strength of defense‚ and political stability. During the time 1000-1400‚ China was going through a renaissance age. The empire was unified‚ trade thrived‚ the empire’s defense was very strong and China as a whole was very rich. On the other hand‚ Europe did not have a unified government. Its defense was poor and in1348-1350‚ the Black Death reached Europe which further weakened individual nations by taking away the lives of thousands of people therefore reducing the region’s manpower. Powered by wealth
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1. Danish King Hrothgar built Herot which is basically a drinking hall where his men can gather to drink‚ tell stories and relax. This demonstrates that their culture values gathering with each other and spending time together to boast about themselves through stories. A modern day equivalent to Herot is a frat house because it’s a place where people gather to drink and have a good time. 2. The significance of this description is that it how violent and unforgiving a creature Grendel
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Central powers began to collapse with others claiming to be independent nations. Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Austria claimed their own independence. Poland was created out of Austrian‚ German‚ and Russian territory. Yugoslavia was created from portions of Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and Montenegro. The ending of the war created many treaties. The allies entered treaties with different areas of Europe. All the treaties combined were called the Peace of Paris. The treaty of Versailles is the most
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aristocracy‚ even so he rose to power on the back of his military victories. Besides being a successful military leader the common people also loved him since he allowed them to do many things that the traditional aristocrats never would have. For example‚ he recruited his army through the common citizenship with promises of land and the spoils of war. Looking to his military success they were quite spectacular in the eyes of his fellow Romans. His army defeated King Jugurtha in Northern Africa‚
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For the countries involved‚ the Treaty of Versailles was not fair for the whole. A reason it was not fair was on the grounds that some countries did so much‚ but extracted little in return. Germany honestly got the better end of the sword. They got destroyed‚ yes‚ but not as much as the Austrians. Germany had to pay extreme amounts of reparations to the Allied powers for their losses‚ but Germany had already lost so much in the war. The Germans weren’t even the main cause of World War 1. Considering
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How can you talk of freedom and equality among men when you own slaves? This was a question that many in Haitians asked themselves in 1793. This would be a big contributing factor in what was to come in Haiti. An unprecedented slave uprising that would go on to become the only slave revolt which led to the founding of an independent state. Here we have two documents which give us insight on to the events going on in both France and in Haiti in 1793. The first of these documents was written in France
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understand the world around them and one another through scientific reasoning. These thinkers wanted to apply the scientific method to society and its many problems. Some of the things they were questioning were the divine right of Kings‚ power of the nobles and the power of the Catholic Church. In response to studying these problems some important ideas were formulated. Ideas such as John Locke’s promoted the idea
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Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that officially ended WWI. It was negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference throughout the spring of 1919. This treaty didn’t exactly end war between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany but created a humiliating effect on the Germans side which eventually led to WWII. The Treaty of Versailles was highly confidential and caused hard feelings on all sides‚ contributing to the outbreak of WWII. (Treaty of Versailles) The treaty required Germany and
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which made steel out of iron are without a doubt major contributors to this era. While these advancements are arguably some of the most influential during the Industrial Revolution‚ it was the innovation and brilliant mind of the prominent French chemist Louis Pasteur that propelled medical advancements through the next
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Germany loss World War I and was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles‚ saying that there would not be anymore wars ever. The Treaty of Versailles was created at the end of World War I in hopes to keep world peace; both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers signed the treaty and agreed to keep the peace with one another. The Treaty of Versailles was a great idea on paper‚ but unfortunately it helped cause World War II. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II by taking land away from Germany
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