Second Examination Review Sheet 1. What were the goals of the Great Powers at the Congress of Vienna? What were their aims and how did they redraw the map of Europe in the wake of Napoleon’s defeat? What did the chief architects of the Congress‚ such as Metternich‚ hope to achieve? Congress of Vienna was a conservative group that aimed to develop peaceful international relations system Goal: achieve postwar stability by establishing secure states with guaranteed borders. Restore regimes to
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building block was fuedalism. This social organization created by exchanging grants of land in return for loyalty and military service would also become a foundation during these times. By 900‚ most people lived on manors‚ as either the landlord or the serfs. These self sufficient estates were maintained by new agricultural techniques‚ like the moldboard plow‚ the three-field system and the horse collar‚ making it easier for people to cultivate the land. Eventually‚ this would lead to a population growth
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Knights were a huge part of the military‚ as they were the military‚ and feudalism gives and gets the required resources in order for it to work efficiently. If the kingdom called upon an army of a manor the lord would have to give him troops because it is part of his feudal oath. lords would give massive amounts of knights to the king (could be up to hundreds of them) (Biel 9). This worked efficiently because the king’s needs were met as were the lords (Biel 9). Knights would also have to
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daily life. Manors contained churches‚ castles‚ forests‚ a large amount of land‚ and many villages of peasants who labored and paid the lord fees. Many peasants were serfs‚ who were peasants who were bound to the land. Serfs were not allowed to leave the land‚ but they were guaranteed food‚ water‚ shelter. In return for their hard work‚ serfs and peasants received their own land. Nevertheless‚ the system of feudalism declined due to three main causes: the Hundred Years War‚ The Bubonic Plague‚ and various
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making education to come under the control of the government and therefore the tuition fees were raised to exclude th lower-class students from attending primary and secondary schools. Alexander II‘s first social reforms was in 1861 emancipating the serfs with the need to modify Russia and get rid of its
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The middle ages‚ a time of chaos and regression from civility. This time period is laced with crime and the ravaging of cities. The vikings‚ the great barbarians of the north. Just hearing their name would strike fear into the hearts of the people of the middle ages. The vikings sacked churches and monasteries all around medieval Europe slaughtering anyone who got in their way. People were terrified of this terror from the North. Their methods were barbaric‚ in one tactic they ripped the lungs
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This essay is aimed at comparing and contrasting structural functionalism with the Marxist and the noe-marxist theories to social change‚ how they best describe social change in less developed countries; in this case Zambia. The paper is to also outline the relevance of the two approaches and come up with one that offers the best approach as in the case of Zambia. Social change refers to the structural transformation of political‚ social‚ cultural‚ and economic systems and institutions to create
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Japan expansion evolved by unification where Japan regained their islands. Tokugawa Shogunate unified Japan by consolidating with islands near Japan’s territory. With all of Japan’s territory being under his rule‚ japan expanded. A cultural continuities in Japan would be feudalism. Japan became decentralized‚ where all people in Japan was under the rule of Tokugawa shogun or their emperor at that time. The 46 Ronin were also a continuities. The 46 Ronin was a story about the importance of the
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needs and desires of the male head more important‚ such as in Confucianism Feudalism – the dominant social system in medieval Europe‚ ranked from kings to powerful nobles (vassals)‚ to less powerful nobles‚ to simple knights‚ and finally peasants/serfs
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Traditionally it is assumed that he was a reactionary‚ unlike the reformer his father‚ Alexander II‚ had been. However‚ as so often the case‚ this interpretation of Alexander III’s rule is undisputed. There is much reason to believe that despite some different policies‚ ultimately both men wanted to reach the same goals. Alexander III unquestionably did undermine the reforming policies of his father‚ but the underlying reasons for this are not so obvious. “The reign of Alexander II‚ which began
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