The Ronan Point apartment collapse occurred on May 16‚ 1968 in London. The woman living in flat 90 on the eighteenth floor of the complex lit a match to begin brewing a cup of tea‚ which caused an explosion that blew-out the exterior wall in her flat. This initial explosion led to a progressive partial collapse of the southeast side of the building‚ wherein the structure collapsed from top down due to the debris from preceding floors. The collapse tragically killed four people‚ and injured seventeen
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"Why did the Weimer Republic Collapse?" By Richard Bessel Feb 28 /06 Snezana Miletic 20217149 History 102: Second Precise Assignment Dr.L Taylor 640 During the late 1920’s and 1930’s‚ the Weimar Republic came to an end as soon as depression hit and began to take hold of the economy. As a result‚ the political situation in Germany became uncertain and dangerous. Social‚ political and economical factors all contribute to Weimar’s collapse. The period of 1925-1929 is often considered to be
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According to Jared Diamond there are five main characteristics that play a part in societal collapse: environmental damage‚ climate change‚ hostile neighbors‚ friendly neighbors‚ and cultural responses (Curren). Many early societies that collapsed experienced these problems such as the Sumerian civilization that was destroyed by their neighbors‚ the Elamites. Ancient Egyptian civilization was ruined by people infiltrating their country and changing their perspective on religion. The Rapa Nui civilization
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The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe The collapse of communism in eastern europe can be based on three disticnct factors. Factor 1: People Power May: Hungary opens its borders with non communist Austria. Hungarians had already been granted the rights to free travel. However many east germans started using this route to get to west germany. June-August: protests against communist rule In poland continue throughout the summer. In august‚ communist party leaders agree truly free elsections
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Soviet Union fell including a stagnant economy‚ new reform policies‚ or general dismissal of communist ideology. Many of the issues that were either unresolved or worsened stem from Mikhail Gorbachev reign as General Secretary from 1985 until the collapse in 1991. While there were a plethora of issues surrounding the Soviet Union‚ Gorbachev seemed to be the focal point of where things went from bad to worse. Though Gorbachev had the Soviet
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realm and to some extent for the peasants. After his death Karl Knutsson became king of Norway and Sweden as he was the Swedish anti-king before. Denmark instead chose Christian I. of Oldenburg in 1448‚ who had the support of the Hanse and led to a collapse of the Kalmar Union. A time of war and chaos followed as Denmark fought against Sweden from 1451 until 1456 and a rebellion awakened in 1464. The fighting continued until Denmark and Sweden came to a peace treaty in 1473 – again signed in Kalmar
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First‚ the Sino-Japanese war caused the collapse of the tributary system‚ the Qing government lost the leading position in the East Asia. Tributary system had a long history in China and could be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. The tributary system was a reciprocal relationship between superior and inferior comparable to the Three Bonds that kept China’s domestic society in order. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the Zhou emperor established a “feudal” network‚ enfeoffing (fengjian 封建)
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The Weimar Republic started in 1919 to substitute the German empire. The name came from the city of Weimar. The Weimar Republic had faced a lot of problems through those fourteen years such as not continuing their alliance with the winners of the First World War‚ hyperinflation‚ and political extremists. They had also stopped some of the demands of the Treaty of Versailles. The Reichstag Fire Decree was basically the start of the Communist revolution which led to the elimination of the constitutional
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Why did Tsardom collapse in 1917? In February 1917‚ all were stunned when what started off as a demonstration regarding shortages of food and fuel‚ escalated into a protest attempting to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. However‚ nobody could have predicted what the result would have been‚ as when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated‚ there was nobody to assume the position of Tsar‚ and so 300 years of Romanov rule came to an end. Although it came as a surprise‚ the failure of the tsarist regime happened for
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the fate of the Mississippi river. If it hadn’t been for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‚ then the Mississippi would be a completely different river than the one we know today. Businesses would have fallen a long time and put the US in an economic collapse‚ but today people still complain about how it needs to be done. Multiple complaints from farmers to fisherman‚ it all relies on the Corps to regulate the water supply and to prevent a disaster. It was and is thought to this day that trying to control
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