During the 19th century parts of Europe were uniting into modern countries. Most countries needed resources to grow and become stronger but did not have enough in their own country so they had to colonise. Nationalism made people believe they were the best country even if they were doing the wrong things. A fight for power happened when all the European countries wanted to prove that they were stronger and more powerful than the other. An armaments race happened when the Germans started to envy Great
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There was once a time in Japan called the Edo period (1603-1868‚ ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned) - this was a period where Japan was ruled under the Tokugawa Shogunates‚ a feudal military government. Japan had a stable population‚ and a popular enjoyment of art and culture. However‚ they had an uncompromising policy prohibiting any foreign contact‚ ultimately making it completely isolated from the western world. There was also a strict social order‚ where everyone knew their status. Emperors
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An Atlantic Habsburg? Maximilian and the dream of building an Atlantic Empire (Austria-Hungary‚ Brazil and Mexico) in the 1860s. João Fábio Bertonha From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries‚ the major states of Western Europe built great Atlantic empires‚ based on direct colonization‚ naval power and commerce. These countries were the main protagonists of a movement that included trade and the establishment of naval bases and commercial outposts in the Indian‚ Atlantic and Pacific
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The war that broke out in 1914 was one of the worst‚ if not the worst‚ wars in human history. It had left millions dead and a scar burned into European history forever. However‚ if we do not identify why war broke out in 1914‚ stopping others wars will be impossible. Clearly‚ we may never know the answer to this‚ but many sources give many interpretations. In this essay‚ I will try to recognise the key factors that led the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 and try to identify the most significant
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component of its culture. During the 1860’s‚ Japanese artistic influence began to flow into France due to the reopening of trade relations between Europe and Japan. Japanese art‚ especially ukiyo-e print‚ had a special appeal to some French impressionistic artists of the time such as Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse- Lautrec. In this time period imperialism in Europe had sparked an interest in other cultures of the world. With the opening of Japanese trade‚ its culture was revealed to Europeans as being not
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responsible for the deaths of over 11 million young men. From 1914-1918 the European powers fought out one of the bloodiest series of battles ever recorded‚ including some horrific battles like the Battle of Fromelles‚ the Battle of the Somme‚ Gallipoli and the Battle of Verdun to name only a few. The reasons behind this tragic event are complex‚ but several factors including Imperialism had a rather influential role in causing this calamity. Imperialism‚ the act of establishing an empire through the acquisition
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modernise into an industrial society. This period in which Japan borrowed ideas from the West and reformed in such a short time is called the ‘Meiji Restoration’. Japan for some time was considered too remote and poor to be subjected to Western Imperialism. However Emperor Meiji and his advisors made it clear that they were determined to adapt selected features of Western civilisation to become a powerful nation‚ while still keeping Japans individuality. The new aspects of society included social
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Imperialism is a belief and practice that a country has the right and the duty to control and exploit (in term of bringing civilization and salvation) to another country for its own benefit. New Imperialsim occured from 1870 onwards. European countries were the biggest imperialist during 19th century‚ their policy of extending their state over other territories were mass in area. Conquering from Africa to Asia. Here are some facts: in the 1875 10% of Africa was ruled by european countries and by
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Britain by 1914? Britain was a democracy to a certain extent by 1914. By "a democracy" we mean that there should be several certain features present. These features consist of universal adult suffrage‚ equal constituencies‚ every adult being able to stand as a candidate‚ a secret ballot‚ regular elections‚ a choice of political parties and freedom of speech/press. There is a debate over when exactly Britain actually became a representative liberal democracy. This essay will show that by 1914 Britain
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mohammed alqarni Europe European imperialism began with the discovery of the New World and the Cape of Good Hope passage to Asia at the end of the 15th century. However‚ while the Europeans were able to easily wipe out and subjugate the prehistoric hunter-gatherer inhabitants of Africa and the Americas‚ they encountered wealthy and well-developed societies with powerful armies in Asia and the Middle East who could not be militarily conquered outright. Here the Europeans used trade concessions and
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