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    Russia’s potential power was responsible for the onset of World War I‚ World War II was initiated for the same reason. Punished greatly for their role as the aggressor in World War I‚ Germany fell into a deep economic depression. This depression and loss of land led to the rise of one of the most insidious actors’ in world politics: Adolf Hitler. Hitler desired a major war as soon as he became Chancellor of Germany in 1933‚ because he greatly feared Russia’s potential power‚ and the rise of Bolshevism

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    Brazil and France have two of the world’s highest economies‚ they both have well-developed agricultural sector so thats why agriculture plays an important role in both of their economies. In a comparison in the world of countries GDP‚ France and Brazil are very close only separated by Britain in the six place. France has the fifth place and Brazil takes the seventh place in the table. Brazil important transformations began only in the 1930s‚ when the steps were taken to change brazil into a modern

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    legitimacy‚ authority‚ and power to achieve his success. First‚ he used divine right‚ elitist‚ and winning coalition to earn legitimacy. Philip also used elitist and winning coalition for power‚ but used coercion as well for power. His authority was never successfully challenged. Although‚ he went to wars several times he still attained legitimacy. Which is one of the most important ways to attain success. In the years of Philip’s ruling‚ he successfully maintained legitimacy. He did this through winning

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    Napoleon Bonaparte: the Icon of power. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica‚ which had been owned by the Italians until it was annexed by the French. He received his education in a French military school. When the French Revolution began‚ Napoleon was a low-level military officer but he quickly rose in rank and won important victories against the British and Austria. He was a popular military general who appealed to the people who looked to a strong military

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    Assignment 1 1. The religious differences in France lead to a civil war by dividing the state into two distinct sides: one that supported the monarch and was Catholic and one that was antimonarchic and Protestant. Violence was incited through religious ceremonies and the destruction of churches highlighted how the religion differences further divided France then before and led to the want for one religion to prevail because each thought the other was blasphemous. The nobles that used Protestantism

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    France was affected by many kings; one of them was Louis the 14th. If you were asked who is the king that faced a big series of war‚ you will be answering Louis the 14th. How did Louis the 14th affected France is the subject of that research. I wrote about this subject because Louis the 14th sat on Frances from the age of five‚ and ruled France for 72 years‚ from the year of 1643- 1715. I faced many difficulties; one of them was the lack of information‚ and references. Another difficulty

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    superb general and politician‚ Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long‚ he gave Rome fresh hope and a whole dynasty of emperors. Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC‚ Julius Caesar grew up in dangerous times. Rome could not yet handle its own size and power. The nobility were widely discredited and order had given way to chaos. The only clear alternative was military dictatorship. Caesar allied

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    short-lived one. The dramatic shift from the charismatic and power-hungry Queen Lujina to her socially inadequate and foul-tempered son caused a panic amongst the Anachian public. Many did not know if they should accept this controversial new leader‚ and the ones that did oppose his rule did not know how to express it. And yet‚ his rule only ended when the mysterious Crimson Crusader‚ Lavira Etherana‚ assassinated him. King Misona came to power after the death of his mother‚ Queen Lujina. Many historians

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    King Louis XVI and Lous XVIII are both brothers. They were both pretty extravagent‚ and they were the absolute monarchy. That’s why the French Kings were known as the Sun Kings. The French Kings had supreme authority. Examples are King Louis XIV declared himself as the state which in 1787 King Louis XVI proclaimed whatever he said was the law. They had absolute power. So King Louis XVI wanted to remain all-powerful‚ he didn’t like how he lsot power during the French Revolution so attempted

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    How important was his opposition at court in causing Wolsey’s fall from power in 1529? (24 marks) Wolsey had always caused resentment from the nobility‚ and this only grew as he became more dominant in Henry VIII’s government. Not only did nobles dislike him due to his low birth contrasted with his high positions‚ such as becoming Lord Chancellor in 1515‚ but resentment was also caused by his lavish lifestyle. Although opposition against him had got stronger throughout his career‚ this in itself

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