The 5 Themes of WHAP --- Postclassical Western Europe Theme 1: Interaction between Humans and the Environment * Demography & disease * Bubonic Plague Collapse of Feudalism? * Little Ice Age * Migration * Focus on Northern Europe because of barbarians * Feudal system/manorialism vs. Urbanization * Issues: Barbarians & Bubonic Plague & Little Ice Age * Viking raids tapered off safe & reliable travel trade increased towns increased
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One of the methods that Napoleon used to create his empire was his conquest of many territories‚ and then parceling out conquered lands to his family. Napoleon’s older brother‚ Joseph‚ ruled the kingdom Naples which had just been established‚ but then left Naples to take over as king of Spain; Louis (younger brother)‚ was proclaimed king of Holland; Caroline (sister) and her husband‚ General Joachim Murat‚ were made queen and king of Naples; Eugene de Beauharnais (twenty-three-year-old stepson) was
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Collins Nelson 11/27/12 1st Period Final Copy Frederick the Great In Europe‚ the eighteenth century was a period of intellectual‚ social‚ and political development. It was not the time of absolute rulers anymore but it is becoming a time of Enlightened Despots‚ monarchs who rules with principles of enlightenment rather than absolute monarchy. Frederick the Great was the first Enlightened Despot of Prussia‚ along with the other rising Enlightened Despot of the time‚ Maria Theresa . Frederick
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Throughout the period of 1856-1964‚ Russia had been involved in 10 major wars‚ all in which had played an integral role in Russia’s development. For both the commissar’s and Tsars these wars had highlighted the economic stagnation prior to the war‚ which allowed a modern Russia to develop that was stimulated by a change from agriculture to industry. However‚ the role of the reforming leaders and popular pressure also played a part in this economic change. Russia’s preparation for World War 2 was
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How far do you agree that the condition of the peasants was the cause of the 1905 revolution? By Samantha Whiting Introduction The Russian revolution was sparked of by a number of factors social‚ economical‚ political. I believe some of these factors were the root cause and some were contributors I believe they all contributed in their own ways and some contributed more than others and leading to a potential revolution in Russia. Russia had a weak economy‚ the primary sources of income for the
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In what ways and to what extent did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least TWO countries. France: decreased nobility power‚ Louis XIV gave nobles very little power‚ made them his “lapdogs” at Versailles‚ result of the Fronde rebellion Russia: decreased nobility power‚ Peter the Great let ranking in armies be based on ability‚ giving lower class people the opportunity to move up‚ nobility did not like his reforms
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Austria and Spain are two countries that are not well for commoners to live in. Even though Russia had serfdom‚ Austria and Spain had negativity that did not help the commoners. They had strong leaders to guide them‚ but many became selfish and put their country into grief. Austria is a undesirable place to live in because it had the thirty year war‚ which
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ancient concept of communism‚wherein human beings could fulfill their cooperative roles within society without fear of exploitation. He saw the historical stage of capitalism as the "insidious" antagonist of such freedom; insidious because unlike serfdom (capitalism’s predecessor in the evolution of social relations) capitalism was (is?) able to perpetuate the illusion of freedom even though its raison d’etre relies on those who have nothing to sell but their labor and those‚ who through the power
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couldn’t cope with the opposition of the tsar and when riots broke out‚ the Cossacks broke up the mobs. 85% of the population were peasants. They lived with no rights‚ no freedom and no land of their own until 1861‚ when Tsar Alexander II‚ abolished serfdom and allowed them to own the land on which they grew crops on. However‚ they had to pay redemption payments over the next forty-nine years and only when they paid all instalments would the land become their personal property. Life was hard for peasants;
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argue that the work of Alexander II‚ had it continued‚ would have modified the system of government to some extent‚ yet his death and the succession of Alexander III stifled reform. Alexander II was christened the ‘Tsar Liberator’‚ as he abolished serfdom‚ meaning peasants were no longer tied to the land they were once tied to. Furthermore‚ he introduced the first form of elective government in
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