El Dorado was the name of a tribal chief of the Musica tribe. As an initiation rite‚ he covered himself in gold dust and dove into the Guatavita Lake. As the story got recounted and told from place to place‚ details got mixed up. This proved to be a huge problem when El Dorado‚ the tribal chief of the Musica tribe‚ became the legendary lost "City of Gold." Since it was called the city of gold‚ it was something so spectacular that everyone wanted a part of it‚ mainly for power. Because everyone imagined
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How Leadership Failures Lead to the Loss of El Faro The SS El Faro was a roll on/roll off cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime which sank on October 1st‚ 2015 on its way to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. The El Faro sank for a number of reason in Hurricane Joaquin‚ many of which are related to poor leadership. The sinking of El Faro is considered one of the worst catastrophes in United States maritime history‚ with one of the largest losses of life recorded in recent history. The event can be looked at using
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Shemekia Dennis SPA 3335 Dr. Brookshaw 27 February‚ 2011 Romanticism in El Matadero Esteban Echeverría‚ who spent five years in Paris before returning to Buenos Aires in 1830 when he became a political agitator against the tyrant Juan Manuel de Rosas‚ is credited with bringing romanticism to Spanish America. As a poet‚ he is remember for his narrative ballad La cautiva‚ the story of a white girl’s escape from enslavemente by nomadic Indians. Echeverría inaugurated the theme of the pampas as
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Prince Hector and his young brother Paris negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen‚ the wife of king Menelaus‚ and smuggles her to Troy with him. Infuriated‚ Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon‚ a king of Mycenae who has conquered every army of Greece‚ and now commands them. Agamemnon‚ who has wanted to conquer Troy for years (which would give him control of the Aegean Sea)‚ uses this as a justification to invade Troy. General Nestor
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------------------------------------------------- Adam El-Abd From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Adam El-Abd | El-Abd in 2011 | Personal information | Full name | Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1] | Date of birth | 11 September 1984 (age 28)[1] | Place of birth | Brighton‚ England | Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | Playing position | Defender | Club information | Current club | Brighton & Hove Albion | Number | 6 | Youth career | 1994–2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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Massacre at El Mozote Prompt 2 11/21/13 Since Latin American independence the United States has always kept a tight grip on the political and economic happenings in the region. Latin America’s vast natural wealth coupled with their close proximity to the US has made them the perfect target for American imperialism over the past two hundred years. When the Cold War spread to Central America and the threat of communism loomed over the US’s economic interests in the region they were given a prime
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social domain of psychology. The social and cultural aspects of the country have brought up most of the violence that El Salvador sees today. As stated above the gangs create majority of El Salvador’s violence. The members of the gangs in almost every case come from poor families and neighborhoods. The government through out the years has always taken advantage of the poor in El Salvador. El Salvador has resulted in a critical dissipation of domestic class relations‚ and a renewed and expanded condition
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The Crucible Reputation vs Name In order to take away their names‚ prisoners are given numbers that represent them. By doing this‚ the authorities remove the power in one’s name. Nelson Mandela’s situation was no different‚ as he was given the number “46664” during his time in prison. He would spend nearly twenty seven years in prison fighting for his name‚ in order to recover its power. His actions would‚ later on‚ represent what his name‚ “Nelson Mandela”‚ means. Fighting for a name is different
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Toshiba el arabi has a lot of competitors such as Zanussi and universal but Toshiba is more powerful than these companies. for example Universal which is an Egyptian company founded by Dr. Youssry Kotb‚ it’s a very well known company in the field of home appliance industry with a very good reputation‚ Universal’s reputation stands for presence and standards demands that allows them to make the right choice in all of different situations. Universal produces a lot of equipment and home appliance
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Assignment 3 The excavation of El Loro unearthed numerous old artifacts. It uncovered pots‚ bottles‚ textiles‚ grinding stones‚ and numerous other items once used by this lands inhabitants. Based on the law of superposition we know that the stratum furthest down is the oldest and the stratum closest to the surface is the newest. Another fact that we have for excavation is the law of association stating that‚ items near one another or in the same stratum are from the same time period. From those
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