“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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Politics in The Developing World 21 November 2012 Cold War Alliances and the Transition into Today’s World Economy Throughout the twentieth century during the Cold War era the world has seen many revolutions‚ especially in developing countries. Whether they be for independence from colonialism or for a new change‚ we have seen how those developing nations have constantly been transforming themselves into the nations we now know them by in today’s world. Moreover‚ we see the superpowers they
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major war broke out just 20 years after the First World War and it was the Second World War. The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in human history and it was even greater in scale and more disastrous than the First. In this essay‚ I would like to talk about “To what extent should the Axis Powers be responsible for the outbreak of World War Two?’. Actually‚ I think that to a large extent‚ the Axis Powers (Germany‚ Italy and Japan) were responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War
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When World War 1 ended‚ there was many casualties and damages throughout the four years. Most importantly‚ it left a doubt on who caused World War 1 and who was going to pay for the damages made. To settle this arguement there was a conference that united twenty seven countries and excluded 5 countries‚ Russia and the Central Power‚ called the Paris Peace Conference . The conference took place in Paris‚ France in June 28‚ 1919. In the conference‚ the Treaty of Versailles was created to end conflict
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The New Invention to End the War Were the atomic bombs necessary to end the World War II? Hiroshima is one of the most well known Japanese cities in the world as it is one of only two cities experienced atomic bomb dropping. I went to Hiroshima a couple years ago and visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There were many photos of victims of atomic bomb in Hiroshima which I could not even keep my eyes on for seconds as they were really awfully injured. “The hell on earth” is the only way I can
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Revolutionizing the World of Warfare Through deserts of Afghanistan to the foothills of China‚ one simple invention revolutionized planet Earth. Over 1‚000 years ago the Cchinese invented an explosive chemical that would one day change the world. Gunpowder first began as three main chemicals: charcoal‚ sulfur‚ and potassium nitrate. All three chemicals‚ charcoal‚ sulfur‚ and potassium nitrate‚ would create make a chemical reaction that could have the potential to cause a massive devastation. The
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traded with people we could trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side would ignite one of the largest and deadliest wars in history. Although the world was at war‚ America tried to remain neutral and stay out of
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was a french philosopher who truly shaped modern government. But‚ to be able to shape the world so greatly‚ he had to study hard and develop all of his ideas. Montesquieu began studying in his home country‚ france‚ and studied in the university of Julily. Here‚ he went after what he was passionate about‚ and became a lawyer. From this point on‚ Montesquieu started developing ideas that would change the world forever. Montesquieu was born into an era at the dawn of the eighteenth century where many
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World war 2: Assignment The World War 2 was lasted from 1939 to 1945; it was very brutal and destructive. There were two groups Russia‚ England‚ France‚ United States on the other hand there was Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written
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Greece. Athens and Sparta were very hesitant when obeying the demands‚ most of the other city-states were quick to obey. While the Greeks saw what Athens and Sparta did as an act of defiance and it showed pride‚ Darius was obviously not happy. This lead to the Persian Wars‚ which would eventually lead to the Peloponnesian War. Both of these wars had a major impact on Greece in very different ways. In 499 B.C.E. Persia wanted to expand their empire to the Ionian Greek city states and in return the Ionians
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