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AP 23.701 April Fool’s: In December?
December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. It is equivalent to April Fool’s Day (April 1)
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AP 23.700 Christmas Cancelled?
In England? In the USA? And it’s not because of COVID!
Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan, military leader, and powerful politician in the 17th century Parliament and….
Did he cancel Christmas?
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AP 23.697 Industrialization and Technology – The Steam Engine
The first machine to transform fossil fuel into mechanical energy was the steam engine, a device that set the Industrial Revolution apart from all previous periods of growth and innovation.
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AP 23.695 Industrialization – Urbanization and the Evolution of Cities
About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later with the Industrial Revolution, the modern city.
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AP 23.694 Industrialization – Rural vs Urban
What is the difference?
RURAL (ADJECTIVE)
1. OF, RELATING TO, OR CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRY,
2. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY; RUSTIC
3. OF OR RELATING TO AGRICULTUREURBAN (ADJECTIVE)
1. of, relating to, or designating a city or town
2. living, located, or taking place in a city
3. characteristic of or accustomed to cities
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AP 23.693 Mankind Story (Revolutions 10)
The thirst for freedom, equality and political liberty drives the Age of Revolutions. Mechanization of cloth and harnessing of coal fuels the Industrial Revolution. Cholera and other diseases devastate many nations, but mankind responds by developing clean water systems and new medical procedures. British control of the opium trade in China proves just how connected the world has become. Civil War rages in the United States. The struggle for equal rights and citizenship continues in places throughout the globe.
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AP 23.681 Crash Course – The Modern Revolution
What is “modernity”?
Take Note: Our species (Homo sapien sapien) has been around for approximately 250,000 years. What were the major break throughs that led us to the year 2021?
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AP 23.677 Germany – Otto Von Bismarck (The Iron Chancellor)
“The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions, but by blood and iron.“
Bismarck was responsible for transforming a collection of small German states into the German empire with Prussia at its core, and was its first chancellor. Bismarck aimed to make the German empire the most powerful in Europe. Continue reading Post ID 40767
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AP 23.668 Simón Bolívar
Born in 1783, Simon Bolivar grew to become known as the George Washington of South America.
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AP 23.661 Indépendance Haïtienne!
How did the slaves of what would become Haiti throw off the yoke of one of the world’s great empires?
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AP 23.654 How did Napoleon influence the way you eat?
How different would life be without this invention? Nowadays, canned food is everywhere — but how did this industry begin? Tune in to learn how Nicholas Appert discovered the principles used in canning food — and why we have Napoleon to thank for this Stuff of Genius.
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AP 23.653 Napoleon – Have any money? Buy a hat.
Posted November 16, 2014Napoleon’s hat sells for $2.4 million at auction
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AP 23.647 Qui était Napoléon?
Who was Napoleon?
Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general who became the first emperor of France. His drive for military expansion changed the world.
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AP 23.645 The Guillotine
The guillotine is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, when it “became a part of popular culture” and it became celebrated as the people’s avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents.”
The notorious killing machine of the French Revolution, was used to behead thousands, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. The guillotine continued to be used long after the Revolution and remained France’s standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment with the backing of President François Mitterrand in 1981. The last person guillotined in France was Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977.
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