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Math: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

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Time Tangled Island: Mali Empire

Factropica Fast Facts and quizzes by Beth Rowen Related Links Mali: History, Geography, Government, and Culture Sundiata Encyclopedia:…

DK History: Byzantine Empire

WHO RULED THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE? CONSTANTINOPLEFIND OUT MOREIn AD 324 the emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire. By then Rome was too difficult to defend against barbarian attacks, so he…

The Supreme Court: Punishing the Criminals

Punishing the CriminalsThe Supreme CourtPunishing the CriminalsIs the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual Punishment?Must a Jury Decide the Death Penalty?Are Penalties Required in “Third Strike”…

April 2007

World Ukrainian President Dissolves Parliament (April 2): President Viktor Yushchenko accuses Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, his bitter rival, of…

Samuel Milton Jones

inventor, manufacturer, reformerBorn: 8/3/1846Birthplace: Carnarvonshire, Wales Jones began working in the oil fields of Ohio and Pennsylvania when he was only 10 years old, and gained enough…

Chandragupta Maurya

Indian emperorBorn: c. 321 B.C. Chandragupta was the founder of the Maurya dynasty, which ruled ancient India for about 140 years. His troops conquered one northern Indian kingdom after another and…

Mildred Loving Biography

prevailed in Supreme Court caseDied: May 2, 2008Best Known as: A Black woman whose marriage to a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling Deathplace: Central Point, Virginia In 1958, Mildred…