World War Ⅰ was a war that affected the whole world‚ it caused many countries to go bankrupt and created more than one new rivalry between countries in the process. Eighteen different countries involved in World War I‚ and that is not counting all of the colonies belonging to the involved countries that were forced to give financial and/or militaristic support. There were situations that led up to and caused World War I but three of the main reasons were Balkan nationalism‚ entangling alliances‚
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Although they both had slavery the South was driven by it‚ while the North wasn’t. In the North it has bad soil while in the South they had great soil. Also in the North they came for religious freedom while in the South they came for money. Although they had these difference they all came from England. People settled in the North and South Colonies for different reasons based on geography and culture‚ they had a different way of life‚ but also did things similarly. Although both the North and
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Julius Caesar was murdered by a Roman senator in a conference room next to Pompey’s theater. The murder of Caesar is one of the most famous events in the everlasting Roman history of the endless history of Shakespeare’s famous play as well as contemporary stories. The assassination also proved a major turning point in many changes throughout the Roman Empire. Sixty Roma aristocrats participated in the plot to murder Caesar‚ and 14 Senators actually participated in the stabbing. Caesar was surrounded
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Allphin 16 October 2012 •No one can say for certain what happened to the Mayan people‚ but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization. Many historians have questioned “how” or “why” the Mayan civilization disappeared after the 10th century; however there is no definitive answer to this question. One possible theory is the Mayan’s civilization grew to such an extent that they deforested so much
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What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts? Juvenile Court‚ authority charged with the disposition of legal actions involving children. One hundred years ago‚ the Illinois legislature enacted the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (1899 Ill. Laws 132 et seq.)‚ creating the first separate juvenile court. The policy debates raging
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1. What was the first ‘real’ children’s book in English? What made it the first of its kind? (20 pts) The first ’real’ children’s book in English was called; A Pretty Little Pocket Book. John Newbary published it in 1744. The book included games‚ fables and rhymes for children. This book was the first of its kind‚ as for the first time in history a book’s target audience were children
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Why was Britain the first nation to industrialize? Britain began to industrialize around the 1750’s and it continued to progress until the mid nineteenth century. There were many factors that triggered Britain to industrialize. For example‚ its vast population growth and gradual advancement in technology‚ nevertheless there were also pre-existent natural resources that appeared advantageous to Britain’s industrial expansion. Furthermore this essay will demonstrate some of the major
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What is first aid? First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal
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WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF TANKS TOWARDS WINNING THE FIRST WORLD WAR FOR BRITAIN? Tank used in World War One today are a very controversial topic today as now we can see that they were used for mainly two different topics; which are for propaganda (spreading information‚ ideas or opinions (through films‚ posters etc.) to change public opinion with the intention of benefitting the organizations or people distributing the information -Source: Mr. Pearson) and also military use. We could say that
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By the 16th century‚ the Roman Catholic Church ’s corruption was beginning to spread. Simony‚ or the buying of church offices‚ was common along with pluralism which was the appointment of multiple bishops in multiple areas. Tithing had become mandatory to support the church ’s bloated clergy‚ yet it was the poorly paid servents who did the priest ’s duties. Meanwhile due to the invention of the printing press‚ common people were reading doctrine for themselves. All these factors sparked a major discontent
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