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    The Punic Wars are a series of three wars that took place between Carthage and Rome. The war lasted nearly a century (265 B.C.-146 B.C.) At that time The Punic Wars were the largest wars in the world‚ almost as close to World Wars. The word Punic comes from the the latin word Punicus meaning “Carthaginian.” But what cause the punic wars? You may be asking. The main cause of The Punic Wars was interest to the existing Carthaginian Empire and the Roman Republic. The Roman were interested in the Sicily

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    Chinese Opium War Essay

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    Soon China started to face plethora of problems‚ and decided to fight the British. There were only two wars that took place and China didn’t succeed in either of them. The first war is called “The First Opium War” and the second is called the “Arrow War.” China failed epicly in these two wars.(The Chinese Opium Wars‚24.)(Opium War‚ 1) “The First Opium War shattered that belief. It was such a catastrophic defeat that more than a decade later U.S. Navy commodore Matthew Perry‚ in

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    Vietnam War and Information Learning target: List and explain how Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ and Kennedy react to key events in Vietnam. Vietnam declares independence‚ 1945 On September 2‚ Ho Chi Minh leader of the Vietnamese independence movement‚ quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnamese independence from foreign rule‚ members of this independence movement. Us Military aiud to French Indochina 1950 1954 persident truman‚ seeing the First Indochina War as a fight

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    Opium War Research Paper

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    trade in China started the world’s very first drug war‚ in the 19th century. Known as the Opium War‚ many people also refer to it as the Anglo-Chinese War. Opium is a preparation made from the juice of poppy seedpods‚ and used to produce heroin. The drug was mainly produced in and shipped from the East Indies to China by British merchants. This addictive drug had gotten many Chinese badly hooked by the early 1800s. In the 15th century‚ when opium was first introduced to China‚ it was used as medicine

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    Punic Wars Research Paper

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    Punic Wars were 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage that lasted from 264 to 146 B.C. The first Punic War lasted from 264-241 B.C. which was for 23 years. The second Punic War lasted 218-201 B.C.for 17 years. The third and final war lasted 49-146 B.C‚ for 3 years. The first Punic War was fought over the control of Sicily and the Western Mediterranean. Since Rome was very agricultural they had an interest in Carthage‚ which was controlled more by sea power. In the first part of the war‚ Rome

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    Opium Wars 1856-1860

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    The Opium Wars of 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860 marked a new stage in China’s relationship with the West. The conflict erupted out of pre-existing tensions between the two global superpowers‚ China and Britain‚ as they grew increasingly important to each others’ economies through trade over the past century. Their interactions bred a serious imbalance and one-sided dependence; the British demand for Chinese goods‚ particularly tea‚ porcelain and silk‚ far outweighed the corresponding Chinese demand

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    Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law‚ term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy‚ or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution. However‚ in recent times efforts have been made to reduce these treatments

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    Opium War Research Paper

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    Jeffrey Koala Revolutionary China Professor Lu 6/12/07 THE INEVITABILITY OF THE OPIUM WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA The Opium War‚ which began in 1839‚ pitted two of history’s most independently industrious strongholds against each other. It was not only hugely detrimental to China’s potential of progress‚ but was as well equally as unavoidably inevitable. The War also had major consequences to the later relations between China and Britain. The brutal fighting that ensued between

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    What were the outcomes of the second Punic War? What really cause the second Punic war was the great rivalry that exists between the two great powers of the Carthage and the Roman Empire. This rivalry now degenerated to the level where both are fighting for supremacy in the Western Mediterranean. However‚ the situation was fully brought to the actualization as a result of the rapid growth of the Carthaginian rampart level in Spain. While‚ Rome is increasing in strength through the conquest of Cisalpine

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    manufactured in war. During the rule of Rome‚ conflicts inevitably rose against the Roman Republic‚ and three of the numerous conflicts were jumped- started because of Rome aiding an ally. All three Punic Wars had differences between them‚ in the catalyst of the fighting to the repercussions of war with the actions sandwiched in between. The trilogy of wars that Rome and Carthage were involved in erupted due to three different reasons for three different wars. The First Punic War had two phases

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