Inhabitants of missouri began petitioning for statehood beginning in 1817. by 1818, tens of thousands of settlers had flocked to missouri, including slaveholders who brought with them some ten thousand slaves. when the status of the missouri territory was taken up in earnest in the u. s.

the cost of college has risen faster than inflation for many years.

the high price of student services and administration are two reasons for the rapid increase in cost.

the deaths of over a million communist soldiers

post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans

honestly i love the walking dead, mainly the quotes. “well, pardon me young man, excuse the [insert bad word here] out of my gosh darn french, but did you just threaten me? ” sksk (of course it's not the exact words)

when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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