HAITI Brain Dogazon Haiti is part of the Caribbean‚ the Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea‚ its islands‚ and the surrounding coasts. Haiti is known for its food‚ dances‚ and music. Around the 1980s Haiti was known for their best coffee. I know that Haiti had went through a terrible earthquake January‚ 12‚ 2010. Haiti is a unique country because it is the first Black Country to have independence. Haiti was discovered in the year 1492. It was discovered by a European navigator:
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact: Pacificism in the 1920’s As the guns fell silent‚ the American voice begins to get louder. The cry for no more war and peace is everywhere as the United States to untangle themselves with Europe. The League of Nations failed to pass Congress and the people want some insurance that they don’t have to endure another war of that scale. This wave of familiar pacificism and isolationism results in a hope to prevent future war. In able to push towards naval disarmament as a
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and a member of the Athenian aristocracy and conservative in his politics. Paid the 50 talents fine of his father. Served in the Persians wars ‘… he was fully the equal of Themistocles and his own father Miltiades.’ He was a protégé of Aristides who recognized his cleverness and audacity. From 478-461 he led the Delian League forces. He was pro-Spartan and believed in a policy of dual hegemony. He named one of his sons Lacedaemonius and he ‘enjoyed a privileged position with the Spartans
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Haiti’ GDP Growth 1992 - -5.31% 1993 - -5.43% 1994- -11.95% 1995- 9.9% 1996- 4.14% 1997- 2.71% 1998- 2.18% 1999- 2.71% 2000- 0.87% 2001- -1.04% 2002- 0.25% 2003- 0.36 2004- -3.52% 2005- 1.8% 2006- 2.25% 2007 – 3.34% 2008 – 0.84% 2009- 2.88% 2010- -5.42% 2011- 5.59% Haiti’s 2010 earthquake‚ for instance‚ killed 230‚000 people and caused estimated losses equivalent to 120% of the country’s GDP. Most victims lived in unplanned urban areas where housing had not been constructed
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$119.3m 99 (IT) GERVASONI S.P.A. 67.2% $34.8m 263 (US) TA CHEN INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. 67.0% $824.4m 279 (TW) TYCOONS GROUP ENTERPRISE CO.‚ LTD. 66.8% $362.2m 260 (FR) STYRIA RESSORTS VEHICULES INDUSTRIELS 65.4% $76.4m 282 (IT) VARVIT VESCOVINI ARISTIDE VITERIE BULLONERIE SPA 65.1% $138.6m 203 (RU) OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY MMK-METIZ 63.3% $456.2m 118 (DE) HES PRAEZISIONSTEILE HERMANN ERKERT G.M.B.H. 62.0% $234.1m 166 (BM) LISI GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 61.8% $60.0m 245 (FR) SODETAL 60.1% $63
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Pantheon Parthenon Location Rome‚ Italy Athenian Acropolis‚ Greece Built in 126 AD 447-438 BC Original purpose Temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome Temple to goddess Athena Built by Publius Aelius Hadrianus Iktinos‚ Kalikrates Current use Roman Catholic church Museum Architectural system Arch Technology Post and Lintel System Height 43m 14m Design
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus was one of few who went to the extremes of killing his own family members just to keep his new booming Empire up and running. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D. until 337 A.D. During Constantine the Great’s thirty-one years of ruling‚ he influenced the Roman Empire that affected the Roman people in a virtuous way. He strengthened Christianity in Rome and was a martyr in making Christianity a respected
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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar was born in Rome on November 16‚ 42 BC. Four years after his birth his mother divorced his father and married Octavian. Tiberius was a descendant of the Claudian family who moved to Rome shortly after the foundation of the city. The Claudians did not respect others who were not of noble ancestry. After Tiberius was four he was raised to be a loyal servant of Augustus. Tiberius is associated with Augustus for 22 years. Augustus had
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Assess the reasons for the Greek victory over the Persians in 490 to 480/479 BC. Make a judgement based on outcome‚ results and values. The reasons for the Greek victory against the Persians in 490 to 480/479 BC was a mixture of exceptional leadership‚ skilful tactics and strategy‚ superior weapons and soldiers‚ and Greek unity. Strong leadership was the most important aspect of the Greek defence‚ as without the intelligence and bravery of the leaders‚ the Greeks would have been easily defeated
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An Ethnographer ’s View of the Haitian Culture Haiti‚ a name that means "mountainous country‚" comes from the language of the Taino Indians who inhabited the island before European colonization. After independence in 1804‚ the name was taken by the military generals‚ many of them former slaves‚ who expelled the French and took possession of the colony then known as Saint Domingue. In 2000‚ 95 percent of the population was of African descent‚ and the remaining 5 percent mulatto and white. Some
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