period of war‚ conquest‚ and repopulation in the Iberian Peninsula. This historical battles occurred between Christian Kingdoms and Muslim Moors in medieval Spain and Portugal. The Reconquista was characterized by Islamic conquest of Hispania‚ the collapse of the last Islamic state in Iberia and the expansion of Christian kingdoms‚ a history explored in this paper. Medieval Iberian Medieval Iberian land comprised of multicultural complexity that would become modern Portugal and Spain. The medieval
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Barcelona‚ Spain. What comes to mind when you read that? I think of a place with beautiful architecture. Chock full of culture. History everywhere you step. Art permeates every air molecule; you can even feel it in the atmosphere. Musicians play the native music on various street corners‚ laughter spills out of dance halls‚ and the rhythm is one that the whole city functions to. To say it’s an ideal vacation spot is a gross understatement. That phrase doesn’t even begin to cover all that Barcelona
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How Significant A Role Did Britain Play In The War Against Germany? World War Two was the most devastating war in history. It was a battle of ideologies. Germany fought for control of Europe; The allies‚ Britain‚ America and Russia fought for freedom. The only way to crush an Ideology was total war‚ a devastating method of warfare killing an estimated 55 million civilians. The war ended the lives of 3% of the world population at the time. While all the allies suffered casualties‚ the Russians lost
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through trade‚ alliances‚ and warfare. It is with their role and the interaction with the European settlers that would bring about a shift in each culture that would change the course of history. Spain‚ France‚ and England seemingly had the strongest ties with the Indians‚ whether good or bad. Spain had a rather tumultuous relationship with the Indians. Don Juan de Onate’s account of his interaction
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The Vietnam war is an incredibly controversial topic; some say America won‚ while others say that they lost. In this case‚ America took a major loss‚ they were never winning at any point. The reason the Americans officially lost the war is because they were unable to achieve their goal which was to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. In fact‚ the exact opposite happened‚ after the American forces left South Vietnam in January of 1975‚ communism immediately overran it. Along with the reasoning
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The Vietnam War emerged as a significant outgrowth of the Cold War due to the geopolitical context of the time. The Cold War‚ a period of ideological tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ had global ramifications as both superpowers vied for influence and control. The Vietnam War was a manifestation of this broader struggle‚ with the United States viewing Vietnam as a crucial battleground in containing the spread of communism. This perspective stemmed from the domino theory‚ which
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Spain between 1818 to 1931 went through a lot of change in government. However none of those succeeded to rule the country efficiently. People were used to starving and wanted to change that. There were nobility but none of them cared for any change in the country and had most of their income come from the church even though they were not devout Christians‚ and to add to that the Military was decentralized and got involved with the government and rigged the elections. Therefore when King Alfonso
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adopted the euro (€) as their common currency and sole legal tender) for more than a decade prior to the crisis that forced the state to as for assistance from other countries and International financialorganizations. Figure 1: Comparison of Greece’s against the Eurozone’s average
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This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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The Cold War‚ one of the most scariest times in America’s‚ or even the world’s history. The threat of nuclear war was real‚ very real. At any moment America or the U.S.S.R. could destroy the entire world with their assault of nuclear weapons‚ just at a call and a click of a button. This is one of many important times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction
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