<span>Almoravids
After fourteen years of war with the fanatical Almoravids, Kumbi Saleh was captured and burned. The Almoravids were unable to sustain this victory for very long. Shortly after its capture, the weakened Ghanaians were able to retake it. The Mandika of Mali seized this opportunity to sever their ties with Ghanaian rule.</span>
Polish pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005 who was instrumental in ending the Cold War; also known as Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II, was born as Karol Jozef Wojtyla and he was elected by the second papal enclave of 1978. He served as Pope until his death in 2005, he is recognized in helping to end Communism in Europe.
As part of the Omaha Platform, the People's Party demanded that there be a reduction in the working day fair, a safe, sound and flexible national currency, assistance to farmers with the financing of their labors, fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors, the direct election of the Senators, single terms for Vice-Presidents and Presidents, initiatives and referendums to be readily available, a secret ballot system, the nationalization of railroads, telegraph, postal systems and telephone systems a graduated income tax and the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
