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Justinian Code

2007-01-31T02:54:40Z

DanielM.:

Code established by [[Justinian]] for laws and treaties that was so successful that it was used for 900 years.

Neville Chamberlain

2007-01-13T00:13:23Z

DanielM.:

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of England was born in 1869 and died in 1940. He became Prime Minister in 1937 and together with France's Edouard Daladier made a huge mistake and signed the Munich Pact with Germany. This allowed Germany to take Czechoslovakia without a fight if Germany would not fight anymore. Chamberlain then received a hero's welcome in England thinking that he had made peace for England. Winston Churchhill was not fooled and tried to warn the British people. Not long after, Hitler took all of Czechoslovokia.

Nicolae Ceausescu

2007-01-12T23:59:38Z

DanielM.:

Nicolae Ceausescu was the Communist dictator of Romania during the Cold War. He was very cruel to the Romanians and had killed many of them. The Communists in Romania were overthrown in 1989 and Ceausescu was captured with his wife and executed.

Lazaro Cardenas

2007-01-12T23:54:10Z

DanielM.:

Lazaro Cardenas was the President of Mexico from 1934-1940. He ended an unfair land monopoly which was taking advantage of the Mexican peasants. He also took control of the Mexican oil wells from foreign investors.

Leonid Brezhnev

2007-01-12T23:40:16Z

DanielM.:

In 1964, Leonid Brezhnev stripped the Soviet Union's leader, Nikita Khrushchev, of power and took the control for himself. He was very brutal like his predecessor.

Benazir Bhutto

2007-01-12T23:25:24Z

DanielM.:

Benazir Bhutto became the first woman to be the head of the state of a Muslim country when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988. She was the daughter of a former President who was killed. She lost the election of 1990 but won the election of 1993. Persecution of Christians grew under her Presidency.

Menachem Begin

2007-01-12T23:11:23Z

DanielM.:

Menachem Begin was the leader of Isreal during the Camp David Accords. He and the Egyptian leader, Anwar el-Sadat, negotiated a peace treaty at Camp David together. This was the first time in 2,000 years that this had happened.

Fulgencio Batista

2007-01-12T22:58:27Z

DanielM.:

Fulgencio Batista was the dictator of Cuba before Fidel Castro. Under him Cuba thrived and he kept close ties to the U.S.A. He was overthrown when the U.S. started to back Fidel Castro. He fled the country and Castro took over as dictator of Cuba.

Balfour Declaration

2007-01-12T22:47:28Z

DanielM.:

The Balfour Declaration was proclaimed by the British in 1917. It called for the creation of a Jewish state. It also called for an additional state in which Jordan was formed. But Isreal was not formed until after World War II.

Aswan Dam

2007-01-12T22:30:42Z

DanielM.:

The Aswan Dam in Egypt was a project of Gamal Abdel Nassar and the building of it took place from 1960-1970. THe dam would prevent the Nile from flooding and would generate electricity. Nasser seized the Suez Canal in order to raise money for the dam. The Soviet Union also paid gave the Egyptians a great deal of money.

Corazon Aquino

2007-01-12T22:09:35Z

DanielM.:

Corazon Aquino was the widow of Marcos Aquino and the President of the Philippines from 1986-1992. During her Presidency, there was an increase in Communist action in the Philippines. She also succeeded in the withdrawal of U.S. military bases. She was Time magazine's "Woman of the Year."

Corazon Aquino

2007-01-12T22:08:17Z

DanielM.:

Corazon Aquino was the widow of [[Marcos Aquino]] and the President of the Philippines from 1986-1992. During her Presidency, there was an increase in Communist action in the Philippines. She also succeeded in the withdrawal of U.S. military bases. She was Time magazine's "Woman of the Year."

Benigno Aquino

2007-01-12T21:54:19Z

DanielM.:

Benigno Aquino was a political opponent of the Philipines' President, Ferdinand E. Marcos. He was assasinated in 1983 after returning to the Philippines from the United States. Many in the United States blamed Marcos. This helped his widow, [[Corazon Aquino]], gain the Presidency of the Philippines in 1986.

Afrika Korps

2007-01-12T20:44:02Z

DanielM.:

The Afrika Korps led by the brilliant Nazi Field Marshall Erwin Rommel were very feared. They routed the British Army and almost took Egypt from the British. They were finally defeated when America launched Operation Torch and forced them to surrender.

Jean Paul Marat

2006-12-14T15:05:08Z

DanielM.:

Jean Paul Marat was a leader of the [[Jacobins]] (a radical group in France) along with [[Georges Danton]].

Georges Danton

2006-12-14T14:51:18Z

DanielM.:

Georges Danton led the [[Jacobins]](a radical group in France)along with [[Jean Paul Marat]] during the late 1700s.

Boer War

2006-12-14T13:32:39Z

DanielM.:

The war between the British army and the Boer (Dutch) republic in Africa. The British won the war and took control of all the Boer's lands.