were the one who killed Jesus. The two main leaders that called for the First Crusade were Alexius I‚ emperor of the Byzantine Empire‚ and Pope Urban II. The First Crusade was an evil act against Muslims and Jews. Greed and lack of knowledge mostly caused the First Crusade. The riches of the East lured many‚ mostly because younger sons in families lacked economic opportunity. During this time‚ the church was very corrupted and had split into an eastern and a western organization. To solve this problem
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resistance of the Belgians and British Expeditionary Force hindered this. Russia’s troops were mobilized sooner than expected‚ and within ten days‚ they had infiltrated into Germany. That caused German troops to be moved over away from Europe to put a hold up on the Russian Invasion. Both sides of the war now had to secure what land they claimed as their territory. Trenches were dug and machine gun posts were placed properly along these trenches. From then up until 1918‚ neither side dared to move no more
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What Factors influenced Tsar Nicholas II Abdication? On March 15th Tsar Nicholas Romanov II Abdicated from the throne for both himself and for his son Aleksey and his brother didn’t want the throne so he had to abdicate for all three of them‚ but why did he abdicate and what factors influenced abdication. The Romanovs had been ruling for over 300 years with every leader ruling a little bit differently‚ but Tsar Nicholas wasn’t the best leader and was weak at leading which led to revolutions as the
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important aspect of life and reality. The play ends tragically with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Despite the fact that there were many various events that led to this horrific incident‚ there is a main cause. The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet were caused by a series of coincidences and unfortunate mistakes‚ such as‚ Romeo’s mistake in the skirmish that led to Tybalt’s death‚ the change in the date of Paris’s wedding with Juliet‚ and Romeo’s impulsive reaction to the news of Juliet’s death.
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which would later show to be a large contributor to the Great Depression which ended ten years after the stock market crash in 1939. By 1997‚ sixty-eight years after the stock market crash of 1929‚ the U.S had a mini crash in their market. Leading up to that mini crash was 1982 in which the stock had yet another crash. Now that the investors had just had a crash fifteen years earlier in 1997‚ you could say that some were prepared and knew what to look forward to try and save themselves and their investments
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What is the Great Awakening and what happened? What is the Enlightenment and what happened? In the 1730’s and 1740’s‚ a religious movement called the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Unlike the Great Awakening‚ which stressed religious emotion‚ the Enlightenment emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge. In the 1700’s‚ many colonists feared they had lost the religious passion that had driven their ancestors to found the colonies. The Great Awakening revolved around religion
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Puritans believed that every word of the Bible was the true word of God and was to be followed to the very last letter. Since the Bible mentions the existence of the Devil and witches‚ the Puritans were aware and suspicious of misdeeds and unexplained happenings. Once the word of witches tumbles from ones lips‚ it spreads like a disease throughout the community. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was the outcome of multiple factors. These factors include jealousy over people‚ the feel of power/control
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substantial events to happen in America during the 1930’s and in all of American History. “The Great Crash”‚ as it is called by many‚ changed the way American stock market was run and the American way of life. This pushed new rules and regulations to be put into place that we could not do without today. The Stock Market crashed eighty percent in less than two weeks‚ leaving most stocks worth nearly nothing of what they used to be worth. The stocks fell because they were worth so much that everyone decided
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Many northern congressmen had ignored decades of empty southern threats that they disparaged the talk of the schism that arose in the days surrounding Lincoln’s election. The election Abraham Lincoln nevertheless‚ as seen by the southerners as a deterrent act of war. They found lots of reason to abhor the man ridiculed as a baboon‚ a dreadful looking wretch‚ this was because Lincoln was a “Black Republican” who in their perspective encouraged equality for slaves. His proclamation that “a house divided
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late 19th century and early 20th century there was a great want for more lands. This was caused by the industrial revolution. Many people also became very proud of their own countries and believed that they needed to spread their greatness. The most powerful political force was Social Darwinism‚ the most powerful economic force were wanting resources that they can use‚ the most powerful social forces were missionaries. Social Darwinism is what drove the political forces of imperialism. Social Darwinism
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