... system. Vast, highly disciplined, tolerating no dissent, and seemingly unstoppable in its forward march toward electoral dominance, the Social Democratic movement struck terror into the hearts of the respectable middle and upper classes. A deep gulf opened up between the Social Democrats on one hand and all the 'bourgeois' parties (ie. the National Liberals, the Progressives, the Centre ... was not interested in European alliances for the time being. The main rivals of the British were the French (in Africa) and the Russians (in Iran and the far East). Although most of Bismarck's a...

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... that, although it did increase in pace between 1880 and 1900, it was not the immediate cause for war. Britain had an Empire to defend; Russia was pushing in the Middle East and was already present in Persia; Italy wanted to live up to its glorious past and Germany wanted to create its own sea power, or Weltpolitik. Yet, despite obvious opposing ... and strategic thinking were subservient to Imperialism. The agreements mentioned above had the following aims: First, Russia had to prevent its Empire from colliding with the British Empire in the Middle East for it risked loosing on the batt...

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... EC (the predecessor to the EU) as well as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). On the other hand, the German Democratic Republic in the east allied itself with the Soviet Union and the other members of the Warsaw Pact and became a socialist follower of the Soviet Bloc. Right before the ... for years and are ahead of the Germans by almost a decade in policy. Even with 86 million people living in Germany and it being right in the middle of Europe its population is not very diverse. With 91.5% of it's population being German, 2.4% being Turkish, and 6.1% being made up of "Other" ... ...

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... decline, for instance the Gilchrist-Thomas process of removing brittle phosphorous from pig iron opened the way to the use of phosphorous -rich ores, in plentiful supply in North East England, thus providing the cheapest iron ore in the world for the production of steel. European steel-makers embraced this method in the 1880s but Britain continued with the old ... the British public school supplies the reason for what Wiener calls "The Decline of the Industrial Spirit". He maintains that the late Victorian aristocracy yielded some of their power to a middle class elite in return for thei...

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... Iraq may have far-reaching ramifications for US relations. On the economic front, weak consumer demand, continued uncertainty over the outlook for the world economy, and geopolitical instability in the Middle East are likely to keep business investment subdued over 2003, despite the recent interest rate cut by the European Central Bank. The prospect of government spending restraint is likely to provide ... low German, depending on the region. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, comprises of Old High German, which wasused from the 8th to the 11th century, Midd...

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... starting to change. Right after the begging of the war on 7 October 1939 Hitler issued a decree where he gave Himmel permission to deport all Jews from Greater Germany to the east and to resettle them together with 2 million Polish Jews under the German law. Although his plan was working, he had to stop with the number of only 4.700 Jews deported ... the Jews by devastating their communities, deportation and elimination of dangerous individuals, which came to life and was getting stronger with every massacre without a specific order from Hitler. In the middle of August, mass-murder star...

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... above mentioned period marked as the high point of the kingdom's supremacy and extension. After that, for a prolonged period of over hundreds of years the information and learning of the Middle Ages sustained to originate from the departments that Charlemagne created. Later on, the first sign of insecurity and affinities to suspension were started to developed when Charlemagne's replacement and his ... by the Treaty of Verdun of 843, Louis got the eastern areas of the Carolingian kingdom, and at the same place he was busy in developing the fundamentals for an east Frankish kingdom. But,...

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... exercise control over a humungous bulk of the strength of the free world, and what happens in Western Europe has direct and immediate political and economic repercussions in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and Latin America. Thus the treaty will serve to benefit us militarily, while also increasing our influence and friendships to countries worldwide. Militarily NATO will aid us tremendously. It ... ...

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... only Lombardi and the area around Milan to Sardinia. Cavour eventually resigned out of rage. Later Cavour's allies followed through with unifying Italy, but pro-Sardinian nationalists encouraged revolts. The middle-class nationalistic leaders in central Italy wanted a fusion with Sardinia. Cavour came back into power in 1860 and gained Napoleon's support by ceding Savoy and Nice. The people of central ... and offered them generous peace-terms. The German Confederation was dissolved but in time Prussia dominated the remaining principalities in the newly formed North German Confederation....

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... end to the discrimination on religious grounds, antagonism, based on racism strongly immerged. Anti-Semitic hostility became justified by the racist theory, which was first developed in Germany in the middle of the 19th century. This theory of racial superiority was used to justify the civil and religious persecution of Jews that had existed throughout history. However, German's anti-Semitism views ... strength that a person would have to foster inside to be able to forgive someone. Still today, there are many that are not willing to forgive others, as seen in the middle east. However, ...

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... the more influential moments in the timeline of humanity. If nothing else, it resulted in the death of between 75 and 200 million people in Europe and part of the Middle East. However, death was not the only this the disease created. An entire new system of economy was shaped during this time; the shift from serfdom to a rent-paying class of ... ...

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... in Africa. Although Britain and France resolved their differences in Africa, several crises foreshadowing the war involved the conflict of Germany against Britain and France in North Africa. In the Middle East, the collapsing Ottoman Empire was very appealing to Austria-Hungary, the Balkans and Russia. Also, everyone had an alliance with someone and as a result, if one country started something with ... ...

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... . Britain and Germany both developed interest in the area for the same reasons. At the time, Britain held the bulk of trade from Europe to distant markets such as the Middle East and Asia. Germany saw the Balkans as an ideal prospect to gain, as it was adjoined to their ally, Austria-Hungary and was in an ideal position to establish a trade ... ...

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... , Portugal, the south of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland and parts of the Balkans in eastern Europe continue to be predominantly Catholic. The rest, Scandinavia, England Scotland, Switzerland, the north and east of Germany and parts of Eastern Europe largely remained Protestant. Despite the diversity of revolutionary forces in the 16th century, the Reformation had largely consistent results throughout Western Europe. In ... general, the power and wealth lost by the feudal nobility and the Roman Catholic hierarchy passed to the middle classes and to monarchical rulers. Various regions o...

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... the previous and deteriorating system of oppressive government because they long for cleansing change. For example, the development of nationalism in this way occurred in the areas of the 2 Middle and Far East countries like Italy, Egypt, Turkey, and Arabia. Nationalism is both the manifestation of indignation towards an oppressive government and the lust for creating an individual nation because of cultural ... ...

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... France, was supportive of the industrializing economy and it allowed individuals the freedom to pursue their personal interests for the acquisition of wealth. France's government was very suspicious of a growing middle class and the French had to wait for Napoleon's reforms for the country to be in the proper state to allow its populace to freely pursue enterprise. Unfortunately, France would ... Britain. On the other hand, Britain seems to have faltered and lost its lead completely, while France managed to raise its standing. After World War Two, Germany was divided into East and West ...

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... that Hitler was able to finish the procedure of becoming dictator of Germany with the acquisition of power over the military, hence ensuring the Nazi's consolidation of power. By the middle of 1934 the Nazi position of dominance had been largely secured, and additionally on 2 August 1934, Hitler used the occasion of President von Hindenburg's (who opposed Hitler's extreme anti-Semitism ... his dictatorship. Almost single-handedly, Hitler had broken unemployment, overcome depression by insisting on rearmament, and profited prosperity and newfound pride in unity. Amid the horror of commun...

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