empire before‚ during‚ and after the Conflict of Orders. The million dollar question is whether or not Rome is Democratic. I believe that the Roman Republic was Democratic in most ways‚ but they had many flaws that needed revising. According to Fergus Millar‚ “The Constitution of the Roman Republic made it a variety of democracy.” Having a Constitution does give you checks in the Democratic column‚ but only allowing Patricians to vote on the laws that go in this Constitution isn’t quite a Democracy
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political traumas‚ belief in the nascent democratic order was consistently challenged over the course of 14 years. At its inception‚ the Weimar Republic inherited a slew of disaffected soldiers and possesed poor infrastructure with which to address their grievances. To make matters worse‚ the harsh reparation requirements stipulated by the Allies not only served to further weaken Germany’s crippled postwar economy‚ but also served as an example of the failure of democratic institutions to represent the will
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America is a Democratic-Republic‚ not a Democracy. If we had a true Democracy‚ we the people would vote on every issue. Issues such as every law and every bill. Instead we have a group of people called leaders‚ who represent America and make those decisions. Then we the people just should abide by those laws and bills that we had no say in. If we had a true democracy‚ nothing would ever get done because getting 200 million people on the polls on a weekly‚ or daily basis would cost a lot of money
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Nepal Nepal‚ officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country located in South Asia between tow boulders China and India. It has eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains‚ including the top of the world‚ Mount Everest. The country seems a dot in the globe‚ however‚ an altitude is ranging 60 m. to 8848 m. above the sea level between 129 km. distance. Sixty-five percent people rely on agriculture. Nepali is an official language in the multi-linguistic‚ multi-religious
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent of Africa. It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ and Tanzania on the east‚ Zambia and Angola on the south‚ and the Republic of the Congo on the west. The name "Congo"‚ which means "hunter" is derived from the Bakongo tribe‚ living in the Congo river basin. Formerly‚ the Belgian colony of the Belgian Congo‚ the country’s
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The story of the Democratic Republic of Congo starts off with King Leopold II‚ the King of Belgium from 1865-1909. King Leopold II was extremely interested in making Belgium a world power‚ and did so by imperialism and colonization. In 1885‚ he made possible the formation of the Congo Free State (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) (Hochschild). This state was originally created as a way to open up the interior of Africa to European trade‚ specifically for ivory‚ which was extremely valuable
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In the Information articles‚ “How Democratic was the Roman Republic?” written by Alan Ward shows the Roman Empire could not be considered democratic because the rome citizens have no likelihood of being able to cast their vote regularly‚ but a group of unrepresentative voters can easily dominate sovereign popular institution. So wishes of the people as a whole are not expressed. First‚ there were very practical barriers to fair and equitable voting in the popular assemblies. For instance‚ “ all
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Globalization and the Congo The article “Globalization‚ water‚ and the Congo” tackles the negative effects of globalization in the Congo. Some of these negatives include the sourcing of weapons from foreign entities‚ or the need of companies to acquire rare natural resources to fuel the ever increasing demand for their electronic products by the global village. Other more indirect effects of globalization are also covered‚ like the shortage of clean water and why simple fixes to this crisis are
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possible language death‚ I don’t feel as though it’ll impact this country. Democratic Republic of the Congo Demographics In 2014 the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was approximately 75 million. There are about 214 languages spoken there. The official language is French with the national languages being Kikongo‚ Kiswahili‚ Lingala and Tshiluba. Colonialism in DRC The Democratic Republic of the Congo was a fiefdom under
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the Belgian Congo‚ now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Located in Central Africa‚ the Belgian Congo was colonized by the Belgians in the late 19th century and was given independence in 1960‚ followed by a long period of strife and internal conflict. Its seeds were sown in 1885‚ when King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the area under pretensions of humanitarianism in the famous Berlin Conference. He ruled the Congo personally as a corporate state‚ and made a fortune by forcing villages
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