ACKNOWLEDGEMENT subcontinent is the Indus Valley Civilization that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BC in the Indus river basin. Their cities were laid out with geometric regularity‚ but no known mathematical documents survive from this civilization. The oldest extant mathematical records from India are the Sulba Sutras (dated variously between the 8th century BC and the 2nd century AD)‚ appendices to religious texts which give simple rules for constructing altars of various shapes‚
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of a threat to the autocratic rule. Although‚ a great deal of the blame for the revolution was put on the Tsar‚ there were many different factors that contributed to the fall of the Tsar in 1917. The military failures‚ the role of the Tsarina and Rasputin‚ along with the growing difficulties and discontentment in the large cities‚ and the Tsar’s failure to make any political reforms‚ all contributed to his imminent demise. The failures in the military played a large role in the break down of the
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To what extent was the Tsar to blame for his downfall in March 1917? Tsar Nicholas II was rightfully blamed for his downfall in March 1917. His revolting actions resulting in detrimental impacts on Russia made him solely to blame for his abdication. Politically‚ socially and through War‚ Nicholas was to great extent his own reason of causing his downfall. There were numerous political challenges Tsar Nicholas encountered through his reign as ruler‚ with the majority a direct consequence of
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payments and Nicholas II’s rejection of the reforms of 1905’s the October Manifesto. WWI played much greater role in the cause of the revolution of 1917 than the loss in the Russo-Japanese war in the one of 1905. Also the absurd actions of Grigory Rasputin caused an immense damage to the royal family. The causes of the revolutions had both similarities and differences‚ both on the long and short term. On the long term‚ the revolutions were both caused by the inhuman living conditions of the population
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unemployment‚ this would have happened whoever was in charge of Russia but due to the poor organisation these problems became worse and worse and the Tsar’s downfall looked more likely. Nicholas’ unpopular decision to leave Petrograd leaving the Tsarina and Rasputin in charge of the day to day running of Russia was because of the war‚ however it was Nicholas’ fault that this decision was made and this decision was a big factor in his downfall. Overall
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"War is the midwife of revolution" It isn´t just an unlicky coincidence that both‚ the 1905 revolution and the 1917 revolution(s)‚ took place slightly after the Russo-Japanese War in the first case‚ and during the Great War in the second one. Both cases prove that "war is the midwife of revolution" and that it is a direct cause for this uprisings. In 1904 Russia went to war with Japan. They were fighting for control of Korea and Manchuria in the Far East. Right from the start of the war the
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The March Revolution was a revolution led by the Russian society in respond to the Tsar’s irresponsibility of the royal throne’s purpose of serving and satisfying the community. Because of his lack of responsibility‚ a provisional government replaced his role as an absolute monarch. The cause of the March Revolution was the rule of a weak leader‚ the Industrial Revolutions social unrest‚ and his enter to WW1 to unite Russia. One of the causes of the March Revolution was the leadership of a weak
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Robert Clive/Battle of Plassey 1757- British wanted to bring India into their empire. Incredible ambitious. Begin career as clerk for East Indian Company. He tried to commit suicide twice. Desperately unhappy and wanted to do something with his life. Siraj Ud- Dula was beginning to resist the East Indian Company. Clive said I know how to defeat this man the Indians had more people than the East Indian Company. He went around and begins to buy loyalty of generals to rebel against the prince. The Battle
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(hemophiliac)‚ and wife‚ Alexandra‚ in charge. Alexandra ass around for help for Alexis condition‚ friends recommend Gregori Rasputin Rasputin: Ordained Orthodox monk‚ medicine man‚ and advisor to Alexandra‚ potentially sleeping with her. Helps to improve (not cure) Alexi’s condition. Czar Nicholas II’s advisors tell him to come home to put a stop to Rasputin Rasputin miraculously escapes 9 execution attempts‚ eventually leaves the country and no one knows what happens to him. 1917 ‘Bolshevik
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“Power is always dangerous. Power acts the worst and corrupts the best”. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm to tell the truths about Stalin’s power and corruption. Animal Farm has many historical figures represented in it such as Stalin‚ Trotsky‚ Karl Marx‚ Rasputin‚ and many more. The books mimicked the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s reign of Russia. George Orwell teaches many truths in Animal Farm including; absolute power corrupts absolutely‚ equality is not always equal‚ and deception is easy when others lack
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