(131) 4.89 4 Course of the war In 1509 the Portuguese under Francisco de Almeida won a critical victory in the battle of Diu against a joint Mamluk and Arab fleet sent to counteract their presence in the Arabian Sea the retreat of the Mamluks and Arabs enabled the Portuguese to implement their strategy of controlling the Indian Ocean, Emerging Research Universities (Tier 2) 9.1 Unionism. . . Harris County along with other Texas counties has one of the nation's highest property tax rates in 2007 the county was ranked in the top 25 at 22nd in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner-occupied housing the list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for comparability. Because Houston is on the Gulf of Mexico the city has a small chance of being hit by hurricanes or tropical storms every hurricane season (June through November).
In the summer of 1860 a slave panic erupted in North and East Texas amid rumors of arson by slaves and abolitionists Called the "Texas Troubles" between 30 and 100 blacks and whites were lynched by vigilantes the events were used to arouse support for secession. .
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