Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things
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founder of the Soviet Union‚ a command economy that collapsed in 1991. This quote summarizes the type of control that he believed was required to create a utopian country. In a command economy‚ the government makes all decisions on jobs‚ land‚ and production‚ which leads to many social and political ramifications. This fact‚ along with a multitude of other factors‚ led to the Soviet Union’s collapse. In general‚ there is scarcely a command economy in history that has had success‚ this due to the fact
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After reading John T. Molly’s book “Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others” I have a much clearer understanding about why men marry certain women and not others. It’s not just because guys are idiots‚ but there are multiple reasons to what determines marriage between a man and a woman. First‚ I would like to discuss the six basic guidelines that are statistically proven that Molly discusses in the introduction. They are simple yet effective such as first “insist on it’’‚ a woman needs slowly
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Why did Eurasia have 300 thousand head start vs any other country? How did Eurasia have steel while other places had stone? Some key ideas are Europeans‚ geographical‚ climate and transportation. The geographical advantages the europeans had was the farming with wheat‚ wheat gave them a food surplus‚ and domesticated animals. Eurasia were more resistant to illness and they could make steel.This all helped the europeans with civilizations and conquering other countries and the Spanish were more powerful
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Why did the Achaemenid Empire Fall? Throughout time there have been a number of Persian Empires‚ but none of them can compare to the great Achaemenid Empire‚ which ruled between 550 to 330BC. The Achaemenid Empire is known as the largest empire in Ancient history which stretched out approximately 8 million km² at the height of its power. So how does an Empire so large and with such great power collapse? Was it struggle for power‚ which every new king had to suffer after the death of Darius the
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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Why did the stalemate end in 1918? By 1918 the western front was still in the middle of a stalemate‚ but now it looked like there might be a breakthrough that would lead to the end of the war. Even though defensive weapons had ben largely developed and were extremely dangerous offensive weapons had started to be developed largely. I believe the stalemate ended in 1918 due to several reason but mainly because of the entry of the USA into the war but there were other key factors such as the British
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Evan Yau HIS 293 During World War II‚ the German army seemed unstoppable at the start of the war. They were able to take Poland in just 35 days and invade France with their tactics like blitzkrieg (lightning war). With them having an amazing victory in France over the Allies‚ causing them to surrender in six weeks‚ it seemed like there wasn’t much the Allies could do to stop Hitler’s army. However‚ once Hitler turned his army towards the USSR‚ we saw that they were able to slow down and eventually
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What was the economy of the Roman Empire based on? The Romans were originally an agricultural people‚ mostly small farmers with a high regard for property rights. Agricultural free trade changed the Italian landscape‚ and by the 1st century BC‚ vast grape and olive estates had supplanted the yeoman farmers‚ who were unable to match the imported grain price. The annexation of Egypt‚ Sicily and Tunisia in North Africa provided a continuous supply of grains. In turn‚ olive oil and wine were Italy’s
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Britain in September 1940‚ even though the United States was still not officially at war. The U.S. did not enter WW2 till December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed pearl harbor. Although WW2 affected millions of people it also made the U.S. instructable leaving them stronger than ever. An effect of the great depression was that it left many people jobless‚ homeless‚ in debt due to the stock market. One of the advantages of the World War 2 was that it ended the horrible event of the great Depression
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