During the late 19th century, the Cambodian king at the time turned to the French for assistance, as Cambodia had been suffering from constant threat of invasion from both the Vietnamese and the Thai people. ... The Khmer rouge movement led by Pol Pot, also known as, "Brother Number One," (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor) accounted for an estimated 1.5-3 million deaths and was aimed at erasing all Cambodian history, prior to their rise to power. ... Cambodia today, is seen as a constitutional monarchy with king Norodom Sihamoni serving as the country's head of state. Moreover, the exe...

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According to Powell (1988, 82) "All these marriages were clearly aimed at the concentration of property" and due to this, inequality amongst the Spartiates developed as "land thus accumulated in the hands of a diminishing group of wealthy men" (Jones, 1967, 136). ...

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These were ruled by Frenchmen who were usually close to Napoleon as a family member or as a close friend, such as Jerome Bonaparte who was King of Westphalia and Joachim Murat who was King of Naples. ... Louis, who became King of Holland shows this as he became popular with the Dutch people due to the fact he looked to reform the Kingdom of Holland and strived for improvement, showing that in fact Napoleon's use of the clan system and appointment of those closest to him did make attempts to improve the outlook for European states and provide stability and improvement. ...

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For both Hitler and Mussolini sport would have a huge amount of importance for their ideologies and their Fascist societies, so much so that sporting events would become true liturgies because actually what was being paid attention to above all was the image that was being portrayed, the glorification of a historical event, a sporting event, through the use of forms that were essentially ritualistic. ... Hitler however, would use sport to an exceptionally devastating effect which would allow him to hide his true intentions of war and to hide the attempts to systematically kill all of the so ca...

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Today, black defendants serve as much time in federal prison for drug offenses as white defendants serve for violent offenses-a result largely attributed to biases in federal statutory penalties for offenses involving crack versus powder cocaine (Mauer and King, 2007a). ... He concluded that, in light of the prejudice against blacks and foreign born within the society at large, "it would be denying to the judge the ordinary attributes of human nature to assume that he could render justice free from all preconceptions" (ibid.). ...

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Question Why did the European Empires collapse in such a short amount of time? Response When studying the history of the European Empires, it must be assessed as to why they collapsed in such a short amount of time. This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards thei...

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In What Ways and With What Success Did the Senate Provide a Focus For Opposition to the Emperor? The senate was an institution in Ancient Rome which passed advice to magistrates in the form of 'senatus consulta' under the republic. Eventually, however, the senate became a legislative body and it...

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