1. The most important problems of the modern (contemporary) world. The modern world‚ the world that we live in is exposed to many perils. Among the major problems are poverty‚ unemployment‚ wars‚ terrorism‚ racism‚ air pollution‚ climate change/global warming‚ and diseases. Poverty The gap between rich and poor nations is still growing. Although rich nations have provided aid and technical assistance to Third World nations‚ the developing nations face many obstacles in their drive to modernize.
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Many people see Genghis Khan as a violent and brutal person since he had destroyed many villages as well as people. However‚ I believe that Genghis Khan has done much more good than bad and therefore‚ I believe he was more of a hero than a villain. To start off‚ Genghis Khan created the largest empire that has ever existed and was able to unite nomadic tribes in Mongolia which was a huge accomplishment. On top of that‚ Genghis Khan would improve the cities and countries he would conquer and make
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The life story of Genghis Khan fascinates because of the significant strides he made in life. Unlike his grandson who inherited power‚ he had to work hard to reach the position of power. While his rise to power was in itself a major achievement‚ his success to unite and organize a formidable force made up of Mongols‚ who were essentially nomads‚ is a reflection of his intellectual acuteness. Even though also acknowledging that his grandson‚ Kublai Khan‚ was also successful in conquering the parts
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The First World War (1914 -1918) was the most destructive event in the 20th century of world history‚ which covered the entire global and all nations in the world. “At the war’s end‚ all European belligerents were economically depleted and suffered devastating losses in human life‚ which totaled nearly ten million.”1 Statistically‚ the numbers of people who died in those four years of war were 1‚800‚000 Germans‚ 1‚700‚000 Russians‚ 1‚384‚000 French 1‚290‚000 from Austria-Hungary and 743‚000 British
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Who was Mazzini and why was he important for Italian unification (How strong were ideas about Risorgimento in Italy by 1848?) Originally‚ The Risorgimento was inspired by French Rule: - Secret society - Particularly active in S. Italy - Naples= 60‚000 members - Elaborate rituals + unquestioning obedience to leaders - Mild aims (constitutional monarchy) - Mazzini felt their aims were aimless‚ no political opinion‚ no plan/idealism for future of Italy Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-72
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1. Why was the European Union created? Are these goals still matching the actual needs of the Union? In 1795‚ German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote in his famous essay Towards a Perpetual Peace that the ‘the spirit of commerce sooner or later takes hold of every people 1 and it cannot exist side by side with war’ . In the case of the European states this spirit has been able to manifest itself through the evolutionary creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)‚ the European Economic
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the New World is a narrative of the growth and power of Genghis Khan and his successors‚ including their influence on Europe’s civilization. The book is divided into three sections‚ the beginning of the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan’s rule‚ Genghis Khan’s death and his successors. The author‚ Weatherford‚ delivers a different viewpoint on Genghis Khan than what was very typical in most books. He talked about the positive cultural effects to Genghis Khan’s rule. At
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What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts? Juvenile Court‚ authority charged with the disposition of legal actions involving children. One hundred years ago‚ the Illinois legislature enacted the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (1899 Ill. Laws 132 et seq.)‚ creating the first separate juvenile court. The policy debates raging
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if the Reconstruction was a splendid failure or not so I did some research. The Reconstruction is surrounded by controversy. Eric Froner asserts that the Reconstruction did not achieve the radical goals that were hoped for but the Reconstruction did offer African Americans in the south a vison of a free society even if only temporarily. Historians have categorized the Reconstruction as a total failure and that failure proved to be detrimental to both blacks and whites. Both Northern and Southern
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Who is GENGHIS KHAN???? Genghis Khan was an evil bipolar person who only did great things to people because he felt guilty of the actions and events that took place under his rule and command as the Mongol ruler. Genghis Khan had his soldiers destroy many of the Chinese‚ Japanese and Korean farmland without the permission of the rightful land owner. And according to one Chinese Peasant who lived of off her crops‚ the Mongols took some of the crops for themselves‚ burned the rest and left nothing
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