The French and the British both formulated their foreign policy in the Middle East to help advance their own interests. Power hungry and desperate for new land‚ British and French governments struggled to shape the Middle East in the ways that would be most helpful to their own interests. The selfish mindsets of these two nations coupled with the lack of Arab nationalism made for an unstable Middle East. People in these Middle Eastern nations were unable to advocate for themselves and were taken
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upon the word "Mercantilism". But what does mercantilism really mean? An example of mercantilism would be like this: A colony produces tobacco. The tobacco is then shipped back to the mother country and made into cigarettes. The mother country then SELLS the cigarettes back to the colony. Many countries in Europe‚ especially England and Spain‚ used this method to obtain gold and silver. But does mercantilism benefit the colony as much as it benefits the mother country? Mercantilism is unfair because
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The Mongols had done many things to build their empire while also doing some things that may not have been good for themselves or other groups. The Mongols were smart fighters. Instead of trying to go over the Great Wall of China they decided to go around the wall. To weaken the people inside of China‚ they would stop supplies from getting in‚ this resulted in people starving to death. As well as smart fighters‚ The Mongols used psychological warfare as a scare tactic. They would light four fires
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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Roman Empire was known as one of the greatest empires in history. As Rome grew‚ they started to fall apart and eventually would fall completely. Rome’s political‚ economical‚ disease‚ and foreign invader problems took great parts in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. These four issues were best known to cause Rome’s demise. There were many reasons for the Roman Empire fall. Political problems were one of the reasons. Some of the political problems were
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Rome is one of the oldest empires in the world‚ dating from 753 BCE to 338 BCE. Rome is one of the first major cities in Italy‚ along with Florence. Rome was founded by the twins‚ Romulus and Remus. A legend has been passed that at a young age the boys were put in baskets and were sent along the Tiber River. They were found by a mother wolf. She cared for them‚ but soon after a shepherd found them and took care of them until they grew up. At one point they decided to seek their fortune. They went
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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2013 British colonization‚ how it has made our world what it is today. Have you ever wondered how we ended up as free as we are today? Even though the British occupied other peoples lands‚ Colonization is a good thing because the spread of democracy and freedom and the development of Human Rights. As the British rose to power over Europe and became the financial center of the world‚ it became necessary to spread the empire around the world to maintain its power and dominants. The British started
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In the old days‚ the Roman empire was the greatest empire in the whole Eurasia. It was strong both economically and politically; however‚ it fell like many empires that existed before. In my opinion‚ the causes of the fall of the Roman empire appeared as early as the third century. The first cause was the threat of the barbarians‚ afterwards the maintenance of the court‚ then the administration which led to the increase of the expenses of the Roman Empire. The civil wars‚ and anarchy‚ made the
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In 1759 the British had many victories including‚ capturing the French islands‚ defeating the French in India‚ and destroying a French fleet. The greatest victory for them was when they defeated the capital of France‚ Quebec‚ which was thought to be impossible to attack. The fall of Quebec brought the fighting to an end‚ and a peace treaty was made allowing France to keep some sugar-producing islands and forcing them to give a lot of land to Great Britain. The treaty of Paris also marked the end
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Columbus Columbus was an explorer that made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 15th and 16th centuries. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but he never did. Instead‚ he accidentally came across the Americas and not India. He did not discover the New World‚ because millions of people already lived there‚ but his journeys marked the beginning of explorations into the new world. In the 15th and 16th centuries‚ leaders of several European nations
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