tent-dwelling Sumerians from the east abandoned their wandering instincts and settled in an area of Mesopotamia called the Plain of Shinar. They built houses and constructed complex irrigation systems consisting of dikes‚ ditches‚ dams‚ aqueducts and canals all dug by hand to enable water to nourish the barley‚ emmer (a type of wheat)‚ dates‚ onions‚ cucumbers‚ apples‚ beans‚ olives‚ grapes‚ flax and spices (among others) they planted. Farmers didn’t have any money so grains were grown and traded‚ via the
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WWI The Origins of War – September 9‚ 2012 Alliances - Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy (AXIS POWERS) - Great Britain‚ France‚ (pre-revolutionary Russia) (TRIPLE ENTENTE) - Alliances are put in place to act as guarantors of peace - At the end of the 19th c.‚ (Edwardian period in BR history) despite the alliance systems‚ much talk about impending war o Everyone saying war is inevitable o Lots of war talk - Nature of a European war not understood at all - Colonial wars seen‚ which were quick
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What was the Cause of World War 2? The seeds of World War 2 can be traced all the way back to the first World War. Many can say that Germany caused both World War 1 and World War 2. As well as the Treaty of Versailles‚ the main causes for the start of World War 2 was that Germany wanted power over the world‚ and the failure of The League of Nations. Germany’s desire for power‚ their economic downfall‚ and international tensions they provoked sparked World War 2. The Treaty of Versailles
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The instability created by the First World War (1914-1918) proved to be not the end of a catastrophic international conflict; in fact‚ it marked the beginning of another also commonly known as the Second World War (1939-1945). World War II took the lives of about 17 million soldiers and an even greater number of civilians‚ who died due to bombings‚ starvation‚ and deliberate campaigns of mass murder. Additionally‚ this global war also ushered in the atomic age and was quickly followed by the collapse
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they will alternate between "liking" each other (being pulled together)‚ and "disliking" each other (pushing away from one another). All that pushing and pulling will create some serious spinning‚ and you will have built an electric motor! So‚ what do windshield wipers‚ CD players‚ VCR’s‚ blenders‚ ice makers‚ computers‚ and talking toys have in common? They all contain electric motors! In fact‚ if you walk through your house‚ it is possible to find as many as 50 electric motors hidden in electrical
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Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of
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MODERN HISTORY STUDY NOTES NATIONAL STUDIES Germany 1918-1939 WEIMAR REPUBLIC: Revolution and The Birth of the Weimar Republic Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND - Prior to World War II‚ Germany had a parliamentary system with two houses‚ but it was not a democracy. Only the lower house (The Reichstag) was elected by all German males over 25 years of age. The upper house (The Bundesrat) was appointed by the Kaiser. - The Kaiser
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Due: November 26th‚ 2014 Word Count: 1555 1 Aidan Trudel Propaganda‚ a tactic used by many governments‚ has been used for centuries and in all sorts of ways. During the second world war‚ propaganda played a huge role in several countries‚ primarily Nazi Germany. The German government relied heavily on propaganda in order to win the war. The German government used this in order to help with the morals of fighting German troops‚ to gain the support of their population‚ and to dehumanize the enemy
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International Trade and Finance Speech What happens when there is a surplus of imports into the U S: A surplus of imports is good for consumers but bad for local business. We have to produce and manufacture in order to export. As our export trade shrinks‚ so does our workforce and economy. The surplus of imported cars for 2012 has exceeded the exportation by $152 billion. Also the shelf life of cars is 1 year. Every year at the end of the cycle the existing models are sold off at huge discounts
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I was drawn to the topic of World War 2. Often times‚ when I got home from school‚ all I would do was watch documentaries on channels such as History or Nat Geo for hours. I enjoyed a lot of the programs‚ but the ones that intrigued me the most was those concerning World War 2. Something about it just completely fascinated me and at that time I did not know why. Frequently I visited the library and gathered up all the
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