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Every tribe within the confederation was ruled by a chief or a cacique. Most of the tribes were part of the Muisca ethnic group, sharing the same language and culture and forming relations through trade. They united in the face of a common enemy. The army was the responsibility of the zipa or zaque.
The Jesuits were strict disciplinarians and under their influence Mugabe developed an intense self-discipline, [4] while also becoming a devout Catholic. [9] Mugabe excelled at school, [ 10 ] where he was a secretive and solitary child, [ 11 ] preferring to read, rather than playing sports or socialising with other children. [ 12 ]
The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto, where General Sam Houston led the Texian Army to victory over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured soon after the battle. The war's end resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas in 1836. In 1845, the U.S. Congress ratified Texas's petition for statehood.
The Engels family house at Barmen (now in Wuppertal), Germany. Friedrich Engels was born on 28 November 1820 in Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany), as the eldest son of Friedrich Engels Sr. [] (1796–1860) and of Elisabeth "Elise" Franziska Mauritia van Haar (1797–1873). [6]
A significant number of the enslaved population were vernae, born to a slave woman within a household (domus) or on a family farm or agricultural estate . A few scholars have suggested that freeborn people selling themselves into slavery was a more frequent occurrence than literary sources alone would indicate. [ 168 ]
His father, an insurance clerk, was called up to fight in the Second World War, and three-month-old Roger and his mother were evacuated to a farm in Scotland. [11] Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and Acton County Grammar School in west London, [11] the same school Pete Townshend and John Entwistle attended. [11]
Within two weeks BMG announces they will re-issue the disc without the copy protection, due to complaints from consumers who were unable to play the CDs in their personal computers. [23] November 6. Britney Spears' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist to have her first three albums enter the US charts at #1.