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    From the time of the 1920s to 1950s the United States Government has had to deal with many conflicts. Some directly impacted the US and some indirectly impacting the US. One of the major conflicts was when dictators started to rise in Europe. Next was World War II which had the US in a bit of trouble for a while and then finally were the post war conflicts that arose and had put a big weight on the US. New democratic governments emerged in Europe after the war struggled. Joseph Stalin focused on

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    While it is true that the western half of the Empire was overrun in the better part of the fifth century CE‚ there was more to the Roman Empire and its collapse than that. Rome was weakened by political turmoil and unmanageable expansion‚ which lead to its division into an Eastern and a Western Roman empires. While the Eastern Empire prospered‚ the Western Empire struggled to stay alive‚ and it was eventually overcome by barbarians. The Eastern Empire continued to live on for another thousand years

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    Rome was an empire built as if it was destined to last until the end of existence. Its borders spanned across mountains to deserts and even engulfed the Mediterranean Sea at one point. The Romans had strong armies‚ cultural influence‚ and great leaders skilled in military and political tactics. However‚ as Rome increased in size‚ it started to become more unstable. Rome eventually fell as an empire for many reasons which include religion‚ war‚ political and economic problems. The success

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    years. Augustus had brought and secured harmony to the Roman Empire and during his reign he combined a range of powers. Caligula four years as emperor were bizarre and after his assassination‚ his uncle‚ Claudius came into power. Often depicted as a mug‚ he was able to show his capability as an emperor from time to time. After Claudius died‚ Nero came to power. The first five years of Nero’s reign were seen as normally constructive. In 55 B.C.‚ Nero wanted to control the Empire. Nero’s mom put in

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    During the fight against Mexico the United States was unified on bringing they land apart of the United States‚ as a result of winning The new territory it also created a lot of tension among the United States congress. The main reason was over slavery‚ if it would be allowed over the territory that was just won by the United States which began the compromise of 1850. Both sides were against one another‚ several congressmen saw this as a opportunity the south to increase farmland and for slavery

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    The Fall of the Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire experienced a time of massive growth and exploration which came to an end in 1588. By 1598 Phillip III had inherited Spain with a bankrupt economy. This marked the decline of the great empire that had controlled an extensive amount of territories. Its decline can be attributed to the massive influx of gold and silver into the economy during the Age of Exploration which made Spain temporarily wealthy but had irreversible negative long term economic

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    ISLAMIC EXPANDTION early Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest. As stated from Al-Biladuri‚ “The Battle of the Yarmuk (636)” “Muslim forces took control of Syria in 636 CE when they fought the Eastern Roman Empire (which included Greece)...” The Muslims were able to expand to/conquer Syria after the battle against the Eastern Roman Empire. Another way that the Islamic Empire expanded due to conquest is that many of conquered non-believers began to turn to the Islamic Religion. As stated from

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    For 5‚000 years the Egyptian Empire reign with prosperity eating the fruits of knowledge it had gained. Egypt was very advanced for it’s time periods. The building created by the Empire had been never seen in any other civilization. The Egyptians took primitive tools and built astonishing buildings like pyramids‚ obelisks‚ dams and many others. The Civilization uses of technology allowed them to fight against nature‚ provided food for the people‚ and control a population. They took knowledge that

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    Period 5 The confederate states wanted to break away from the united states but failed. However‚ now they had to rejoin the union. The war had left the souths economy and society in destruction. It would take a lot of effort to reestablish states. The remaking of the states was called reconstruction. During the Reconstruction Era many changes happened. In 1865 and 1866 southern states legislatures passed black codes to control the behavior and work of African Americans. There was outrage in the

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    an empire while Hinduism took over the religion of Buddhism and the establishment of the caste system took place throughout the period 300-600 C.E. There were many features that changed throughout the classical era and many things that also continued after that. The Gupta Empire was founded by Chandra Gupta and was a very stable and prosperous empire from 320-588 C.E. After some time the Gupta Empire fell due to the invasions of Huns. India couldn’t maintain an empire due

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