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        <title><![CDATA[In 1861, as a white Kentucky farmer who never owned a slave, I'd have...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/would-you-go-north-join-union-army-south-join-53621?start=10#13</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In 1861, as a white Kentucky farmer who never owned a slave, I'd have fought for the Confederacy.  
My choice in this is based solely on states’ rights. 
Southern financial institutions were paying the debts of failing northern banks.  Southern banks paid higher interest rates on loans made with northern banks.  A high tariff for importing and exporting goods was instituted, primarily aimed at southern states that were dependant on...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There is no doubt that Jackson was considered a controversial figure...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/jacksons-picture-20-bill-does-he-deserve-plac-53673#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that Jackson was considered a controversial figure during his life, and it is from that perspective that you should contemplate whether or not he deserves to be on the $20 dollar bill. While your essay topic is an interesting one, it omits one very important element; the mindset of Jackson's mid 1820's reality which greatly differs from our 21st century, politically correct mindset. (regardless of our opinion of political...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:54:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We measure and record passage of time using different units of time such...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We measure and record passage of time using different units of time such as hours, days, weeks, months and years.
A day is the time taken by the Earth for one complete revolution around its axis. An year is the time taken by the earth for one complete rotation around the sun. This equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds.
In the past, different countries have devised different calendars to measure and record time. Some of these...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:01:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A century is any 100 year period, however the accepted  calendar...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A century is any 100 year period, however the accepted  calendar century of today was instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.  Known as the Gregorian calendar, his confirmation of 'Anno Domini' cites Jesus' life as the basis of our calendar time.  Pope Gregory XIII 'bull' (document) defined our modern definition of a century from the birth of Jesus as year 1, however the years 1 to 100 were recognized as the time of Jesus, while the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:54:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A century is defined as a 100 year period.  Currently, we are in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A century is defined as a 100 year period.  Currently, we are in the 21st century, meaning we are in the years beginning with 2000.  It is a bit confusing in terms of understanding the relationship between years and century.  Reflecting on it, thought, it makes sense. The years we are in is always one behind the century number.  This is because it takes 100 years to mark a century.  For example, the 19th century is considered the 1800s,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:37:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a century and how do you work out what century you are in?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/what-century-how-do-you-work-out-what-century-you-90735</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is a century and how do you work out what century you are in?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:14:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree, we simply do not know for sure.  There have been many theories...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/who-created-world-90705</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I agree, we simply do not know for sure.  There have been many theories put forth throughout history, but in the modern world as a whole there are basically three.  There is the "it just happened" theory, for one.  The second is the basis of what is usually called Hinduism and its variations, that there is a "god" which created the universe out of "himself", since "he" could not create it out of nothing.  Then there is the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:08:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'll sort of support grouchygirl's answer --- but a bit more directly. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'll sort of support grouchygirl's answer --- but a bit more directly.  We just don't know.  And, of course, the choice of the "who" pronoun would indicate an operative in some way "humanoid."  This is the way we generally think of God --- as a spirit that appears to be a human.  We often refer to God as a "he" although there is not reason why God could not be a "she" --- basically because, if God is a spirit, he/she is neither.
You may...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:05:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[God created the world and proof to this is: Genesis 1: "In the beginning...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[God created the world and proof to this is: Genesis 1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:09:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The answer depends on your culture and belief system.
Scientifically...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The answer depends on your culture and belief system.
Scientifically speaking, our world was created when a planet, or star, exploded and the pieces fell into orbit around our current sun.  Through thousands of years of evolution and climate changes, man finally surfaced and has been evolving since.
If you are of the Christian/Jewish/Muslim faith however, then the world was created by God (also known in the scriptures as Yahweh) and after a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:31:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who created the world ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who created the world ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:46:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Traditional U.S. defense policy did change under President Bush....]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/what-extent-does-war-terrorism-represent-brea-55215#5</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Traditional U.S. defense policy did change under President Bush. He endorsed pre-emptive war as an acceptable military option.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:51:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are several inaccuracies in posts 2# and #5. In my post #3 I have...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/aryans-55197#6</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There are several inaccuracies in posts 2# and #5. In my post #3 I have already pointed out some of these.
It will require a very longish discussion to present a my view on  all the controversial points. I will just cover some very obvious ones.
Harappa was just one site among many similar sites that enable historians to reconstruct the knowledge about a common old civilization. This civilization is known by the name "Indus Valley...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:01:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Diamond's philosophy was based on the idea that geography, or a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/according-diamond-90681</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Diamond's philosophy was based on the idea that geography, or a society's location had everything to do with their progress. People are not born superior to another group.

"Diamond’s theory becomes apparent. He believes that the success of a society is not based on intelligence and ingenuity but instead on geography, food production, germs and immunity, the domestication of animals, and the discovery and use of steel."

The Eurasian...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:16:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't think the War on Terror is a break from previous policy, but a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/what-extent-does-war-terrorism-represent-brea-55215#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I don't think the War on Terror is a break from previous policy, but a natural evolution of domestic and foreign policy in which the military takes a greater role. Previous policies from the War on Poverty to the War on Drugs, has created an environment in which military action plays a greater role not just in offensive ways, but defensive and stabilization as well.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:58:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #4:A procession of civilizations developed first in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #4:A procession of civilizations developed first in Mesopotamia; some of these expanded into empires in the Middle East and into the Indian subcontinent. The Harappan civilization seems to have developed elaborate citieswith highly advanced urban technologies. The fact that most of these early civilizations clustered along river valleys was no accident. River valleys provided the most abundantopportunities for agriculture and,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:30:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[According to Diamond..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to Diamond..]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:15:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #2:Hello sir,according to you harrapan civilization was the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/aryans-55197#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #2:Hello sir,according to you harrapan civilization was the first civilization which came into existance in india.How harrapan civilization disappeared.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:05:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question holds a great deal of validity to where we are right...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/what-extent-does-war-terrorism-represent-brea-55215#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This question holds a great deal of validity to where we are right now.  If nothing else, it is timely.  In order to answer this question, we have to establish why this particular war, or perhaps how it has been addressed, is uniquely different from other engagements in U.S. Foreign Policy History.  If it is to be believed, this particular war is uniquely different than prior involvements of the United States because of its fluid and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:16:32 PST</pubDate>
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"Since the end of World War II, each administration has sought to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/history/group/discuss/what-extent-does-war-terrorism-represent-brea-55215#2</link>
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"Since the end of World War II, each administration has sought to develop and perfect a reliable set of executive institutions to manage national security policy, and tried to install a policy-making and coordination system that reflected each President’s personal management style."
"The National Security Council (NSC) has long been at the center of this foreign policy coordination system, but it has changed many times to conform to the...]]></description>
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