taking up most of the West Bank or Gaza strip and later emerged at the forefront of armed resistance to Israel. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was a Palestinian imam and politician who became an activist in local branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. He served as a spiritual leader of the organization‚ and he was strongly backed by many charitable organizations and other social institutions. Starting in the late 1960s‚ Yassin preached and performed charitable work in the Gaza Strip and West Bank‚ both of which
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During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit
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Berlin and West Berlin apart. East Germans had a different idea in mind and that was to flee going into West Berlin. After the
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Professor’s name Date THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL 1988-1989 Investigating the history of Germany‚ I should admit that the period from 1988 till 1989 was a turning-point. On the 9th of November‚ 1989 the Berlin Wall‚ which separated East Germany and West Germany‚ fell. So‚ these two parts of the country combined again. There were a lot of people who were waiting for such an event. Because one the most dangerous period of German History had already finished. It lasted for almost eight years old. It
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Democratic Republic in1961‚ which completely cut West Berlin off from East Berlin and Eastern Germany. The wall was built to separate and prevent people from fleeing from the Communist East to the Capitalist West. The wall stretches for 198Km and is approximately 3.6m high and 1.2m wide. The wall included guard towers placed along the large concrete wall. This set aside a large area around the wall – which came to be known as the death strip. View from the West Berlin side of Graffiti on the wall in 1968
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War is the tragic case of Horst and Gerlinde Gauru. The man in charge of security clearance within the West German foreign intelligence‚ Hansjoachim Tiedge‚ defected to the East German side. A Stasi mole within the West German foreign intelligence named Kuron had tipped the Stasi off about the treachery of Horst and Gerlinde Gauru‚ but they did not move against them lest it be known to the West Germans that there was a mole within their
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Soviet Union‚ life in Eastern Europe had been restricted‚ with little freedom and or luxury (Cernich). The unstoppable flow of East Germans fleeing to West Germany began the Soviet Union’s decline in power‚ and it floundered until dissolving on December 25 in 1990 (Montgomery). The Berlin Wall had separated countless families and friends on the West and East sides of Germany‚ and after they traveled through the wall they were finally reunited (Gorman). The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Germany unifying
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DBQ on Greek/Western history Ancient Greeks impact on Western civilization The contribution of Acient Greeks lasted from about 1900-133bc‚ however its influence on the Western Civilization till present day. As the greeks expetanded they spread their ideas all over the worldDuring this time the Greeks made long lasting ideas that had an impact on our philosophy‚ political‚ math‚ science‚ and artistic ways. One very important contribution Ancient Greeks had on Western culture was Democracy
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West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education VidYasagar Bhavan No : DS(A)SD 9/2‚ Block lPvBl 861 42l2oL3 DJ‚ Sector-ll‚ Salt Lake‚ Kolkata - 91 Date :09.07.2013 NOTIFICATION Attn: All Heads of Higher Secondary lnstitutions has already This is to notify that west Bengal council of Higher secondary Education published the following Text Books : 1. 2. Blackswan English A & B for Class Xl and Xll - printed & distributed by Orient by Bengali A for Class Xl and Bengali
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HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION To what extent did Gorbachev’s reform movement lead to the fall of the Berlin wall in East Germany? Anupriy Kanti Candidate Number – 001425-027 Dhirubhai Ambani International School Word count: 1913 Anupriy Kanti Candidate Number – 001425‐027 IB Historical Investigation Page Contents A. Planning of the Investigation .......................................................................................................
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