1914‚ but by Christmas 1916‚ this figure was down to around 300 wagons. Therefore‚ there was not enough food to feed the people of Russia despite the rationing that had been brought into place. This resulted in the people of Russia becoming upset and hungry and taking part in more strikes and demonstrations on the same issue of workers conditions. Furthermore‚ the First World War crippled the Russian economy. The country mobilized 9% of the population in 1914 and by 1916 15.3 million men had
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sword fencing‚ a 300 meter free style swim‚ 800 meters horse back riding‚ and a 4-kilometer cross country run. After the Olympics Patton kept very busy with schooling from the French Cavalry School and studying French sword drills. In the summer of 1913 Patton received orders to report to Fort Riley in Kansas where he taught the students while he was a student himself at the school. In 1915 Patton was assigned to border patrol duty with A Company of the 8th Cavalry based in Sierra Blanca. While he
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1880 The family move to Munich 1881 His sister Maja (Maria) is born 1884 The Compass - When he was only five years old his father showed Albert a pocket compass and he was fascinated by the thought that something unseen was moving the needle 1885 -1888 The Einstein family did not observe Jewish religious practices and Albert attended a Catholic elementary school 1889 Albert Einstein is introduced to a family friend called Max Talmud who introduced the boy to books on science and mathematics
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Georgia o’keeffe Auto-biography | Rochque’l Watts Art Appreciation | Georgia o’keeffe Auto-biography | Rochque’l Watts Art Appreciation | Georgia O’Keeffe was born November 5‚ 1887 in Sun Prairie‚ Wisconsin. . Her parents‚ Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe and Ida (Totto) O’Keeffe‚ were dairy farmers. Her father was of Irish descent. Ida Totto’s father‚ George Victor Totto‚ for whom Georgia O’Keeffe was named‚ was a Hungarian count who came to America in 1848. Georgia was the second of seven
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah December 25‚ 1876 – September 11‚ 1948) was a 20th century lawyer‚ politician‚ statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam ("Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum ("Father of the Nation"). Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 till Pakistan’s independence on August 14‚ 1947 and Pakistan’s first Governor-General from August 15‚ 1947 till his death on September 11‚ 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in
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Before 1890‚ The United States had few clear consistence’s of foreign policies‚ but in 1905‚ the Philippines‚ Guan‚ Hawaii‚ Puerto Rico there were dramatic changes in Americas roll in foreign affairs. Theodor Roosevelt entered the presidency with definite ideas of the place of United States in the world. He and McKinley expanded America’s role in world affairs. He would divide the nations of worthy to protect or not protect by categorizing them civilized or barbarians. Cuba was the United States
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Dardanelles; aVickers machine gun crew with gas masks‚ and German Albatros D.III biplanes | Date | 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 (Armistice) Treaty of Versailles signed 28 June 1919 (4 years and 11 months) Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye signed 10 September 1919 Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine signed 27 November 1919 Treaty of Trianon signed 4 June 1920 Treaty of Sèvres signed 10 August 1920 | Location | Europe‚ Africa‚ the Middle East‚ the Pacific Islands‚ China and off the coast of South and North
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on 7th May 1861 in Calcutta‚ India. Tagore speaks to an optimistic assortment of the ripened Indian custom and the new European awareness. Globally‚ Gitanjali is Tagore ’s best-known accumulation of poetry and Tagore was granted the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his book "Gitanjali"‚ which contains the essence of an Indian artistic tradition. Tagore was an unofficial diplomat to the world and laid India on the legendary map of the world. Indeed today‚ he has been an inspiration and nourishment for millions
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CANADA T of C Elliott Chau Canadian Economics A) Sir John A. Macdonald (1867-1891) Goals: Attract immigrants Build a transcontinental railway Created jobs/encouraged foreign (British investment) Strategy: The national Policy Advertise in Europe -> Free land Provide support/$ to Railroad builders Set up high tariffs for imports which would encourage manufacturing in Canada Accomplishments Very little immigration Why? – competition from American-West Canadian Pacific Railway completed in 1885 A
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the Anatolian peninsula. The Armenian Genocide was caused by world war one too. In 1915‚ the Ottoman government used accusations as an excused to begin the Armenian Genocide which killed about 1.5 million innocent Armenians. This lasted from 1915 to 1916; it was the first deadliest genocide of the 20th century. It was also largely unnoticed and still denied. They not only killed them but before that they were horribly tortured. Turkey then became a Turkish Republic in
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