Rome was such a big city in 250 CE. After that were just going down hill quickly. That’s when they fell due to many reasons but there were three main reasons. Government‚ military‚ and natural causes. Government was a big reason why Rome collapsed. They did not have any good leaders or rules that will keep a big city together. The government would worry too much about building and not enough on keeping their city under control. Then the country had to many people and were not even close to
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The Romanov Dynasty held the Russian Empire as one of the most powerful European states for over three centuries. In 1917‚ during Nicholas II’s contradictory reign‚ a revolution began that transformed the empire into the first ever communist nation‚ replacing the infamous autocratic rule and introducing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Russian people were ruled by an autocratic government since 1613 when the Romanov Dynasty began. The government was run by the Tsar who had unlimited power
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similarities between The Han Dynasty of China‚ and the Aztecs. They have the same general characteristics of an ancient civilization‚ and even more so‚ since both were golden ages. Both the Han and the Aztecs had organized social structure. The Aztecs’ social structure placed the aristocratic class of nobles at the top‚ followed by priests with artisans and merchants enjoying prestige as well. Peasants and slaves were the lowest in terms of social hierarchy. The Han dynasty completely redefined the
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WHAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF CONSENSUS? The 1950’s and early 1960’s was a time of consensus in the US. By the middle of the 60’s the US experienced a series of shocks which undermined consensus. The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. The differences in the civil rights movement. The escalation of the Vietnam War. All of these factors undermined American confidence to change the world and improve the country. By the late 60’s‚ US society was polarised: divided between different
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Colony Collapse Disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen. The crazy part of this is that there is plenty of food and a few nurse bees left to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. There has been theory upon theory of why this is happening but no one has the for sure answer. You may be asking why is this such a big deal?! Well CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) causes significant economic losses because many agricultural
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Nicholas II came to the throne during an arduous time in Russian history. It was a combination of factors‚ including his political ineptitude that led to the fall of the Romanov dynasty and eventually cost Nicholas II‚ the Tsarina Alexandra and their five children their lives. Russia was late in modernising‚ partly due to the Tsar?s lack of reforms‚ and was behind Britain‚ France and the United States. Russia was also slow to emerge from feudalism‚ and was undergoing difficulty as industrial and
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The collapse of Bear Stearns: Five years on David Thomas 19 Mar 2013 This week five years ago‚ JP Morgan announced it would buy Wall Street rival Bear Stearns in a deal worth $2 a share – this ultimately rose to $10. Here‚ Financial News looks at the events in the run-up to the fall of the 85-year old independent investment bank. Financial News compiled the timeline from press releases‚ contemporary media reports and William D Cohan’s account of the collapse of the bank‚ ‘House of Cards’. May
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01.07 Collapse of an Empire 1. What person have you put yourself in the place of? I am holding on very firmly to my crossbow‚ occasionally accidentallt bumping inot other soldiers beside me because of all of the chaos happening. 2. What does this person smell? I can smell the salty sea water in the air. 3. What does this person see? I see other fellow Turkish Soldiers surrounded around me. We all have weapons in our hands‚ whether it’s a crossbow‚ swords and shields‚ or spears. Most of the
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Was Nicholas solely responsible for the revolution of 1917? The revolution of 1917 was the culmination of a number of factors coming together and causing the volatile mix of reasons to come together and boil over. The people of Russia where fed up with the horrible conditions they had to put up with and decided to do something about it. Some factor I will discuss include the industrialization‚ Nicholas introduced several policies which harmed his countries economic prosperity. One thing that
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Political structure Social and Economic Changes within the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties China flourished as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan societies under the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties. Officials governed effectively‚ economic development grew and farmers fed people‚ merchants and manufacturers prospered. Confucianism and Daoism was the government foundation‚ social structure and culture. Agriculture remained the foundation for the economy. Strong central government continued
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