until the 1500s when the Grand Prince Ivan of Moscow (later known as Ivan the Terrible/Great) defeated and conquered the Mongols. Under his rule‚ Russia expanded immensely and even continued through his successors. Peter the Great also made a big impact despite his well-known and influential ancestor. Many things happened under his rule including expansion. Not only did he create a Navy (which did not exist in Russia at the time)‚ he also moved the capital from Moscow all the way to St. Petersburg
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Directions: For each question‚ select the best answer from among the choices given and click on the corresponding radio button. 1 | Although cheetahs are successful hunters‚ they are ------- as defenders of their catch‚ for they allow about half of their kills to be snatched by more aggressive animals. (A) | restless | (B) | conscientious | (C) | loathsome | (D) | prodigious | (E) | timid | | 2 | The author’s use of copious detail‚ though intended to ------- the reader’s
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Assess the impact of the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. (30) The treaty of Vienna came as a result of the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. The treaty of Vienna was a result of the British trying to keep the peace within Europe. The treaty of Vienna reflected the diversity within ‘Italy’; the treaty reflected most of the wishes of Metternich along with the desires of Austria. Prince Metternich’s desires were to restore the old pre- 1796 order the fact which represented within the terms of the Vienna
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country come together -Moscow was then formed which then became the heart of Russia. * The Mongols and the Emergence of Moscow -Kievan Rus’ struggled on into the 13th century‚ but was decisively destroyed by the arrival of a new invader--the Mongols. -In 1237‚ the grandson of Rus’ came into control of the empire‚ this led the Mongols to take an advantage of the new king so they destroyed almost all the cities Rus’ have created in Russia. -War began between the Moscow kingdom and the Mongols
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him. This was said to have been a contribution to his mold into a ruthless individual. During those years he managed to acquire the Russian territory that is established today by aggressive and militant means. After being crowned tsar of Muscovy (Moscow) he simultaneously simultaneously married his wife Anastasia Romanovna in the same year making his initially stamp on his 51 year reign. Ivan The Terrible had one ultimate goal when it came to foreign policy and that was aiming to conquer all remaining
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his army a threat to others. At the beginning of his reign‚ he started without a strong and secure army. He started organizing a military force at the beginning of the end of the Thirty Years War. This was how he originally brought the Duchy of Cleves‚ the Duchy of Prussia‚ and Brandenburg together. The army slowly made its way to eight-thousand as the starting number when it really started becoming a force to be recognized. By the time of his death‚ Frederick William the Great Elector’s small
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especially in the northeast. Once he had achieved his heavyweight military‚ Ivan crushed the Tartars‚ and this began Russia’s expansion into Siberia. Ivan also founded the standing army which was called the streltsy. ii. Economy In the year 1553‚ the Moscow Print Yard was established by order of Ivan the Terrible and this introduced Russia to the printing press. iii. Politics To create what was known as the Sudebnik of 1550‚ Ivan the Terrible had to revise the law code of Russia. He also established
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England. Started in 1337 and ended in 1453. The start of the war was caused by two things. One of them was certain lands of France‚ such as the Duchy‚ or territory of a duke‚ a duke being a highly respected servant of a king‚ of Guyenne‚ a town‚ being a Duchy of English dukes but land of the French throne. The English wanted self-rule of these Duchys such as Guyenne. The other cause was English crown claiming French throne under the defense that the English were the closest relatives to the last
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In central and Eastern Europe absolutism was built on social and economic power. During the period from 1050 to 1300 personal and economic freedom for peasants increased‚ but after 1300 princes and nobles restored harsh serfdom on peasants. The serfdom would ban peasants from leaving the land without the lords permission‚ lords would take more of the land and impose heavier obligations on the peasants. Later‚ the hereditary serfdom was reestablished in Poland‚ Russia‚ and Prussia. The hereditary
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Tennessee and Alabama; the Caney and Goddard shales of the Arbuckle region‚ Oklahoma; the Stanley Shale of the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma; the Madison Group and Big Snowy Groups of the northern Rocky Mountains; Redwall Limestone of the Grand Canyon region; and the Lisburne Group of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. Mississippian units exposed at the famous Avon Gorge section at Bristol‚ Eng.‚ include (in ascending order): Shirehampton
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