The Middle East is an area of land and group of countries in Southwest Asia‚ Eastern Europe‚ and North Africa. The United States has had a complicated role in the region throughout the last century. Following World War I‚ U.S. President Wilson wanted to implement self-determination in the Middle East‚ but the United States Senate voted against it. As a result‚ Britain and France remained the strongest powers in the Middle East. After World War II‚ Britain could no longer afford to maintain its
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against them‚ the East Pakistanis vigorously protested and declared independence on March 26‚ 1971 under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. But during the year prior to that‚ to suppress the unrest in East Pakistan‚ the Pakistani government sent troops to East Pakistan and unleashed a massacre. And thus‚ the war for liberation commenced. The Reasons for war :Both East and West Pakistan remained united because of their religion‚ Islam. West Pakistan had 97% Muslims and East Pakistanis had 85%
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location’ Is because it occupies "four different culture" in its surrounding‚ namely Afghanistan with central Asian culture in the west; Iran with middle east culture in south; India with South Asian culture in East and china with Eastern culture in North Pakistan. Pakistan is important due to its location because it is neighbour country of Middle East and have common border with china‚ India‚ Iran‚ Afghanistan and Central Asia state of Uzbekistan. It is important for united state because it gives access
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The country of Germany had been fragmented and occupied after the Second World War‚ and between the war and the construction of the wall‚ cold war tensions rose during the Berlin Blockade and Airlift. As West Germany and East Germany would become their own states and form allegiances‚ West Berlin would become a bone in Khrushchev’s throat. The Berlin Wall was constructed with the primary objective to contain fleeing denizens of Eastern Germany‚ however‚ multiple other social‚ political and economic
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The Cold War With the aim of preventing East Germans from seeking asylum in the West‚ the East German government in 1961 began constructing a system of concrete and barbed-wire barriers between East and West Berlin. This Berlin Wall endured for nearly thirty years‚ a symbol not only of the division of Germany but of the larger conflict between the Communist and non-Communist worlds. The Wall ceased to be a barrier when East Germany ended restrictions on emigration in November 1989. The Wall was largely
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Expansion in Middle East Summary: With almost a century of cooperation‚ GE is focused on driving the Middle East region’s financial development through solid and long haul open private partnerships. GE is centered on development and innovative headways to meet the squeezing challenges of the region crosswise over differed segments from medicinal services to aviation and energy to water shortage. Driven by the vision and definitive activity of submitted pioneers‚ the Middle East is on a development
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ONLINE. [online] Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/berlin-s-rude-awakening-the-day-the-berlin-wall-was-born-a-642317.html [Accessed: 27 Apr 2014]. the Guardian. 2011. Escape from East Berlin. [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/16/escape-from-east-berlin [Accessed: 24 Apr 2014]. the Guardian. 2010. ’My memories of the Berlin Wall ’. [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/06/berlinwall-germany [Accessed: 30 Apr 2014]
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the Soviet Union. Soon after‚ East Germany‚ known as the East German regime‚ began to decline (Kennedy 1). The economy was in ruin and the people were living a lower standard of life. People had almost no political freedom because it was ran by communist leaders of Russia. These many different issues sparked
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sign and symbol that is not Western can only be a representation of the East. The imitation of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures by American and European writers is known as “Orientalism.” An example of an “Oriental” man is smaller‚ slightly more feminine‚ yet is somehow still mysterious and threatening to a white male; while an “Oriental” female exudes exoticism and lust from behind her veil. These assumptions about the East led Edward Said to skillfully examine and define Eastern cultures from
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Most other countries find it odd that Americans have such patriotism . Each citizen tries to be a model of what it means to be an American. The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck shows the American spirit and what it means to be an American. In this novel‚ the reader learns that in order to be a true American one must value education‚ have a desire to be virtuous‚ and strive to be an individual. Education is a major part of being an American. Eacher person wants to a contributor to society‚
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