... mass 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 ... people. • 20 percent of the world's richest people receive 82.7 percent of the world's total income while the 20 percent poorest receive 1.4 percent of the total world's income.[2] Our...

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... mass 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 ... billion people. - 20 percent of the world's richest people receive 82.7 percent of the world's total income while the 20 percent poorest receive 1.4 percent of the total world's income....

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... operate, especially in business and trade During the 1920's the League of Nations was thought of as a relative success. However, upon thorough re-examination, it has been shown that the league may have had little to do with the sensation of the "roaring "20s". The league had set four objectives to be fulfilled. The objective that the league most fulfilled was that which stated ... "to improve living and working conditions". The league itself accomplished much to help people with the issues of transportation, refugees and illegal ... drug trading. The league also set up organizations tha...

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... has been described in many ways by different historians. Some believe it was a Dark Age, some think of it as an Age of Faith. Others call it the Age of Feudalism and some even describe it as a Golden Age. From everything I've read and from what I know of that period of time, my view would agree with those historians that label it ... the Dark Ages. I would also agree that it was the Age of Faith and the Age of Feudalism, but first and foremost I would stay with the term Dark Ages. The Middle Ages brought invasions, death, destruction to the people of Europe during the era covering 500 t...

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... because they wanted to educate the natives about religion. The Europeans wanted the natives to convert their beliefs to Christianity. This discovery of the alphabet was a huge reason for Europeans technological success. One of the biggest technological advancements in the New World was the discovery of the plow. Livestock would drag the plow across the land in order to gain more area. The plow would allow for the Europeans to own more land ... and to own more plants. The Europeans soon discovered that the soil in the new lands was very rich and that it could be ... ...

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... at an economical and military standstill. The crusades, which were holy wars over the city of Jerusalem, between Western Europe and the Easter Muslims, helped bring them into a more modern age. Feudalism, which was the form of government at that time, began to decrease and a more central government was formed. Western Europe also became interested in the luxury goods of the east, which started a trade system. Not ... to make more efficient ships. Also, Muslims introduced more accurate maps and navigational skills. One big advance in technology came about with the introduction of the mag...

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... died. Most of the Jews died or were killed for unreasonable reasons. Some of the things they had done were trade food, and some other things. The hardest thing for the Jews to get or have was weapons. The Nazis had the Jewish people so scared of them that they would not even try to resist the Nazis, because if one of the Jews resisted the Nazis then they would ... kill everyone in the group or punish them very bad. There are all different types ... as much as they could so they would not be killed. There was four main "Ghettos." The "Tuchin Ghetto" was in 1942, seven hundred Jewish fam...

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... the world. They started with the Navigation Acts saying at first the ships and crewmembers needed to be either English or Colonial; later changing it to say only English. They set rules such as the ... Manufacturing Acts which meant all raw materials had to be shipped to England, and then back to the colonies as finished goods. As if that wasn't enough, the British kept adding one tax after another. The Sugar Act was designed to make sure the ... sugar went only to England; ships had to carry proof of where the sugar came from. The Stamp Act really ticked off the colonists. It was the f...

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... to die very fast, and many in a short space". Over 80% of the natives living in South and North America died from diseases that the Europeans brought with them. diseases such as measles, smallpox, whooping cough, yellow fever, and influenza. The New World was like a "virgin soul" because they had no immunity to these diseases, (Changes Brought About). ... as many as one-third to one-half of the cases. In the Native Indian deaths were more common and traveled throughout the entire population, (The Columbian Exchange). In exchange for the many epidemics that the Natives received, the Euro...

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... . This increase in trade fueled the growth of cities which in turn vastly increased the wealth of Europe. This caused a rise in the power of monarchs The beginning of the fourteenth century saw the rise of the Ottoman Turks. Soon the Ottoman Empire was ruling over a vast territory from West Africa to Indonesia, including the Indian Ocean. The rise and expansion of the hostile Ottoman Empire affected trade in ... Oriental spices both scarce and expensive. In 1453, when the Turks occupied Constantinople, the old trade route to the East was totally closed. Something had to be done to deal w...

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... divide Germany into zones controlled by each of the three nations present. With the immense size of Stalin's army, Russia would take Berlin and control the eastern half of Germany upon its surrender. Lastly, Stalin agreed to "unquestionably" join the war against Japan in "two or three months after Germany has surrendered and the war in Europe is terminated." The treaty was signed on February 11th, 1945 ... . The public harshly criticized Roosevelt in 1946 when the agreements at Yalta became public information. He was said to have given away Eastern Europe through blind ... ally, did not...

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... Europeans shipping, manufacturing, and gun-making. The slave trade had profound consequences for Europe. Between the early 1500s and the early 1800s, the slave trade became one of Europe's largest and most profitable industries. Profits form the slave trade were said to run as high as 300 percent. In the mid eighteenth century, a third of the British merchant fleet was engaged in transporting 50 ... ,000 Africans a year to the New World. But it wasn't just slave traders or New World planters who benefited from the ... slave trade. American ship-owners, farmers, and fisherman also profite...

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THE ROMAN EMPIRE BECOMES HISTORY!!! Many different incidents contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Such factors included the faltering military and political standings, as well as social and economic ruin. Slowly but surely, this once omnipotent empire lost its power to its surrounding countries. Politically, Rome was devastated. Most were reluctant to rule over such a vast territory. When Diocletian came to ... power, he split the empire into eastern and western halves. But all this accomplished was civil war. Constantine took up the throne and moved the capital east to Byzantium....

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What were the varying motivations of European countries in regards to their expansion into the New World?  Please discuss at least 3 countries and at least 3 of their motivations in your own words. One of the principal reasons for exploration was the urge to find new routes to East Asia. In 1400s, merchants had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The products ... and that was headed by John Cabot explored a part of North America; they reported an abundance of fish. At the beginning of the Queen Elizabeth's reign, the England had manifested little interest in ...

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... Immigration was set up in 1945 by the Commonwealth Labor government and Arthur Calwell was the first Minister of Immigration. However Calwell had a single-minded view of where the migrants should come from. He was in favour of the 'White Australia' policy and to him Asian countires, especially Japan (for what happened in World War II) were the enemies and European countries, especially Britain ... were the saviours. Calwell had a motto he was known for - 'Populate or Perish' meaning he wanted ... out with one of the largest migration programs in the Southern Hemisphere ever. It was calle...

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... religion making it very powerful. People of the church made strict codes for the way people behaved allowing the Christians to perform the sacraments, which ensured a place in heaven. The most important aspect to the medieval citizens was the idea of going to heaven. The church controlled the decision of who was to go to heaven and who was to go to hell making the church a part of daily life. If a person ... observed so that no one may commit murder, arson, robbery or assault, no one may injure another with a sword, club, or any kind of weapon." Also, fasting days were set up along with...

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... entailed dancing without separation of the two bodies. It is possible that the religion candombe of the Africans that were brought to Argentina influenced the tango with its steady beat of the drums. The mestizo mixture of Spanish and Indian music from the pampas combined the Spanish and Indian music called the milonga. The implementation of an accordion-like instrument was also imported from the German immigrants. The dance was said to have ... been the imitation of the relationship between a pimp ... ...

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... of making a little money and not getting in the way of the Indians. The British wanted to dominant and control the land even if it did belong to the Indians even if that meant killing them. When the French came over to North America they did not plan to build a community and stay. They came over with one thought in mind, to make a little money. So by having this ... plan they weren't really threatening to the Indians or their land. When the French came over they came in small numbers. By doing this the Indians didn't feel defenseless towards the French. While staying on the Indians land...

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... . Germany went in full flag and took fair chunks of land; Italy got only a small slice of the powers pie-proving Germany as the aggressor of the two. A few clashes over Morocco and the Balkins almost ended in war between France and Britain but eventually just helped build the tension between all the powers. A second Moroccan crisis occurred in 1911 when Germany sent a warship in protest of ... have allianced and still may be squabbling today. If Britain hadn't had someone to compete over the seas with there would have been no arms race. Therefore one could conclude that almost all of the...

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... point in history. A turning point is a point in time when a decisive change occurs. It began in Britain, from about 1750 to 1850. The changes that began in Western Europe 250 years ago have spread around the globe. The revolution transformed traditional ways of life. Major changes resulted from this turning point. I believe the Industrial Revolution had a positive impact on ... straight lines rather than scattering them wastefully over the land. As stated in Document 3, the new inventions and scientific experiments made during the Industrial Revolution not only changed the working style...

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... for food and there were riots in many cities. The King, Louis XVI, had almost bankrupted the country fighting the English in the American War of Independence. Most of the rich landowners who were the nobility, taxed the people very harshly. Many people believed that society should be run for the benefit of all the people and not just a privileged few. The French revolution was a series of political acts that began ... of Europe to modernise their own countries. What was "The Terror"? The Revolution, begun in 1789, actually continued for several years. This was also known as a time of te...

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... type of warfare, Trench Warfare. In pre war Europe Romanticism and nationalistic ideas glorified the cause for war1. The war was something new and exciting and many looked forward to it. The idea of war swept up millions of people who never knew what they were in for. The first battles of the war were fought as encounters had been fought before. Infantrymen with bayonets, flags flying ... effort. For Britain, France and Italy they had to borrow money from the United States to keep the war effort going. By the conclusion of the war Britain was in debt over 3.5 billion dollars, France was...

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... like cattle, slaves from various places we confiscated and taken to be sold amongst merchants. In Sources 18:1 the narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano gave readers a sense of what it was like to be an Atlantic slave. As Europe became enriched with prosperous goods more slaves were need ... born into the wrong race. These African slaves formed the backbone to the colonial system. Captured from Nigeria (Equiano's native land) and taken aboard to be sold to merchants sounds horrible in itself but to live it is unimaginable. Not knowing where they were going or even worse not knowing wh...

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... women from all over the country of France rallied together to fight the injustice and cruelty of the French aristocracy. Their actions contributed to the fall of the aristocracy, although this allowed for a much crueler and more devastating system to arise. The French Revolution is the quintessence of a revolution's cyclical nature. The Revolution began with the injustice of ignorant rulers and ended with the maniacal tyranny of a paranoid revolutionary. The French society was ... fragile state. In September of 1793, Robespierre, leader of the French resistance, suspended the new declar...

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... into Europe and the Northern parts of Africa via trade routes. As a result of this epidemic outbreak the death rates among infected populations ranged from 25 to 50 percent. The devastation went as far as wiping out entire populations. The Chinese population plunged from around 120 million to 80 million over the course of a century. Europe saw its numbers reduced by one-third (Tignor et ... al. 45). In the words of Ibn Kahldun, an Arab historian, "Cities and buildings were laid waste, ... revive confidence in themselves and their polities through the establishment of dynasties: the here...

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