What was the Bubonic Plague and what made the disease spread so far‚ so rapidly and kill millions of people. How did the Bubonic Plague affect Europe? The Plague vastly affected millions of lives in Europe‚ but it also affected millions of lives around the globe. The Plague is still‚ up to current date one of the largest disease outbreaks in recorded history. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that originated in Turkey in 1347. It was caused by the fleas that lived on rats. The fleas have a bad
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World War II was an great war that had many casualties and also a whole lot of destruction from all sides of the war. Countries that were affected greatly consist of Japan and Europe. Both of the countries fought in the war and were affected greatly by the aftereffects such as ruined homes so people had nowhere to sleep and also no means of transportation. Other countries in World War II were left without leaders so other people had to step up and rebuild their country to what it one was. Europe
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source of exploration‚ but a source of influence and power. The rivalry between Rome and Carthage focused on expansion by one and the resistance to domination of the other. The use of naval forces became a deciding factor in the First Punic War. As a trading city‚ traders who used sailing routes throughout the Mediterranean settled Carthage. The trading routes along with shipping and sailing expertise became a source of future colonies‚ and conflict between the Roman Empire.
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successes for the confederacy. Despite this the many advantages of the north; ranging from more citizens‚ to more income‚ caused the inevitable collapse of the south. While the south did have more officers‚ and skill sets more akin to warmaking; none of this would be enough to beat the union defending it’s ideals. The war itself didn’t strt as the union had expected. The battle of bull run‚ which Lincoln expected to win‚ was lost to general stonewall jackson. Here‚ the union failed to prove their superiority
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The American Revolutionary War was a significant time period in history that brought a majority of the colonists together to break free from Britain. After the war‚ numerous amount of colonists had anticipation for the new nation in the future‚ however‚ other thought it was a deterioration in the future of the new nation. The Revolutionary War began with the American colonists wanting to break free from Britain due to different circumstances. Before the war‚ American colonists were under the British
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creating a calm and relaxed environment. However this is then destroyed by the young boy and the accident. While the boy is outside working his sister calls him for “supper”. “At the word‚ the saw‚ as if to prove saws knew what supper meant‚ leaped out at the boys hand‚ or seemed to leap” again the writer is personifying the saw so that it seems almost like an animal at the zoo waiting for feeding time‚ or so that it doesn’t murder anymore trees. Caesura is also
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barrel 30 meters long. The gun’s shells had to punch through seven metres of reinforced concrete or one full metre of steel armour plate‚ from beyond the range of French artillery. This weapon was originally built for the Battle of France in the Great War‚ but by the time the battle came‚ the weapon was not fully assembled. This giant cannon is the largest caliber rifled weapon that was ever used in combat‚ it is the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built in terms of weight‚ and fired the heaviest
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Regimental History - 20th Century Second World War 1939-1945 2nd Battalion‚ King’s Own Royal Regiment‚ Lancaster At the outbreak of the war the 2nd Battalion was based in Palestine. In June 1940 they were moved to Egypt and from August to December 1940 it was based in defensive positions around Mersa Matruh in the Western Desert. In 1941 the battalion was in Syria where it fought in two actions against the Vichy French forces. In September 1941 the battalion arrived‚ by sea‚ to Tobruk where they
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fighting in World War 1 would eat and sleep in bases known as trenches. However‚ only 9 out of 10 of these soldiers would survive the trenches due to such poor conditions. So‚ why exactly did the United States join the war then? World War 1 was a long war‚ lasting from 1914 to 1918‚ primarily taking place in Europe. The United States were mutual until 1917‚ when war on Germany was officially declared. The United States joining the Allied made a dramatic turn in the course of the war. “American military
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George Washington once said: “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means for preserving peace.” As much of an irony it is‚ war is needed to safeguard our amity and to ensure that the balance of power will not be disturbed. The idea of war has been received with countless different altercations. In history‚ we learned that governments have glorified war to recruit young men to join the army by using propaganda. Soldiers who have died for their country were depicted as heroes‚ fighting
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