JAPAN’S PART IN THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR H It took Japan less than half a century to rise to power and become a major world player. In the last quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan turned to Western technology in order to avoid the fate of China‚ namelyWestern dominance. By the 1890s‚ Japan had so far modernized and strengthened itself that it was able to join in the scramble for possessions in China. In 1902‚ it signed a treaty with Great Britain which recognized its new status among other things
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assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino (August 21‚ 1983)-Proclamation of Martial Law by President Marcos on September 21‚ 1972 | -October 1908- the first nationalist movement was formed‚ Budi Utomo-September 10‚ 1912- first nationalist mass movement was formed – Sarekat Islam-by December 1912 Sarekat Islam had 93‚000 members-The repression of the nationalist movement led to many arrests‚ including Indonesia’s first president‚ Sukarno‚ who was imprisoned for olitical activities on December 29‚ 1929 |
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Do contemporary regionalist and micro-nationalist movements threaten democracy in Europe or‚ conversely‚ present it with new opportunities? ____________________________________________________________ ______________ Twenty years ago‚ the wall that was separating West and East Germany was opened and the Cold War came to an end. The breakdown of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism that accompanied it brought about the victory of market economy and democracy in Europe. It also
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World War I set the stage for World War II. The Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I exacted harsh measures on Germany. The treaty required Germany to admit responsibility for the devastating war and to pay reparations to the Allies for the cost of the war. The rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany and the militarist government of Japan created governments with massive amounts of power that wanted to extend that power. In Germany‚ Hitler wanted to rally the German people to his cause to
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Research Question: With the upcoming Scottish Referendum‚ how have two Northern Irish newspapers‚ The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph‚ reported on the issue? Can this portrayal be linked to contemporary unionist and nationalist identity in Northern Ireland? In Autumn 2014 the Scottish people will go to the polls to decide on Scotland’s future independence from Britain. This topic is one which may have direct repercussions on the mind-set and identity of those in Northern Ireland‚ and therefore
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Spanish nationalism - is the nationalism asserts that Spaniards are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Spaniards. It has been typically been closely tied to the conceptions of a Castilian-based culture. The Castilian language became the Spanish language. Other expressions of Spanish nationalism have included pan-Iberianism and pan-Hispanism. The origins of Spanish nationalism have been claimed to have begun with theReconquista - beginning with the victory of Catholic forces against Muslim
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Although Egypt’s effect on European history dates back more than 5000 years‚ at the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ it was still a impossible to understand and unknown place to Europeans. One reason was that Egypt was Muslim and Europe was Christian‚ and the poison produce by the Crusades and subsequent wars hindered open communication. Another reason was that most information of ancient Egyptian society had been lost some time before the Greeks settled the coast‚ so even though many people
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depression-both fiscally and emotionally due to the very taxing events that the country had gone through. Additionally‚ there was a large gap in support for the Chinese government by the people. Remaining Nationalist troops in China contributed to this disinterest for the government as the Nationalist army participated in aggressively violent civilians attacks and crime. Chinese
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an organization and strategy that would show the political independence of the working class. He would have not cared what country he was doing it just that it was done somewhere so the world could have an example. Robespierre was absolutely a nationalist‚ everything he did he was doing for the good of France. He did not care about the workers or any other country. The two revolutions were very different. The Russian revolution was not a blowout and they could have very easily lost. Lenin’s whole
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Rise of Communism in China Introduction The main reason why the Communists came to power in China was because of the failing policies and actions used by Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists) of which the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) took advantage. However in addition to that‚ there were also significant factors such as the poor conditions during the beginning of the twentieth century in the Republic of China and the Japanese War (1937 1945)‚ that led to the insufficiency and weakness of the GMD
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