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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: 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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Fish Identification: Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
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Plenty of fish identification. Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni). A member of the Salmonidae family, the mountain whitefish provides an important winter. fishery in certain areas, especially where steelhead. The mountain whitefish can grow to 22.5 inches and 5 pounds. The all-tackle world record is a 1988 5.5-pound fish from Saskatchewan. The mountain whitefish can live for 18 years. Spawning takes place from October through December in shallow, gravelly streams or occasionally in lakes at water tem...
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Age of Revolution: Urabi Revolt in Egypt
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Revolutions and empires in the world history. Urabi Revolt in Egypt. Urabi Revolt in Egypt. The Urabi revolt was a nationalist-led movement that led to the British occupation of Egypt in 1882. When Ismail was forced to step down as khedive, Tewfik, a weak pro-British ruler, replaced him in 1879. Under the Caisse de la Dette, government revenues went to repay the enormous debts Ismail’s overly ambitious building schemes had incurred. In 1881 Urabi accompanied with a large group of demonstrators gathered o...
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Age of Revolution: Slave Trade in Africa
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Revolutions and empires in the world history. Slave Trade in Africa. Slave Trade in Africa. These numbers reveal that after having peaked around 1770, the trade declined, a dwindling that had nothing to do with supply and demand. Slaves were as plentiful as ever, and the demand was intense. Caribbean planters were forever wringing their hands over the problem of getting more and cheaper slaves. The Leeward Islands show a similar pattern, with imports at 251,100 slaves, an average of roughly 3,440 a year,...
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Age of Revolution: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
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Revolutions and empires in the world history. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, often referred to as the founder of pan-Islam, was born in Iran. He attended madrasas (religious schools) in Iran and as a young man traveled to India. Where he observed firsthand discrimination against Muslims by the ruling British government. After making the hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, al-Afghani moved on to Karbala and Najaf, the main centers of Shi’i pilgrimage in Iraq. He then returned to India, where he resumed teaching and wri...
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Age of Revolution: First and Second Afghan Wars
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Revolutions and empires in the world history. First and Second Afghan Wars. The two Afghan wars were caused by the growing rivalry for control of Central Asia between the Russian Empire and the British Empire. Because Afghanistan was the largest organized state in the Central Asian region, it became the main focus for both countries in what the British poet Rudyard Kipling would call the “Great Game.” The Great Game actually began during the Napoleonic Wars. Persia, with both missions accomplished. Leade...
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Age of Revolution: Thomas Jefferson
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Revolutions and empires in the world history. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. Jefferson’s father created the first accurate map of the Virginia colony, and when he died in 1757, he left his son 5,000 acres of land. In 1769 he was elected to the House of Burgesses and began construction on his home at Monticello. He was married on January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton. They had six children, only two of whom survived to adulthood. With his return...
