.... This current event relates to Alan Paton’s, Cry, the Beloved Country, because mining supported Johannesburg, and references were made to the mining industry throughout the book. Many characters voiced their opinion that it was the black men that economically supported the white men in South Africa, and they were diseased and injured by it. That they worked for cheap, were exposed to dangers, and then when they needed medical attention the non-European hospitals were less than inadequate. John Kumalo gave speeches on strikes against the gold mines. Gold was found in a new area, Odena .....

.... between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia was in the Fertile Crescent, which was why many invaders invaded their land, ultimately crushing them. The polytheistic religions of the were rather similar. The Egyptians had pharaohs, which were considered to have a god’s blood. Egyptians also had a main god Osiris, who was god of the Nile. The Egyptians also worshiped local gods. They also believed in the afterlife, which required mummification to accomplish. Sumerians also had a polytheistic religion, and like the Egyptians each region or city-state worship a local god primarily .....

.... herself again for his death. When Chris dies and goes to Heaven he meets Albert, his guardian angel, and discovers that Heaven is even more wondrous than anything he could have imagined. His Heaven is the canvas that Annie was currently working on, it was their place. It was where they would retire and live, everything that the both of them loved, the mountains, the water, the fields, the house, and the beautiful colors. It wasn’t done yet but as she added things, he still saw them, they were so in touch with each other that they still felt what the other felt and could feel the other .....

.... the Soviet Union. Khomeini and Sandinista had different views, both had one important thing in common; they came to power by defeating United States’ resistance, thus they were regarded with hostility. The United States was then left with the question of what to do next. The Reagan administration saw the Sandinistas not as nationalists, but as representatives of a communist conspiracy that must be stopped. “ Lurking in the background of these affairs, then, was the ghost of McCarthyism…”(Draper 568). The White House took the 1950’s idea of McCarthyism to take every method short o .....

.... you leadership must be fair to all that you represent. A group of rebellions can come just like that if you are not fair to them. Feeding, clothing, and other things must all be provided. Plus, protection is needed in case of invasion by other countries. This would require training your people with weapons and teaching them how to defend themselves and be brave when told to “CHARGE!” Another characteristic of your town to rise to the top is having good relationships with surrounding countries. You have to be able to have another country join you in case of battle. If there is a war and .....

.... practices aside one can note an interesting difference between these two ancient civilizations. Differences can be observedconcerning how amicable the afterlife was. The Egyptians had a positiveoutlook. They believed that after one became Osirus, They would move intoa new world, which was nice, no one had to work, and everything was veryclean. One could compare their lives in the next world with the children'sclassic board game, Candyland. In this game all was fine and dandy, the"don't worry be happy" attitude flourished, not distant from the life inthe Fields of the Blessed. On the othe .....

.... and preparation was taught to all girls at some stage as they would all have families of their own one day. Women would take up jobs such as hairdressers because they had great knowledge in the art of hair design.The styles that were so to speak trendy were extremely complex and exquisite which to a lot of skill took Some looked like the hair styles that princess Laya was so famous for in star wars.They consist of detailed plates and braids and occasionally different colours. Women had many role’s in Ancient Roman Society simply as being house wives,getting jobs,advising husbands a .....

.... from starvation during the Great War of 1913 through 1918, proved that he could not fix this new crisis. In fact, from 1929 through 1932, the economy went from bad to worse. Unemployment approached 20 percent. Black Unemployment hit 50 percent. Private construction investment went from $6.6 billion in 1929 to $1.3 billion in 1932. Overall manufacturing was 54 percent of what was in 1929. Automobiles were created at 20 percent of 1932's, and steal was at 12 percent of 1929. Farmer's income slid from $12 billion in 1929 to $5 billion in 1932., but the farmer's mortgages continued to escalate .....

.... Pentagon investigations concluded that there was no evidence to link their ailments to wartime risks such as oil-well fire smoke, vaccines, or chemical agents. Originally, the cause of these various symptoms was assumed to be post-traumatic stress, but the persistent and varied nature of the symptoms resisted that label. Pressure from veterans has prompted the government to investigate further the possible causes of the illness: were the troops exposed to Iraqi chemical and biological weapons? Or were experimental drugs the cause? Or is the Vietnam Agent Orange and the Atomic fallout issue a .....

.... 1929 and 1930, Dali collaborated with his friend Louis Burnel on motion pictures enabling him to create jarring juxtapositions, these films were Un Chien Andalau (1929) and L’age’d’or (1930). These films were considered the surrealist style and L’age’d’or caused riots in the streets of Paris (BBC). It was around this time that he met and eloped with Gala Eluard, it is rumored that they never consummated their marriage, as Dali could not stand to be touched. Never the less they remained together for fifty-three years (BBC). In the 1930’s Dali expanded upon surrealism calling hi .....