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2008-09-03 Age of Exploration: Hi Clara, The main reason was in order to get rich. Columbus' original voyage was done in hopes of finding a valuable trade route to the East in order to bring back spices and other luxury goods....
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2008-08-30 country name: Hello, All three names for the subcontinent: India, Bharat, and Hindustan have rather ancient roots. Different areas of the world used different terms to label the area, but all date well back more...
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2008-08-27 history: He Shelby, Jamestown was one of the first permanent British colonies in North America. You can read a lot more details here: http://www.apva.org/history Williamsburg is near to Jamestown. It...
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2008-08-22 student slate: Hello, Double slates, as you describe first were made in the 1860's. It is rather difficult to judge the age of these since they were made pretty much the same for many decades, well into the early...
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2008-08-15 love history: Hello, I don't read a lot of fiction myself, but I hear Pearl S Buck is similar to folks like Mitchner. If you are interested in the Civil War, there is a great three volume work by Shelby Foote...
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