Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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Was The Post Soviet Union Reformable? (Rewrite) “The universal meaning of reform is not merely change‚ but change that betters people’s lives.” (Cohen‚ Stephen) In his book‚ Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives‚ Steven Cohen addresses in details in chapter 4 about whether the Soviet Union was reformable. Following how Cohen views the NEP‚ the answer is that he believes that it was. He contends that the evidence that the opposition presents as to the unreformability of Russia is for the most part
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Renaissance means rebirth. It was a time period in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century. The renaissance is the period when educated men and woman wanted to bring back the classical age. It started when scholars saw the art and literature of the Middle Ages. People found passion in the painting and the writing. There are three main reasons why The Renaissance took place in Italy. The first reason is because that’s where ancient Rome left all its architecture and artwork in the dust. The
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written by the transcendentalist‚ Emerson‚ in Self-Reliance. Going by the nickname “Mahatma” which truly means “great soul”‚ Ghandi was one of the most misunderstood people in history. Ghandi is characterized as a scrawny simplistic dressed man born in 1869 in India‚ however he is one of the most complex and contradictory characters in all of history (McGeary). Ghandi was raised under two religious parents who practiced Hinduism‚ and pushed for him to become a government minister‚ taking after his father
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WAS HITLER A WEAK DICTATOR? Introduction The question of whether Hitler was master in the Third Reich or a weak dictator’ is one of the central debates amongst historians of Nazi Germany. It is not necessary to spend too much time here outlining the debate‚ as this information can easily be found elsewhere (see‚ for example‚ the excellent chapter on this subject in Ian Kershaw’s The Nazi Dictatorship). Broadly speaking‚ historians who have participated in this debate can be located on a scale
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One of the most prominent questions in history was‚ “Was the Civil War inevitable?” many have formed an opinion and a much agreed with conclusion has come about. Secession was inevitable based on the events that occurred from 1800-1859; The War with Mexico‚ the Acquisition of Oregon and Texas‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were three of these important events that led to the inevitable secession and Civil War. Without these events the Civil War and the secession of the South could have been avoided
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another – Was Hitler totally to blame for WW2?” “Hitler was totally to blame for World War II. Do you agree?” World War Two began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany ’s invasion of Poland. Although the outbreak of war was triggered by Germany ’s invasion of Poland‚ the causes of the war were more complex. In 1919‚ Lloyd George of England‚ Orlando of Italy‚ Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany was to be made
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Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? Answer: The Entente and the US spoke with different voices in 1918-19. President Wilson talked about a peace without ’victors or vanquished’‚ which implied concepts of fairness‚ but Britain and France (and their allies) imposed a conventional treaty with winners and losers. That is the key issue. Answer In 1918 when the war had ended the League of Nations was drawn up‚ but at the same time the "big three" were planning a way to get compensation for the war
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Of course Alfred Hitchcock was a misogynist‚ or at least had a neurotic compulsion to mistreat women in his films: everyone knows that. Or do they? If so‚ one must assume also that most of his heroines were masochistic‚ in that nearly all his leading actresses seem to have adored him. And if there was mistreatment‚ it mostly seems to have been meted out‚ and perceived by its apparent victims‚ as all in the spirit of innocent merriment. Ivor Montagu‚ longtime friend and script collaborator of Hitch
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Henry VIII was‚ in no sense of the word‚ caring in any way shape or form. He not only disregarded and disrespected his wives‚ but he showed no regard for his people and had no sense of remorse or empathy.When pursuing a romantic life‚ Henry VIII was just as selfish as he was in other aspects of his life. Most of his marriages were fueled politically‚ however one in particular‚ Jane Seymour‚ was an exception. Henry VIII’s relationship with Jane Seymour is said to be the only one in which his love
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