The Persian Empire was a vast empire; it stretched from Egypt to Turkey past Mesopotamia to the Indus River. It was located in what is now Iran. Around the fifth century B.C.E. it had become the largest empire on Earth. Although the Persian Empire did well‚ due to some poor emperors decisions‚ it disappeared just as fast as it appeared. There were a lot of nomadic tribes that did not have a police force or law makers. But some tribes would collect different tribes all under one leadership. “The
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| tribunes | Officials of ancient Rome‚ now any government official appointed to defend people and their rights. | HISTORY Rome’s history may be divided into three parts: Pre-Republic‚ Republic‚ and Empire. In this lesson the first two parts will be discussed. The era of the Roman Empire and its decline are discussed in separate lessons. Pre-Republic. The origins of Rome are uncertain. Legends about the city’s establishment contradict each other. The best-known legend tells of Rome’s founding
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The Mongol Empire (Mongolian:About this sound listen (help·info) Mongol-yn Ezent Güren; Cyrillic: Монголын эзэнт гүрэн‚ in Russian chronicles also Horde - Russian: Орда) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries‚ and was the largest contiguous land empire in human history.[1] Beginning in the Central Asian steppes‚ it eventually stretched from Central Europe to the Sea of Japan‚ covering Siberia in the north and extending southward into Indochina the Indian subcontinent‚ the Iranian plateau‚ and
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the national pride of every American. Nationalism is an ideology which asserts that an individual’s allegiance to the nation state surpasses other segregational differences such as race‚ religion‚ gender or sexuality. It provides a collective identity for people whose single greatest commonality is their belief in the strength and power of the nation state. Slogans and symbols‚ like a country’s flag‚ assist in capturing the essence of a country’s nationalism. The United States is known for standing
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Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern
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Nazi Germany and 1984 A totalitarian government is one in which the state‚ usually under the control of a single political person‚ has no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life of each individual. Control over attitudes‚ values‚ and beliefs enables the government to erase any distinction between state and society. It is almost as if the population under totalitarian government is broken down and brain washed so much so that the government has complete
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movement that spread throughout much of Europe during the 1700s. The Enlightenment was largely made possible by the Scientific Revolution which began in the 1500s and represented the biggest departure from The Middle Ages. After millenniums of obedience to the Church people started to break away from a long spell of ignorance and began to question ideas relating to society and nature. A period also known as ‘The Age of Reason’ saw the emergence of intellectuals advancing knowledge unlike ever before
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Spanish Empire The Spanish had little respect for Indian culture. As soon as their boots hit the ground‚ they set about subverting and destroying every aspect of the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to
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Soon after gunpowder’s total potential was discover. The Chinese then invented the cannon. Three major empires saw the power of these cannon and began to create and experiment with this new technology. As known technology advanced so did cannon building and other small arms. This allowed the empires that invested in this technology to strengthen and spread out and conquer more lands. As these empires expanded they began to intrude on European cities. Naturally Europeans didn’t appreciate the intrusion
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people embrace nationalism and how acceptable should it be until it becomes destructive? These two questions may have come in many minds of philosophers including the great Albert Einstein who once quoted‚ “Nationalism is an infantile disease‚ it is the measles of mankind.” He strongly believed that nationalism should not be embraced for it is infamous for the destruction it has caused on the society and is responsible for the childish idiosyncrasy embedded in the human race. Nationalism is a feeling
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