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    To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian

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    There were many causes for the separation of the union. Many people argue that the Constitution‚ which was a symbol of the national unity‚ contributed to its division. This is true in some ways‚ but it did not happen immediately. Many events‚ such as the passing of the Fugitive Slave and Kentucky-Nebraska Acts‚ gradually built up the tension between North and South‚ until the union collapsed. Even though the Compromise of 1850 was meant to solve the crisis‚ it only created more tension between the

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    decision to wage war and the chief ideas of the conduct of warfare that will be examined both by the validations given and the individual ideologies of the ethics of war. A military response‚ to the attack on the United States on the 11th of September was justified in terms of self-defence. In modern interpretations of just war theory there are two legitimate reasons for aggressive war: ‘self defence against an aggressor and humanitarian intervention against a sovereign state in response to acts that

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    Germany’s General plan Ost was Hitler’s proposition to slaughter millions of Jews‚ Polish‚ and other undesired races. Hitler then organized a racial classification system in which one would be enslaved‚ expelled‚ killed or resettled to a new place of residence. Millions of Slavic territories were viewed as undesirable and had to resettle in western Siberia. Most non-Aryans were enslaved‚ while for the Jews living in conquered territories‚ they were exterminated and Germans and other Volksdeutsche

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    The Emancipation Edict of 1861 The condition of the Russian peasant The most noticeable feature of 19th century Russian society was the high proportion of the population‚ around 80 per cent‚ who were peasants. In 1850 almost half of these peasants were serfs‚ peasants tied to the land they worked. They worked on the land given to them and in return for the use of this land they were required to work also for the noble landowner. Three days in the week was the average requirement but in the worse

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    To what extent is Christopher’s condition responsible for the conflicts that arise in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time? Christopher’s condition directly results in a few minor conflicts in the novel‚ but more significantly‚ it factors to different degrees in the major conflicts between Mother and Father‚ between Father and Mrs. Shears‚ and between Father and Christopher. The minor conflicts often arise from Christopher’s trouble with social interaction. Early in the novel‚ for instance

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    Relationships will not always turn out the way people expect them to. Problems inevitably occur. And while some couples try to patch things up‚ sometimes‚ the only solution left is breaking up. Unfortunately‚ breaking up to end problems in a relationship can result to more problems. Since breaking up can lead to emotional stresses like depression and the lowering of one’s self-esteem‚ it is best to be considerate of the feelings of one’s partner. And while there is a song that says‚ "there’s just no easy way

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    To what extent was Facebook ’right’ to become a PLC Facebook is a social networking service‚ which was controversially started in the United Sates by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. The website’s membership was initially limited to Harvard students‚ but was expanded to other universities‚ and gradually globalization. In 2012 Mark Zuckerberg decide to convert the structure of Facebook from a Private Limited Company to Public Limited Company. Facebook values shares at £24 each‚ and Facebook shares began

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    To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles fair to Germany? This essay will be based on whether the Treaty of Versailles was fair upon Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War 1 had ended in 1918. Most of it was decided by the ‘Big Three` Woodrow Wilson‚ David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau. In my opinion‚ I think that the Treaty of Versailles was not fair to Germany. Moreover the aims of were too harsh‚ due to the fact that George Clemenceau (president

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    To what extent was socialism involved in the Meiji Restoration? The Meiji Restoration was one of the fastest and most effective political‚ social and economic overhauls of an entire country. In merely one generation Japan as a country unified and became one of the most powerful countries in the world. Yet were the changes fundamentally socialist or just incorporated aspects of socialism? When viewing it at as a whole‚ the Meiji Restoration did exhibit ideas from the majorly state socialism but

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