opens up the gateway for urban sprawl and the lack of a centralized economy. As cities expand their land use people disregard once thriving centers of industry and business and locate next to newly developed "Greenfield" type businesses. Often times the only thing left in the wake are

The Slave Trade in Colonial America The first blacks in the American Colonies were brought in, like many lower-class whites, as indentured servants. Most indentured servants had a contract to work without wages for a master for four to seven years, after which they became free. Blacks brought in as slaves, however, had no right to eventual freedom. The first black indentured servants arrived in Jamestown in the colony of Virginia in 1619. They had been captured in Africa

cultivated his own legend and he knew that in seventy to eighty years he would become a legend. Little boys in his town still like the gallows. In his town, he is still considered a folk hero. Some people may even describe him a tommy-gun toting Robin Hood. Miraculously, he managed to sweet talk the authorities into letting him bring his machine gun with him (“Birger” para. 8-10). Before he was executed along time ago, a rival gang took dynamite and blew up his Shady Rest cabin and, the cabin no longer

[edit] French colonization See also: New France and Fort Caroline New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Britain in 1763. At its peak in 1712 (before the Treaty of Utrecht), the territory of New France extended from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf