with western Europe and their religious ties are with the Roman Catholic Church. Their descendants are the Polish‚ Czech Slovakian‚ and the Slovaks. Another group is the South Slavs which are settled in the balkan peninsula. Their descendants are the Serbs‚ Croats‚ and Slovenes‚ whose language and cultures were both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. The Last group
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Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to discuss how allies involved in the battle of Gallipoli were unsuccessful in crossing the heavily barricaded Dardanelles river. In
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UN Vs. NATO The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are two different groups‚ but they affect the world in the same way. They both want to make a difference in today’s world‚ they strive for peace and prosperity‚ and they work hard to accomplish their goals. The UN and NATO are similar in the way they are organized. They are each structured into several groups. They both have councils‚ a Secretary General‚ and Secretariat. The UN is made up of six organs. They are
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 ESSAY World War 1‚ also known as the ‘Great War’ had occurred during the years between 1914-1918 and had consisted of the major European powers: France‚ Russia‚ Austria/Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Britain. The Russo-Japanese war and the significance of the Russians’ defeat had clearly sparked the desperate need for political and economic development in Russia. Furthermore‚ the spark that initiated Russia’s demand for industrialization was the Trans-Siberian railway- created tension
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Nationalism is the idea of a certain nationality being above all others and that the nationality deserves their own country. Nationalism is once again on rise with situations such as the recent 2016 U.S. election and Brexit‚ which greatly affect the government‚ the public‚ and the economy. Today‚ the rise of nationalism is reminding people of WWII where nationalism was a popular ideology and was displayed all over the world. Nationalism is such an important topic today‚ because it greatly influences
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#34—Crash Course World History Video Notes Samurai‚ Daimyo‚ Matthew Perry‚ and Nationalism 1. So‚ if you’re into European history‚ you’re probably somewhat familiar with nationalism and the names and countries associated with it. ____________ in Germany‚ Mazzini and Garibaldi in __________‚ and Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk) in Turkey. 2. But nationalism was a __________ phenomenon‚ and it included a lot of people you may not associate with it‚ like Muhammad Ali in __________. 3. Nationalism was
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Causes of World War I can widely vary. The most known cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife on June 28‚ 1914 during his visitation in Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Serbian nationalist and Bosnian-Serb member of Young Bosnia‚ was the individual who committed this act. Because of this‚ Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia‚ effectively starting World War I. Major events that occured in World War I include the official beginning event when Germany
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mounting demands among nationalities (pg. 63). The system of a Dual Monarchy created more problems than it solved and could have led to pushing Austria-Hungary into the very bad positions they were in. The system enabled the Magyars to oppress Serbs‚ Croats‚ and Rumanians which weakened their loyalty to the Monarchy. Overall‚ their system did work‚ and had it not been in an unsuccessful war‚ it may have still been working today‚ according to Lafore. The circumstances that arose and the political
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Defining my own cultural identity by Stefanie Öttl Culture is one of the most difficult concepts in the human social sciences and there are many different ways of defining it. It is often argued that culture is a learned behaviour pattern shared by a specific group of people. Culture is about shared meanings‚ and language is the privileged medium in which meaning is produced and exchanged. People sharing one culture interpret the world in roughly the same way. Defining my own cultural identity
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Chapter 29 NAACP- African American civil rights organization‚ equality of rights of all persons‚ eliminate discrimination Gunner Myrdal- Swedish scholar who wrote The American Dilemma‚ talked about the contradiction between racism and democracy Thurgood Marshall- NAACP’s leading attorney‚ changed legal decisions‚ behind the scenes Brown v. Topeka- social jurisprudence‚ overturned Plessy v. Ferguson‚ said US had to desegregate schools Earl Warren- liberal Republican‚ appointed as chief justice
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