Melancon‚ is a professor and the current department chair of the history department at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The author’s primary thesis revolves the external and internal politics that influenced England’s declaration of war prior to the Opium Crisis. When constructing the source‚ the author used a wide arrange of materials ranging from English-Argentinian treaties‚ to personal letters from prominent English officials within China. His approach in the source primarily revolves around
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Second World War World War II was one of the greatest struggles humanity has ever seen. This Second World War caused many lives to be lost‚ damaged personal properties and was expensive‚ for a great deal of money was required to maintain a country’s military strength. The numbers for those that have passed‚ been wounded or gone missing during the war could never be calculated precisely; though it has been estimated that more than 55 million lives perished. Many historians have traced the causes of
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major war broke out just 20 years after the First World War and it was the Second World War. The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in human history and it was even greater in scale and more disastrous than the First. In this essay‚ I would like to talk about “To what extent should the Axis Powers be responsible for the outbreak of World War Two?’. Actually‚ I think that to a large extent‚ the Axis Powers (Germany‚ Italy and Japan) were responsible for the outbreak of the Second World
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The Second Anglo-Dutch War was officially fought between March 4‚ 1665 and July 31‚ 1667. Second Anglo-Dutch War - Dates: The Second Anglo-Dutch War was officially fought between March 4‚ 1665 and July 31‚ 1667. Several incidents‚ such as the capture of New Amsterdam by the English (August 27‚ 1664)‚ occurred prior to the declaration of war. Second Anglo-Dutch War - Key Battles: * Battle of Lowestoft‚ June 13‚ 1665 (Naval‚ English Victory) * Battle of Vågen‚ August 2‚ 1665 (Naval‚ Dutch
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for ritualistic ceremonies. The Greek writer Homer had written about opium in his great epic ‘The Illiad ‘in 8th century B.C .Hippocrates spoke about the medicinal of opium more than 25 centuries ago. The use of cannabis sativa‚ the “Indian Hemp”‚is mentioned in Atharva Veda and its derivatives-bhang‚ ganja and charas are traditionally used by some followers of Lord Shiva and have become part of Indian heritage and culture. Opium which was brought to India by Arab traders in 17th century‚ established
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Nonetheless‚ the Persian Wars were important because the final result was the separation of Greece and the Near East. There was the first Persian war in 490 BC‚ but the Persians were routed. As they took on a new approach ten years later‚ the second Persian war unraveled. The second Persian war was a war of much significance to European history. It was the invasion of Greece from 480 BC to 479 BC; King Xerxes I‚ of Persia‚ was determined to conquer Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars; he had an army
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The Opium War‚ the Taiping Rebellion‚ and the Indian Rebellion all had many issues with government‚ society‚ economy‚ and the citizens. Also‚ all three had leaders that wanted a change. The three wars and rebellions had a very large amount of deaths‚ damage to citizens‚ lack of money‚ and a forever memory of these horrible events. Leaders like Lin Zexu‚ Hong Xiuquan‚ and Guofan all demanded a change‚ whether it failed or not. The Chinese had many problems leading in the government‚ society‚ and
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Religion is the opium of the masses “Religion it the opium of the masses” is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of the German economist Karl Marx‚ “the father of communism”. The meaning of this statement is that religion is the equivalent of opium (a type of drug) to make masses of people feel better. Marx quoted that “religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature‚ the heart of a heartless wold‚ and the soul of the soulless condition.” On one hand this quote rings true as many People
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Opium is the world’s most addictive component that is able to affect a person’s life positively and negatively. The opium comes from a poppy plant which can be transformed into medication that people can use as painkillers or as a drug that can be highly abused to hit euphoria. Hospitals and militaries use opium in a form called morphine which is used to treat severe pain. In order to fight effectively during battles‚ opium was consumed in order to withstand a great amount of pain and if a solider
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The British empire‚ a powerful‚ technologically advanced civilization‚ came against the Chinese empire‚ whose semi-isolationist policy was hindering British profit. The Opium Wars were dramatic conflicts in China that resulted in greatly increased freedom of foreign trade and the legalization of opium. Before the First Opium War‚ foreign trade proceeded only under strict Chinese regulations. Foreigners were only allowed to trade at Canton‚ and only between October and May. While they were at Canton
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