your head when you hear Greek Civil War? The language‚ Destruction‚ Athens or ancient artifacts. Greece is a country in southern eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands that lie along the seas. It was the birthplace of the Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown both Greece and
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divided into three productive zones: the industrial northeast‚ the southern slave‚ and the midwest food supply. However‚ the end of the Civil War was an important economic change‚ not only because of the economic downturn in the southern plantations but also by the consumer goods industry and the capital goods industry. As a consequential of this‚ after the Civil War‚ the Industrialization leaves a grateful economic development‚ social innovation‚ and political opportunities in the United States. Industrialization
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Imagine life is going great and within a second it turns dark and affects you and the millions around you. It was October 29‚ 1929‚ now known as “Black Tuesday” when the stock market crashed. The crash happened due to most people buying on credit. Some people got a loan to buy shares. The crash was on Wall Street in New York. All the investors that day lost $14 Billion on the New York Stock Exchange which is equivalent to $199 billion today. After the crash‚ stock prices continued to fall. People’s
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In light of the Second World War‚ many nations were inspired to once again make bids for their independence. For some‚ the transition to politically independent states went smoothly. Other nations struggled against their oppressors. The French League of Nations mandates‚ which originally split the formerly Ottoman territories under French control‚ collapsed in the wake of the Second World War and gave way to the formation of the nations of Syria and Lebanon. Other states‚ such as Saudi Arabia and
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Protestant Reformation transformed Western Culture by developing a successful printing press‚ revoking traditional methods and ideas‚ and strengthening forces through intellectual reforms. The upheavals of the Catholic and Protestant reformations sparked wars of religion in Europe until the mid-1600s. At that time‚ issues of religion began to give way to issues of national power. Catholic and Protestant rulers often made decisions based on political interests rather than for purely religious reasons. Long
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were killed. I believe it was this number that really made the Gallipoli campaign catch the eye of the Australian people‚ the number was so large after the first day of fighting that Australian people’s eyes were opened to the horror and bloodshed of war. Also some Australian people were completely against the troops being there the especially after such heavy loss‚ they argued that it was a waste of perfectly good troops and that nothing was to be gained. Another reason that
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internet before making their purchases and out of that 60%‚ 88% went to the auto websites before going and taking a test drive. Due to concerns for the economy and global warming‚ the automobile industry had to develop alternate fuel vehicles. They did not want to do this at first because of the high cost and risks involved however because of a new legislation‚ the auto industry had no choice but to come up with the technology to make the fuel-efficient cars. They finalized that this would be the
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form an anti-fascist alliance with countries in the west. Stalin argued that even Adolf Hitler would not start a war against a united Europe. Adam B. Ulam‚ the author of Stalin: The Man and his Era has argued: "Soviet diplomacy sought (in a much more realistic way than that of Britain and France) to avoid war. To do Stalin justice‚ he never made a secret greater than his desire to avoid war‚ or more precisely to avoid Russia’s military involvement in one." On 18th March‚ 1939‚ Maxim Litvinov‚ Commissar
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with the British as well. In 1879 the Zulus eliminated a British force at the battle of Isandlwana. In the late 1800s‚ royal jewels were found such as gold and diamonds‚ in the northern Boer territory. That was the start up of the Anglo-Boer war. The war started in 1899 and ended in 1902 and involved bitter guerrilla fighting. The British powers defeated their opponents and won‚ but at a great
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In the history of United States‚ Great depression that occurred in late 1920’s and 1930’s made a dramatic and tragic impact on American economy along with American people. The depression set at time when many were just arriving in new country and try to settle their feet on ground. Theodore Roosevelt‚ the president of time‚ began several programs to slow down the impact of great depression. The government began new deals to tackle the dilemmas of great depression. The stock market crash of 1929
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