Peloponnesian war When people think of the Peloponnesian war they think only of the major battle and victory of Sparta! But what of the events leading to this triumph? There was the "first Peloponnesian war" But this war had only lasted 10 years. During this time the Spartans dominated the land and the Athenians dominated the sea. One advantage the Athens had was that they constructed massive walls all the way from the city to its seaport Piraeus. This allowed them to remain inside the city
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The First World War was a lengthy and brutal affair that claimed the lives of over 17 million individuals. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly‚ its effects were equally as ferocious on the intellectual front‚ where it marked a turning point in the clash of European intellectual values. Philosophers such as Nietzsche had already challenged established institutions of Positivistic thinking toward knowledge and progress; however‚ his movement lacked widespread support. Necessary was the disaster of WWI‚ which
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And the horizon sticks With a putrid odor of colors. Down on the beach A little Jewish tailor from the Bronx‚ With a bad stomach‚ Throws up the hot-dog sandwiches He ate in the afternoon While life to him Is like a sick tomato In a garbage can. The sun‚ Like the red yolk of a rotten egg‚ Falls behind the roller-coaster And the horizon sticks With a putrid odor of colors. Down on the beach A little Jewish tailor from the Bronx‚ With a bad stomach‚ Throws up the hot-dog sandwiches
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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created decorated with seven columns on each side inscribed with writings from the Torah etc. Very briefly‚ one site that is very popular with pilgrims is the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem ‚ which is home to many Yeshivas and Synagogues‚ this makes it a divine place that is home to great Jewish history and culture. For obvious reasons Jewish pilgrimage sights are situated in Israel or around Jerusalem‚ for that city is a city that has been saturated with history by different religions whether they
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of World War Two that changed the war drastically. Such as the influential Tiger Tank or the reliable M4 Sherman. There were also prototypes that never made it to the front lines of the war. Even though some of these weapons may not have saved all of their users they changed the tide of war forever. These weapons‚ vehicles‚ superweapons‚ and prototypes will always strike fear into the hearts of all who saw them. These are the weapons that changed all wars forever. The weapons of the war like the
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the ancient super powers. These states met three times in war‚ in what became to be known as the Punic Wars. All these wars however were won by Rome‚ and when the third Punic war was finished Carthage was completely destroyed. This paper will trace the history of Carthage and how it came to be almost the equal of Rome. It will also show the strength of these two ancient powers and how their first conflict or what is called the first Punic war led to Rome becoming a naval power. It is believed and
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The First World War was once thought to be ‘the war to end all wars’. In an attempt to make this so‚ the Allies convened in Paris for the Paris Peace Conference‚ and ultimately created the Treaty of Versailles. Its terms were harsh and sent Germany into hyper-inflation‚ with help from the reparations that had to be paid. This treaty also placed an immense amount of guilt for the whole war and loses on Germany in the War Guilt Clause‚ which created further bitterness within the German borders.
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Of WWl The great war‚ the war to end all wars‚ 20‚000‚000 dead. These were all the nicknames acquired with WWl. 1914 the war officially began due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian man from a terrorist group labeled as the black hand. The assassination led directly to the first world war because Austria-Hungary decided to declare war‚ triggering action according to a series of international treaties cause more European countries to engage in the war. Although there was
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1 ) The specific incident that leads to the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand ‚ heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary in June 28 ‚1914 by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo ‚Bosnia . The purpose of the assassination was to trigger a massive Slavic revolt in the Slavic states of Bosnia and Herzegovina that would hopefully free Bosnia and Herzegovina from the rule of Austria-Hungary .Serbia and other Balkan States had already gained independence from the Ottoman rule
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