During the fight against Mexico the United States was unified on bringing they land apart of the United States‚ as a result of winning The new territory it also created a lot of tension among the United States congress. The main reason was over slavery‚ if it would be allowed over the territory that was just won by the United States which began the compromise of 1850. Both sides were against one another‚ several congressmen saw this as a opportunity the south to increase farmland and for slavery
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While it is true that the western half of the Empire was overrun in the better part of the fifth century CE‚ there was more to the Roman Empire and its collapse than that. Rome was weakened by political turmoil and unmanageable expansion‚ which lead to its division into an Eastern and a Western Roman empires. While the Eastern Empire prospered‚ the Western Empire struggled to stay alive‚ and it was eventually overcome by barbarians. The Eastern Empire continued to live on for another thousand years
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Rome was an empire built as if it was destined to last until the end of existence. Its borders spanned across mountains to deserts and even engulfed the Mediterranean Sea at one point. The Romans had strong armies‚ cultural influence‚ and great leaders skilled in military and political tactics. However‚ as Rome increased in size‚ it started to become more unstable. Rome eventually fell as an empire for many reasons which include religion‚ war‚ political and economic problems. The success
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is wrote about the author who married an American girl so he need go to America frequently. There are a lot of troubles when he gets in America. Although coming to the United States he had a lot of troubles‚ he still cannot hate the United States. That is because just like he said in the article‚ he loved one person from the United Stated. This article’s type is personal views. This is a good article for me. As I am a foreign students from China‚ I will also face this situation when I finish my
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years. Augustus had brought and secured harmony to the Roman Empire and during his reign he combined a range of powers. Caligula four years as emperor were bizarre and after his assassination‚ his uncle‚ Claudius came into power. Often depicted as a mug‚ he was able to show his capability as an emperor from time to time. After Claudius died‚ Nero came to power. The first five years of Nero’s reign were seen as normally constructive. In 55 B.C.‚ Nero wanted to control the Empire. Nero’s mom put in
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ISLAMIC EXPANDTION early Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest. As stated from Al-Biladuri‚ “The Battle of the Yarmuk (636)” “Muslim forces took control of Syria in 636 CE when they fought the Eastern Roman Empire (which included Greece)...” The Muslims were able to expand to/conquer Syria after the battle against the Eastern Roman Empire. Another way that the Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest is that many of conquered non-believers began to turn to the Islamic Religion. As stated from
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The entire fall of the Aztec empire started with the fact that Cortes wanted to take over. He wanted to make it fall. So he set out with around 500 Spanish soldiers armed to the aztec Empire. Along the way‚ they came into contact with the Tlaxcala. When the came into contact‚ a battle burst out. Many of men were killed. Soon after many of the Tlaxcala were killed‚ the leaders along with a few other men finally said that they were enemies with the Aztecs and they would join in with the Spanish to
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The Fall of the Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire experienced a time of massive growth and exploration which came to an end in 1588. By 1598 Phillip III had inherited Spain with a bankrupt economy. This marked the decline of the great empire that had controlled an extensive amount of territories. Its decline can be attributed to the massive influx of gold and silver into the economy during the Age of Exploration which made Spain temporarily wealthy but had irreversible negative long term economic
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Period 5 The confederate states wanted to break away from the united states but failed. However‚ now they had to rejoin the union. The war had left the souths economy and society in destruction. It would take a lot of effort to reestablish states. The remaking of the states was called reconstruction. During the Reconstruction Era many changes happened. In 1865 and 1866 southern states legislatures passed black codes to control the behavior and work of African Americans. There was outrage in the
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For 5‚000 years the Egyptian Empire reign with prosperity eating the fruits of knowledge it had gained. Egypt was very advanced for it’s time periods. The building created by the Empire had been never seen in any other civilization. The Egyptians took primitive tools and built astonishing buildings like pyramids‚ obelisks‚ dams and many others. The Civilization uses of technology allowed them to fight against nature‚ provided food for the people‚ and control a population. They took knowledge that
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