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Curse of Ham
In the Genesis story Ham is not cursed directly but rather his youngest son, CanaanFrank Lloyd Wright
The most famous buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright include the private home "Fallingwater" and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York CityEsther Williams
"America's Mermaid," Esther Williams, was famous for movies featuring "water ballet" now known as synchronized swimmingVictor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
Mirabeau the Elder was known as the "friend of mankind" who believed that the wealth of a nation was its populationCatherine Parr
Catherine Parr was the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIIIAffirmative action
Some policies adopted as affirmative action, such as quotas for race or gender in college admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discriminationEthical Culture
The Ethical Culture movement is founded on the premise that moral tenets are not necessarily grounded in religious or philosophical dogmaHeinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler was second only to Adolf Hitler in power in Nazi Germany and was the founder and commander of the Nazi concentration campsJames Watt
James Watt's improvements to the Newcomen steam engine provided much of the impetus for the Industrial RevolutionStructural engineering
Structural engineering has advanced significantly through the study of structural failuresAugustus Caesar
Augustus Caesar ended a century of civil wars and gave Rome an era of peace, prosperity, and imperial greatness, known as the Pax Romana, "Roman peace"Seminole
The Florida Seminoles are the only American Indian tribe never to sign a formal peace treaty with the United StatesTransylvania
In the seventeenth century, Transylvania was an autonomous state and passed through a "Golden age" for religions and cultureJane Goodall
Jane Goodall discovered that chimpanzees use tools, an ability previously thought to be uniquely human.Ewha Womans University
Ewha Womans University was founded by American Methodist missionary Mary Scranton as Ewha Girls School (Pear Blossom Academy)Stanford University
Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who created New York’s Central Park, designed the physical plan for Stanford UniversityMilton Friedman
Milton Friedman is considered the most influential economist of the second half of the twentieth centuryHerod the Great
Although Herod the Great did much good as a ruler, including rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, he is best remembered as a cruel tyrant who murdered his family members and ordered the massacre of infant boys in Bethlehem at the time of the birAlexander the Great
Alexander the Great was called "the Two-Horned One" in Islamic and Arabic-language sources and "Alexander the Cursed" in Zoroastrian literatureColin Powell
Colin Powell began his military career in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at City College of New YorkGentile
The word "gentile," used to translate the Hebrew "goy," derives from the Latin word "gentilis" meaning descended from a common ancestorNetherlands
The Netherlands is often called "Holland" although this is not accurate; North and South Holland in the western Netherlands are only two of the country's twelve provincesConstantine I
Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to accept ChristianityTower of London
Legend says that if the six resident ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the Tower and the British kingdom will fallContact lens
The first corrective contact lenses were made of blown glassJoseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell's philosophy is often summarized by his phrase "Follow your bliss"Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are the northernmost islands of MicronesiaNation-state
A nation-state is a political entity (sovereign state) that governs a cultural entity (nation) by successfully serving all its citizensAikido
Aikido can be understood as "the way of spiritual harmony" and a path to peacePhoenix (mythology)
Diverse cultures include variations on the phoenix, a bird with the ability to be rebornPenobscot
The town of Orono in Maine takes its name from the great Penobscot chief or sagamore, Joseph OronoBenito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was Europe’s first fascist leader, and ruled Italy as a totalitarian state using the title "Il Duce" ("the leader")Zhou Dynasty
The Mandate of Heaven, requiring rulers to rule justly, was introduced by the Zhou Dynasty of ChinaCocos (Keeling) Islands
The geographical and historical isolation of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has resulted in the development an ecosystem with unique floral and faunal habitatsJournalism
News-oriented journalism has been described as the "first rough draft of history"Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451', envisioned many technological innovations in his writingsResearch begins here...
