INTERNATIONAL EVENTS / ORIGINS OF WWI II. IMPERIALISM Colonialism Imperialism Date late 15th century – 1815 1870s – 1914 Colonisers Spain Portugal France England Netherlands in Africa: Germany France GB Portugal Belgium Spain Italy in Asia: France GB Russia Colonised‚ explores areas Americas Africa (only trading posts) Australia‚ India Africa (trading posts at first‚ colonies later) Asia Motives of Europeans new trading routs new resources of gold & silver raw
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Enlightened despotism is when there is an absolute ruler‚ in some cases a tyrant‚ who follows the principles of the Enlightenment through reforms. Permitting religious toleration‚ allowing freedom of the press and speech‚ and expanding education are a few main guidelines to being and enlightened despot. Napoleon I is often referred to as one of the greatest enlightened despots. Although‚ he did not follow the ideas of the enlightenment entirely‚ he managed his country in a way that he maintained
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The Viking Rus The Viking Rus In the early 9th century‚ the Rus‚ a group of Vikings from the modern-day area of Sweden (Logan 2005: 180-207)(etymonline.com)‚ became loosely organized under the Rus ’ Khaganate. The ruler of the Rus during their Anatolian expedition in 839 was called chaganus (i.e. Khaqan) (Golden 1982: 77-92). In 860‚ the Rus invaded the Byzantine Empire‚ and subsequently launched several wars with the Byzantine Empire and expeditions to the Caspian Sea. The early leaders of Rus
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AP World History Review: Comparative Questions Curtain Call Directions: Use your textbook and or your Princeton Review Book to list as many facts about the following historical comparisons. Use the attached Societal Comparison sheet as a guideline for what to compare and contrast. Remember that you do not have to fill in every topic on the sheet‚ try and get used to looking for these topics when you are comparing societies-in this way you will increase your speed in breaking down the comparative
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Napoleon and the Modern Europe “Like comets‚ they flashed across the sky of world politics; obsessed with power‚ they mobilized enormous masses of people for their ambitious goals ‚” the three historic leaders - Napoleon‚ Stalin and Hitler - all greatly influenced the world till today. Despite the fact that Hitler led Nazi Germany to start WWII and Stalin transformed Soviet Union and started the Cold War‚ I believe that Napoleon had the greatest impact on modern European history‚ because he not only
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shaped their unique legacies. Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I had economic policies which were comparable in some aspects but different in others. Czarina Catherine’s entire economic structure was a command economy based on the institution of serfdom. In 1785 Czarina Catherine had issued a document called the Charter of Nobility‚ which not only released the nobles from the service required of them by one of her predecessors‚ Peter I‚ but granted them full control over their serfs as well. (Ursula
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The Revolutions of 1848 were a series of political and economic revolts that took place in Europe because of a recession and abuse of political power. Although changes were made all throughout Europe‚ the original‚ oppressive government took back control soon after‚ undoing the work of the revolutionaries. Although these changes didn’t last long‚ the revolutions did prove to both the governments and revolutionaries that the people had the power to undermine the government in order to bring about
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His observations about the class-structure in Russia are subtle‚ but offer an insight into his political persuasions. Like many Russian intellectuals‚ Turgenev was vehemently opposed to serfdom. He wrote for the abolition of the serfs and thought that Russia would be a better place if they were free. This paints him as a very liberal person during a time of extreme political confusion in Russia. As for the gentry‚ Turgenev was critical of
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controversial Chinese feminist writer – who put women and sexuality as her main topic in her forbidden novel‚ the Shanghai Baby. Having lived in a state of quasi-servitude for over two thousand years‚ Chinese women began to demand liberation from their serfdom within the family clan complex. They sought to outlaw arranged marriages‚ selling of wives and children‚ infanticides‚ and the practice of binding feet begun in the 10th century. According to Bettina L. Knapp‚ “The establishment of girl’s schools
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Napoleon’s reforms. Also‚ governments got overturned because people didn’t want an absolute monarchy. The French Revolution impacted not only France‚ but the rest of the world too. After the French Revolution‚ France resulted with the abolishment of serfdom‚ slavery‚ inherited privilege‚ and judicial torture. Also‚ some effects the French Revolution had outside of France‚ was realizing differences and revolutionizing the political tradition. As explained in Document 9 people used the French Revolution
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