Why Did Australia become involved in WW1? Australia became involved in World War One in August 1914’‚ as Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany. At the time Andrew Fisher (future Australian prime minister) promised that Australia would stand behind their mother country. He believed this war to be a noble cause where Australians could demonstrate their loyalty. As Australia is still part of the British Empire‚ our loyalty was pressured into joining the war and fighting for what they
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Rome spent centuries waging war with its neighbors and foreign cities. With each victory Rome conquered new territories and became one of the greatest empire that existed in the past. But during those years where Rome was growing in power‚ one city was also on a journey to conquer and increase its power. This foreign power grew close to being equal with Rome. This city was known as Carthage. Due to the path she followed‚ she went against Rome in a series of war that would prevent her from becoming
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film is when David‚ the older brother of King George Vl‚ upon the death of King George V‚ their father‚ assumed the throne. But David was involved with his mistress‚ Ms. Wallace Simpson‚ who was from the United States. The night that King George V passed away‚ David hugged his mother and ran out of the room crying. David was not crying because he was upset that his father just passed away. He was crying because he was forced to the new king‚ even though he did not want to be king. David did not want
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In this project I am investigating how Empress Theodora become so powerful‚ what ways did she use? The author of The Secret History‚ the only source of information about Theodora‚ was named Procopius. He was a great historian of the Byzantine Empire‚ who was born in Caesarea on the coast of Palestine in 500 A.D.‚ and died around 565 A.D. After his death‚ only two other books written by Procopius were found: History of the Wars and Buildings. The Secret History was originally written in Latin‚ published
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world‚ French-lingua franca from the 17th century until the middle of the 20th and Italian-the language of the Renaissance. In fact‚ it was so influential that even today it is taught in schools though it has long been a dead language. But how did Latin become such a language? At first‚ Latin was a language spoken in a small region of Italy. Then the people living there in a city called Rome began to invade the world. It began slowly with an invasion of the local cities but by 117 CE the Roman Empire
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What is a leader? Some would say it’s a person who has integrity‚ who can make a decision when needed‚ someone who is strong and has confidence. It also may be someone who can learn from their mistakes and be able to use them to better their actions in the future. The list can go on and on. So‚ how did Winston Churchill become so powerful? Simply because he had the best interest for Great Britain and didn’t let his opinion cloud his judgement. Through World War I‚ World War II‚ and then becoming
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Why did the U.S. become an imperial power? Americans had always sought to expand the size of their nation‚ and throughout the 19th century they extended their control toward the Pacific Ocean. However‚ by the 1880’s‚ many American leaders had become convinced that the United States should join the imperialist powers of Europe and establish colonies overseas. Imperialism‚ the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic‚ political‚ and cultural control over weaker territories‚ was already
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China is a massive and powerful civilization. Chinese history has been viewed in today’s society as a very impressive rise to become one of the top world powers. With such a powerful pull towards China other neighboring civilizations had no choice but to accept that there is no equal. Nonetheless‚ even other civilizations farther than the neighboring civilizations had no choice but to look towards China to understand its great economics and extreme technological advantages. Also‚ China had a very
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Geneva Frank Rome was first established according to legend by two twins with the names of Romulus and Remus. According to legend‚ they were thrown in the Tiber river to drown. There uncle was fearful of what they would become. A mother wolf found them and took them in as her own. When they were older they came across what was going to be called Rome. Romulus killed Remus so that he could be‚ what they called an emperor later on‚ the first king of Rome. Rome’s geography played a key role in it becoming
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? There are many factors which explain why Hitler and the Nazis came into power in 1933‚ for example; the great depression and the weaknesses of the Weimar Government. These reasons and others will be explored further and explained in greater detail why these reasons helped Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933. One factor to explain why Hitler became Chancellor was the Depression. In October 1929 the stock market in the USA collapsed‚ causing America
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