the majority of the world’s nations. It formed two opposing military alliances which were the Axis and Allies. Axis powers were Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ Hungary‚ Romania‚ and Bulgaria versus Allies which were United States‚ Britain‚ France‚ USSR‚ Yugoslavia‚ Australia‚ Belgium‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ South Africa‚ China‚ Denmark‚ Greece‚ Netherlands‚ New Zealand‚ Norway‚ and Poland. World War II was the most widespread war in history and it also involved more than 100 million people. The begin of the war
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combined to the dissension within the Empire and the falling of the borders that had been established during its height. By the end of the second century AD‚ the empire encompassed most of the Mediterranean‚ including Spain‚ France‚ most of Britain‚ Yugoslavia‚ Greece‚ Turkey‚ the Middle East‚ Egypt‚ and Northern Africa. The collapse of the Roman Empire was a calamity; it leads to the Dark (Middle) Ages. Seeing all the bad that came of it‚ the destruction of art‚ the collapse of great cities‚ the
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Was the League of Nations a success? The League of Nations was a intergovernmental organization founded in 1919 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War with 3 main members; America‚ Britain and France‚ also known as the ‘Big three’. Their 4 main aims were to prevent aggression‚ improve business and trade‚ improve living and working conditions and get rid of country’s weapons by disarming. The League of Nations was successful in some areas such as with refugees;
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Depression in the late 1920’s. Central powers began to collapse with others claiming to be independent nations. Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Austria claimed their own independence. Poland was created out of Austrian‚ German‚ and Russian territory. Yugoslavia was created from portions of Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and Montenegro. The ending of the war created many treaties. The allies entered treaties with different areas of Europe. All the treaties combined were called the Peace of Paris. The treaty
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According to Woodrow Wilson‚ “It must be a peace without victory…. Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and common participation in a common benefit”. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that was signed by the countries that were in war in World War I. The treaty had many different effects on Germany and many different conditions in it. Many people had hated the treaty and others had agreed with everything that the treaty had said. During
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The Century of Inflation The Twentieth century may be remembered as the century of excess. In every area‚ more things were done in the Twentieth century than in any other century in history‚ and in many cases‚ more than in all previous centuries combined. The Twentieth century saw some of the most destructive wars in history‚ the development of the Atomic Bomb‚ the beginning of air and space travel‚ the colonization and decolonization of the Third World‚ the rise and fall of Communism‚
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Laura Vassalli 7118763 Professor Alison Brysk Global Studies 111 12 December 2012 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CONGO The conflict in Congo is one of the worst of our contemporary history in terms of casualties and human rights violations. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1996 about 5.400.000 million people died. “The wars in that country have claimed nearly the same number of lives as having a 9/11 every single day for 360 days‚ the genocide that struck Rwanda in 1994‚ the ethnic cleansing
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The Ethics of Modern Warfare Human beings have been fighting each other since prehistoric times‚ and people have been discussing the rights and wrongs of it for almost as long. The Ethics of War starts by assuming that war is a bad thing‚ and should be avoided if possible‚ but it recognises that there can be situations when war may be the lesser evil of several bad choices. War is a bad thing because it involves deliberately killing or injuring people‚ and this is a fundamental wrong - an abuse
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‘Fascio di Combattiemento’. The reasons for the rise of Mussolini are as follows: There was great resentment with the treaty of Versailles. By the terms for the treaty of London Italy had been expected to gain certain territories especially in Yugoslavia. At Versailles (1919) President Wilson of America resisted these claims and Italy was left disappointed. Economic problems in Italy were horrific. Between 1914-1918 prices rose by 250% due to waves of strikes‚ 500‚000 steelworkers went on strike
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The Dream Team Era During the summer of 1992‚ the NBA took center stage as the world watched the greatest team in sports ever assembled joke‚ pose‚ and finally play its way to the gold medal at the summer Olympic games. The team was named the "Dream Team" and it featured eleven of the NBA’s best players. Names like Michael Jordan‚ Earvin "Magic" Johnson‚ and Larry Bird headlined the games and the play of Scottie Pippen and "Sir" Charles Barkley stole the show. After only eight games‚ the world
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