The Poles who were West Slavic people established Poland in the late 5th century. History was first written in the 10th century about Poland when the Polish nation changed into Christianity in 966. Prince Mieszko I was the first ruler and his son‚ Boleslaw I‚ was the first king of Poland. This established the Piast dynasty that lasted from 966 to 1370. During the Piast dynasty there where Piast kings with a lot of rivalries from nobility and Bohemian and Germanic invasions that made Poland a
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Could Austria-Hungary have deterred Russian mobilization in 1914? The confrontation between Austria-Hungary and Russia took place against the context of World War I. Basically the Industrial Revolution was responsible for this war of great magnitude – something the world had not witnessed previously. The Industrial Age led to technological advancements and it triggered arms race (Lec 8 page 6). Nations armed with these tools began to churn out goods en masse. Production meant two things – resources
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United Nations in the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action: “ The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms that States are duty-bound‚ as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights and in other international human rights instruments‚ to ensure that education is aimed at strengthening the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms. ” —Paragraph 33‚ section 1 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme
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have said that this could be from Psalm 18‚ which is attributed to David in which God is compared with a shield. In the 17th century‚ the Shield of David as the hexagram began to represent the Jewish Community generally‚ when the Jewish quarter of Vienna was formally distinguished from the rest of the city by having a boundary stone having the Christian Cross on one side and the Star of David on the other. By the 18th Century the Star began to represent the Jewish people in both politics and religious
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Metternich’s main goal of the Concert of Europe was to restore the old order and keep Europe as it was‚ thrones would be restored back to the kings and some states would be reformed. “Count Metternich and his counterparts at the Congress of Vienna hoped to return to the old system‚ with its hereditary monarchy‚ established church‚ and privileged landowning aristocracy. However‚ the day of the Old Order had passed; the American and French revolutions had created profound changes in political thought
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5 Paragraph Assignments 1. The American Revolution resulted in a Democratic government based on popular sovereignty while the French Revolution resulted in a popular authoritarianism under Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S. Constitution is focused on representation‚ electoral procedures‚ limited executive powers‚ and the equality of the federal and state governments. In 1799 the French Directory‚ established during revolutionary unrest to represent the people‚ was toppled by a young general‚ Napoleon
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at Schoenhausen in Prussia‚ Otto von Bismarck was born into a Germany that consisted of Austria‚ Prussia‚ thirty-three other principalities‚ and four free cities. Each of these places together became the German Confederation‚ created at the Congress of Vienna. As a child‚ Bismarck was not a particularly outstanding student and only earned average grades. After graduating‚ he originally joined the army but always seemed to yearn to live in the country. Realizing being constricted to the army was
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Rhine River Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….…...…3 Rhine’s history………………………………………………………………………..….3 Rhine’s sections……………………………………………………………………….....3 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….4 Introduction Rhine River flows from two small headways in the Switzerland Alps and passes northward between the border of France and Germany‚ then continues entirely in Germany and after than through the Netherlands until it flows into the North Sea. The Rhine River is the twelfth
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Depression and a “Great” Depression have two totally different definitions. Hence it is all in the name. Well a great depression not only affects on country but many countries. Many economic historians say that it was not just caused by one particular thing‚ but many things. The depression originated in the U.S. after the fall in stock prices that began in October‚ 29‚ 1929-1941 known as “Black Tuesday”. A lot of people started to invest in stocks‚ during the 1920s‚ when everything was going great
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states followed the new policy except china as chairman Mao still felt a hard line approach was necessary. Peaceful coexistence came about after the change of soviet leadership as Khrushchev came in to power and the policy came into effect at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956 and was a reaction to the tensions between the US and USSR. Sparked by the emerging nuclear arms race‚ which was become ever more hotly contested the fear of nuclear war forced a new perspective
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