Etymology Before World War II‚ the war was also known as The Great War‚ The World War‚ or The War in Europe .In France and Belgium‚ it was sometimes referred to as La Guerre du Droit (the War for Justice) or La Guerre Pour la Civilization / de Oorlog tot de Beschaving (the War to Preserve Civilisation)‚ especially on medals and commemorative monuments. The term used by official histories of the war in Britain and Canada is First World War‚ while American histories generally use the term ‘World War’ I. The
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A History of the World in Six Glasses Written by: The beautiful Jack Liu 1. Describe the origins of wine and evidence of this. The earliest physical evidence of wine was in 5400 BCE‚ with residue found in a pottery jar from Hajji Tepe. Hajji Tepe is a Neolithic village located in the Zagros Mountains. 2. Describe how the Greeks distinguished themselves from the “non-civilized.” The Greeks distinguished themselves from the non-civilized in many ways. For example‚ the uncivilized would drink beer
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The Armenians also fought for their rights violently. Considering Turkey and Germany were allies during WW II‚ how did Wegner demonstrate personal integrity by the choice he made? He secretly took pictures of what was being done so the whole world could see how the Armenian’s were being killed. Who said‚ “Who remembers what happened to the Armenians now?” Hitler said this. How do the Turks acknowledge the massacre today? The Turks still deny the genocide. Peter Jennings mentions
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World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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During the Classical Period in world history‚ many Empires grew and fell within civilizations. Great empires such as the Han Empire‚ Roman Empire‚ and Gupta Empire all came to an end during one point. Many things affected the decline of these empires and there were consequences because of it. In Ancient China‚ the late Han Dynasty saw a rule of almost two-hundred years. However‚ Han politics began to steadily decline. With a growing power of the eunuchs‚ members to inherit the throne declined. The
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Joseph Reyes 2-B World History Ancient Civilizations People have been on the earth for hundreds of years. They have come together to become the best of the best. Civilizations were ways to put humans in to an organized group and to survive the ways of nature. Two civilizations were successful and survived for a long time. Ancient Mesopotamia was a much different civilization then Egypt‚ but both were organized in a similar way. They both developed by setting up their government‚ controlling
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It has been practiced by both right-wing and left-wing political parties‚ nationalistic groups‚ religious groups‚ revolutionaries‚ and ruling governments. Terrorism is not new‚ and even though it has been used since the beginning of recorded history it can be relatively hard to define. Terrorism has been described variously as both a tactic and strategy; a crime and a holy duty; a justified reaction to oppression and an inexcusable abomination. Obviously‚ a lot depends on whose point of view
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A History of the World in Six Glasses: Summary Beer The discovery of beer happened around 10000 BCE. The hunter-gatherers‚ located in the Fertile Crescent‚ collected cereal grains because they could be stored for a number of months if kept dry and safe. The storage of grains made it harder to have a nomadic lifestyle; therefore the people started staying in one place. They would try to make water tight storage areas‚ however water did eventually get into them. After the grain would get wet and
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HISTORY OF WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT by Adrian L Jackson THIS IS THE HISTORY OF WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (WWE)‚ A SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT/PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING PROMOTION. Beginning/Capitol Wrestling Roderick James "Jess" McMahon was a boxing promoter whose achievements included co-promoting a boxing match in 1915 between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson. In 1925‚ while working with Tex Rickard (who despised wrestling to such a degree that he prevented wrestling
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attempt to sway the audience to believe what the message senders believe. Propaganda has a broad history and dates back to even 5 B.C. when Pericles created propaganda to show Athens was better than the tyrannical Sparta. The actual term “propaganda” only came to the surface in the 1600’s when an organization set up within the Roman Catholic church created it. Totalitarian states‚ popular during world war two‚ (1939 to 1945) have an advantage using propaganda because they control what people see
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