1. Why was the European Union created? Are these goals still matching the actual needs of the Union? In 1795‚ German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote in his famous essay Towards a Perpetual Peace that the ‘the spirit of commerce sooner or later takes hold of every people 1 and it cannot exist side by side with war’ . In the case of the European states this spirit has been able to manifest itself through the evolutionary creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)‚ the European Economic
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the New World is a narrative of the growth and power of Genghis Khan and his successors‚ including their influence on Europe’s civilization. The book is divided into three sections‚ the beginning of the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan’s rule‚ Genghis Khan’s death and his successors. The author‚ Weatherford‚ delivers a different viewpoint on Genghis Khan than what was very typical in most books. He talked about the positive cultural effects to Genghis Khan’s rule. At
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Who is GENGHIS KHAN???? Genghis Khan was an evil bipolar person who only did great things to people because he felt guilty of the actions and events that took place under his rule and command as the Mongol ruler. Genghis Khan had his soldiers destroy many of the Chinese‚ Japanese and Korean farmland without the permission of the rightful land owner. And according to one Chinese Peasant who lived of off her crops‚ the Mongols took some of the crops for themselves‚ burned the rest and left nothing
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Zou History is an amazing thing‚ which can let us harvest experience‚ which can make us look back at the past‚ which can get us to compare with now. You can also find some incredible coincidences. However‚ there were some differences in these coincidences. In old China‚ there were two great emperors who both unified China — Qin Shi Huang and Genghis Khan. As founders of Dynasties‚ they were powerful leaders‚ military geniuses and brutal rulers. But‚ Genghis Khan paid more attention to wars and the
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What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts? Juvenile Court‚ authority charged with the disposition of legal actions involving children. One hundred years ago‚ the Illinois legislature enacted the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (1899 Ill. Laws 132 et seq.)‚ creating the first separate juvenile court. The policy debates raging
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if the Reconstruction was a splendid failure or not so I did some research. The Reconstruction is surrounded by controversy. Eric Froner asserts that the Reconstruction did not achieve the radical goals that were hoped for but the Reconstruction did offer African Americans in the south a vison of a free society even if only temporarily. Historians have categorized the Reconstruction as a total failure and that failure proved to be detrimental to both blacks and whites. Both Northern and Southern
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Was World War Two inevitable? The origins of the Second World War have been a contentious issue ever since the conflict ended in 1945. It is a topic which continues to provoke furious debate more than sixty years later. It was unquestionably Hitler’s war and was directly brought about by his actions in the 1930’s. However opinion is divided as to whether his actions were meticulously planned or was he simply an opportunist who pragmatically took each step as they arose naturally. Marshal
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of the Mongol + Genghis Khan Trial Cyril Connolly once said‚ “The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized‚ and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.” As the trial determining whether the Mongols and Genghis Khan are civilized or uncivilized comes to a close‚ a verdict must be made. Both the defense and prosecution witnesses of both sides delivered convincing and compelling arguments. However‚ there can be only one verdict. The Mongols and Genghis Khan murdered innocent
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William the Conqueror had defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066‚ an even bigger challenge had presented itself. William was now outnumbered in a land he had very little knowledge of‚ and would face several rebellions in the first decade of his reign. William was aware of this challenge‚ building castles in towns which presented any threat as a symbol of his power. Despite these measures‚ it would take William almost a decade‚ until 1075 to gain full control of England‚ which he did so due
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Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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