īḻam‚ generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas ) is a proposed independent statethat Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status orrecognition by world states though sections of the Eelam were under de facto control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the2000s. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka‚ Eelam. TAMIL PERIOD The Jaffna kingdom (1215-1624
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| History Internal Assessment | Why did Mao intervene in the Korean War from 1950-53? | Gyeonggi Academy of Fo reign LanguagesHa Rim Kim006370-008 | 2013-04-20 | Word Count: 1997 | A: Plan of Investigation The research question that will be addressed is: Why did Mao decide to intervene in the Korean War (1950-53)? As far as the scope is concerned‚ I will be looking at the three major reasons behind Mao’s intervention in the war: Mao’s need of Soviet support‚ apprehension of American aggression
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From 1864 to 1914 and the beginning of World War 1 many long term factors arose. These factors included the rivalry between Germany and Great Britain‚ the alliance system which developed due to these rivalries and Militarism. Over the course of fifty years these factors developed and lead to the creation of conflict between the great powers and in turn lead to the beginning of World war 1. In 1870 Britain and Germany were on good terms due to their previous alliance against France in the early 1800’s
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The Causes of the Civil War The Causes of the Civil War Before the Civil War was a war was fought there were many differences that developed between the North and South. From the Southern point of view‚ the War was for Southern Independence. From the Northern point of view‚ this war was seen as a revolution. This war started as a result of many years of differences between the North and South. The North and the South there were many cultural‚ social‚ political‚ and economic differences
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14. Analyze the causes of the Great Depression in one country in the Americas I. Thesis: In the United States during the 1920’s the economy for the most part was alive and well‚ which gave it the name “The Roaring Twenties”‚ but it would not last forever. There were many different factors that led to the Great Depression in America but the main factor that caused it all was the Stock Market Crash in October of 1929. From this one event banks failed and people lost jobs. II. Stock Market Crash:
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World War I (WWI) was the turning point for modernism where many artists involved in the war welcomed nihilism and expressed their opposing views on outdated societal norms through non-traditional works of art. The artists of the movement expressed a different point of view regarding how reality was portrayed. Characteristics of this modern avant-garde revolution included the expressive use of color‚ primitivism‚ and experimentation. Modernism soon had a lasting impact on artistic styles and techniques
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Jonathan P. Benitez IV-LopezJaena English-Mrs.Sanchez Introduction The War of the Worlds (1898)‚ a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells‚ is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist’s (and his brother’s) adventures in London and the countryside around London as Earth is invaded by Martians. Written in 1895–97‚[2] it is one of the earliest stories that details a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The War of the Worlds has two parts
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The Causes of the Boer War‚ 1877-1899 Introduction: The Anglo Boer war is a topic that has been of particular interest to historians‚ both locally and internationally. As a war that the British had intended to be swift and concise it dragged on giving the British “no end of a lesson” (Pakenham‚ 1993:9) and would prove to be their most costly colonial enterprise in the history of British imperialism whose costs were only to be eclipsed by the great war of 1914. Of no less importance or significance
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CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR In 1860‚ the world ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was
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What Caused The Civil War? You hear the word civil in such terms as civil rights‚ civilian‚ civilization and civil liberty. All are related to the concept of a common citizen and a member of society. So‚ a civil war is a war between citizens representing different groups or sections of the same country. That is how the Civil War in the United States between 1850-1860 started. The distinction of ideas about slavery between the South and the North
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