On January 5th 1066‚ the English king Edward the Confessor died-childless. This meant that was going to be a fight over who would have the throne. There were three competitors- Harold Godwinson‚ William of Normandy‚ and Harald Hardrada. Harold Godwinson was an Englishman and was brother-in-law to Edward himself. Apparently it was said that on King Edward’s death bed‚ Edward promised to him that he would be able to take care of his wife and of his kingdom. But Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy
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Union. All they could muster were relatively hollow threats on an ad hoc basis. It was an approach US Secretary of Defense James Forrestal complained was ‘a patchwork job’. Having formally adopted the concept of the ‘containment’ of Soviet Communism in late November 1948‚ most policymakers within the Truman administration simply assumed‚ or perhaps hoped is a better word‚ that the American atomic monopoly would somehow intimidate the Soviets from breaches of the peace for fear of precipitating
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In 1791‚ Kahekili tried to invade the island of Hawaiʻi‚ but was defeated in a naval battle called Kepuwahaʻulaʻula. Kamehameha had to wait for the civil war that broke out in 1793 after the death of Kahekili II‚ and the battle of Nu’uanu to finally win control of Maui.While Maui’s king Kahekili II was on Oʻahu‚ Kamehameha’s war fleet landed in Kahului a few kilometers from the base of ʻĪao Valley. An army consisting of around twelve hundred skilled warriors led by Kamehameha and Kekuhaupiʻo‚ advanced
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Q2: Block buster was the business leader for movie rentals for a long time until Netflix came up with a new business model and introduced an online Video/DVD rentals for lower cost and no late fees. Netflix was a forerunner (First in business) and rapidly gained ground on movie rental business. Netflix could efficiently reach customers and conveniently deliver movies to their doors with less overhead cost and bigger variety of choices. Putting Blockbuster stores in a tough position to complete. Blockbuster
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Our society has its beliefs in how we should treat competition in young people. Rewarding all participants in youth activities and sports has become standard practice in American culture. Kids should not receive trophies for participation. If this was the case with the kids who had unpleasant attitudes and didn’t even show up to practice would get a medal. That then teaching those kids its okay to act that way. This would also teach kids‚ they get an award for participating in an activity or sport
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THE PERSIAN WAR The Persians and the Greeks were at war with each other in the Persian war. It started when the Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians
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In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the
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“They fought together like brother-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a seldom obligation.” Admiral Chester A. Nimitz was apart of the United States Navy‚ describing how the men fought. Hitler was a man who thought that Germans were the master race. So in order to show everyone that they were‚ he tried to over through the world‚ one country at a time. Hitler started persuading Germany to help them become the master race. In no time‚ young men‚ and eventually
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whereabouts. Robert E. Lee was sent to control the rebellion‚ but Brown’s forces would not surrender. Lee’s army stormed the armory killing ten raiders‚ two of which were Brown’s sons. Brown was tried and hanged on December 2‚ 1859 at Charleston‚ Virginia. Thanks to Brown’s willingness to fight‚ he made a name for himself among the abolitionists. The Southerners praised the use of force from antislavery forces. As tensions grew between the states about slavery‚ it was not until the results of the
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positions‚ and could then put his own supporters in key jobs. This meant that those who could help Stalin were on his side‚ and he had effectively ended all Bukharin’s chances of becoming leader. The second most important reasons for Stalin’s ability to win the power struggle are all to do with the fact that he did not propose any new policies.
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