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Age Mythology Stories: Tolowim-Woman and Butterfly-Man

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Ages mythology stories from many country. Long ago, a young girl they called Tolowim-Woman lived in a large pit-house that was nestled in the California foothills. She was a dutiful wife and mother and did her share of the sewing and acorn-grinding. But the long hours of darkness indoors, when the only light came from the flame of the fire, made her restless and moody. She wanted to be outdoors running free. She continued to throw words back over her shoulder as she walked. Then, as the sun climbed h...

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Age Mythology Stories: The Origin of The Sun and The Moon

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Ages mythology stories from many country. The Origin of The Sun and The Moon. In the land of the ancient Quiche Maya, there was a set of boy twins named Hun Hunahpu and Vucub (voo-KUB) Hunahpu. Their names referred to dates on the Mayan calendar, Hun’s being “One Hunahpu,” and Vucub’s representing “Seven Hunahpu.”. The most challenging hip shots that they simply never lost a game. Begged them to say no, the twins accepted the challenge and were soon led by the owls down to Xibalba. Making the trip to the...

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Age Mythology Stories: Raven Steals Daylight From The Sky

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Ages mythology stories from many country. Raven Steals Daylight From The Sky. Long, long ago the world was as black as Raven. It was so dark the Animal People. Often lost track of their children, bumped into one another looking for food, and had to talk constantly to stay together. This perpetual darkness made them very unhappy. When Raven saw her coming down the path he quickly changed himself into a tiny cedar. Leaf and floated quietly on top of the water. The young girl was so thirsty she did not wait...

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The Contemporary History: Al-Aqsa Intifada

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The History of Contemporary World. The al-Aqsa Intifada (uprising) of Palestinians broke out in September 2000 following a provocative visit by Ariel Sharon and 400 Israeli soldiers to the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem. The Haram al-Sharif complex includes the al-Aqsa Mosque, which is viewed by Muslims as the third-most-sacred site in Islam. Owing to these conflicting religious and historic claims, the site has been a flash point for confrontations between Palestinians and Israelis. Under dual governance,...

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Age Mythology Stories: Water War

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Ages mythology stories from many country. Gong the water god pummeled the world with incessant bouts of rain and floods. The deluges battered homes into piles of rubbish, and they toppled ancient trees. Great mountains crumbled and crashed into the swelling muddy rivers. Gong showed no mercy as thousands of people and animals perished on the soggy, bloated earth. When neither god could gain control, Gong challenged Zurong to restage their battle on earth. Zurong gladly accepted the challenge. Gon...It wa...

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Age Mythology Stories: The Creation of The World

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Ages mythology stories from many country. The Creation of The World. The world we live in today is not the only world that ever existed. At least, that is true, according to the ancient Aztecs. The Aztecs believed that before our current world was created, there were four worlds, called suns. Although the four worlds were created, none was perfect. The giant citizens of this first world were so powerful, it was said, that they could lift trees out of the ground with their bare hands. Quetzalcoatl started...

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Age Mythology Stories: Buffalo Husband

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Ages mythology stories from many country. One morning when the prairie grass glistened with early frost, a young Blackfeet woman got up and slipped quietly out of her tipi. She was on her way to the stream when a small pebble dropped from the sky. Surprised, the young woman looked up. There high above her on the edge of the nearby cliff was a great herd of buffalo, the first to appear since spring. The buffalo bull grabbed her by the arm. “Look at all of my dead and wounded brothers,” he ...8220;My beaut...

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The Contemporary History: Yitzhak Rabin

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The History of Contemporary World. Yitzhak Rabin was a key Israeli military and political leader. Born in Jerusalem in 1922, Rabin earned a degree from an agricultural college and joined the elite Palmach forces that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He became chief of staff and led the army during the stunning Israeli victory in the 1967 war. For much of his military career, Rabin was a hard-liner with regard to the Palestinians and Arab nations. He advocated the use of strong force to crush the ...

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The Contemporary History: ANZUS Treaty

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The History of Contemporary World. The ANZUS Security Treaty binds together Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. ANZUS was signed in San Francisco on September 1, 1951, and took effect on April 28, 1952. It remains in force, although it has increasingly come under attack by both Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s and New Zealand has essentially withdrawn from the alliance. As the cold war began to wind down in the 1980s, the threat from outside sources lessened. Citizens of the two n...

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The Contemporary History: Korean War (1950 - 1953)

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The History of Contemporary World. Korean War (1950 - 1953). Korean War (1950 - 1953). The first major conflict of the cold war began in June 1950 and ended in an inconclusive armistice on July 27, 1953. Long considered a “forgotten war” in which almost 4 million people, including 136,000 U.S. citizens, were killed or wounded, the Korean conflict attracted increased academic and popular attention in the early 21st century. Taking advantage of a temporary Soviet boycott of the United Nations. UN) Security...