Secondly‚ the guns show how long technology takes to evolve and than how quick evolution can happen. It took centuries to go from smooth bore to rifled bore in the guns. Flintlock gun were still being used at the start of the American Civil War‚ 1861. By the time the war ended‚ 4 years later‚ percussion guns were in style. The Gatling gun showed up around 1867‚ it was replaced in under 100 years with the .50 caliber machine gun. Thirdly‚ railroads and computers are a very interesting study on how quick
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countries to form protective coalitions‚ even with nations that had once been bitter enemies. Smaller countries were forced to choose sides‚ and by 1914‚ Europe was separated into two heavily armed camps. Any spark would have been enough to ignite the war everyone expected. That spark was touched off in Sarajevo‚ the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In an attempt to ease tensions between Austria-Hungary and people in the Balkans‚ the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife made a ceremonial
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Creative Writing He had stood that day‚ the world’s foremost spokesman of popular government‚ saying that democracy was yet worth fighting for… He incarnated the assurances and pretenses of popular government‚ implied that if could and might perish from the earth… He did not assume that the drafted soldiers‚ substitutes‚ and bounty – paid privates had died willingly under Lee’ shot and shell‚ in deliberate consecration of themselves to the Union cause. His cadences sang the ancient song that
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“Come here!” I urged “I can’t!” He sobbed‚ holding his wound. He slid to the ground‚ groaning. I clumsily loped my way over to him and grabbed his ankles. I turned and started dragging him to the tent‚ digging my feet into the ground. A lioness’s strength poured through me. Adrenaline surged through my blood‚ giving me the power I needed to carry a 180 pound man (with gear on). I reached the tent‚ a mere 20 or so feet away. I bent down and lifted him slowly onto a low table‚ about two feet off
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Why am I dying to live‚ if I’m just living to die? Why am I dying to live‚ if I’m just living to die? Such a deep dark place she has landed in life. Sitting at her dining room window with a glazed but yet eager look upon her face to share her journey. Wearing all black as if she was in mourning over a loved one she had just lost. Courtney begins to explain how she was once a happy woman. “I once held my head up high‚ with a smile on my face” Courtney stated. Later she became a woman that would
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Modern History Summary World War 1 1914-1919 * Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to Austrian throne‚ assassinated 28th June 1914‚ invoked war * July Crisis 1914 led to multiple Euro nations declaring war against each other‚ separated into Allied (Britain‚ France‚ Russia) and Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary) * Schlieffen Plan * Based on idea that Germany would have to fight France/Russia‚ didn’t want to fight them both at once * France would expect Germany to invade
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The day arrived. The day I have been dreading for weeks. I knew that today I would have to deal with unwanted tears and emotions of sadness and emptiness running freely throughout my body. Today was the day that everything changed and the whole world around me would collapse. This was the day that I would have to travel 6209.2km across the world. To a place that is foreign and unknown to me but was once a place I used to call home. It was 6:09am in Bahrain. I watched as the large glowing sphere
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The First World War was the first ’total war’ - the whole nation had to be mobilised to fight. Men joined the army while women took over their jobs‚ but was this change lasting or a temporary effect of total war? The population at home - the basics People in Britain were affected by six main ways: 1. Recruitment - there was a huge poster campaign to get people to join up‚ and the government had to introduce conscription in 1916. Conscientious objectors could be imprisoned. Women were recruited
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a mountain guide and my mother takes care of home. I always had full support of my parents for studies and they have always encouraged me and they are always with me on every of my career planning .my mother dreams is that I succeed my life and my father wants me to live my own career and not to be financially dependent on others. I wish to pursue and successfully complete my studies to prove myself and complete my parents dream. When I was young I had once been made captain in football team of
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The Lakehouse I remember a majestic time‚ simple and happier then now. An agenda consisted of eat‚ play‚ sleep. Life as a four year old boy was carefree‚ joyful‚ eternally having fun. Although my memory may now be faded; one distinctive will always remain planted in my brain. A time of summer holidays spent entirely at my favourite place‚ which I keep close to my heart; special only to me. Our family’s humble bach‚ set in the dated lakeside town of Kuratau‚ is the place tender to me. The place I’ve
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