Chicago, Illinois - 6.17 Movies & TV Shows set in Chicago 7 Famous Attractions, Landmarks & Areas of Interest 8 Colleges & Universities 9 Business & Commerce 9.18 Companies based in Chicago & surrounding suburbs 10 Sports Teams 11 Events 12 Health 12.19 Hospitals 12.19..1 : 13 Transportation 13.20 Airports 13.21 Mass Transit 13.22 Street Layout 13.23 See Also 14 External Links History Chicago was first settled by Europeans when Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Haiti, settled on the Chicago River. In 1795, the area of Chicago was ceded by the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greenville to the United States for a military post. In 1803, Fort Dearborn was built and remained in use until 1837 except between 1812 and 1816 when it was destroyed in the Fort.
History of Kansas - 2 1500s 3 1600s 4 1700s 5 1800s 5.2 Indian Tribes 5.3 Territory ceded 5.4 Territorial History 5.4.1 Missourian Emigration 5.4.2 Eastern Emigration 5.4.3 First Territorial Appointments 5.4.4 Territory's First Election 5.4.5 Free-state Movement 5.4.6 The Big Springs Convention 5.4.7 Wakarusa War 5.4.8 Sacking of Lawrence 5.4.9 Pottawatomie Murders 5.4.10 End of hostilities 5.4.11 Constitutions 5.4.12 Territorial Election 5.5 Statehood 5.5.13 Civil War 5.5.14 Prohibition 5.5.15 Troubles in Kansas 5.5.16 Era of Peace 6 1900s 6.6 World War One 6.7 World War Two 6.8 Cold War 7 2000s 8 Links, Resources, References Prehistory As late as 7000 BC, inhabitants of Asian immigrants entered into North America reaching Kansas. Between 1 AD to 1000 AD (known as the Woodland period) Kansas experienced changes of the social systems, subsistence living, and technology (including.
Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) - Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on March 12 1940. It marks the end of the Winter War. Background The Finnish Government received the first Soviet demands through Stockholm in January 29. The demands were that Finland would have to cede the Karelian Isthmus including the city of Viipuri and the areas north and west of Lake Ladoga. The Hanko penissula was to be leased to the Soviet Union for 30 years. The Finnish Government didn't accept this, but tried instead to negotiate for support from Sweden and from France and Great Britain. The Western powers promised to send 20,000 men by the end of February to help Finland but the Swedish government, headed by Prime.
Peace treaty - Peace treaty A Peace treaty is a treaty that formally ends a war. Examples of peace treaties include Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Treaty of Passarowitz Treaty of Versailles.
Islam as a political movement - refer to themselves as Islamist is the establishment of Islamic Law with formal status. Ziauddin Sardar wrote in 1994 that "In recent times, a number of Muslim countries declared themselves to be Islamic states and ostensibly established the shariah. But what is actually put into practice is a small number of classical juristic rulings concerning punishments, status of women and other spectacular aspects of classical jurisprudence. Thus, great show is made of 'Islamic punishments' or huddud laws, and floggings and amputations are advertised. These are in fact 'outer limit' laws to be carried out only under extreme conditions and after certain basic requirements of social justice, distribution of wealth, responsibilites of the state towards its citizens, mercy and compassion are fulfilled. What we thus get is an austere state operating on.
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan - invasion, December 1979 4 The search for popular support 5 Internal refugees: flight to the cities 6 Factionalism 7 Mohammad Najibullah, 1986-1992 8 The Soviet decision to withdraw, 1986-1988 9 The Geneva accords, 1987-1989 10 The failure to bring peace 11 Pakistan's attempt at a political solution, 1987-1988 12 Stalemate: The Civil War, 1989-1992 13 The demise of the Soviet Union, 1991 14 The fall of Kabul, April 1992 15 The United Nations plan for political accommodation 16 References The Communists take power, 1978 On April 27, 1978 a coup was initiated, reportedly by Hafizullah Amin while he was under house arrest. Mohammed Daoud Khan was killed the next day. The communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) gained control and on May 1 Nur Mohammed Taraki became President. The country.
History of Moldova - Wallachia. The greatest Moldavian, aptly named Stefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great) with his army of Boyars and retainers fought of invasions from the Turks, the Polish and the Tatars. Stefan fought 36 major battles and only lost 2. At the end of his reign, Moldovian independence was secured and no more Moldovian gold went to turkish hands as tribute. Moldova then experienced a "slump." Weak kings let incompitent boyars rule the state and not pay taxes, bankrupting the state. Moldova succumbed to Ottoman power in 1512 and was a tributary state of the empire for the next 300 years. In addition to paying tribute to the Ottoman Empire and later acceding to the selection of local rulers by Ottoman authorities, Moldova suffered repeated invasions by Turks, Crimean Tatars, and Russian.
Alfred Moisiu - Petersburg (then Leningrad). He served in Tirana as a platoon-commander at the United Officers' School (1948–1949) and as a teacher at the Military Academy (1949–1951). From 1952 to 1958 he attended the Academy of Military Engineering in Moscow. He graduated from it with a Golden Medal (a distinction for excellent study). Back in Albania, Moisiu continued his military career in the engineers' department of the Ministry of Defense. From 1967 to 1968 he attended to the higher courses of general staff at the Defense Academy of Tirana. At the same time he commanded a pontoon brigade in Kavajë (1966–1971). In 1971 he became the chief of the Bureau of Engineering anf Fortifications of the Ministry of Defense (under Enver Hoxha in Albania thousands of concrete casemates were built in defense for.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty - Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (or ABM treaty) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. The treaty was in force for thirty years, from 1972 until 2002. On June 13, 2002, six months after giving the required notice of intent, the U.S. withdrew from the treaty. Particulars The treaty agreed stated that each nation may have only two ABM deployment areas, restricted and located at least 1,300km apart so that they cannot provide a nationwide ABM defense or become the basis for developing one. Therefore each country left unchallenged the capability of the others retaliatory missile forces (see mutual assured destruction)..
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 - Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 This page is about the partial formal conclusion of World War II. For other Paris peace treaties see: Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris (1856), Treaty of Frankfurt after the preliminary Versailles peace of 1871, or Treaty of Versailles, 1919. The Paris Peace Conference (July 29 to October 15, 1946) resulted in the Paris peace treaties signed on February 10, 1947. The victorious wartime Allied powers (principally the United States, United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union negotiated the details of treaties of peace for their lesser World War II enemies Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. (See the List of countries involved in World War II.) The treaties allowed Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland to reassume their responsibilities as sovereign.
List of famous operas - Vanessa. A French list would not omit Delibes' Lakmé. Wagner's Rienzi and Berg's Lulu are missing. Skirmishing about any accepted canon tends to be most intense around the periphery. All the operas in this list are discussed in standard guidebooks, such as The Penguin Guide to Opera, ed. Amanda Holden, 1994. Details of plot, anecdotes and history of composition and production, etc. are found in the operas' individual entries (linked). These lists are not complete: complete lists of composers' operas are to be found in the composers' individual entries (linked). Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio (Vienna 1805) Vincenzo Bellini La Sonnambula (Milan 1831) I Puritani (Paris 1835) Norma (Milan 1831) Alban Berg Wozzeck (Berlin 1925) Hector Berlioz Les Troyens (Paris 1863) Georges Bizet Les Pecheurs de Perles (Paris 1863) Carmen (Paris 1875).
Iraq crisis of 2003 - country's primary enemy worldwide, in contrast to the previous fifty years of that country's history, fighting against international Communism. Many critics of the American War on Terror do not believe that American actions will help to end terror, and will actually increase the ranks and capabilities of terrorist groups. American presence in Middle-Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia are one of the major sources of discontent that leads Islamic fundamentalists to commit acts of violence; hence, additional American presence in Iraq will likely increase the ranks of terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, especially with the collateral damage of civilian deaths inevitable in any invasion. However, supporters of the Bush Administration's policies point out that with direct American control over countries where terrorist groups could flourish, the American presence will make it easier to.
Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 2001-2003 - November 13, 2002 Iraq accepts U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441 and informs the UN that it will abide by the resolution. Weapons inspectors arrive in Baghdad again after a four-year absence. December 7, 2002 Iraq filed a 12,000-page weapons declaration with the UN in order to meet requirements of resolution 1441. UN weapons inspectors, the UN security council and the U.S. felt that this declaration failed to account for all of Iraq's chemical and biological agents. Turkey moves approximately 15,000 soldiers to the border with Iraq December 19, 2002 UNMOVIC Chairman Hans Blix tells UNSC members that the Iraqi weapons declaration filed on December 7 "is essentially a reorganized version" of information Iraq provided UNSCOM in 1997, and that it "is not enough to create confidence" that Iraq has abandoned its.
History of Ethiopia - genuine Blue Nile (Abai) close to its point of issue from the lake and returning via the western shore. On a second expedition of his own he proved to his own satisfaction that the river originated some 40 miles Southwest of the lake at a place called Geesh (November 4, 1770). He showed that this river flowed into the lake, and left it by its now well-known outlet. Bruce subsequently returned to Egypt (end of 1772) via Gondar, the upper Atbara, Sennar, the Nile, and the Korosko desert. During the 18th century the most prominent and beneficent rulers were the emperor Yesu of Gondar, who died about 1720, Sebastie, negus of Shoa (1703-1718), Amada Yesus of Shoa, who extended his kingdom and founded Ankober (1743-1774), Tekla Giorgis of Amhara (1770-1798?) and.
History of Israel - B.C. This article concerns controversial issues. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Zionism and Israel 2 Early History of Modern Israel 2.1 References 3 The Lavon Affair 4 1956 Suez War 5 Six-Day War 6 The Yom Kippur War 7 "Zionism is Racism" Resolution 8 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process 9 Lebanon 10 First Intifada 11 Gulf War 12 Immigration from the former Soviet Union 13 Middle East Peace Process 14 Assassination of Rabin 15 Election of Netanyahu 16 Hebron and Wye River Agreements 17 Recent History 18 Official Documents Zionism and Israel The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 was preceded by more than 50 years of efforts by Zionist leaders to establish a sovereign nation as a homeland for Jews. The desire of Jews to return to what they consider.
History of the Jews in Russia and Soviet Union - middle size town, were Jews consisted 50-80% of population. Jewish societies ruled themselves, according to law set by their leaders and ancient privilages of the kings. Tsarist background For more details, see the article pogroms. In the 1480s the principality of Muscovy became the religious equivalent of the Caliphate or Holy Roman Empire. Based on the theory of the Third Rome, it was believed that the Tsar rules the only rightful, practically independent Orthodox state, surrounded by Muslim and Roman Catholic infidels. Unlike Western Europe, where duality of the Pope and the emperor gave people more space for freedom, in Moscow the Tsar was the only and unquestionable leader of state and the church. Even if the Tsar were insane (as with Ivan the Terrible), nobody raised any doubts, and nobody.
History of the United States (1945-1964) - (1964-1980) History of the United States (1980-present) Demographic history of the United States Military history of the United States Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The breakdown of postwar peace 1.1 Introduction: 1.2 The origins of the Cold War 1.3 Two visions of the world 1.4 The collapse of postwar peace 1.5 Containment and the escalation of the Cold War 1.6 The Korean War 2 The "Affluent Society" and the "Other America" 3 America and the Cold War 3.7 The Eisenhower administration and "massive retaliation" 4 The struggle for social change 4.8 The civil rights movement 4.9 Brown v. Board of Education and "massive resistance" 4.10 Civil rights organizations 5 The Kennedy administration 6 Related Topics The breakdown of postwar peace Introduction: For more than a decade after the end of World.
Huldrych Zwingli - and his M.A. in 1506, teaching meanwhile in the school of St. Martin's Church. In 1506 he became pastor at Glarus, where he remained for ten years. 2. Initial Doubts Zwingli soon evinced his capacity as a preacher, denouncing the evils of the time, the chief of these, to his patriotic mind, being the hiring out of the Swiss to any one other than the pope as mercenaries, an occupation whichoften resulted in their moral ruin. Because some of his congregation were carrying on this traffic, his opposition made his position so uncomfortable that he was glad to accept a call to Einsiedeln, only a few miles away, and the chief place of pilgrimage for Switzerland, South Germany, and Alsace. There he met many prominent men, and clarified his thinking on.
Great Apostasy - rebellion against God. The Westminster Confession of Faith (Calvinist), states: The purest churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error; and some have so degenerated, as to become no churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan. Nevertheless, there shall be always a church on earth, to worship God according to his will. ''(25:5) Therefore, although these groups believe that errors can and have come into the church, they deny that there has ever been a time when the truth was entirely lost. They affirm that there shall be times when errors shall predominate, as they believe is foretold in the Bible. First Timothy 4:1-3 states: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of.
First French Empire - the "Golden Age" of the police that he might tame every moral force to his hand. Being essentially a man of order, he loathed, as he said, all demagogic action, Jacobinism and visions of liberty, which he desired only for himself. To make his will predominant, he stifled or did violence to that of others, through his bishops, his gendarmes, his university, his press, his catechism. Nourished like Frederick II and Catherine the Great in 18th century maxims, he would not allow any of that ideology to filter through into his rough but regular ordering of mankind. Thus the whole political system, being summed up in the emperor, was bound to share his fall. Although an enemy of idealogues, Napoleon followed grandiose visions in his foreign policy. A condottiere of the.
