detailed and specific examples to support your argument. Without equivocation oil in the Middle East has been the biggest factor to influence today’s world. With the exception of food‚ no commodity is more widely in demand than oil. On May 26‚ 1908 a British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran).” It’s the first big petroleum find in the Middle East‚ and it sets off a wave of exploration‚ extraction and exploitation that will change the region’s -- and the world’s – history [Randy]. Oil is
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country was most responsible for the outbreak of war. Since 1900‚ there was tension in Europe. There were wars and other events that caused crisis in countries. But the spark of the world war lit only after the 28 June 1914‚ when Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb‚ shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Serbia became the most powerfully Balkan State‚ and felt confident enough to threaten Austria. The Serbian prime minister said: ‘the first round is won; now for the
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imperialism‚ the emergence of trade barriers‚ the arms race‚ militarism and autocracy‚ the struggle over the balance of power‚ important for the maintenance of colonial powers‚ sharp local conflicts (Balkan wars‚ the Italian-Turkish War) and crisis (the Bosnian crisis‚ the collapse of the Ottoman Empire)‚ orders for a general mobilization in Russia and Germany‚ and the territorial claims of allied commitments of the European powers – are reasons‚ which different sources refer to the causes of World War I
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Imagine being in between sniper crossfire. Republic of Srpska and Bosnian Serbs were at war‚ because of the land. The republic of from the Sarajevo 1993‚ in the spring‚ people being shot at every turn. There are people who are 35‚ but look 50. The people are terrible‚ when somebody gets shot most just the keep walking and don’t stop to help. Kenan is a good man‚ but is scared out of his mind when it comes to the war. His two biggest fears are being killed or killing someone else. He’s a family
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declared war on Serbia‚ the country they believed to have killed the heir to their empire. Of course Russia immediately backed Serbia in the cause because they had hatred for Austria- Hungary after they had annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian Crisis in 1909. One of Russia’s other allies was France‚ so Germany quickly attacked France‚ and the war had officially begun. Macmillan
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The Hospice (Asylum) of San Michele in Rome held boys under the age of 20 (Roth‚ 2011). San Michele was built in 1704 and is considered the first institution for juvenile offenders. The earliest child-saving institution was the House of Refuge constructed in 1824 in New York (Roth‚ 2011). The House of Refuge was the first institution that jailed children separate from adults. They held children that were destitute and neglected as well as those sentenced for criminal activity (Roth‚ 2011). According
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america.They protect us from bad things and bad people.They can’t get to every last crime on time to protect but most of the time they serve justice. The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).They were established on July 26 in 1908. The first director was J. Edgar Hoover.There are 35‚104 employees. The people who found the FBI was Charles Joseph Bonaparte‚Theodore Roosevelt. The FBI’s National Joint Terrorism Task Force manages more than 100 FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces
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Progressive Era Questions 1. The progressive movement is considered by some the origin of which social/political ideology? Liberalism 2. Progressives believed that government should protect the people and promote the social welfare of people through which means? Legislation 3. It was an important social issue concerning equality that the Progressives advocated? Women’s Suffrage 4. List five issues that defined the Progressive Movement: a.
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British official investigation in 1900. Reacting to the international pressure‚ the Belgian Parliament annexed CFS and removed Leopold from power in 1908. Before turning CFS over to Belgium‚ Leopold destroyed any evidence of what occurred under his reign in CFS‚ including the archives of the Departments of Finance and the Interior. On November 15‚ 1908‚ Congo Free State officially became a colony known as Belgian
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In September 2008‚ when it all came down‚ the crises was a lot bigger‚ deeper and precarious than it was expected by the authorities. Often there are debates among economists‚ politicians and analysts regarding the causes of financial crises and some experts believe that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act contributed to the
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