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 ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE: The Canadian Mounties In History & Today - From the Original North-West Mounted To The Modern Police ForceThe original North-West Mounted Police -- the Mounties -- had already established themselves as national heroes, both in fact and in fiction, when their exploits in the Klondike Gold Rush had made them world famous. In 1896, three prospectors struck it rich in the Yukon. George Carmack, Skookum Jim, and Dawson Charlie found a rich deposit of gold in Bonanza Creek. This discovery inspired thousands of would-be prospectors to head north and Dawson City became the largest city west of Winnipeg... 
Kola Saami and Soviet Epoch, Russia (Part VI)In 1938, in response to restlessness of Saami tribal communities, employees of NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) began an investigation of "Lappish business" or "Lappish plot" in which criminal charges were brought against thirty-four people. Russianizm/Russification of Kola Saami, Russia (Part V)The small Kola Saami community in Russia managed to keep their originality, traditions, language, art, and folklore, despite oppressions from merchants, industrialists, churchmen, and also foreign aggressors. Kola Saami – Citizens of Russia (Part IV)Reindeer breeding as a special kind of economic activity began to develop by the Kola Saami in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 
General Stonewall Jackson’s 1861 Civil War Battle PlanIn 1861 General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson had a plan to invade the United States for a quick and easy win for the Confederacy in the Civil War. 
The Battle of Hattin as a turning point in the history of the CrusadesAs a direct result of their defeat at Hattin, Muslim forces had become the dominant military power in the Holy Land. The Christian forces had lost so many soldiers and Saladin had captured more territories, including Jerusalem. The lasting effects of the CrusadesInterestingly enough, despite the war, suffering, disorder and crime, the Crusades contributed immensely in the history of the progress of civilization in Europe. At the same time, they greatly affected the Arab world. The role of women during the CrusadesThe social changes caused by the Crusades provided women with greater power. Some stayed at home taking care of their households, others participated in the Crusades, while equally important were women inheritors of power in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The immediate cause of the first crusadeA series of interrelated events had previously shaped the landscape that inevitably led to the launch of the Crusades and their unparalleled popular support that founded the religious vigor of the 12th century. The history of the Jews during the CrusadesThe Crusades shaped the turning-point in the medieval history of the Jews. Their massacre during the Crusades destabilized fatally their economic and social position. Christian anti-Semitism became even stronger than before making the Jews less important. The aftermath of the Second CrusadeThe aftermath of the Second Crusade had multiple layers. Except from being a great victory for the Muslims that ultimately led to the siege of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187, it turned the momentum against the Latin East. How the crusades influenced trade during the Middle AgesIn spite of the war, suffering, disorder and crime, the Crusades contributed massively in the evolution of European civilization. Without any doubt, one of the most important effects of the Crusades in Europe was the increased trade and economy. Events in western Europe that led to the CrusadesThe origins of the Crusades are traced in a series of developments in the Western Europe in the early years of the Middle Ages, but also in the worsening situation of the Byzantine Empire in the East. A look at King Richard I's conquest of CyprusKing Richard I’s conquest of Cyprus is another proof that historical coincidences are the result of historical circumstances that occur at specific places, specific times and are nothing, but coincidental. A look at how disease impacted the outcome of the CrusadesIn medieval armies it was really difficult to maintain high standards of personal hygiene as well as consuming the proper intake of vitamins. Hence, the risk of contracting any of the broad range of the existing diseases was extremely high.
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