World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long-lasting peace in Europe completed with regular peace meeting which proposed
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were allowing people to form their own opinions of the church rather than being told by the church what to believe. Within two weeks‚ many copies of the Theses had spread throughout Germany and in months throughout Europe. In January 1518 Christoph von Scheurl and other reformers
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I have chosen to write about negative music and its effect on human behavior. I will trace the history of this type of music and discuss some studies which point out effects of listening to it. What is negative music? Negative music is music that has a negative effect. One form of negative music is music that is used to express or to stimulate negative emotions. A Viennese classical composer named Arnold Schonberg was the first person to openly create negative music early in the twentieth century
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2012 The Nobel Prize in Physics Serge Haroche‚ David J. Wineland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz‚ Brian K. Kobilka The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon‚ Shinya Yamanaka The Nobel Prize in Literature Mo Yan The Nobel Peace Prize European Union (EU) The Prize in Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth‚ Lloyd S. Shapley 2011 The Nobel Prize in Physics Saul Perlmutter‚ Brian P. Schmidt‚ Adam G. Riess The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dan Shechtman The Nobel
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influence. Area in a country where the imperial power has exclusive rights to trade or invest. Form of imperialism. Divide china into s.o.p. in 1890’s. _______________________________ (nephew of austro-hungarian emperor francis joseph) Francis Ferdinand and wife assassinated by gavrilo princip in Sarajevo- capital of bosnia. Serbia held responsible. Germany sends ah blank check to show support. A.h. gve Serbia ultimatum with conditions to avoid consequences. Serbs response not satisfy ah and
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Italian/Northern Renaissance | | Medici Family | They dominated Florence during the 15th century and were interested in industry‚ trade‚ and banking. The first was Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici (1360-1429)‚ and the most famous was Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492)‚ the great grandson of Giovanni. Medici power fell after Savonarola (1452-1498)‚ a Franciscan friar‚ gained power‚ and therefore‚ Florence was never the same. | Humanism | England: * Started taking hold in early 15th century taught
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Peyton Stubblefield Pickle History March 15‚ 2017 The Two Front War/Schlieffen Plan Alfred von Schlieffen‚ German Army Chief of Staff‚ was given instructions to come up with a strategy that would be able to stop a two-front war from happening. Schlieffen argued that if a war took place‚ it is important that France is quickly defeated. If this happened‚ Britain and Russia would be uninterested in carrying on fighting. The Plan included taking most of Germany’s army through Belgium and around the
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policy of “realpolitik” to Kaiser Wilhelm’s II “weltpolitik.” The goal of weltpolitik was to expand Germany’s naval and territories. Wilhelm selected several aggressive generals that would help further his new foreign policy; this included Alfred Von Tirpitz. In 1894‚ Kaiser Wilhelm II along with the strong support of Tirpitz passed naval law that planned to double the size of German’s navy. Britain‚ “rulers of the waves” saw this a threat and increased tensions between the two nations. As both
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imperialistic foreign policies of the great powers of Europe‚ including the German Empire‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ the Russian Empire‚ the British Empire‚ France‚ and Italy. The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary‚ by a Yugoslav nationalist was the proximate trigger of the war. It resulted in a Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia. Several alliances formed over the previous decades were invoked
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1969 1969 Abbey road is a famous road located in England. The Beatles shot the album cover of their famous Album Abbey road in 1969. Led zeppelin also released their first album in 1969. Abbey road is a famous road located in England. The Beatles shot the album cover of their famous Album Abbey road in 1969. Led zeppelin also released their first album in 1969. Many popular television shows such as Sesame Street‚ Scooby-doo‚ Monty Pythons Flying Circus and the Brady Bunch were first aired in
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