allies of Britain‚ France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy‚ the Alliance Systems‚ The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed‚ the triple Entente which consisted of France‚ Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this alliance forming‚ and realised they had possible enemies on both fronts. In
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During the middle of the 15th century‚ Europe was in a time of war and feudalism. Many European states had a weak central government and needed strong rulers to reestablish the order. Several leaders emerged during this time period who did some great works to bring the power back into the monarch’s hand‚ and thus they earned the name “new monarchs”. There were several factors that helped these leaders rise. Most of the “new monarchs” that arose during 1450 to 1550. In England‚ King Henry VII taking
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World economy is the global exchange of goods and services. The first humans were hunter-gatherers. The men hunted and the women organized the farming and gathering in an egalitarian social model of equality for all men and women. About‚ 11‚000 years ago agriculture replaced the traditional hunter-gatherer routines for a more permanent and consistent lifestyle centered on agriculture (Pearson). As a result class or rank based societies were formed. The dominant government and society in European
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Feudalism began in France around A.D. 900 and spread. The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a pyramid. At the top of the pyramid was the king. In the feudal relationship the king was the suzerain‚ or lord‚ of a group of dukes and counts who were his vassals. Each of these vassals was in turn lord to lesser vassals‚ who had even less important vassals. At the bottom of the pyramid were the knights‚ who had no vassals. Lord and vassal owed certain obligations to each other. The
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business etiquette involved‚ the speed of business practices‚ and the language in which it is done among other things. This paper analyses the effect of social-cultural practices on the business practices with specific reference to Germany. An introduction to the country‚ Germany is given and a presentation of some of its social and cultural practices made. The impact of these practices on business practices in the country is analysed. Introduction Culture
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Medieval European feudalism was an institution that served as a set of political and economic survival tactics from around the 8th century to 15th century AD. In the early middle ages‚ the political and economic climate in Europe was unstable after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Germanic invaders‚ such as the Franks‚ struggled to achieve a functional system of government to organize their territories because they basically had to build themselves up from the ground. Feudalism can be traced back
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Although‚ the reasons why these two areas turned to feudalism are different‚ both societies had many centuries of this similar type of government. European feudalism was influenced most likely by the fall of the Roman empire and Germanic tribes (and other external forces) who had tried to invade them. Japan‚ on the other hand‚ adopted the system to settle internal disputes in the country and to split up the land between the nobility; Japanese feudalism developed because of internal attacks by groups
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French feudalism started in the 9th century and formally abolished on the night of 4 August 1789 during the French Revolution. In France most noblemen believed Feudalism was the best way to own or manage land. An aristocrat would give vassals land and in exchange the vassal promised military service to the lord. Although Feudalism was a very self-sufficient system of governing‚ it did have its negative side. For example most vassals could not travel outside of their region unless it was to defend
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fief‚ the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord‚ vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism. Document 2: a. The Manorial System is the political‚ economic‚ and social system by which peasants of medieval Europe were made dependent on their land and on their lord derived from the word ’manor.’ Feudalism is a hierarchical system in which a lord or king gives a gift or land (known in Latin as a feudum) to a vassal‚ such as a knight‚ in exchange
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Feudalism was the way of life for the people of the middle ages. Feudalism took the place of the Roman government in Europe. It started after the fall of Rome. At the time‚ Europe was lawless and violent with no central government to rule anyone (Biel‚ Timothy Levi 10). Feudalism was an economic and military society that is based in oaths and contracts. This means that feudalism intertwined the military and the economy of medieval Europe and in order to sustain life there was need for oaths and loyalty
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