America. At least 60‚000 years before the present human migrants entered Australia and New Guinea via watercraft – rafts or canoes fitted with sails. The earliest inhabitants of Oceania also migrated over land when sea levels were still low – to the Bismarcks‚ the Solomons‚ and other small island groups new New Guinea. 2. What traditions begun by the Olmecs were later adopted by other Mesoamerican societies? Olmecs made astronomical observations and created a calendar to help them keep track of the
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Serbia. When Serbia’s ally Russia learned of Austria’s military mobilization it constructed and mobilized its military against Austria. Russia’s allies Britain and France feared a European conflict and advised against it. Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck said around the end of his life “One day the great European War will
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Jeanne’s four brothers and five sisters‚ and Granny — are startled by news that Japan has attacked Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. FBI agents arrest Jeanne’s father‚ Ko‚ for allegedly supplying oil to Japanese submarines and imprison him at Fort Lincoln‚ near Bismarck‚ North Dakota. In February 1942‚ President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066 ordering Japanese-Americans to evacuate their homes and take up residence in internment camps. The Wakatsuki’s‚ with Jeanne’s
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conference A conference held in Berlin‚ Germany in 1884 to 1885 in order to regulate the trade and European colonialism in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The conference was held following a request by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck‚ the first Chancellor of the German Empire. During the 70s and 80s of the 19th century‚ the European powers were interested in Africa to get trades rights
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The 19th century was marked by the uprising of the middle class and the spread of revolutionary ideas caused by the French Revolution‚ which ultimately led to the outbreak of war all across Europe. Once France was defeated‚ the Vienna Congress met to discuss the future and fate of Europe. The purpose of the Vienna Congress was to establish an international framework for continental cooperation and the maintenance of the balance of power. This aided the emperors of Russia‚ Austria as well as Prussia
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particular government was deemed unfit to rule itself. The American government now held the power to both criticize and occupy these nations if they were deemed to be unstable. Stuart Creighton Miller says that the public’s sense of innocence about Realpolitik impairs popular recognition of U.S. imperial conduct (“American Imperialism”). The resistance to actively occupying foreign territory has led to policies of exerting influence via other means‚ including governing other countries via surrogates or
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POLT 4600: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTION Spring 1‚ 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. DEFINITIONS OF KEY CONCEPTS a.Religion b.Persecution and Intolerance c.Humanitarian space II. RISE OF EXTREMISM a.Why? b.The response and role of the international community III. HOW TO CREATE HUMANITARIAN SPACE FOR THE VICTIM OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? a.Mobilization of the international community as a whole b.Fight the
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of the Straits. This resulted in a conflict between these two empires and contributed to international tensions because both empires wanted more power in the Balkans. Imperialism disrupted the balance of power in Europe before 1914. As Bismarck made clear‚ it was important to maintain the balance of power in Europe in order to avoid conflict and keep the peace between countries. International tensions in Europe grew more and more when one country felt another had more power than her.
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Preventive Defense There was once a king who ruled a kingdom that was contained within a stone wall. The buildings inside the wall were made of wood with straw roofs and were vulnerable to fire. The barbarians who lived outside the wall knew of this weakness and the King knew that the barbarians were hostile to his kingdom. Therefore‚ the king decided to hold a council of war to decide how to ensure that the barbarians do not burn his kingdom. The council argued about whether they should immediately
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Construction: ’Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? ’." EXPLORING Short Stories. Detroit: Gale‚ 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. Bismarck State College Library. 15 Mar. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. "Themes and Construction: ’Young Goodman Brown ’." EXPLORING Short Stories. Detroit: Gale‚ 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. Bismarck State College Library. 28 Mar. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>.
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