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    Alexander III was the ruler who did the most to transform Russia in the period 1855 to 1914. How far do you agree? There are three Tsars that had many ideas and plan to transform Russia in the period 1855 to 1914. Alexander II‚ Alexander III and Nicholas II all made reforms to transform and modernise Russia so that it economy was up to date with the rest of Europe. When Alexander II came into power Russia had become involved in the Crimean War‚ a conflict fought primarily in the Crimean peninsula

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    During 1750-1900 Russia and Japan both getting a late start to industrialization face similar as well as complete differences due to the process. Compared to RussiaJapan was able to seperate themselves from Asian persuasian ans survive as a strong independent nation‚ and still lock down raw materials from Korea. Russia had been able to control a warm-water port and actually expand into Asia and Europe. Both nations had developed so that they were able to avoid dominaion by the west. One similarity

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    the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia‚ 1682-1721‚ and later the Russian Empire 1721-1725. He was both revered and hated by the people of Russia during his reign. He is widely known for bringing Russia into the modern age. Though he had trouble claiming the throne for himself in his early life and after the throne was his‚ Peter the Great found ways to modernized Russia‚ one way was by looking towards Europe to give him the knowledge that was needed to bring Russia into the modern era. After being

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    battles like The Battle of the Philippine Sea‚ Leyte Gulf‚ Midway‚ and the Coral Sea. But the main reason why Japan lost was because of Japan’s lust for war‚ and they fulfilled that lust of war by attacking pearl harbor‚ thus declaring war on the United States. Japan lost the war

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    countries may have similar cultural similarities‚ their relationships with each other may not be on the best terms. The primary issues that separate China and Japan go way back in history. I know Japan has always felt that they are superior to China. According to ibiblio.org‚ “the series of wars and conflicts between China and Japan are known as the Sino-Japanese Wars. These wars weakened China‚ while helping Japan gain more power; that is‚ until the final war‚ in which China finally gained allies‚ most

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    Western Europe changed rapidly during the Early Modern Period‚ from around 1450 to 1750: very little remained the same. The shift from feudalism to the development of defined nation states that looked to colonize the New World continued with more centralized forms of parliamentary and absolute monarchies. Colonies helped increase revenue for the West‚ fundamentally altering the economy from its agricultural base during the feudal period to a capitalist world economy with a rising middle class‚ though

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    Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible    Did you know‚ Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible both became the leaders of  Russia at under the of 16? While Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible strengthened the  central government and took power from the nobles‚ Ivan the Terrible gained loyalty through  death threats‚ whereas Peter the Great gave land to the poor to make them loyal.     Peter the Great was born in Moscow‚ Russia in 1672. Peter took over as ruler in 1682‚  after Ivan V’s death. When he became ruler at the age of ten

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    China and Japan’s Responses to Western Influence       During the 19th and 20th centuries‚ much of the western world had at the very least‚ begun to modernize. Countries on this side of the globe were becoming booming metropolises. Trade with many other nations brought lots of new things to these western countries and also resulted in the Europeans observing a good deal of places that were not yet modernized. These observations later lead to the western nations wanting to make changes. They

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    Cultural diversity is a substantial part of the business assembly in the world today. The ability to interact with people from the western world to the eastern world has been made easily accessible through the use of technology. The means by which we communicate has made the transferring of information faster and less personal. However still to this day the most direct‚ effective and personal way to communicate with others is face-to-face communication (Varner‚ 2008). This process allows

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    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Workshop III International Business BSA - 480 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China In October 2006‚ the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) completed the world ’s largest initial public offering (IPO)‚ listing shares on the Shanghai and the Hong Kong stock exchange‚ raising more than 21 billion dollars (Hill‚ 2011). The ICBC offered this IPO for numerous reasons‚ but foremost was that the ICBC wanted to attract investors with long

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