Rome was an ancient civilization that lasted for around 1‚000 years. During the Pax Romana‚ Rome had become very successful. They had a great sense of patriotism and loyalty towards Rome. After their success‚ Rome gradually fell. Rome also went from a republic to an empire‚ which slowly affected them. The Romans were focused on entertainment and violence because they were focused on this their empire was lacking of strength. The reason that is the most significant for Rome’s fall is the loss of
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The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world‚ as it covered the sixth of Earth’s land surface. The European part occupied a quarter of the country’s area‚ and was the cultural and economic center. The eastern part of the country extended up to the Pacific Ocean in the east and to Afghanistan in the south. The Soviet Union included 11 time zones and five climatic zones: tundra‚ taiga‚ steppes‚ desert‚ and mountains. Besides‚ the country was extremely rich in various resources: freshwater
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How accurate is it to say that Mao Zedong’s agricultural policies from 1949 were the most important reason for the famine of 1959–62? In October 1949‚ the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established and led by Mao Zedong. China’s new communist leaders turned their backs on China’s traditional output (based on individual and small scale household production) economy and set out to create a massive socialist industrial government inspired by the Soviet Union. This idea introduced a model‚
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The Russian Socialist Party‚ the Bolsheviks brought about dramatic changes in Russian society following the 1917 Revolution. They took advantage of the unique time and place and once they had gained control of Russia they were willing to go to any lengths to ensure they remained in power and their Socialist ideals were put into action. The social organisation in Russia was an unjust system of autocracy‚ resulting in a majority of discontent. Russian society consisted of large amounts of peasants
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Rosenbaum‚ was born in 1905. Ayn Rand was impacted at a young age when her father’s shop was taken by Bolshevik soldiers. And while the Russian Revolution was taking place‚ she opposed the government because they were taking over and intruding. 2.The Bolshevik Revolution was the overthrow of Czar Nicholas II ‚by the Bolsheviks‚ because of his abuse of political power‚ the economical difference between classes‚ and because they wanted to withdraw from World War I. An outcome of the Revolution was that
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of the American Revolution The American Revolution embarked the beginning of the United States of America. A war that lasted eight years‚ 1775-1783‚ was able to grant the thirteen colonies the independence they deserved by breaking free of British rule. The war was an effect of the previous French and Indian War‚ which forced England to tax the American colonist‚ compelling them to rebel against parliament. From the 1760’s to 1775‚ many factors lead up to the American Revolution such as the various
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Who was the most important inventor in the industrial revolution? In my essay I want explain who was the most important inventor/scientist industrial revolution. My essay includes James Watt‚ Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers. James Watt was not the inventor of the stream train but he made significant adaptations to it which made it more efficient. This vastly improved the speed and decreased the amount of time during delays and the amount of delays also decreased. He also made a coping machine
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Which was the most important in causing the Scientific Revolution? a) Renaissance b) Printing Explain your answers. Renaissance was important in causing the Scientific. This is so as the Renaissance artists made new discovery in nature. The intellectual who worked with the artisans during the Renaissance also created new technology and ideas. However‚ printing also played an important role in causing the scientific revolution as more books spread more knowledge around. The Renaissance artists
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In my opinion The French Revolution was a success. The middle class was influence By the theories of Enlightenment and was familiar with the recent American Revolution. They fought for freedom and equality. In 1789 financial times were hard in France. The peasants were upset that the nobles were living lavish collecting taxes‚ while they suffered. The France social system was out of date and consisted of three Estates. The first Estates were the clergy‚ paid no taxes and lived a good easy life
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Within the period 1894-2005‚ Lenin has been the most significant leader of Russia and the USSR. How valid is this statement? It can be argued that Lenin was the most significant leader of Russia and the USSR due to his revolutionary ideas‚ such as the implementation of socialist reforms‚ his New Economic Policy in 1921 and the transformation of the Bolshevik faction to the Communist Part of the Soviet Union leading to a huge Marxist-Leninist movement in the USSR. However‚ when assessing the ‘significance’
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