“I am David” by Holly Akerman 28/08/13 The novel “I am David” is by Anne holm‚ which focuses on a character named David who had spent his childhood in a labour camp‚ most likely in Bulgaria after David escapes‚ he must then learn to survive Denmark‚ where he believes that his mother‚ Edith hijorth-fengel‚ still lives. Despite the many adversities that David faces during his childhood experiences in the labour camp and on his journey though out Europe to find his mother‚ he
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for this. These events led to the development of the Cold War. The Soviet Union wanted to occupy Eastern Europe and eventually set up satellite states to help extend communism toward Italy and France. In 1945‚ they set up a communist referendum in Bulgaria and seized Hungary and Romania in 1947. Poland also became communist that same year. In 1948‚ Czechoslovakia also became communist. When the Soviets expanded into the Balkans‚ they threatened Greece and Turkey. This led to the United States reacting
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felt that the US was launching an anti-communist campaign against their country and suspicions between the two different ideologies began to rise. Meanwhile the Soviet Union also intervened in the political issues of the eastern European countries. Bulgaria and Romania suffered from the declarance of the People’s Republic and the most extreme example was the overtaking of the Czech government‚ showing how eager the USSR was to spread communism when they showed desire to kill the Czechs leader for independence
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World War I was the First World War and is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire
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The war that broke out in 1914 was one of the worst‚ if not the worst‚ wars in human history. It had left millions dead and a scar burned into European history forever. However‚ if we do not identify why war broke out in 1914‚ stopping others wars will be impossible. Clearly‚ we may never know the answer to this‚ but many sources give many interpretations. In this essay‚ I will try to recognise the key factors that led the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 and try to identify the most significant
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Rubel Ahmed 242630 Word count: 2‚684 3. “Analyse the Hamidian era from the perspective of either the Balkan or the Anatolian or the Arab provinces‚ discussing the different ways in which that region was treated by the Ottoman government‚ and the different ways that region responded”. The Balkan region of the Ottoman Empire had always been a crucial part of it vast domains. The Balkan states can be credited with shortening the lifespan of a troubled empire. More specifically‚ Albania it
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Darius the Great during his campaign against the Scythians.[7] The Dacians‚ widely accepted as part of the Getae described earlier by the Greeks‚ were a branch of Thracians that inhabited Dacia (corresponding to modern Romania‚ Moldova‚ northern Bulgaria and surroundings). The Dacian Kingdom reached its maximum expansion during King Burebista‚ between 82 BCE - 44 BCE. Under his leadership Dacia became a powerful state which threatened the regional interests of the Romans. Julius Caesar intended
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Atl Econ J (2014) 42:317–332 DOI 10.1007/s11293-014-9418-2 The Effect of the Global Financial Crisis on Transition Economies Anna Shostya Published online: 1 June 2014 # International Atlantic Economic Society 2014 Abstract This research offers new insights into the effect of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009 on the countries that used to be part of the Soviet bloc by focusing on a cross-regional comparison. Twenty-eight countries are grouped according to different criteria and the corresponding
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(in Romanian)‚ vol. I‚ Arvin Press‚ Bucharest. Branch A.E.‚ (1996)‚ Elements of Shipping‚ Chapman & Hall‚ London. Iordanoaia F.‚ (2006)‚ New management for maritime companies‚ International Scientific Conference‚ Marine Science Forum‚ vol.1‚Varna‚ Bulgaria‚ 43. Willingale M.‚ (1998)‚ Ship Management‚ Business of Shipping Series Edition‚ third edition‚ London‚ 297- 314
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the night of August 20-21‚ 1968‚ the joint forces of the Warszawa pact invaded Czechoslovakia. This was the largest activity in Europe since the Second world war as up to two hundred thousand troops from Russia‚ East Germany‚ Poland‚ Republic of Bulgaria and Republic of Hungary occupied Czechoslovakia in ‘Operation Danube’. Launched in response to the social movement led by Czechoslovakia leader Alexander Dubcek (known as the ‘Prague Spring’)‚ the Warszawa accord invasion was preceded by many months
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