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    will it lead to our ultimate destruction? History seems to be repeating itself as our successes are leading to a decline. If we continue to stay uneducated and divided through major issues‚ it is inevitable that we will fall like the Roman empire. The Roman empire and the United States are similar for many different reasons from overall size to military powers. Both nations are considered inefficient due to inconsistency in their governments. Just as Rome had many changes in their Caesars‚ we have

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    The development of the columbian exchange and the spanish empire created major population changes‚ brought new crops‚ and created wealth and power. Diseases wiped out some populations in the new world‚ while new crops increased other populations in the old world. New crops also became staple foods of some european countries. Wealth and power was exchanged from the new world to create the spanish empire. All of these things combined resulted in extensive changes in the old world and the new world

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    The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture

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    and the war was formally known as the Russo-Japanese War. The Russians lost the war because of the distance the army had to travel and Japan and more industrialization. The Russian revolution of 1905 could have been avoided if Russian troops did not attack innocent strikers‚ if the timing for Bloody Sunday was better placed‚ and if Czar Nicholas II participated more in the protection of the revolution. During a strike of Russian industrial workers‚ the Czar’s army attacked the unarmed and innocent

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    By 1917‚ most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of Czar Nicholas II. Government corruption was rampant‚ the Russian economy remained backward‚ and Nicholas repeatedly dissolved the Duma‚ the Russian parliament established after the 1905 revolution‚ when it opposed his will. However‚ the immediate cause of the February Revolution--the first phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917--was Russia’s disastrous involvement in World War I (1914-18). Militarily‚ imperial Russia was no match

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    RUSSIA - CULTURE - EDUCATION 1. Russian children begin school when they are 6 years old. Elementary school consists of the first 4 grades‚ middle school consists of 5 grades and high school is 2 grades. It is only required that children attend the first 9 grades. After that a child can go to work or do work/study. If a child wants to go to the University‚ however‚ he or she must complete all 11 grades. There are approximately 25-30 students in each class. All students learn at least one foreign

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    National Missile Defense: USA Vs. Russia For the past several years‚ George W. Bush‚ Dick Cheney‚ and most congressional Republicans have wanted to set up a national missile defense system‚ designed to defend the United States against a small number of long-range missiles. The Clinton administration maintained that there was no current or potential missile threat to the United States that would justify the deployment of such a defense. At the same time the administration has pursued

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    The Ottoman Empire and Habsburg Empire were two well known empires of the 1400’s and 1500’s. The rise of these two once great empires contributed to an important part of this time period in history and is still well talked about about in the modern day history world. There were very many conflicts between these two powerful empires which over time lead to a mass bloodshed war between these empires. In this essay I will analyze these to great powers including comparing and contrasting them. I will

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    Linking Sonnets From The Portuguese to The Great Gatsby 1. The Theme of Love Sonnet 1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was certainly a turning point in Russian history. Many events led to the revolution‚ which actually consisted of two revolutions‚ the March Revolution and the November Revolution. By the end of the revolution‚ it was deemed successful. The Bolsheviks had successfully taken over Petrograd and within a short time controlled Russia. “Power had passed from the moderates to a small band of dedicated extremists with a vision of an entirely changed society.” (Findley-Rothney

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