How totalitarian were Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany? Giovanni Amendola first coined the word ‘totalitarian’ when describing the Italian Fascist government under Benito Mussolini in 1923 as different to conventional dictatorships. It is after this that the word was popularised to have both negative and positive connotations. However‚ German theorist Carl Friedrich and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski collaborated to formulate a modern day politically scientific definition known as the
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If you want something said‚ ask a man; if you want something done‚ ask a women. This quote by Margaret Thatcher portrays how women were treated during the Enlightenment and Revolutions. During this time women had no voice‚ yet they used what they did have in the best way possible. Women played a significant role during the Enlightenment and Revolutions‚ though overlooked‚ they accomplished many things‚ including fighting for food in the French Revolution‚ banning alcohol during the Industrial Revolution
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1800’s were treated as second class citizens through the standards of equality‚ expectations‚ and usefulness. Freedom for women has been a long and tedious fight‚ but has had some success overtime. Women are still not treated as completely equal to men‚ but hopefully someday that will change. Women were treated as inferior to men and were not given the same equality that men were. Women did not have the right to vote. All men could vote at the time‚ even the different races. In 1896 there were only
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How successful were the welfare reforms in Labour Government 1945-1951? The New Labour Government came in to power in a ‘Landslide’ election victory. The Government was led by Clement Atlee and introduced reforms. The reforms were in Social Security‚ Health‚ Housing‚ Education and Employment. Under the Social Security reform they introduced the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946‚ National Insurance Act 1946 and the National Assistance Act 1948. They were a lot of criticism with
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Buddhist followers were influenced by the revival of Hinduism because Buddhist followers were exposed and altered by Hindu beliefs and practices. Indian belief systems spread to China and South East Asia and changed their culture. Buddhism was influences by the revival of Hinduism in several ways. Hinduism presented the idea of gods and that view changed the perspective of Buddha by changing him from mortal to god. Hinduism also started the decline in popularity of Buddhism in India. Since
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During the way‚ people were urged to save oil for the explosives. In figure 5‚ instead of throwing out used oil‚ in the image oil is poured out in the explosives. The oil is making the bombs active. Therefore‚ the message is clear that the left over oil that people may think that it won’t work anymore‚ and it is good enough to be thrown out‚ people must take it to the dealer instead where they can use it effectively. The message is mostly intended for women‚ seeing that they are the ones who cook
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Architectural History 118 1) Both the Acropolis in Athens‚ Greece‚ and the Ise Shrine in Japan are sacred sites dedicated to a goddess. The Parthenon‚ and the entire Acropolis complex‚ was a site dedicated to Athena‚ the patron goddess of Athens. The Parthenon housed a grand ivory and gold statue of Athena. It was magnificent and demonstrated how it contributed to the way the people of Athens were meant to worship the goddess. 5 The people were meant to come to the temple and Acropolis complex
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what happened to the famous philosopher‚ Socrates. It’s wondered why Socrates didn’t leave Athens when he was given the opportunity‚ but it’s very clear that he was content with Athens‚ and the way it worked. He made his entire life there for seventy years. If he weren’t content with Athens he definitely wouldn’t have stayed there for that long. Therefore if he left it would’ve been an injustice to Athens‚ and it would’ve gone against his moral principles. In addition‚ many people argue that Socrates
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1) What were the functions of the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues? The Delian league was set up by the Athenians for an alliance between all the Ionian Greeks so to stamp out the threat of Persia. Athens took charge because Sparta retreated into its own self-interests‚ so to only protect themselves so the Ionians looked for help among the Athenians. It was formed in 477BC at Delos (which was a neutral city). The league seemed successful because in they had some big victories such as in: 478BC Byzantium
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