The Persian Empire The Persian Empire was one of the most successful empires in the world‚ largely because of its strategic geographical location. First‚ the location of the Persian Empire prior to its expansion was between the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf to the south while the northern side of the empire lay the Caspian Sea. A plethora of rivers‚ including River Tigris and River Euphrates contributed immensely to the growth of the empire due to its strategic position and contribution in irrigation
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Caesar‚ became dictator of the Roman empire in 44 B.C.. Being named ‘Dictator for life’ did not come easy. Caesar had shown the Roman Empire that he was dependable enough to make the right decisions at the right time‚ especially in the military. In fact‚ Caesar is often remembered as one of the best military minds in history. He was a very successful man when it came to government. He also did a lot of great things for the Empire. Most of the Romans’ loved him being dictator. Caesar thought more of
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Mesopotamia was a successful civilization for three reasons. They had a religious system so they can believe in their god which was important.They had a stable food supply which helped them to stay alive.Finally‚ they had a written language so they can communicate. To start with‚ the Ancient Mesopotamians had a religious system which they need to have to be a successful civilization. There is three pieces of evidence that shows that the Ancient Mesopotamians had a religion. There is way more evidence
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The Ottoman Empire is one of the largest and longest lived of the great empires of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire survived for more than four centuries until it was finally dismantled at the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman Empire provides a direct link from the early modern period. At its height of power‚ the Ottoman Empire controlled a huge amount of territory‚ in the Middle East‚ North Africa and southeastern Europe including Greece‚ Hungary‚ the Balkans‚ Romania and Bulgaria. The
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The 1960’s were years full of change; nations were still recovering from WWII and new national identities were being formed. Canada was no different. Following WWII‚ the country experienced “fifteen years of deceptive calm‚” so the sudden‚ forceful revolution within Québec shocked the country as well as the province itself. The revolution shook the foundations of nationalism‚ and strained the relationship between French Canada and English Canada more than ever before. During this period‚ extremist
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The Quiet Revolution was the rapid secularisation of Quebec during the 1960s & early 1970s. The Quiet revolution had a huge leap of independence for Quebecker’s during the 1960’s. It also had a drastic change by the federal government to keep the French culture alive. This brings up the question‚ how revolutionary was the Quiet Revolution? Throughout the Quiet Revolution Quebecois’ achieved Political stability‚ reached economic fairness‚ and preserved the French Language. Firstly‚ the Quiet Revolution
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ESSAY SCAFFOLD WHY WAS THE WHITLAM GOVERNMENT DISMISSD? INTRODUCTION Answer the question and outline your arguments in support. eg. The Whitlam Government was dismissed by the Governor-General‚ Sir John Kerr‚ on 11 November‚ 1975. There were a number of reasons why the dismissal occurred. These included the growing unrest in Australian society brought about by the failing economy; the growing unpopularity of the Labor government brought about by its spending and economic policies‚ and the
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Twain once said “This is the first time I was ever in a city [Montreal] where you couldn ’t throw a brick without breaking a church window”. Today‚ it is better known for the diversity of its people and its culture painted streets‚ such as the Quartier Latin and the booming Quartier des spectacles. The city is home to over a hundred and twenty cultural communities and seventy-five languages; seemingly fitting since well over a quarter of the population was born abroad. In the June 2008 issue of Monocle
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for Quebec‚ an amount of people are displeased with the city’s relationship with other provinces of Canada and want to secede. The issue of succession is not new; in fact‚ the citizens voted on this very same controversial subject‚ began a “Quiet Revolution”‚ and had protests. Canada is bilingual‚ meaning it has two official languages. Although most Canadians speak English‚ a sizable number of Canadians living in the province of Quebec primarily speak French. The French Canadians who live in Quebec
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their full power was realized. However‚ these nations failed in their goal to conquer new land and spread their ideologies. In order to determine their failure‚ we must first analyze their successes. The Axis had many successes at the beginning of World War II. Victories such as the German invasion of Poland had given the Axis an early string of victories‚ which could have brought the Axis great success. Other victories from the Axis include France’s occupation by Germany‚ which was a huge land grab
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