The cold‚ stone hard fact is that the Hundred Years’ War was one of the longest and the most devastating war that ever took place in Europe. It was estimated that the war had killed three million people in 116 years. This catastrophic event was caused by one man’s desire to become King of France. This foolish man‚ King Edward III believed that he had a right to the throne of France because he was a nephew of a former French king. The French denied King Edward III royal authority‚ but supported the
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warfare‚ neither side capable of a decisive victory. President Woodrow Wilson was very aware that the causes of war were rarely clear and that the modern European scenario was a complicated one. For this reason‚ he maintained America’s neutrality‚ as he did not believe that any of America’s interests should be threatened by a European war announcing on August 4th 1914‚ that America would be neutral in WW1. That neutrality was also extended to American bankers who could then lend money to both sides in
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Government armed forces > * Armed groups > * Frequently asked questions > | Questions & Answers------------------------------------------------- Top of FormBottom of Form Who are child soldiers?Child Soldiers International considers the term child soldier to be equivalent to the following description of children associated with armed forces or groups: A child associated with an armed force or armed group refers to any person below 18 years of age who is‚ or who has been‚ recruited or used
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The Black Plague killed more than 20 million people that was about one-third of the population in Europe at that time. During the late 1340’s in Europe‚ 12 trading ships arrived at a port after a long journey through the Black Sea. The people who gathered on the docks to welcome the ships were met with a horrifying surprise: most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead‚ and those who were still alive were very ill. Strangest of all‚ they were covered in mysterious black blisters that oozed blood
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http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/05/17/chemical-warfare-ww1/ 4. Weapons of War- Tanks‚ Michael Duffy‚ Accessed September 21 2014‚ http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/tanks.htm 5. Weapons of War- Poison Gas‚ Michael Duffy‚ Accessed September 21‚ 2014 http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/gas.htm 6. Naomi Pasachoff. Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1996. 7. Inventions That Flourished Thanks to WW1‚ Accessed September 21 2014 http://www.warhistoryonline
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The Space Race was a period of time in our history that most people today know very little about. Beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing into the 1970s‚ the fight for superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union found its way into space. The Space Race‚ while often thought of as a not so secret competition between these two powerhouses to get to the moon‚ was in fact a public forum where they could demonstrate who was more advanced in technology and military force‚ and in turn whose
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The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a war that was like no other. What made World War One difference is that the technology that was introduced in World War One was like nothing the world had ever seen before. The cause of this being that the second industrial revolution had just ended‚ which made way for many new inventions. The second industrial revolution (1870-1914) had just ended which meant the whole world was adjusting to new machinery and they had created or
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History Essay There were few valid reasons for the start of WW1. The reasons I am about to explain to you are IMPERIALISM‚ MILITARISM and ALLIANCES. WW1 started because the greed of other countries. Imperialism started to be a big factor in 1848 because a new‚ very big and very strong country called Germany was made. It was made up of Prussia‚ Oldenburg‚ Schaunburg-Lippe‚ Mecklenburg-sterhitz‚ Hessen‚ Hohenzollern and Waldeck. A few days after they became Germany‚ they attacked France
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This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses‚ see Jesus (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Jesus A stained glass depiction of Jesus as a Caucasian man with long brown hair‚ a beard and the characteristic Christian cross inscribed in the halo behind his head. The figure dressed in a white inner robe cover by a shorter‚ looser scarlet robe. Depicted as a Shepard‚ he is holding a crux in his left hand and carrying a lamb in his right. Sheep are positioned to the left and right of the
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Wanting to become a manager for health care initiatives and institutions is very much a product of my multi-cultural experience and the people’s desperate need for health care that I was so very aware of growing up in my native Morocco. As a young Berber woman raised in Casablanca‚ I was in an excellent position to appreciate the vast need in Africa for improved health administration services‚ especially at fees that are accessible to the poor majority‚ women in particular. As a cosmopolitan
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