War‚ like many historians attempt to argue‚ there were many causes that evolved around four major ones. Even Benthmann portrayed his frustration with attempting to isolate a major cause when his reply to the question of what started the war was "Oh‚ if only I knew". The four main causes were imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. Without these influences the war would have never happened. However‚ all four of these main causes were inspired and encouraged by nationalism. Nationalism
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Western Foreigners and Chinese Christians. Quickly‚ a secret organization named the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists (also called Boxers or Yihetuan) rebelled against the potential domination. Members of the Righteous Harmony movement were anti-foreign‚ anti-Christian and often critical of the Qing regime for its inability to resist foreign
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school for a whole week‚ I would do lots of things. I’m only going to share a couple with you now‚ they may not be good but they are kind of funny. Some of these things may be weird‚ but I find it funny. Some people may find it mean but I don’t really do this stuff. So here are my thing I would do if I was trapped in school for a whole week. The first thing I would do is I would make all the teachers give not more homework for example math and social studies homework. I would tie them to a chair. I’ll
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Japanese Imperialism Imperialism is a tendency or system of those regimes that wish to expand their dominance to another or other territories through force‚ both military and political or economic. An imperialist state‚ therefore‚ wishes to impose itself on other countries and exercise its control. These are nations that have great strength and do not hesitate to use it‚ either directly or indirectly‚ on the weakest. In 1603 real power falls on Ieyasu Tokugawa‚ the emperor passing to be just a
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the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to justify that we are still the strongest country and United States wanted to win the war. President Truman at the time was the president. The first bomb was dropped because invading Japan with soldiers would have cost more money and casualties. Another reason it was dropped because Japan did not want to surrender after the first bomb was dropped. The attack was a strategic attack because
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If I were to be an animal‚ I would be an African Lion. The African Lion is an animal that describes my strengths and attributes perfectly and has characteristics that I would love to call my own. The African Lion has been called “the King of Beasts” for centuries‚ due to its majestic appearance and the fact that it is at the top of the food chain. I too would like the respect the African Lion receives and the title that it has been given. If I were an African Lion I would be able to bake in the
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What would life be without Diversity Programmes? For most of us‚ college life may not be significantly different – we would still interact with people from other social groups‚ and I believe Amherst will still aspire to be ‘diverse’. However‚ we would definitely have a much limited capacity in reaching out to shyer applicants unsure about their place in Amherst‚ which is still often characterised as school that caters to a select kind of person. Besides‚ what does ‘diversity’ actually mean anyway
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The Black Death started in 1347 and raged on for some years‚ wiping most of Europe as it spread. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) wrote of the plague’s symptoms: swellings or tumors in the armpits and groin‚ which led to blackness on different parts of the body. There’s no doubt that the Europeans had their own opinion on the cause of the plague and how to contain it. The Black Death was a plague that very unfamiliar to the victims. As a result‚ they had different beliefs on the cause of the plague;
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What if the Internet were the only source of information The Internet is the most important source of information in the modern world. You can do a lot of different things: watch funny videos about kittens‚ read actual news from all over the world‚ connect you with your friends‚ or something like that. You also have an access to a big free encyclopedia named ‘Wikipedia’. There you can look after things you have never heard about‚ but also after some useful things‚ like a definition of some
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What If It Were You??? Probably the most debated topic today is abortion. It is uncommon for the topic to be brought up when new friends are first meeting because almost everyone has a stand on the issue‚ and there are only two possible stands (which happen to be largely the opposite). According to the Webster’s dictionary‚ the definition of abortion is: "expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is viable". You might say that this definition is a little unclear because we must ask‚ what does
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