Surface water which included rivers, lakes and open canals.
Ground water from wells.
Rain water which was seasonal during rainy season. They used to collect water in tanks and rain containers. Major crop production like rice and corn grow only during rainy season.
Initially, in the 1948 war for its own independence, Israel secured the territory that the United Nations had proposed as land for a Jewish state.
In the Six Day War of 1967, Israel gained control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula in defeating Egypt. The Sinai eventually was returned to Egypt. Gaza became an occupied territory, with the Israeli military supervising the Palestinian-populated region, until 2005 when Israeli Defense Forces withdrew from Gaza. (Now Israel enforces blockades against the Gaza region.)
Also in the Six Day War, Israel gained control of the West Bank, which continues to have an Israeli presence in it as well as a Palestinian government.
And in the Six Day War, Israel gained control of two-thirds of the Golan Heights region overlooking Lake Tiberias, which Israel continues to occupy, citing security concerns in protecting itself.
She approved persecutions against english protestans.
According to Richard Neustadt landmark book,"Presidential Power" he argued that the president's most fundamental power is the power to persuade. He said "Effective influence for the man in the White House stems from three related sources: first are the bargaining advantages inherent in his job with which to persuade other men that what he wants of them is what their own responsibilities require them to do. Second are the expectations of those other men regarding his ability and will to use the various advantages they think he has. Third are those men's estimates of how his public views him and how their publics may view them if they do what he wants."
Answer: James Fannin led the rebels massacred at Goliad in 1836. ... After the Alamo fell, Houston ordered Fannin to fall back from Goliad to Victoria. But Fannin hesitated, waiting five days to begin his retreat. Mexican forces overtook him at the Battle of Coleto.
