Columbus planned to arrive In the east by sailing westward across the Atlantic. This journey was the logical outcome of Spain and Portugal colonization of Atlantic islands and of their African expeditions. In this respect Columbus was just another European voyager caught up in the discovery mania. This had taken over maritime life in Spain and Portugal in the 15th century. In fact.‚ although Columbus came before vasco da gama‚ da gama’s activities and plans seemed. More practical and more fascinating
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Sexual offences are often used by combatants and and non combatantsnon-combatants in times of conflict for the advancement of military and political agenda. This was not different in former Yugoslavia and the Rwanda genocide of 1994. In the former state of Yugoslavia women were targeted while at the same time being forced to witness other crimes like murder being committed as part of a system of planned criminal activities. During the 1994 genocide‚ Rwandan women were subjected to sexual violence
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effectiveness in this world. I will end my paper with the resolution for the Bosnian war and finally conclude with a summary of the essay. Yugoslavia was once a country that bordered Austria‚ Hungary‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ Greece and Albania. In the 1990’s there were a lot of disputes with Yugoslavia from the U.S and Germany. The U.S wanted Yugoslavia to break up because they “were interested in the more recently established states” (Mahiras) because they controlled key routes through the Balkan
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Extended Essay in History World War II and the Bosnian Genocide of 1992-1995 Research Question: To what extent did the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia influence the Bosnian Genocide of 1992-1995? Name: Topias Hokkanen Candidate number: 03939051 Session: May 2012 School: Coppell High School Supervisor: Michael Cook Word count: 3‚847 Abstract This extended essay deals with the Bosnian Genocide from 1992-1995‚ where the Bosnian Serb army committed various
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Population redistributions based on ethnicity have defused intense rivalries in the recent past‚ and could be a solution to the internal ethnic crises for nations such as the former Yugoslavia. Currently described by the media as "ethnic cleansing"‚ Population redistributions have been the focus of much controversy throughout U.S. and world history. To those affected‚ Population redistributions can be economically and emotionally devastating. It can also lead to enormous tragedies causing thousands
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Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown both Greece and Yugoslavia. The Germans had split the greek army and pushed them back to evacuation. The only reason that made the germans invade Greece was that they were helping and allie which was italy. The communists(Italy and Germany)had both conquered areas that were
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from around the world who want to come and share their compassion and maybe even ’guilt ’ for not doing more to prevent this horrible event (Simic 2008). Following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in March 1992‚ a civil war broke out in progressive stages between the three ethnic communities that had existed in Bosnia for several centuries (Turns 2007). Although initially internal in nature‚ this conflict was ‘internationalised’ at
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Yugoslavia is a country in southwest Europe. It became a country in 1918‚ after the first world war. The capital is Belgrade. This country is very diverse with all the people and their different ethnicities. These multiple ethnic groups caused many problems for the country not long ago. Problems like the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s. They tried to get rid of the "different" people‚ the ones that could have been the only reason for problems in the country. From 1992 to 1995 one of the largest
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Adolf Hitler (Germany) Arguably the most famous dictator of all‚ Hitler took power in Germany in 1933 (despite having been born Austrian) and ruled until his suicide in 1945‚ having in the meantime started and lost World War 2. Deeply racist‚ he imprisoned millions of "enemies" in camps before executing them‚ stamped down on "degenerate" art and literature and tried to reshape both Germany and Europe to conform to an Aryan ideal. Vladimir Ilich Lenin (Soviet Union) Leader and founder of the
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Under Tito Yugoslavia ran a budget deficit that was financed by printing money. This led to rate of inflation of 15 to 25 percent inflation per year. After Tito the Communist Party pursued progressively more irrational economic policies. These irrational policies and the breakup of Yugoslavia (Yugoslavia now consists of only Serbia and Montenegro) led to heavier reliance upon printing or otherwise creating money to finance the operation of the government and the socialist economy. This created the
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