"Would Be Savior or Destroyer of the Republic?" The traditional dates for the Roman Republic are 509 to 27 B.C. The latter part of this period from 133 to 27 B.C. is known as the late Republic. It is also known as the Roman Revolution. The result of this revolution was the emergence of the Roman Empire and the catalyst has traditionally been linked to a single Roman citizen called Tiberius Gracchus. The wake of his brief political career left Rome much different than it had been. Like a crack in
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Spartacist uprising 1919 Spartacist was really just an early name for ’Communists’. At the end of WWI when the Kaiser was overthrown and left Germany Nov. 1918‚ moderate socialists took over and formed a government. The Spartacist (led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht) wanted a violent Communist revolution and a wiping out of Capitalism but were rejected. In Dec. 1918 the Congress of workmen and soldiers councils rejected radical Communism and Luxemburg/ Liebnecht. In Jan. 1919 Luxemburg/
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The challenges to the security‚ unity‚ and prosperity in the Dutch Republic‚ otherwise known as the Netherlands‚ in the seventeenth and eighteenth century were mostly routed in the wars between England‚ France‚ and the Dutch Republic (which led to the end of the Dutch’s Golden Age and the start of their economic decline). The challenges varied from one to another; whether it was military conflicts‚ the shifting of alliances‚ the decay in oversea trade‚ or the disunity among the provinces. Despite
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How Humanism Influenced Italian Renaissance Art During the Renaissance period of history‚ many scholars and intellectuals in Europe began appreciating Greek and Roman culture. The reason why was that many believed that the past was the seed of everything that existed during their time‚ and that it was of the utmost importance to study it. With this‚ many began learning Greek and Latin dialects‚ as well as examining Greek and Roman ruins and debris. This importance of examining the history of
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and the Munich (beer hall) Putsch; these catastrophic events were great threats to the Weimar Republic. The Ruhr Crisis occurred in January 1923 when Germany missed a reparations payment to the French in 1922 therefore French and Belgium troops decided to invade the Germans raw materials and goods so the German workers went on a passive resistance. This event was a humungous threat for the Weimar Republic as they would automatically receive a bad reputation and some countries might not want any imports
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The fundamental aim of this essay will be that of discussing the question of‚ ‘is representative government democratic?’ This essay will take the following structure in order to provide an attempt at exploring why a representative government can be considered democratic. Firstly‚ the concept of democracy will be defined and discussed. Secondly‚ it will discuss representation in terms of its emergence as well as its necessity. Thirdly‚ a discussion will be given regarding that of representative democracy
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Reaction to Population‚ Poverty and the Reproductive Health Bill by Gerardo P. Sicat Yes‚ mathematically‚ increasing population decreases per capita income. But if GDP or GNP growth rate increases faster than population growth‚ wouldn’t it increase per capita income? We can be misled by the simple arithmetic that this formula implies. Low per capita income does not necessarily mean it is due to an increase in population growth. In fact‚ population growth is necessary for economic growth. As
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On November‚ 9 of 1918‚ they announce on the radio the beginning of a new government. that government was the weimar. The Weimar was a good thing for some and brought many successes for Germany. Still‚ along with the many successes they also had failures. in 1923‚ they couldn’t pay the reparations. So they ended up having to print more money to pay them. This caused hyperinflation. Their money became so useless people made fire with the stacks of money. The same year‚ a man named Gustav Stresemann
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To what extent is there a democratic deficit in the UK? The most telling indicator of there being a democratic deficit in the UK today is the continuing decline of voter turnout at all elections for the past 60 years. There is a growing level of general apathy towards political issues in the UK which is not just damaging to the health of a democracy but fatal. The government requires a mandate to govern‚ if they do not achieve popular consent then how are they representative of the people? The
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The Dominican Republic For decades‚ controversy has existed over whether Hispanic-Americans from the Dominican Republic should identify with one or two cultures. The concept of dual citizenship would allow Dominican-Americans to identify with two cultures. Although some would argue that dual citizenship is flawed because individuals should identify with one culture or the other‚ dual citizenship gave Dominican-Americans several advantages that outweighed the drawbacks. First‚ dual citizenship
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