Societies faced a considerable amount of change after the Ancient Period ended and the Modern Age began. Rome was an enormous empire‚ and after they were defeated‚ people flocked to cities‚ declared a new religion as the one people must believe in and wars popped up all over the place. This explanation will cover how and why people did this. The most noticeable difference‚ and arguably the one which triggered the later changes‚ was a massive population increase in cities. I don’t know why they would
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How far did Witte improve and modernize the Russian economy? Before Witte came into power‚ Russia was in a state of crisis. Due to many factors (including the tsarist system‚ geography and lack of education and ingenuity) Russia was 500 years behind the western powers. Witte‚ as finance minister oversaw Russia’s transition economy from 1892 to 1903. Witte aimed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialization‚ and large foreign loans. He hoped to modernize Russia and make it competitive with other
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How important was Gustav Stressman‚ amongst other factors‚ in making the Weimar government successful in the years 1924 to 1929? Gustav Stressman‚ play a key role in helping Germany get back on their feet. He used his negotiation skills to make a deal to lower reparation payments to a more realistic level and to secure loans from the united states of American to stabilize the hyperinflation currency of the Weimar republic also the young plant lower the amount of reparation he had to pay back.
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Gilead Republic believed that they have created a system in which women were protected from the violence that were done against females‚ this theocratic government was involved in taking away human rights and dividing people into distinct classes. When the Gilead Republic came to govern the US‚ it showed that they secured its people very seriously and protected women from violence and rape because women were often sexually harassed and raped in the Pre-Gilead Republic. The Gilead Republic created
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How far do you agree that Lenin’s leadership was the main reason why the Bolsheviks were able to seize power in October 1917? Although the leadership of Lenin was the trigger for the Bolsheviks to start acting as revolutionaries‚ it was a number of long term factors which caused the discontent which led to revolution. The weaknesses of the provisional Government especially created the situation in which the Bolsheviks were the only party able to seize power in October 1917. One reason why the Bolsheviks
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The Articles of Confederation After the Declaration of Independence was adopted‚ the government began creating and approving a written plan of government for the new confederation. It took five years‚ as delegates and states sought agreement on fundamental principles‚ but the Articles of Confederation were created. The Articles of Confederation are a written document defining the structure of the government from 1781 to 1788 under which the union was a confederation of equal states‚ with no executive
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group of countries ruled by an emperor or empress ”. In contrast‚ a republic is “ a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen “. The difference between these two is where the power to rule the country lies‚ whether it be an individual or many elected officials. Using these definitions it would be easy to make an argument that the Roman Republic was void much earlier than Octavian’s transition to the first emperor
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How far did WWI lead to the end of the tsarist regime? WW1 was a terrible time for autocracies around Europe‚ none survived. The only royal family involved in the 1st world war that survived was the British. We must therefore infer that World War One led to the end of the Tsarist Regime. The First World War was undoubtedly an important factor that contributed to the decision to abdicate by Tsar Nicholas II but were there others and if so which was the most significant? The First World War
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How Far is Too Far? Science is the driving force behind the growth of the human race. Without science our community would have stagnated completely. There would be no form of technology or even a basic understanding of how the human body works. While science is a vital source to human progression‚ a question arises; can science negatively impact the human race if its limits are pushed too far? Mary Shelley’s anti-Enlightenment book Frankenstein‚ paints a vivid picture of what may happen if
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‘The Weimer republic successfully recovered from its early problems in the years 1924-28.’ Do you agree? Explain your answer. (16 marks) The Dawes plan is a good example of a success from the Weimar Government. This is because it introduced a new currency for Germany that was actually worth something. America agreed to loan out 800 million marks to invest into the industries‚ eventually that money would return to the economy. The young plan was also another success from the Weimar Government as
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