Germany never really had a good relationship with France from the beginning and the French still had hatred in their hearts towards Germany for the loss of Alsace-Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian War; a war caused by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the 1870s to help win support of southern German States. Plus France would have eventually joined the war since Germany declared war on Russia‚ but Germany saved them the trouble of it by declaring war on France‚ because Germany was aware of the
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valued; and to have employees remain Googlers (the title used for employees) for many years. But a number of Googlers have jumped ship and given up these fantastic benefits to go out on their own. For instance Sean Knapp and two colleagues‚ brothers Bismarck and BelsasarLepe‚ came up with an idea on how to handle web video. They left Google‚ or as one person put it‚ “expelled themselves from paradise to start their own company”. When the threesome left the company‚ Google really wanted them and their
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President William McKinley was deeply ambivalent about the war against Spain. To justify the use of weapons in the far Pacific‚ for the occasion he sacrificed his pacifist tendencies in the name of national interest and evoked the injustice done to the Filipino people and the moral duty that requires the United States to go to the rescue. At the end of the Spanish-American war‚ after originally declaring that it would "be criminal aggression" for the United States to annex the archipelago‚ he reversed
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and information is everywhere‚ sadly not all citizens are educated enough on health to formulate a healthy diet. Instead of expecting the public to simply accept a ban in a type of food eaten for generations‚ the government should have a more “realpolitik-like” view on the situation. The government can enforce the education of healthy eating on its citizens and then proceed to give more detailed nutritional facts on all varieties of foods sold. This wouldn’t nearly be as effective as banning something
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Maximilian Otto Bismarck Caspari wrote of him: - “As to the transcendent military genius of Hannibal there cannot be two opinions. The man who for fifteen years could hold his ground in a hostile country against several powerful armies and a succession of able generals must have been a commander and a tactician of supreme capacity” Robert Garland - Though this claim may seem questionable to our post Hanibalic world‚ It was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated
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Children commonly worked from a very young age; most in Britain worked in: Answer a. shipyards. b. textile plants. c. mines. d. domestic service. e. rail yards. Question One explanation for Britain’s lead in the Industrial Revolution was that: Answer a. the majority of its entrepreneurs were from the aristocracy. b. the government subsidized all rural industry. c. the pursuit of wealth was perceived as a worthy goal in life. d. Oxford and Cambridge produced a surplus of engineers. e. Britain
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players at this conference were the great and mighty countries of France‚ Germany‚ Great Britain‚ and Portugal. This conference that started on November 15‚ 1884 and ended on February 26‚ 1885 was called for by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck‚ chancellor of Germany and minister of Prussia. The original goal of this lengthy conference was to agree that the Congo River and Niger River mouths and basins are neutral and are open to free trade. Before the conference‚ 80% of Africa remained
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Notes on the Renaissance (and useful hyperlinks) Vocabulary: A polymath (Greek polymathēs‚ "having learned much") is a person with encyclopedic‚ broad‚ or varied knowledge or learning….Renaissance Man and Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated‚ or who excels‚ in a wide variety of subjects or fields. (wikidepia) The Renaissance – An Overview (from http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html) Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was
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Introduction The Israeli-Palestinian struggle‚ “the world’s most intractable conflict”‚ is complex to interpret and analyze in the field of international relations. The conflict began in 1948 after Israel’s establishment and massive Jewish immigration from Europe to the Middle East. Since then‚ the conflict has escalated into intense hostilities between the Arab community and Israel‚ the huge displacement of Palestinians‚ the involvement of the international community‚ particularly the United States
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first of these four are Militarism; It’s long term because a country takes time over a long period to build up its military‚ like Germany and France for example. Because of the invasion of Germany from the time of the Franco-Prussian War‚ Otto Von Bismarck deemed it a necessity of the German state to build up its military forces in response to France in efforts to keep France as weak and isolated as possible. France‚ in return‚ responded with the same tactics; building its own military to protect against
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