as he would with his own son. He studied at the Ecole d’Artillerie of La Fere under Bernard Forest de Belidor and afterwards‚ at the Ecole d’Artillerie of Metz‚ an institution founded by Sebastien Le Preste and Marquis de Vauban. During studies‚ war between France and Spain broke out in 1718. Ibrahim joined the French army but was unfortunately captured by Spain. He was finally released four years later and became Lieutenant. He then continued his studies.
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Topic: 1st and 2nd Balkan Crisis Summary: The Balkan War took place from 1912-1913 in the Balkan Peninsula in the southeastern part of Europe. Greece‚ Bulgaria‚ Montenegro and Serbia had gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 2oth century but their ethnic population was still under Ottoman rule. These nations formed the Balkan League. The League decided to attack the Ottoman Empire and the First Balkan War took place in October of 1912 and ended seven months later. The Ottoman Empire
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Boer War 1. What does ‘empire’ mean? 2. In what part of the world did the Boer wars take place? 3. What does the Dutch word ‘Boer’ mean? 4. In what years did the First Boer War take place? 5. Explain how the Dutch had come to settle in South Africa. 6. Explain how the British had come to settle in South Africa. 7. What does the Dutch word ‘voortrekkers’ mean? 8. The voortrekkers established 2 states beyond the frontiers of the British empire – what were they called? 9. In the Zulu War what
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battles known as the Punic Wars. Originally‚ Rome and Carthage were allies. It was not until the conflict between the Sicilian city‚ Syracuse‚ and the Mammertines that both Rome and Carthage
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Contemporary Sources: the Second Boer War SOURCE 1: Telegram from Alfred Milner to Joseph Chamberlain‚ 4th May 1899 The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots‚ constantly changing under undoubted grievances‚ and calling vainly for her Majesty’s Government for redress‚ does steadily undermine the influence and reputation of Great Britain and the respect for the British Government within its dominions. SOURCE 2: Letter from Chamberlain to Milner‚
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Africa. His desire to unify the Boer republics led to the Boer Wars. Gold was discovered in one of the Boer Republics in 1886‚ and Rhodes wanted to incite a rebellion among the settlers so they could overthrow the existing Boer governments. He sent one of his associates to cause a rebellion‚ and he failed. This led to the beginning of the Boer Wars‚ and Cecil Rhodes ended up resigning due to this. He never lived to see the end of the Boer Wars‚ as he died in 1902.
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one of the largest empires in the ancient world[1] with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world’s population[2][3][4]) and covering 6.5 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq mi) during its height between the first and second centuries AD.[5][6][7] In its approximately 12 centuries of existence‚ Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to a classical republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation‚ it came to dominate Southern Europe
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After watching the video Legitimacy to the Qing * Increased China’s size * Safety assured * Population triples‚ 120 to 300 million > 1. Malthusian Trap 2. Unemployment‚ leads to crime‚ drug abuse especially Opium‚ this drug is not made in China‚ the son of Kangxi had decided that they would not make opium illegal‚ but they had forbid its use in non-medical use. 3. Bad Weather‚ it is not the people’s fault but it is important given that if the government do not spend money
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as a trader and Indian leader for the next 80 years. In 1814 Osceola and his mom moved to Florida with the other Creeks where he received his adult name. It was also there in Florida where Osceola became a Seminole war chief. He led a small band of warriors in the Second Seminole War when the U.S tried to kick out the Seminoles from their land. On October 21‚ 1837 Osceola was captured when he arrived for truce negotiations at Fort Payton. His imprisonment caused an uproar even from the white community
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The Second War of Kappel was a result of religious conflicts between protestants and Catholic Cantons. This war was fought in 1531‚ in Switzerland. Over 7000 Protestants and 2000 Catholics fought in the war leaving about 700 dead‚ including innocent civilians. The Catholics won this war leaving the Protestants in defeat. The Crusades were many religious wars and fights that were fought between Christians and Muslims. These wars originally started out as religious arguments and fighting over
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