A Brief History of Catalonian Nationalism and Autonomy The Catalonian people can trace their heritage to Charlemagne’s invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in the ninth century‚ commonly referred to as the Reconquista‚ which expelled the Muslim Moors who had conquered Iberia in 788 AD. A Feudal system was established with the ruling entity being the Count of Barcelona. The union with the neighboring Kingdom of Aragon in 1137 recognized their distinctly separate political identities including their
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factors to manipulate the Germany people to their ideology‚ including discontent following World War I and widespread propaganda against the Jewish people. After losing World War I‚ the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany financially and militarily. After representative from Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany lost vast land quantities that were awarded to various European countries and was required by the Allies to pay reparations. The Allies claimed that Germany had caused the war and
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Jon Smith Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany final paper I pledge to have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment. A Totalitarian regime uses terror not only as an instrument to suppress opposition‚ but once free of opposition‚ terror is employed to ensure the movement of the regime. As Hannah Arendt contends‚ "if lawfulness is the essence of non-tyrannical government‚ and lawlessness is the essence of tyranny‚ then terror is the essence of totalitarian domination."(p
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The 20th century was a time of rapid development and innovation all around the world‚ but this competition soon morphed into a form of imperial nationalism in the United States‚ for a country comprised of so much diversity this can quickly became unhealthy as citizens begin determining what is “un-American”. Plays like‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller can offer a new perspective of the damages caused by our people to our people as a result of paranoia. Blaming individuals‚ foreign ideas‚ or other
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Nationalism‚ the vast encompassing term used to link such concepts as cultural identity‚ patriotism‚ national identity‚ loyalty and sharing of land. Nationalism can also include the civic aspects of a nation such as the consensus among a group to follow common laws and the agreement to perform certain duties so the said nation can function (i.e. vote‚ become educated‚ pay taxes‚ provide defense in tumultuous times). To provide better insight into such a complex topic‚ Nationalism can also be contrasted
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The last quarter of the nineteenth century was the classical age of European imperialism (Marshall‚49). Western European countries such as Britain‚ France‚ Belgium and Italy were all trying to impose their imperialistic thoughts on other countries. Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia defines Imperialism as the practice by which powerful nations or peoples seek to extend and maintain control or influence over weaker nations...power and influence is extended informally‚ mainly through diplomatic
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Pranav Misri Mike Tribe IB History 1‚ Period 2 29th August 2014 Word Count: 1996 words What is Nationalism? Historical and scholarly perspectives on nationalism are almost as numerous as the different strains of nationalism and other phenomena that are often confused with it. Some‚ like Richard Handler‚ a professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia‚ declare it “as an ideology about individuated being‚ an ideology concerned with boundedness‚ continuity‚ and homogeneity encompassing
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NATIONALISM HIS 104 Marek McKenna September Barron August 27‚ 2012 Nationalism; One might ask‚ what is Nationalism? Nationalism is popular political ideology that developed in the 18th century and that it identifies “people” and the purposes that control an independent “state” the key to “nation” is the definition in the identification of a “nation” This definition originally came from France and Spain prior to the 18th century‚ it refers to a small‚ elite group of men
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Italy began imperialism for similar reasons at that time. During the 1800’s the threat of war through Europe over Africa was growing bigger‚ they needed to take untouched resources such as gold‚ iron and ivory. Italy colonized to build new industries‚ trying to pick up resources as much as they can to settle in their own country. Italy wanted resources badly‚ so they conquered more land in the south and the east‚ so they had a backup plan for whatever actions like the bombing. So as I said before
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Today we arrived in Germany I’m excited to see all the sites and learn about a new country’s culture. Our plans for today is to check into our hotel Brandenburger Hof Berlin ‚ I have to say from the minute we entered the beautiful hotel the staff was quite welcoming. This afternoon we are going to visit some shops and eat at an authentic German restaurant called Maximilians. After supper we called it a early night because everyone was tired from the 17 hour plane ride. I can’t wait to go explore
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