Ashley Hicks Hendren ENG 101 Essay 1 A Trip to Italy Vacation and travel is a phenomenon which strikes a chord with nearly every human being on the planet. While true‚ there are many without the means to engage in such activity‚ there is little doubt that the primal urge to escape one ’s everyday surroundings strikes all but the most reclusive of people. There are many different locales to which one may escape‚ as well as a large variety of reasons for traveling. Be it sandy beaches‚ or
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Benito Mussolini was an Italian Prime Minister who reigned from 1922 to 1943; his main goals during his reign were to become a dictator who had similar ways and beliefs as other proverbial dictators such as Adolf Hitler and to make Italy a powerful nation in Europe. Italy’s history has been mostly affected by Mussolini and his fascist views which promoted inequality‚ communism‚ imbalance of rights‚ etc. A word which can be used to describe this inequality is dystopia; a dystopian society is a place
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No-one expected Henry Tudor to become king of England in August 1485. Explain why he succeeded. Henry Tudor’s hereditary claim was slimmer than that of any English King since William the Conqueror‚ but he was in fact the great-great-grandson of John of Gaunt‚ who was a son of Edward III and the founder of the House of Lancaster. He was descended from John through an illegitimate son who (along with his siblings) was retroactively legitimized but explicitly barred from succession to the throne
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THE HOLOCAUST The holocaust was a very devastating time in history. It was the time where no one was safe in the east. The Germans would pull you away from you family if you fell under four categories which I will explain later. They would make you do very physical labor for free‚ and feed you bread with some soup. If you are interested in learning more about the holocaust keep on reading my essay. The Nazis were a ruthless bread of solders. They were under command by their leader Adolf Hitler
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OF ITALY The unification of Italy in the 19th century was one of the most significant events in the history of the peninsula and of Europe as well. Not only did it alter the European balance of power but it also paved the way for the future. Unification was achieved through the interplay of complex factors: ideology‚ war‚ diplomacy‚ personalities and European politics. There were a number of factors that created obstacles in the unification of Italy. The mountainous nature of central Italy created
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One of the reasons why North Korea is regarded as a totalitarian state is because within the country‚ people are divided into three groups based on their family history (Handley‚ 2013: Internet). The core‚ the hostiles and the wavering (Handley‚ 2013: Internet). Depending on which group you fall under‚ you are given certain rights and opportunities within the living aspects of the country (Handley‚ 2013: Internet). This is a direct violation to human equality. In North Korea they also currently have
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Propaganda in Fascist Italy It is quoted that “Propaganda was the key factor in the consolidation of the Fascist regime in Italy in the years 1922-9.” Based off of this statement‚ propaganda was the key factor for consolidating power. What about the other factors? Is propaganda even the most important factor? Propaganda did help with power consolidation‚ but this paper will argue whether I agree with it or not. Mussolini realized the importance of the Italian media when he was the
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Joseph Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ and Benito Mussolini were all famous leaders of their time. When the word famous is mentioned for their description‚ it is not necessarily good. In fact none of them were known for anything good. You could say they were in"famous". They all lead during the same time period; during the early to mid 1900s. Stalin was part of the Russians‚ Mussolini was with the Italians‚ and Hitler was with the Germans. Joseph Stalin‚ of Russia‚ was completely uninterested in ideological
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How important was Mussolini in the downfall of the League of Nations? Benito Mussolini was an extremely influential figure in Europe in the 1930s. Many argue that Mussolini was responsible for the downfall and eventual failure of the League of Nations. Mussolini wanted to regain the Roman Empire to it’s former glory‚ and initiated his nationalistic plan with the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935. Both Italy and Abyssinia were members of the League‚ meaning that it fell to them to deal with this‚
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Hitler’s Rise to Power By: -- Instructor’s Name: -- Class: HST ---– The Second World War Due Date: May XX‚ 2013 Word Count: 2742 Post World War One‚ Germany was deemed as the primary target of the Allies and was blamed for the destruction to the countries involving during the war. The sequence of events‚ from the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the Fall of Weimar Republic in
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