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What did Captain Cook discover?

At the initial discovery, Captain Cook's crew traded iron from their ships for Hawaiian goods before returning to their voyage. During the return voyage, the crew stopped at the islands once more. The crew made port during a sacred Hawaiian festival, which led the natives to believe Cook and his crew were gods, until one of them died, proving their mortality. Their relations became strained until a battle took place, in which Captain Cook and several of his crew were killed before the rest of his men escaped the islands.

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How do you get records of German passenger ships from the late 19th century?

One of the most popular collections online is the Hamburg passenger lists, which stretch from 1850 to 1934 and contain over four million records. There is also a handwritten Hamburg passenger list with over 5 million entries.\nOther databases with records from late 19th century German passenger ships include the Bremen Ships' Crews Lists for 1815 through 1917 and the Pomerania passenger lists spanning from 1869 to 1901. These databases are most often in German language.

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Why did Ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet?

The Nile and its gifts were the life blood of the Egyptian people, so naming their country after what kept them alive is not very surprising. The residents of the Nile were able to plant the same land every year without fear of it losing nutrients and there were some crops that they could plant twice a year. The Nile was also the main means of transport through the country, as well as being a defense. The river along with the desert surrounds the country, making its natural fortifications its strongest defense. It took very little man power or supplies for the Egyptians to protect themselves f..

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What were some of the French colonies?

The earliest French colonies were formed in the early 17th century in North America with the founding of Port Royal, located in contemporary Nova Scotia, Canada. French territorial claims on the continent grew over the next two centuries until New France stretched from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes. Additionally, the empire colonized the Caribbean islands such as Haiti, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia and Grenada. Around this same time, the French established trading colonies on the African west coast as well as Chandernagore and Pondicherry in southe..

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How many people were on the Titanic when it sank?

Contrary to popular belief, it is rumored that the majority of the those who died in the disaster were actually crew members and not passengers. Unsurprisingly, the majority of passenger deaths occurred among 3rd class passengers. This was due primarily to the location of steerage in the lower parts of the ship, which were hit first and hardest with water when the ship collided with the iceberg. Additionally, of all the deaths, only a few more than 100 were women.

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How did Karl Marx influence the Russian Revolution?

Marx was a revolutionary socialist and a German philosopher. Along with his publication, "The Communist Manifesto," he also wrote, "Das Kapital." In "The Communist Manifesto," Marx stated that, "the inevitable victory of the proletariat, or working class, would put an end to society forever." He believed socialism was not enough, and that it was communism that would set people free. Marx died in 1884 but it was not until 1917 that the first ever successful Communist revolution would occur in Russia.Marxism when it is successful in countries sometimes mean material progress, but always means th..

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What are some of the most notable public speeches in history?

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe gave a short and solemn speech announcing his surrender to U.S. military forces. In it, he spoke the now-famous words, "I will fight no more forever." On July 4, 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig delivered a farewell address to his fans at Yankee Stadium. His career had been cut short by ALS, a debilitating disease that would afterward be dubbed "Lou Gehrig's disease," but his speech focused on all the things he was grateful for. The unifying Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a national cemetery. Lincoln&a..

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Who invented the first muzzleloader?

The muzzleloader was the first firearm of any type to be invented, according to Popular Mechanics. Due to the simplicity of use and design of Bourgeois' firearm, it quickly became the most popular type of firearm for European armies and remained their primary weapon of choice until the mid-19th century. Although widespread use of muzzleloaded weapons quickly declined when they were supplanted by breech-loaded weapons, they have seen something of a renaissance in the early part of the 21st century with companies such as Thompson/Center and CVA introducing newly designed muzzleloaded rifles..

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What is the oldest bridge in the world?

According to Guinness World Records, the oldest bridge still in use crosses the river Meles in Izmir, Turkey. The slab-stone single-arch bridge dates back to about 850 B.C.\nAccording to The Telegraph, the oldest bridge that still exists in its original state is the Pons Fabricus, which has been in use since it was built in 62 B.C. This Roman bridge, built from bricks, rocks and limestone, connects Tiber Island to Campus Martius across the Tiber river.

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What was the significance of the Cold War?

The two nations stockpiled nuclear weapons, and each attempted to out-scare the other. This war of words ebbed and flowed, but it had most of the world in fear of nuclear warfare. The other major countries of the world backed one or the other of the superpowers. The United States remained staunch in its position that democracy needed to spread throughout the world, and the Soviets stayed just as determined to head up a communist system that spread around the globe.\nBy the mid-1980s, the Soviets were in economic decline. The country's new leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, instituted a series of ..

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