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    Punic war’s outcomes let us briefly point out how it unfolded. Carthage was a growing power. Rome knew this. Rome met them with some rules. The Carthaginians obliged. But the Carthaginians had a new commander which would change that pace of things. His name was Hannibal. Hannibal was destined to be on the offense against Rome‚ and the time had come when Quintus Fabius offered them peace and war‚ of which they chose either and the Second Punic wars broke out. These are the outcomes of the second

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    The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to reinforce the split in the city of Berlin. At the time‚ Berlin City was split not only physically‚ but also economically and culturally. The Wall was built by East German workers and troops‚ and it symbolized the Democratic Republic of Germany’s political and cultural divide brought about by the domination of the world’s two superpowers on both sides of the wall. The United States of America and the Soviet Union had interests in Germany. The German split began

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    steep population increases. During the first eight years of power‚ Mao’s regime tackled the economy remarkably‚ stemming inflation and introducing the first 5-year plan. Furthermore political control began to take form – although the methods of control were debatably unethical – and social initiatives were taken to improve‚ among other things‚ illiteracy‚ women’s rights and crime. Despite the albeit tough methods used by Mao‚ the PRC did a remarkable job of transforming China in the given circumstances

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    This made Parliament wonder‚ did the Stuarts learn any thing from the Civil War?CharlesⅡ was the first monarch after the Civil War. When parliament decided that England needed a king‚ CharlesⅡ was called over from France where he had been hiding from Oliver Cromwells army. CharlesⅡ was a hide-away Catholic‚ because

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    To what extent was Berlin the main centre of conflict in the Cold War during the early 1960s? The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991 and saw tensions arise from ideological (political and economic) and personality (show of ‘strength’) conflict between the USA and its Capitalist allies‚ and the USSR and its Communist allies. Such conflict amid the two superpowers was clearly revealed in the events of the early 1960s in Berlin whereby the Berlin Wall symbolised the great divide and impossibility

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    Mark Dissen 4/15/2013 Nuclear Arms Race Term Paper The Nuclear Threat During the Berlin Crisis Introduction On November 10‚ 1958‚ Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech at a Soviet-Polish meeting in Moscow that would ultimately culminate into one of the most profound crises of the Cold War. The Soviet leader accused the Western Powers of violating the 1945 Potsdam Agreement and sabotaging the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and recommended that the Federal Republic abandon‚ “the

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    Why did civil war break out in 1642? Why did civil war break out? Well for about 17 years parliament and king Charles 1 hadn’t been getting on well and it didn’t help that parliament hadn’t really got on with Charles’ dad James 1 or Charles’ close advisors. They mainly got on each other’s nerves about money‚ religion and power‚ as well as the short term causes and all the extra things! Soon it got too much and Charles declared war on the 22nd August 1642. Charles sort of started the civil

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    To What Extent Financial Remuneration is the Key Motivating Factor for Employee? 1.0 Introduction Financial remuneration plays an important role as a motivator in the management practice today. Generally speaking‚ financial remuneration is a reward for employment reward of employment‚ which includes all cash or cash-equivalents that are given to employees in exchange for their work or services. It can be seen as the financial part of the compensation package that is not simply relevant to salary

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    cabinet includes more than one political party‚ this means that the Prime Minister has to confer‚ with other MP’s and with the other party in the coalition‚ on all matters. This limits the patronage and decision-making power of the Prime Minister‚ and that he/ she has to share their power with another party‚ in order to come to a decision that both parties are happy with. An example of this was when the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats had to discuss the annual Spending Review and decide which

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    To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans

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