of South-Eastern Europe. The Balkans had been part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries. However as the twentieth century dawned the Ottoman Empire was in trouble. Known as “the sick man of Europe” the Ottomans were confronted by internal and external problems. Internally the growth of nationalism caused its subject peoples‚ Serbs‚ Greeks‚ Bulgarians and many others to seek independence and break away from the Ottoman Empire. With the Ottoman Empire in retreat a power vacuum was created. This vacuum
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the development in the parts of the Ottoman Empire that today make up Turkey. This questions requires you to discuss the allied occupation‚ the Sultan’s decisions‚ the resistance‚ the resistance‚ rise of Mustafa Kemal‚ the grand national assembly…. All the way through to the treaty of Lausanne. After the End of World War I‚ the former Ottoman Empire was occupied by Allied forces who occupied the entire area of modern day Turkey. The former Sultan of Ottoman Empire Mehmet VI Vahideddin had lost
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factors that inhibited the development of long-distance exchange networks in the Americas. Chapter 9 1. Discuss the ways in which the Tang and Song Dynasties were regarded as the “Golden Age of Chinese Achievement.” Culturally: Politically: Economically: 2. In what ways did women’s lives change during the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties? 3. Who were the Xiongnu‚ the Uighurs‚ the Khitan‚ and the Jurchen in relation to the Chinese ? Xiongnu: Uighurs: Khitan and Jurchen: 4. In
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knowing that there would be no possibility for the Bourbon dynasty to get power in Napoleon’s rule. However‚ no one knew what giving such amount of power to one man could cause. During Napoleon’s reign‚ goals of the French Revolution were both lost and achieved. To begin with‚ Napoleon’s rule was absolute monarchy. One of the main goals of the French Revolution was to destroy the monarchy‚ which the Bourbon dynasty continued over years‚ and establish a true democracy. French
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For decades‚ we often heard‚ in print and broadcast media‚ outcries banning political dynasty in local and national level political posts and calling for national legislators to enact an enabling law espousing the critical issue which many assert “detrimental to nation’s progress and a blight of democracy”. The term is also known as oligarchy‚ an equivalent term in political science and is coined to describe a practice‚ or even a tradition referring to family members or people within the same bloodline
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1) The Shapes of Human Communities 1. In 1500‚ the world had all different societies‚ gatherers and hunters to empires‚ but it was different 2. Paleolithic Persistence a) gathering and hunting societies (Paleolithic peoples) still existed throughout the world but they had changed over time b) b. had new & improved technologies and ideas‚ e.g.‚ outrigger canoes‚ fish hooks‚ etc (had not adopted agriculture) c) exchanged goods over hundreds of miles and developed
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Dynasties of China population consist majorly of the working class. The patriarchal Chow Dynasty had over thrown the matriarchal Shang’s and male rule became hereditary. The patriarch’s decision was absolute although class and families owned property in common. “Serfs were taxed as property‚ so many emancipated because of major tax assessments between 600 and 400 B.C.E” (68). Those who emancipated were left to fend for themselves causing many to turn to the state for help. In 500 B.C.E priest encouraged
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the Crusaders was to free the Holy Land from Muslim control. An important result of the Crusades was- a. The accomplishment of returning the Holy Land to Christian control b. Trade routes were established and new markets opened up c. That the Ottoman Empire was established d. The English and French monarchies weakened 3. One consequence of the fall of Rome for Western Europe was- a. Increased trade with China b. A decrease in literacy and knowledge of the world and the past c. The Viking
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Jida Mascardo INTRODUCTION Political dynasties in the Philippine Politics in the Philippines has been under the control of a few notable families. It is normal for a politician ’s son‚ wife‚ brother‚ or other kinsman‚ to run for the same or other government office. The term coined by Filipinos to describe this practice is "Political dynasty"‚ the equivalent of anoligarchy in political science. One can trace its roots from the Spanish colonial
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BOOK REVIEW THE RULE MAKERS HOW THE WEALTHY AND WELL BORN DOMINATE CONGRESS The congress or the House of Representatives and the Senate or the upper house are the two components of the legislative branch of the Philippine government. They are meant to pass bills‚ create laws‚ and approve budgets that benefit their constituents and the nation as a whole. In theory‚ this is the ideal upon which they were built‚ they would legislate for the people to best serve them and to ensure the
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