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    reforming and making some new changes to the society. In this essay will mainly focus on two main political ideologies and see the differences between these two houses‚ which are Marx and Mussolini. First‚ the German thinker‚ Marx‚ and a letter called “ Manifesto of the Communist Party”‚ bring about the concept of communism

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    philosophical ideas and periods like the Reformation‚ Absolutism‚ and the Enlightenment. During the eighteenth century‚ France went through a period of turmoil. The French people 8much of the money and power‚ while they were left to suffer in poverty. A combination of ideas and changes were necessary to achieving a revolution. The Reformation movement was created when Martin Luther published his 95 Theses‚ debating how the church was run. Absolutism was created when money was being managed so badly that

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    Oligarchy of Sparta was more efficient and stable compared to Athens because of its laws‚ structure‚ and culture. The city-state of Sparta had strict laws for the conduct of its citizens which promoted the welfare of the whole community. Athens democracy was constantly voting to enact laws which were often controlled by mob rule. Sparta’s government was controlled by the elites and elders of the community. Athens was ruled by the common man who was ill equipped to rule. Spartan culture was much more

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    constitutional monarchies are democracies; they are not direct democracies‚ however‚ which do away with elected representatives in favour of rule by popular referendum (no country today uses such a system). So‚ all democracies have elected representatives.  At its most basic‚ a democracy is a system of government where leaders are chosen by election‚ but there are other criteria. After all‚ Russia‚ Uzbekistan‚ and Egypt all have elections‚ but they are emphatically not democracies. Even the USSR had elections

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    The article ADIVASIS‚ NAXALITES AND INDIAN DEMOCRACY by Ramachandra Guha focuses on the condition of adivasis who are caught between the government and naxalites. Adivasis ‚which is a term used for the tribes of central and eastern India who share certain attributes in terms of cultural‚ social‚ economic and political entities that makes them distinct from north-eastern tribes and other Indian and thus treating them as a single segment. According to the author there are roughly 70 million tribals

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    In central and Eastern Europe absolutism was built on social and economic power. During the period from 1050 to 1300 personal and economic freedom for peasants increased‚ but after 1300 princes and nobles restored harsh serfdom on peasants. The serfdom would ban peasants from leaving the land without the lords permission‚ lords would take more of the land and impose heavier obligations on the peasants. Later‚ the hereditary serfdom was reestablished in Poland‚ Russia‚ and Prussia. The hereditary

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    The Age of Absolutism and the Enlightenment encouraged individuals to analyze their society. Enlightened thinkers started to deeply think about the structure of society and challenged traditional ideas of the power. Curious enlightened thinkers came up with their theory of how the government should function. Baron de Montesquieu was one of the most influential representative of the Enlightenment in France who promoted his idea of protecting liberty and unity in the government and society. Montesquieu

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    In the eighteenth century‚ much of Europe was engulfed in intellectual and cultural movement known as the Enlightenment. Reformers‚ which included: writers‚ political reformers and philosophers‚ led the fight against dogma‚ and old tradition. Up to this point time‚ questioning authority was uncommon‚ people were not willing to risk being tortured or put into jail. Many of the philosophers that express Enlightenment ideas of: freethinking‚ reason‚ tolerance‚ education‚ risked themselves being killed

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    could. Since they were not trained soldiers the freed slaves were given tasks like cleaning or cooking. A soldier from Illinois wrote that‚ “every regt has negro teamsters and cooks which puts that many more men back in the ranks… It will make a difference in the regt of not less than 75 men that will carry guns that did not before we had negros.” Lincoln also wanted to make the war appear legitimate to the Europeans‚ who bought most of the souths cotton. Instead of the Europeans viewing the war

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    Absolutism and Peter the Great Analysis paragraph Peter the Great made a great effort to change Russia and he conquered his ideas and what he wanted to do with his nation. He strengthened the military‚ created a navy‚ and stopped the isolation of Russia. Since Peter was born in the medieval world he was captivated by the modern clothes and army; he was really interested in ships and navy. He built a ship just to communicate with the west (Europe) to exchange technology‚ ideas and other goods

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