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    Auschwitz: a prisoner camp‚ an industrial camp‚ and a death camp “…Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves‚ and at the same time of his house‚ his habit‚ his cloth‚ in short‚ of everything he possesses: he will be a hollow man‚ reduced to suffering and needs‚ forgetful of dignity and restraint‚ for he who loses all often easily loses himself. He will be a man whose life or death can be lightly decided with no sense of human affinity‚ in the most fortunate of cases‚ on the basis

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    Throughout the 1920s the League had to deal with many problems and disputes and though some of these disputes were successfully handled others were not dealt with so well‚ one of the successes was the dispute between Germany and Poland regarding Upper Silesia when the League sent British and French forces to keep order. When they were there they managed to setup a plebiscite (where the residents voted on which country they wished to join) but in

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    In Europe‚ France and Britain found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict‚ a reversal from their previous alliances. France abandoned its support for the Habsburgs in an attempt to regain Silesia‚ while Britain allied with Prussia‚ recognizing its emergence as a major European power under Frederick the Great. France’s military struggles‚ including failed naval invasions of England and defeats by Frederick at Rossbach‚ highlighted the lack of a commander of Maurice de Saxe’s caliber. The Treaty

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    Despite being written over two hundred years ago‚ Voltaire’s Candide addresses many issues that are to this day controversial and widely discussed. Concepts like Rationalism exist within religion and sociological controversies like war‚ science and human rights are still in existence today. Although within the topics mentioned by Voltaire there are slight differences in what they consist of now. War has changed‚ religion is more diverse‚ and with the existence of the internet Candide being sheltered

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    PChapter 17 notes Toward a new world view 1540-1789 * The scientific revolution * Scientific thought in 1500 * Thomas Aquinas- brought Aristotelian philosophy into harmony with christen doctrine * Ptolemy- planets move in epicycles * Origins of the scientific revolution * Permanent universities * Recovery of ancient works * Printing press * Copernican hypothesis * Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543- polish cleric

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    of a lot of land. The land taken away from them was; Alsace-Lorraine which was given to the French‚ Eupen and Malmedy given to the Belgians‚ Northern Schleswig given to Denmark‚ Hultschin given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia‚ Possen and Upper Silesia given to Polland (Versailles‚ 2018). Additionally‚ the treaty required the Germans to relinquish their sovereign colonies to the League of Nations then put control of Allied states (Versailles‚ 2018). Another major requirement of the treaty was Germany

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    The League of Nations Recommended Resources: Course Companion pp. 52-59‚ Waugh pp. 128-132‚ Walsh pp. 184-209‚ Williamson pp. 78 -85 Terms to Know Collective Security- a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world Enforcement- To impose  Rapallo Treaty - The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement signed in the Italian town of Rapallo on April 16‚ 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Soviet Russia under which each renounced

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    Marwa Benahmed­Ali    Prof. Heather Boyd  Final Paper  December 17th‚ 2014  The Hedwig Glass Beaker  When we think of beakers we think of cool experiments we’ve done in science class in  middle school to measure fluids‚ or contents‚ approximately.  Sometimes we also think of  beakers as cups‚ something that we drink out of or use for everyday use in the kitchen.  Hundreds  of years ago‚  particularly during the medieval times‚ beakers were not how we see them today.  To be more specific‚ beakers

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    AP European History- Unit 3 Study Guide Hey guys add whoever you want to this. ok sure‚ thanks Nick! Dates 1517 - start of protestant reformation (95 theses) 1521- Diet of Worms 1545- Council of Trent (start of counter-reformation) 1555- Peace of Augsburg 1555-late 1500s - height of spain 1618- Start of 30 years war 1648- Peace of Westphalia (end of Counter reformation) New Heaven and Earth -Evangelicals / Protestants 1529 -List 8 MAJOR criticisms of the Church · Indulgences

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    Formation - the German Confederation created by the Congress of Vienna had 39 states‚ each having its dues and tolls on goods passim through its territory. This made goods expensive and hindered trade. For instance‚ Prussia had 67 different tariff areas within its border after 1815. As such‚ Germany was economically and commercially the most backward country in western Europe in the early years of the 19th century. Purssia took the lead to promote free trade movement in the German Confederation

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