Napoleon’s success during his process to seize power in 1799‚ this ambitious man moved on with his plans to take over countries. His first plan was to take command in the Alps. And with that he selfishly sent his ally‚ or ‘stepping stone’ -General Moreau to the Rhine frontier. So that he‚ Napoleon‚ could take over the grand mission. This time‚ with their enemy being the Austrian General Michael Friedrich von Melas‚ Napoleon was confident enough to believe that their enemy was more than 50 miles away
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the rival superpowers during this time were Spain and Portugal. They competed to find new trade routes and resources. Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal‚ and was raised in a noble family. He served King Manuel I by establishing Portugal’s influence in India‚ but they had a falling out so he went to Spain. Spanish King Charles I funded his expedition of finding a commercial route to the Spice Islands by sailing west. The expedition began in 1519‚ but Magellan did not survive it. However
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Study guide: Afghanistan Fall 2011 Essay questions: When did Afghanistan become an independent state? What events prompted the declaration of independence? Explain factional (Khalq/Parcham) divisions within the PDPA. -The party was divided into factions‚ with the Khalq and Parcham being the two largest ones. The split was mainly due to ideological and economic reasons. The Khalq supporters consisted mainly of ethnic Pashtuns from rural areas‚ while Parcham supported consisted mainly
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Origami (折り紙‚ from ori meaning "folding"‚ and kami meaning "paper"; kami changes to gami due to rendaku) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding‚ which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside of Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques‚ and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami
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The Industrial Revolution was a very historical time‚ although many people got injured. Many amazing inventions were made during the time. Many people got rich off of their inventions during this time period. During the Industrial Revolution‚ children were forced to work in the factories. Many kids had to stick their hands in a moving machine to get a loose bolt out of the gears‚ if the kids weren’t fast enough they could get their hands cut off. Although many great inventions were created
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During the industrial revolution‚ there was a pressing need for innovation to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population and expanding economies. With the rise of urbanization and mass production‚ industries sought ways to increase efficiency and output. This need for improvement led to the development of new technologies and methods‚ such as the steam engine‚ which revolutionized transportation and manufacturing processes. Similarly‚ advancements in metallurgy and machinery paved the way for
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During the time periods 800 to 1300 around ninety percent of people who were living in Europe during the middle ages were in poverty‚ lots of them were peasant farmers who would do a lot to make their lives better or to have a change in them. They would wear clothes that would hopefully last a lifetime for them‚ and never bathe more than once a month which included the people who were more fortunate. They would usually never live past the age forty because of diseases or starvation. An English poet
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Seabiscuit is about a surprisingly small horse that had crooked legs‚ and was considered a bad-racing horse‚ and how he became America’s lift during the great depression by making a comeback that no one even imagined was possible. The horse was ridden by a jockey‚ Red Pollard‚ who was half-blind and didn’t win any races before Seabiscuit. A man named Charles Howard bought the horse after going through a tragic loss of his son and divorcing his wife. He originally owned a bicycle shop then afterwards
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How did the Gulag affect Russia during WWII? As the stench of death and decay lingered in the air‚ an innocent peasant trudged through Siberia’s frozen mud with his primitive stone pickaxe to begin his fourteen-hour workday full of arduous labor and torturous conditions. However‚ this was neither the late-medieval Little Ice Age nor an exaggerated fictional scene--this was Soviet Russia’s very own Gulag. The infamous Gulag was an extensive system of prison camps that existed to provide the Motherland
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November 9th‚ 1917 During the Russian Revolution in 1917‚ a successful party called the Bolsheviks came to power. The Bolsheviks were born out of Russia’s social democratic party led by Vladimir Lenin. The Bolshevik party obtained power by total drive of character and the support of the disappointed soldiers‚ sailors‚ peasants and factory workers who were organized into Soviets. They grabbed the support of these various social classes by making promises such as: giving land and power to the peasants
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