government in Germany? 1871 marked the start of the new German Empire with Wilhelm I as Kaiser and Otto von Bismarck as chancellor. The National Liberals wanted a democratic constitution‚ which would limit the power of the Kaiser and give more power to the people of Germany by allowing them to vote. Despite his traditional conservative views‚ Bismarck joined the National Liberals in order to fulfil his wish for a strong‚ united Germany. The Kaiser‚ who was also the King of Prussia‚ was extremely powerful
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To what extent was Martin Luther responsible for the ’revolutionary’ Protestant reformation in Germany? In this essay‚ I will attempt to assess the extent of Martin Luther’s role in the Protestant reformation that took place at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Germany. Luther’s name is synonymous with the religious Reformation of the sixteenth century‚ or the ’evangelical movement’ as it is sometimes called‚ but the actual details of the Reformation itself are somewhat lesser known. Luther’s
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it to describe the events of 1918-1919 as “a frozen revolution‚ limited in its scope and ambitions”? The oxford dictionary states that the definition of a revolution is: "forcible substitution of new government or ruler for old; fundamental change." It could also be added that it results in fundamental changes not only to the political system but also to the social and economic infrastructure‚ and is often accelerated by war or military defeat. Indeed Germany went through a period of much
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can you learn from source A about…? 4 marks (6 minutes) Source A: From a book about the history of Germany‚ published in 2009. On the evening of 27 February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was destroyed by a massive fire. A young Dutchman‚ a Communist supporter called Marinus van der Lubbe‚ was caught on the site. Van der Lubbe was put on trial‚ found guilty and executed. But his execution was not enough for Hitler; he saw the Reichstag fire as an opportunity to attack the Communists. He used the
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door to heaven was opened. Peacefully‚ he awakened to another day of his life‚ not like General Zaroff that had died the night before. He was alone in a mansion‚ in the middle island‚ where hours ago he could have died. Was Rainsford really alone on the island? Looking out the window‚ he saw the sea with no longer a curse that trapped many people to their death game. Viewing the calmness of the sea was like being in the water the night he had fallen off the yacht but all of that was past him. Feeling
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Weimar: Destined for Failure by a Weak Constitution and Poor Popular Support? A thread that runs throughout many analyses of the legacy of theWeimar Republic contains the idea that the fledgling German democracy was somehow doomed from the start. With a constitution that contained items such as Article 48 – a constitutional provision that permitted the Weimar President to rule by decree without the consent of the Reichstag – and a clause that allowed the Reichskanzler to assume office in the event
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Apache tribe located in Cibecue‚ Arizona. The author‚ Keith Basso‚ is an anthropologist and ethnographer who argues that the field of anthropology does not study the relationship place‚ language and culture. Basso first visited Cibecue in 1959 when he was a student. After writing about the Western Apache in a scholarly setting‚ Basso became bored and so decided to visit the White Mountain Apache Tribe directly in order to make maps the tied Apache place-names to their geographical referents and to records
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Russian Revolution‚ but his revolutionary cause may have been sparked because of his older brother’s death. Therefore Alexander may be just as responsible for the Russian Revolution as Vladimir. Alexander was born in 1866. His father‚ Iyla Nikolaeyich Ulyanov‚ was an inspector of public schools‚ credited with the construction of 450 schoolhouses. His mother‚ Maria‚ was the daughter of surgeon and landowner. Alexander‚ nicknamed Sasha‚ was the oldest of six children. Vladimir was
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France suffered nearly two million deaths during the war and nearly four million soldiers were wounded. And things got worst after the Great War. With a quarter of the dead being under twenty-four years of age‚ the birthrate plummeted. France was also short of three million workers and the gap had to be filled with foreigners whose mere presence created resentment amongst French laborers‚ and so borderline fascism first made its appearance. Out of the horrible aftermath of the war came a group
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ts have excellent night vision and can see at only one sixth the light level required for human vision.[54]:43 This is partly the result of cat eyes having a tapetum lucidum‚ which reflects any light that passes through the retina back into the eye‚ thereby increasing the eye’s sensitivity to dim light.[73] Another adaptation to dim light is the large pupils of cats’ eyes. Unlike some big cats‚ such as tigers‚ domestic cats have slit pupils.[74] These slit pupils can focus bright light without chromatic
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