War One ended on November 11‚ 1918. The initial event that sparked this global war was the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Ferdinand was visiting the Bosnian Capitol‚ Saravejo‚ on July 28th‚ 1914. While he was visiting‚ six assassins had gathered‚ waiting to kill him. These assassins had swore an allegiance to an independent Hungary‚ and wanted to kill Ferdinand to free Hungary from Austrian rule. The six assassins had gathered in the street where the Archduke’s vehicle would pass
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Uncle Marcos The story Uncle Marcos is about a girl named Clara and her uncle’s relationship and of Uncle Marcos’s past. Clara hasn’t seen her Uncle for two years but still remembers a perfect image of her Uncle Marcos. She retained an image of him since her childhood and every time she wants to see him she would close her eyes instead of looking at the old photograph they had in the drawing room. He was buried in the middle of the courtyard in a long black coffin. Uncle Marcos would come to
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Ferdinand and Isabella Ferdinand and Isabella are a king and queen of Spain in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries that united their kingdom and also supported the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus. King Ferdinand was born March 10‚ 1452 in Sos‚ Aragon. Queen Isabella was born April 22‚ 1451 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres‚ Spain. With Isabella being 18 and Ferdinand being 17‚ the two married in the year 1469. Together they had 4 daughters and 1 surviving son. When
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is a letter which King Ferdinand sent along with Columbus on his second voyage to Haiti. It was to be communicated to the Taino/Arawak Indians. It is a fascinating document. The King wants the Indians to acknowledge the Christian religion and God‚ and to accept the authority of the King of Spain. The letter is a mix of promises of benefits that will come to them‚ but quickly followed up with the direst of threats if they do no comply. [pic] In the name of King Ferdinand and Juana‚ his daughter
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo‚ or • The Schlieffen Plan? You must refer to both sources when explaining your answer. (10 marks) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo - 1914 • Direct cause (short term) - spark • Shot by Gavrilo Princip (a member of the Black Hand – A Serbian nationalist group) on 28th June 1914. • Thought to be because Bosnia had been taken over by Austria-Hungary and many Serbs were in Bosnia. • Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie were visiting
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Ferdinand Mahfood ( food for the poor logo above ) In 1982‚ Ferdinand Mahfood founded the Food for the Poor to aid the poor‚ members of many Christian denominations‚ provide the core of the organization‚ preaching and personally distributing necessary items in the poor countries‚ while going abroad to
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Uncle Marcos and his stories are still fresh in Clara’s mind‚ and are told to others by Alba. Clara and Uncle Marcos always got along and were good friends‚ "Each time Uncle Marcos had visited her sister Nívea’s home‚ he had stayed for several months‚ to the immense joy of his nieces and nephews‚ particularly Clara" (10). Whenever Uncle Marcos was over at his sisters’‚ Clara was the only one that did not mind having Uncle Marcos stay and live with them. "It has been two years since Clara had last
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Marco Rubio is now one of the freshest faced lieutenants of the conservative insurrection in Washington. On Tuesday 12-2-10 Rubio finished off Florida’s governor to become the state’s U.S. senator. Rubio’s victory over governor Charlie Crist was one to remember because it went down as one of the most dramatic political downfalls in the country. He will be the second Cuban-American senator. He is a member of the Republican Party. As a Hispanic Rubio is representing the nation’s biggest battleground
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eyes are black and handsome. Other than just physical appearances‚ Polo is seemingly enthralled by all that Khubilai does. For instance he comments on the lifestyle of the Khan‚ and the intricate process of how he chooses his women. Marco Polo travelogue would have appealed to the desire of knowledge and adventure‚ which could have been found in many young men and government officials at the time. During the time that this biography was written‚ not much was known about Asia. Therefore‚ two
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Intermediate 2 Critical Essay Plans – A View From The Bridge Question: Choose a play which deals with conflict within a family or a group of people. Describe the conflict and explain what effects the conflict has on the characters and the events of the play. Introduction: - Author and title - Summary - In this essay I am going to examine how Eddie’s inner conflict over his growing incestuous feelings for his niece Catherine cause a wider conflict within his family. Paragraph
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