plateau was the German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886). Ranke’s contribution were threefold: (1) he played a leading role in establishing history as a respected discipline in the universities‚ (2) he firmly established the notion that all sound history must be based on primary sources and a rigorous methodology‚ and (3) he reflected the broader nineteenth-century attempt to define the concept of “historical-mindedness”. This essay seeks to analyse Leopold von Ranke’s contribution to the study of
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Napoleon vs. Bismarck How were they alike? How were they different? Napoleon Bonaparte and Otto von Bismarck affected not only the outlook of their own countries‚ but the outlook of Europe as a whole. These two men were solely responsible for their countries preeminence during their reign. Although‚ Bismarck was not the king of his country he seemingly ruled it. Bismarck and Napoleon compare through military success‚ dominance in Europe‚ and ruthlessness. The two men differ by military expansion
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people not want to have to fight for some ideas they didn’t even believe in. But even after all this some militarists in Europe still believed that war was a necessity of human nature. While looking at a source for a European militarists‚ Friedrich Von Bernhardi‚ and a U.S. Pacifist‚ William James‚ I will compare these two sources to how both authors define war‚ if they believe it’s possible to eliminate war‚ and what they believe is the solution to fixing war is. I will also give my opinion on what
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Von Restorff and Serial Position Effect On Recalling Memory Research Question: How does highlighting the middle word in a list of 20 words affect the rate of recalling the first and last five words (serial Position effect)? Candidate Name: Sayuj Saha Session: May 2015 Name of Supervisor: Ms. Sukanya Mazumder Total word count: 2104 Abstract This Study tested the Von Restorff’s and Serial Position Effect on memory recall with 30 participants‚ 22 males and the rest were females‚ chosen by
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Illustrate‚ sports are heavily dominated in perfectionism and often times failing is not an option because failure to them is the most stressful situation they can experience and they would go to such great lengths to avoid failing. According to Roger von Oech in his essay called To Err Is Wrong‚ he introduced the concept of “playing it safe” and he mentioned “Most of us have learned not to make mistakes in public. As a result‚ we remove ourselves from many learning experiences except for those occurring
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In 1934‚ Heinrich F. von Stackelberg came up with another model that explains the strategic game through which the firms in an oligopoly decide the level of output in a sequential manner. The following essay evaluates the usefulness of the Stackelberg Model in explaining the behavior the firms in oligopolistic markets. Furthermore‚ it will be discussed that how realistic the model is in today’s world though economic diagrams and relevant theories. II- Stackelberg Model of Oligopoly: Oligopoly
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the heuristics and biases approach) and the ecological approach advanced by Gigerenzer and others. We make a proposal of how to integrate Simon‟s approach with the main current approaches to decision making. We argue that this would lead to better models of decision making that are more generalizable‚ have higher ecological validity‚ include specification of cognitive processes‚ and provide a better understanding of the interaction between the characteristics of the cognitive system and the contingencies
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Do you like having GPS‚ Weather Reports‚ and TV Broadcasts? Well you can thank the Nazi’s for that and the tireless efforts of Werner Von Braun. The analysis of the piece of literature I chose “Von Braun: Dreamer of Space‚ Engineer of War” by Michael J. Neufeld is quite difficult because there is a lot of controversy surrounding Von Braun and his contribution to the United States of America becoming the first country to put a man on the moon. There is‚ perhaps‚ no one in the history of spaceflight
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Thirty Years’ War: Ernst von Mansfeld Ernst von Mansfeld was a German military commander in the Thirty Years War. Although he fought for the Protestant cause‚ Mansfeld was a Roman Catholic. He was considered one of the most dangerous opponent of the Catholic League. He was born in 1580 as the illegitimate son of Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort and Dorothea von Solms- Lich. In 1594 he served under Archduke Leopold. Then‚ in 1610 he joined Frederick V and the Protestant Union. At the age 36
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Sachtext "Die Zeitgestaltung im epischen Text" von Herbert Seidler erläutert‚ wie der Titel schon verrät‚ die Wichtigkeit und die verschiedenen Formen der Zeitgestaltung in epischen Texten; von Rückwendungen über das Ineinanderbauen verschiedener Zeitabschnitte zu Vorausdeutungen. Der vorliegende Text lässt sich in fünf Sinnabschnitte aufteilen. Zu Anfang gibt es eine allgemeine Einführung in das Thema Zeitgestaltung und es wird beschrieben‚ dass sie von großer Wichtigkeit ist und der Leser Geschehnisse
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