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    In a cultural group in the 19th and 20th the western cultures started becoming more modern with technology‚ communication and military(). This modernization had given the western culture more political power and economic success in other cultures(). As the western cultures gained more accomplishments‚ other cultures were more pessimistic about the change and progression(). Non-western cultures were already set in their own ways with their own values. They were not ready to change or modify their

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    According to the anonymous author ‚ “Objectivity is neither possible nor desirable. It’s not possible because all history is subjective; all history represents a point of view."‚ which in other words means that people see history in the way they want to see it based on what they think is important. It is not possible to be objective because everything one says and thinks is based on our perceptions‚ knowledge‚ thoughts and feelings . It isn’t desirable because if someone is trying to get a point

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    the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It became a separate country in the 9th century. Since the 17th century‚ France has played a major role in European and world events. In the 20th century‚ it has experienced numerous crises‚ including the devastation of two world wars‚ political and social upheavals‚ and the loss of a large empire in Indochina‚ Algeria‚ and West and Equatorial Africa. It has‚ however‚ survived and emerged from the ruins of World War II to become an important world supplier of

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    Inhumane Treatment of Indian’s What makes one race more superior than the other. For many years race has been a long standing issue in this world. It has been going on since the the 15th century. During this time the white race were the ones that received all of the privileges. Unlike Native Americans who had very little privileges during this time. The privileges they did have depended on where they lived and what century it was. In fact in some parts of the world Native Americans had no privileges

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    Cited: 1.) Brooks‚ Francis J. "Motecuzoma‚ Xocoyotl‚ Hernan Cortes‚ and Bernal Diaz del Castillo: The Construction of an Arrest." The Hispanic American Historical Review 75 (May 1995) 149-83. 2.) De Las Casas‚ Bartolomé. The Devastation of the Indies. Trans. Herma Briffault. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press‚ 1974. 3.) De Sahagún‚ Bernardino. The War of Conquest. Trans. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press‚ 1978. 4.) Díaz‚ Bernal

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    quickly to occupy the French-Indochina areas that Cambodia‚ Laos‚ and Vietnam‚ in their plan to control all of Asia. America retaliates by cutting off all trade with Japan. With Japan in desperate need of resources turned their focus to the Dutch West Indies‚ but with extensive presence of the Far East it severely limited Japans ability to expand into other area so now Japan knows the United States must be forcibly removed from

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    Reflections on Spain and the New World”‚ he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class)‚ Bartolome de Las Casas is viewed as a devoted Saint and missionary that was an activist for the Indian’s human rights and against Spain’s military conquest of the “New World” (Briffault). However‚ Fuentes illustrated Bartolome

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    either French or Dutch operatives have started the fire in order to destroy London and weaken England so that England would lose the war. Around the time when the fire was raging in London‚ the French were inflicting heavy losses on England in the West Indies and it was suspected that they might try and sail up the Thames in order to sack London. Since many people thought that the French or the Dutch had started the fire‚ Dutch and French immigrants who were living in London were looked at with suspicion

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    I of Spain (1516–56)‚ the future Holy Roman Emperor‚ Charles V. Forty years later‚ Spain‚ Spanish Italy (Naples‚ Sicily‚ Sardinia and Milan)‚ the Spanish Low Countries (Flanders‚ Luxembourg and Franche Comté) and an expanding Spanish America (“the Indies”) from which foreigners were excluded and which was yielding growing revenues‚ passed to Charles’s son‚ Philip II (1556–98)‚ under whom Spanish power and influence reached new heights. Philip secured Portugal and its empire in 1580–1 and in 1588 launched

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    The black legend was the name given to the concept of cruelty and brutality spread by the Spanish during the 14th and 15th century. It can be said to be an anti-Spanish movement‚ which was started due to political and religious torment done by the Spanish on the people. It was the dominance and control of the Spanish over Europe that lead to the black legend of the Spanish. It was through this particular propaganda that the people were able to understand how various European countries had fallen

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