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What was the first civilization?

The Fertile Crescent, as Mesopotamia is referred to by modern scholars, is the location of the first developed civilization anywhere in the world. As early as 10,000 B.C., agriculture was developed in the region.\nSubsequent independent civilizations arose after this time in China, Egypt and the Americas. Generally, the development of a sedentary agricultural population was the precursor of organized civilization. As the people of the areas transitioned from egalitarian roaming hunter-gatherer activities to specialized farming ones, a class system developed to manage the specializations.

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What is some black history trivia?

The following year, King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. At the time, he was the youngest recipient of the award. He was 35.\nAnother inspiring figure in black history was Thurgood Marshall, according to MSN Living. As a lawyer, he fought for civil rights, suing the University of Maryland for discrimination in their law school acceptance policy. In 1954, he appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning the landmark Brown versus Board of Education case. This court decision declared that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Marshall was at the Supreme Court again in 1967,..

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What are some of the reasons the historic Battle of Little Bighorn was fought?

Sioux warriors, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, had been resisting government efforts to confine them to reservations and frequently crossed paths with federal agents before retreating to their sacred ancestral lands in the Black Hills region. When gold was discovered on this land that had been promised to the them, members of the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne began leaving the reservations to defend the area against encroaching white prospectors. When the Indians refused to return to the reservations, the federal government dispatched federal troops to forcibly remove them.

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How many people died in the 9/11 tragedy?

Of the 2,996 deaths on Sept. 11, 2001, 1,762 were residents of New York and 674 were residents of New Jersey. The fatalities at the North Tower of the World Trade Center numbered 1,402, while 614 died at the South Tower. The deaths include 343 fire fighters, 23 police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers.

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Where can you find transcripts of some well-known speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

The King Center was established in 1968 and is located in Atlanta, Ga. The Center offers educational materials and digital technology to educate the public on the famous Civil Rights leader.Another good location for King speeches is the Teaching American History site. The site features King's famous "I Have a Dream," speech. Teachers can also find educational resources on the site. The speech King gave when he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 is available for view at the Nobel Prize website.

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What are some examples of ancient Chinese money?

Due to their pleasing appearance and being easy to carry and count, shells were the first kind of primitive money circulated at the end of the Neolithic Age. The unit of shell money is "peng" (?, meaning "friend") which originally referred to two clusters of ten shells. Due to the lack of shells in Northeast China at the end of the Shang Dynasty (1675 BC–1029 BC), "shell" money began to be made of pottery, stone, bone, jade, copper and gold. The spread of "shell" money made of copper marks the beginning of the use of metal coins in China. The Warring States Period (475 BC to 221 BC) saw a ri..

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Did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

Technically, the first light bulb was invented by Humphrey Davy in 1806. Davy invented a bulb that was powered by a spark traveling between two charcoal rods. This invention was not practical for residential use, as it was too bright. The invention also required the use of batteries or another source of power. Edison's work expanded upon Davy's rudimentary light bulb, but many other inventors, such as Joseph Swan, also contributed to the creation of the first residential light bulb.

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What were some historic bank closures?

The savings and loan institutions failed due to the expenses of offering high-yielding deposits to attract customers, exceeding revenues from low-interest loans. When combined with lack of regulation, fraud and questionable practices, this led to their insolvency.\nThe closing of Washington Mutual, commonly referred to as WaMu, is the nation’s largest bank failure, as of 2015. The U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision seized the bank after a 10-day run in which depositors withdrew $16.9 million. The bank had been suffering losses from mortgages, but had $300 billion in assets and only $8 billion..

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Which species do humans belong to?

According to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, humans belong to the genus Homo. Earlier species belonging to this genus were Homo habilis and Homo erectus. The only species belonging to the genus is Homo sapiens, and modern man actually belongs to the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens.\nModern man may have evolved from the species Australopithecus afarensis, the first species to stand upright. Homo habilis evolved from the australopithecines about 2.5 million years ago. Homo erectus arose 1.8 million years ago, but it died out 250,000 years ago. Homo sapiens originated about 300,000 yea..

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Who invented the cathode-ray tube?

By 2014, cathode-ray tube screens had mostly been replaced by LCDs and plasmas. Nonetheless, the cathode-ray tube was the driving force behind a great deal of 20th-century display technology. Braun's other notable achievement was the sparkless antenna circuit he contributed to Guglielmo Marconi's wireless transmitter, enabling it to send a message across the Atlantic. Braun and Marconi were awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for their work.

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