Title: (A) Write short pen portraits of Wilhelm II and Nicholas II explaining their rank‚ how long they had been in power and what kind of leaders they had been up to 1914. (B) Explain the meaning and political message behind any two of the following snippets from these telegrams: Kaiser – ‘deserved punishment’ Tsar – ‘ignoble war’ Name: Laura O’Reilly Student no: 14708891 Module: HI117 Writing the History of War and Society Lecturer: Dr Gearoid Barry Tutor: James O’ Donnell Word Count:
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(Bubonic) The Silk Road was a major overland route that allowed the exchange of goods like silk‚ spices‚ and metals between Asia and Europe. The Black Plague took around four years to make its way along the Silk Road from the Steppes of Central Asia via Crimea to most Western parts of Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and North Africa. In Europe alone‚ it wiped out an estimated one to two-thirds of the population. (Bubonic) Since the primary spread of the Bubonic plague was because of the trade routes‚ this led
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“Critically evaluate how international and geo-political risk to business might impact upon a person’s overall lifestyle”. Introduction My lifestyle keeps me busy but I enjoy the ability to catch up with friends and relax at a café or the beach. I am able to do the things I enjoy through working two jobs‚ on a regular roster. I enjoy cultural activities with friends in Sydney and regularly getting to the beach for a swim. Australia is a beautiful country which allows me to enjoy the sun
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against Germany and the Nazis‚ as well as securing victory in the war. In 1945‚ two conferences were held with the top political leaders of Russia‚ the United States‚ and Britain. The "Big Three"‚ as they were known‚ met in February 1945 at Yalta‚ Crimea‚ USSR‚ and then again in July at Potsdam‚ Germany. These conferences‚ the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam conference respectively‚ were meant to decide the future of the world after the war--decisions made by the three most powerful men in the world
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Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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The Reign of Alexander II and the Great Reforms I Alexander II (1855-81) realized that reforms were necessary. Alexander II was 36 years old when he acceded to the throne. The Crimean war had brought the country to the point of collapse. He was set upon reform from the start‚ and had a conviction that his mission was to alleviate the suffering of his people. He was supported in his desire for reform by his brother‚ Grand Duke Constantine. Only the emancipation of the serfs could create the conditions
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The Black Death infected an extensive part of the world with the disastrous bubonic plague. In addition to the Black Death spreading around Europe‚ it spread to Africa and the Middle East. The plague was first reported in Caffa‚ Crimea. The plague then spread to Sicily‚ Genoa‚ Venice‚ Pisa‚ and Marseilles. As the disease rapidly spread‚ it spread to France‚ Portugal‚ Spain‚ England‚ Germany‚ and Scandinavia. The plague did not slow down‚ it kept spreading to more people in different places. The plague
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Ukrainian conflict. Arguably‚ a central lesson to contemporary warfare is that adequate preparation of the individual military members is more critical than material and doctrinal modernization. After their initial encounter with the Russians in 2014 over Crimea and the Donbas‚ where they witnessed an inefficient air force‚ the Ukrainians‚ over the next eight years‚ pushed for increased trust in mutual interdependence through intensive training between their air force and ground-based air defense (Arrol 2022
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English I 11/25/13 Analysis of “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” In 1940 the Nazis and Hitler were rapidly spreading through Europe. Only sixteen days after Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Britain were the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk‚ France ("Battle of Dunkirk"). There were 400‚000 troops trapped on there‚ with the Nazis surprisingly halted. 338‚000 troops were rescued from those beaches‚ thanks to efforts from
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Nations watched and cheered on Terra’s distant shore As one man finally took a step no one ever took before In our hearts and in our minds his words will be enshrined “That’s one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” (Roy Jerden‚ 2013) The final line of that poem was uttered in 1969‚ a time period when the United States and the Soviet Union did not fight with the blistering heat of gunfire‚ but with the cold progress of proxy wars and technological prowess. Neither of these superpowers
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