... , the gap between the rich and the poor has grown ever more wide. In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. Consider the following statistics: • The world spends one trillion dollars in armaments while 800 people million live in extremely ... are demolished in Europe's common market just to keep the prices high while just below Europe are millions of people dying of starvation in Afric...

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... production, the gap between the rich and the poor has grown ever more wide. In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. Consider the following statistics: - The world spends one trillion dollars in armaments while 800 million people live in extremely ... are demolished in Europe's common market just to keep the prices high while just below Europe are millions of people dying of starvation...

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... of the American Civil War: Economics More than one million people dead and a nation torn apart. "A fight against slavery" it was said, but was that the main reason the war was fought? Or is that just what our nation says to glorify our past? There were many factors that contributed to the United States" Civil War, but the main reason for the war can be attributed to the economic differences between the Northern ... a whole would collapse. This also added to the growing tension between the north and south. Another major point of tension was whether or not slavery should be allowed in the...

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... Britain did not see why Germany needed such a large navy concentrated in the North Sea (Britain's ships were spread all over the world), despite the German navy being smaller than Britain's. The Kaiser dismissed British fears, but Britain did not listen and responded by increasing the size of its navy and by launching a new ship, the dreadnought. An unnecessary "naval race" ensued, costing both countries a ... years. Germany and Britain were on friendly terms, their agreement on the Baghdad railway outweighing their naval rivalry. Industrialists in Germany did not want a war, which mig...

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... one of the most historic events in history began. This was the beginning of the First World War, a war that had never been seen before. It involved every major European nation as well as North America and Japan. There was nothing that could have prepared the world for this war it changed the lives of millions of people across the globe. It had a profound impact in all aspects of life for anyone involved. The sheer cost for ... a nation involved was huge ... ...

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... THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR? The Civil War is a significant and controversial period in history. It didn't only relay on slavery. Issues like the difference between plantations and cities were some of the causes. Although slavery was meaningful, railroads in the North had a great impact. Beliefs in the South and the north varied greatly. Some Europeans countries also had a lot of influence in the South. The Civil War was mainly caused by a moral conflict. The South wasn't pleased with the North ... 's point of view. They were completely unlike. This dissimilarity was mainly based on the ...

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... boundaries. The North America has free trade policies, as does the European union. These make North America and Europe the most powerful economic centres on Earth. However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. However, the more that we grow apart, the closer that we come together. The Far East is said to be,Westernising?, in that it ... is taking Western (i.e. Europe and the USA) ideas about economics, and putting them into practice. The success of this can be seen by how much fluctuations in, for example...

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... . That fact is totally different from what most people believe. And in my opinion it is actually a strike to the "American dream- myth. America is not the country that eliminated slavery. They just used it to win a war. Within a few years after the end of the Civil War, the US became a leading industrial power. Immigrants mainly from Germany that joined the North side during the war stayed there and offered their technical skills ... 't ! by luck that US senate did not vote for America's participation in the League of Nations at the Treat of Versailles. That's when they started feeling th...

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... many as two-thirds of their people in the Thirty Years War, while the survivors of war faced disease and starvation. Religious disputes also drove the people to leave their homes. Religious Persecution resulted in decades of relious warfare in Germany which led many Germans to migrate to North America, especially Pennsylvania, offered them religious freedom. Various religious groups suffered persecution in many German states over the centuries. Lutherans and Reformed Church members ... all three major Western religions (Catholic, Protestant and Jew). In the beginning over 100,000 German...

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... and domination in north America. That salvation was tobacco, which grew great in Virginia. Once the "jovial weed" caught in Europe there was no stopping it. This labor intensive crop spurred immigration far beyond France. In conclusion Frances alliance with the Indians nearly won them North America. Under settlement of the north America combined with the lack of ... troops sent to America led to Frances down fall. It could also be argued that England's salutary neglect let the states build up enough to win the war ... . What really changed the war was when William Pit decided to change ...

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... British reforms were joined to kill off the Indians. The Indians started to join together and fight back resulting in Metacoms war. During this war many died on both sides and neither side won. With only on thing in mind, control, the British did not care what they did to anything or anyone. In order to rule and be in charge of North America they would and did anything even ... kill to achieve this goal. By the English forming its colonies and ... having their mind set for total destruction it harmed the ... ...

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... 's expansion. Imperial contributions had considerably strengthened the British war effort, and victory brought Britain mandates over new territories such as Palestine, Iraq, and Germany territories in Africa. Britain was a major industrial country in the early industrial revolution, but the only problem was that their empire was scattered through out the world, where as Frances' empire was mainly based in the desolate reach of north and northwest Africa. Their industrial power was ... created in respect to the fact that they manufactured ... ...

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... model to them by helping keep peace throughout the world. There are organizations or systems such as the UN that encourage peace and play a major role in the world, but the United States also should be an example because it has a great power as well as a role model for other countries. By not getting involved to much in other countries, the US can keep its sentiment and respect because ... although we get involved to help out, other countries may ... look at it through a bad point of veiw. In a powerfull countries ... ...

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... , light, food, and water. Northern climates produce a horse with a thick coat. Hot climates have produced an animal with a thin skin and a fine coat. Damp climates have produced the slow, heavy, cold-blooded horse. In tropical climates there are small horses that have a lot of energy, and can endure hardship. Some horses are called half-breeds. They are usually crosses between heavy horses ... there are twenty-two countries and one hundred and twenty one different breeds or types of ponies and horses. These are some of the horse breeds in Europe: a Huzul, Panje, Nonius, Anglo-Norman, Bre...

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... because it included countries with a lot more work force and natural resources than the other one. Russia supplied the resources, Britain the technology and France the manpower. These two teams or two alliances were the source of much tension. There was too much power involved, the slightest little thing could trigger a great war, which is exactly what happened. Considering these past reasons one could argue that ... of one of the major empires in Europe over the last 500 years. This potential collapse would cause a chain reaction that would not only destroy the nations in central and ea...

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... large empire other than the mainland and a couple islands in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, which were most or all gained from the Spanish American war. The British on the other hand, have had a huge empire which contained around 25% of the world's total landmass. They ruled such places such as India, North America, Australia, and large sections of Africa. The time of British imperialism ... was soon coming to an end with a new war in Europe, the First World War. The ... old and the new were clashing ... ...

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... war? One cause of the war was Europe's refusal to pay their War debts. l: What was going on during World War II? During World War II isolationism was going on in Europe and Hitler was trying to take over Germany. This may be a odd question but did World War II scare you I wouldn't say that world war two scared or frightened me but it did frighten thousands of people around the ... world. When did World War II end? World War II ended in 1945, leaving a new ... world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. l: Well I think that's enough questions thank you very much for ... ...

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... Berlin, had to be the battlefield of the ideologies and became "both a symptom and a cause of the Cold War. "1 After the war Germany was sectioned into four occupation zones: The Russian zone in the East, the American Zone in the South, the British zone in the North-West and the French zone in the South-East. Berlin was cut into four zones as well with a Soviet zone in the East and the other three in the West. In the Potsdam Conference in 1945 it was decided that ... a communist-free Europe.12 The speech reminds on Bevin's excerpt, in which he describes the situation in Germany. In both...

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... juncture, many religious leaders were outraged by the Muslim attack on Christians. In 1095AD, Pope Urban was involved in organizing the Crusades, also known as the Holy Wars. Many monks, nuns, queens, knights, lords, and serfs were determined to get back the holy land. However, their objective had failed, resulting in many deaths. The only positive aspect that came from the Crusades was that it allowed trade with ... called Shang Dynasty built a great city called An-yang near the Huang River Valley. Many Chinese people can trace their ancestors back to the Shang Dynasty. The fall of the ...

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... must prevent domination by any other state, which leads to the assumption that they must build up power and form alliances. Throughout history we can see the B.O.P. concept in action. The clearest example of the B.O.P. concept can be found in the Cold War. In the Cold War the two superpowers the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. held a stable world balance between them. Both states sought ... to deter domination by the other through a build up of arms and through the creation of strong alliance systems. Under the B.O.P. theory the logic of the Cold War stratagies and alliances seems apparent, with ...

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... great. People didn't mind dying for their country even if they didn't know why they had to die. This unhealthy rise of nationalism was just another of many factors that started World War 1. After the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum before it would declare war: end anti-Austrian feeling in government, punish Serbian officials involved, and allow Austria to participate in the investigation ... major European Alliances. In 1914, the Serbian nationalist fired his gun; the effects were spread throughout Europe as each nation declared war on a...

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... the only country expecting war, for each European country involved had made plans. Many people had been expecting this war for sometime, waiting for a spark to set it all off. Now this trigger finally came on June 1914, where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne in Austria, was assassinated. This set off a chain reaction around all the countries in Europe. Now during the ... years, Austria had quarrels with Serbia, which had become more explosive. Therefore Austria seized the chance of a war ... Serbia o Germany backing up Austria The above points which are highlighted in bol...

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... just as good as the older countries - no better. When people believe they are the best they want to prove it. "It gripped the men like a plague- as soon as they could they joint the armies to fight for their land and country" (Armach Van Hootsenburg, 1899, p141) Another major cause of the war was the arms race. Due to hostilities, nationalism and legislation passed in English court making it ... were ganging up on them. Looking for comfort against the British and the French Germany began to search for a decent alliance. The Triple Alliance was the main pact for the Central powers. This ...

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... great impact on the the European continent before expanding past the ocean. Their interest to create new settlements stemmed from a need of land and a dissatisfaction with the king, which led to a migration across the North Atlantic. By observing their colonies and actions in Iceland, Greenland, and North America it is possible to see the impact they had on the formation of these countries and of the settlement in the new world. The first area ... to have been discovered by the vikings was Iceland. The credit for this discovery is given to Naddod ... ...

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... Germany and this caused fear in the eyes of the Protestants. Christian IV, the king of Denmark, led an army into Germany in defense of the Protestants but was easily defeated. After defeating Christian, the Holy Roman Emperor sought to recover all church lands secularized since 1552 and establish a strong Habsburg presence in northern Germany. There were also major political motives for fighting this war. The Dynasties had goals to conquer ... of France were willing to join any religious background just to defeat the Habsburgs. Cardinal Richelieu was paying many people to keep armies in...

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