Feudalism is defined as a system of government and landownership. Feudalism arose because of a disagreement between Rollo‚ the head of a Viking army‚ and Charles the Simple‚ the king of France. Rollo had been looting a river valley for years‚ and Charles the Simple‚ with little power‚ did little about it. One day‚ Charles the Simple decided to make a deal with Rollo. The deal was Charles would give Rollo a piece of land in exchange for peace from his Viking army. More and more of these agreements
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The beliefs on how the Gestapo Treated People Most people believe the Gestapo in Germany we imprisoning Jews based off of their own decisions and feelings. Some people believe they were being controlled by Hinrich Himmler‚ who is the head of the S.S. Hitler’s elite paramilitary corps. These are both good theories but only one can be true. These theories also have much supporting information to back them up. People say they were being controlled by Himmler. They were not that active until the head
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biggest problem that our Country is facing today. Naxals or the word Naxalite is a after a village Nxalbari‚ near Siliguri in West Bengal. Naxalism has affected 20 states covering 223 districts. Today Naxals are calling the shots‚ dictating terms‚ looting banks‚ attacking police stations‚ hijacking trains and killing police personnel at will. The Naxalite Problem : Red Corridor The Naxalite Problem : Red Corridor Source – HT It was started under the leadership of Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal
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Commission identified five patterns of rape and sexual violence from the reported cases‚ regardless of the ethnicity of the perpetrators or the victims. The first pattern involved individuals or small groups committing sexual violence together with looting. Two or more men break into a house‚ intimidate the residents‚ steal their property‚ beat them and often rape the females. There was often a gang atmosphere where the abuses are part of the same event and all the attackers participate‚ even if they
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Typhoons in the Philippines In the Philippines‚ tropical cyclones (typhoons) are called bagyo. Tropical cyclones entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility are given a local name by the Philippine Atmospheric‚ Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)‚ which also raises public storm signal warnings as deemed necessary. Around 19 tropical cyclones or storms enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in a typical year and of these usually 6 to 9 make landfall. The deadliest
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As Hurricane Katrina ravaged the South and drowned large parts of New Orleans this past September‚ the ugly reality of our nation’s continuing problem with class‚ poverty‚ and race became apparent. Many Americans began to question the possibility of racism being a deciding factor in the fate of many New Orleans citizens who were black and who lived in the poorest‚ most low-lying portion of the city‚ the Ninth Ward. Many‚ including First Lady Laura Bush‚ denounce critics who say race played a role
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Q1: With reference from evidence from football violence‚ explain what is wrong with common sense accounts of crowd behaviour INTRO Common sense accounts of crowd behaviour are typical explanations of crowd events and conflicts that would be proposed by the everyday person; ideas such as ‘agitators’ or the ‘mad mob’. This has become a vastly researched topic in social psychology which has demonstrated major faults in such common sense accounts of crowd behaviour. The issues associated with these
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Katherine Penney 11 September 2014 Professor Fayard Ferguson Summary This article goes deep into the back-story of someone one may not want to hear about‚ this someone being Darren Wilson. No one knows his whole story‚ and no one near him is talking about the incident that has occurred‚ the shooting of Michael Brown. Wilson works in the Jennings‚ Missouri police department. This particular department has been reported to have questionable credibility. What kind of person would one expect to
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Certain crimes are more prevalent than others‚ depending on the area. Many factors such as the population‚ ethnicity‚ and inequality between a group of individuals may contribute to the conflict perspective on crime rates. Crime rate can either increase or decrease on the scale. Therefore‚ even the number of crimes which are reported by the media‚ do not show competency and thus deemed inaccurate. According to Highfield (2014) "Those numbers‚ however‚ are not entirely accurate" (par. 2).
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colonial masters deliberately refused to lay the foundation for sustainable economic and industrial development in their African colonies despite immediate presence in abundance of all the resources required. This was simply because they were busy looting Africa’s resources for their processing factories back in Europe. The resultant finished products were sent back to Africa to be sold at exorbitant prices further enriching themselves and leaving Africa in dire poverty. Optimism and hopes of socio-economic
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