The German-Great Britain trade rivalry like theU.S.-Japan trade rivalry involved a rising power cutting into the trade of an already dominant trading power. There wereseveral causes of the German-Great Britain trade rivalryaccording to Hoffman. The first was German’s industry’s zealin procuring new contracts and expanding markets. They didthis by fulfilling contracts even if they were very small andconstantly trying to stay up with market demand. Second‚Germans had a knowledge of languages that
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Alexander the great is a villain not‚ a hero. Alexander lied‚cheated‚frightened‚and killed in his time of rule‚if he did all of these things why is he called Alexander the Great? Alexander killed millions of innocent people he also made millions of people scared of him‚“In 327 BCE‚ with the Persian Empire firmly under his control‚ Alexander turned his attention to India. He had some victories before reaching the Ganges river‚ which he intended to cross in order to conquer more of India”. Alexander
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what the effects would be. So… Was the Cold War even necessary? Was it necessary to fight over beliefs that weren’t yours? Was it worth it? World War II happened over a time period of about six years in the 1900’s. During this time‚ the United States and Soviet Union were allies. They joined forces to fight against the merciless‚ tyrant leader‚ Adolf Hitler. During World War II‚ Russia
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once said‚ “I was lucky enough to see with my own two eyes the recent stock-market crash‚ where they lost several million dollars. Never as then‚ amid suicides‚ hysteria‚ and groups of fainting people‚ have I felt the sensation of real death‚ death without hope‚ death that was nothing but rottenness‚ for the spectacle was terrifying but devoid of greatness.” In the 1920s‚ the United States was buzzing with energy. It is often referred to as the “Roaring ‘20s”. Everything was great‚ up until about
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hurler * Rests : réside * Tickling : chatouiller * Tast bud : papilles * Demands : exigences Which factors contributed to the flop of Dasani in Britain ? First of all‚ let us introduce Dasani. Dasani is a brand bottled water which was launched by The Coca Cola in the UK but got drenched in British criticism . Why ? Its because of the fact that Dasani ‘s pure still water is a filtered version of the same H2O that pours out London taps. Plus‚ food-standarts officials announced
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Many historians would define “The First Great Awakening” as the regeneration of religion and religious piety that rose through the colonies of America in the 1700s. The revitalization was much bigger then just religion it could be considered a broad movement. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean an evangelical upsurge was taking place. In protestant cultures during the middle decades of the eighteenth century a new faith began to grow that would encounter the age of enlightenment it confirmed
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How did the Romans maintain control of Roman Britain? There were many ways in which the Romans used to maintain control over Britain. This included using fortifications‚ British towns‚ the army and dealing with the resistance from the British. One of the ways that the Romans used to maintain control over the British was through the use of Roman forts. Once the Romans conquered Britain they did not leave they stayed to defend Roman Britain from attacks by fierce tribes who lived in Scotland and
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of wartime deaths. After the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7‚ 1941‚ it became clear that a mass amount of penicillin needed to be produced in order to win the war. The U.S. was able to produce 2.3 million portions of penicillin in order to prepare for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Penicillin soon was known as the “miracle drug” of the war‚ curing diseases and saving the lives of millions. The discovery of penicillin changed the lives of everyone on the globe‚ but it also changed the
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Jay Gatsby can be considered “great” based on several aspects. First off‚ to get a real sense of his achievements‚ you have to know about his past. He was born James Gatz to an extremely poor farming family in North Dakota‚ and always hated his poverty. He ended up going to St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ which he promptly dropped out of‚ because he was "dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny.” He then went to Lake Superior‚ where he met and befriended a copper tycoon named
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(The Greatest Thing in History‚ 2). Only 3 days later‚ Nagasaki was hit with another atomic bomb. Many more men‚ children‚ and women perished. Shortly after the horrifying attacks‚ Japan surrendered. This was the end of WWII. Sadly‚ it took something so devastating‚ to bring the war to a close. The United States acted unwarily‚ which caused the death of thousands of innocent
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