“The main reason for the rise of the NSDAP to power in 1933 was Hitler himself”. How far do you agree with this view? The rise of Hitler and the NSDAP remains a very significant event in European history and is still a controversial topic even today. Historians have all come with many different explanations for the rise of Hitler to power in 1933; however some historians would attribute the overwhelming success of the NSDAP in 1933 to one man‚ Adolf Hitler. Portrayed as the ‘messiah’ to rid Germans
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In Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserable’s‚ one character plays a part in each of the other character’s lives. Cosette‚ a little girl‚ is created to develop the rest of the “miserables” throughout the book. Fantine‚ Cosette’s mother‚ digs herself into the shameless lifestyle of prostitution and poverty‚ while trying to support Cosette. The Thenardiers become her home while her mother leaves in search for work. There‚ Cosette is used to clean and work. Through Cosette‚ the Thenardier’s are shown as they
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The First Triumvirate between Gaius Julius Caesar‚ Gnaius Pompeius Magnus (Pompey) and Marcus Licinius Crassus contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic by undermining the Senate‚ which was unable to effectively deal with an expanding and diverse empire. This was affected by the triumvirate appealing directly to popular assemblies‚ because their alliance conflicted directly with the conservative Optimates‚ who refused to change with Rome’s expansion. Though ultimately because each triumvir‚ being
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INTRODUZIONE In the last twenty years‚ technology has been changing deeply our society: habits‚ style of life‚ and menagement of time are completely different. The globalization of the markets and information‚ the massive diffusion of mobiles and internet‚ have created many advantages in our workplaces‚ in our houses‚ in our cities but on the other hand they have reduced the liberty and the privacy of the individual person and their own goods. So the question are: Is this the price to pay for
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The Roman Senate The Roman Senate was political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history‚ being established in the first days of the city. The Roman Senate functioned as an advisory body to Rome’s magistrates and‚ composed as it was of the city’s most experienced public servants and society’s elite‚ its decisions carried great weight‚ even if they were not always converted into laws in practice. The Senate continued to exert influence on government
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Chapter one the first civilization I. Introduction A. The Idea of Civilization The West is an idea that developed slowly during Greek and Roman civilization. Initially the Greeks referred to their homeland as the Europe—or “West.” The Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians
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HSC Unit 1: Pompeii and Herculaneum By the end of this unit‚ you will know about: • The early stages of occupation of P and H • A historical overview of P and H before the eruption • The physical environment (setting‚ natural features‚ resources) of P and H • Plans and streetscapes of both cities • What kind of sources are available (written and archeological) on P and H • The limitations and reliability of the sources‚ and how
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Les Miserables Essay “So long as the three problems of the age- the degradation of man by poverty‚ the ruin of women by starvation‚ and the dwarfing of childhood by physical and spiritual night- are not solved… books like this cannot be useless‚” (Hugo Preface). In his novel‚ Les Miserables‚ Victor Hugo illustrates these problems throughout the plot‚ adding to the public obsession over the book. Most went crazy over the light he shone on the struggles of France in the late 1800s‚ instead of the
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The Road to Mecca. In this essay I will discuss the way the play “The Road to Mecca” represents women’s rights to express themselves freely. Helen is a widow who lives in a rural Afrikaans town in the Karoo‚ New Bethseda. Since her husband’s death‚ Helen has filled her home and garden with statues and works of art such as wise men‚ camels‚ owls‚ mermaids and other figures. She has decorated her home with candles and mirrors and mosaics. She has created her own “Mecca” of beauty and freedom among
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Music of Romantic Period The Period of Expansion (1820-1910) The Romantic Period Romantic music is a term denoting an era of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century. It was related to Romanticism‚ the European artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century‚ and Romantic music in particular dominated the Romantic movement in Germany. Piano is the most important instrument of the Rmoantic Period Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin
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